2016ApJ...830..129A


Query : 2016ApJ...830..129A

2016ApJ...830..129A - Astrophys. J., 830, 129-129 (2016/October-3)

Search for sources of high-energy neutrons with four years of data from the IceTop detector.

AARTSEN M.G., ABRAHAM K., ACKERMANN M., ADAMS J., AGUILAR J.A., AHLERS M., AHRENS M., ALTMANN D., ANDEEN K., ANDERSON T., ANSSEAU I., ANTON G., ARCHINGER M., ARGUELLES C., AUFFENBERG J., AXANI S., BAI X., BARWICK S.W., BAUM V., BAY R., BEATTY J.J., BECKER TJUS J., BECKER K.-H., BENZVI S., BERGHAUS P., BERLEY D., BERNARDINI E., BERNHARD A., BESSON D.Z., BINDER G., BINDIG D., BISSOK M., BLAUFUSS E., BLOT S., BOHM C., BORNER M., BOS F., BOSE D., BOSER S., BOTNER O., BRAUN J., BRAYEUR L., BRETZ H.-P., BURGMAN A., CARVER T., CASIER M., CHEUNG E., CHIRKIN D., CHRISTOV A., CLARK K., CLASSEN L., COENDERS S., COLLIN G.H., CONRAD J.M., COWEN D.F., CROSS R., DAY M., DE ANDRE J.P.A.M., DE CLERCQ C., DEL PINO ROSENDO E., DEMBINSKI H., DE RIDDER S., DESIATI P., DE VRIES K.D., DE WASSEIGE G., DE WITH M., DEYOUNG T., DIAZ-VELEZ J.C., DI LORENZO V., DUJMOVIC H., DUMM J.P., DUNKMAN M., EBERHARDT B., EHRHARDT T., EICHMANN B., ELLER P., EULER S., EVENSON P.A., FAHEY S., FAZELY A.R., FEINTZEIG J., FELDE J., FILIMONOV K., FINLEY C., FLIS S., FOSIG C.-C., FRANCKOWIAK A., FRIEDMAN E., FUCHS T., GAISSER T.K., GALLAGHER J., GERHARDT L., GHORBANI K., GIANG W., GLADSTONE L., GLAGLA M., GLUSENKAMP T., GOLDSCHMIDT A., GOLUP G., GONZALEZ J.G., GRANT D., GRIFFITH Z., HAACK C., HAJ ISMAIL A., HALLGREN A., HALZEN F., HANSEN E., HANSMANN B., HANSMANN T., HANSON K., HEBECKER D., HEEREMAN D., HELBING K., HELLAUER R., HICKFORD S., HIGNIGHT J., HILL G.C., HOFFMAN K.D., HOFFMANN R., HOLZAPFEL K., HOSHINA K., HUANG F., HUBER M., HULTQVIST K., IN S., ISHIHARA A., JACOBI E., JAPARIDZE G.S., JEONG M., JERO K., JONES B.J.P., JURKOVIC M., KAPPES A., KARG T., KARLE A., KATZ U., KAUER M., KEIVANI A., KELLEY J.L., KEMP J., KHEIRANDISH A., KIM M., KINTSCHER T., KIRYLUK J., KITTLER T., KLEIN S.R., KOHNEN G., KOIRALA R., KOLANOSKI H., KONIETZ R., KOPKE L., KOPPER C., KOPPER S., KOSKINEN D.J., KOWALSKI M., KRINGS K., KROLL M., KRUCKL G., KRUGER C., KUNNEN J., KUNWAR S., KURAHASHI N., KUWABARA T., LABARE M., LANFRANCHI J.L., LARSON M.J., LAUBER F., LENNARZ D., LESIAK-BZDAK M., LEUERMANN M., LEUNER J., LU L., LUNEMANN J., MADSEN J., MAGGI G., MAHN K.B.M., MANCINA S., MANDELARTZ M., MARUYAMA R., MASE K., MAUNU R., McNALLY F., MEAGHER K., MEDICI M., MEIER M., MELI A., MENNE T., MERINO G., MEURES T., MIARECKI S., MOHRMANN L., MONTARULI T., MOULAI M., NAHNHAUER R., NAUMANN U., NEER G., NIEDERHAUSEN H., NOWICKI S.C., NYGREN D.R., OBERTACKE POLLMANN A., OLIVAS A., O'MURCHADHA A., PALCZEWSKI T., PANDYA H., PANKOVA D.V., PENEK O., PEPPER J.A., PEREZ DE LOS HEROS C., PIELOTH D., PINAT E., PRICE P.B., PRZYBYLSKI G.T., QUINNAN M., RAAB C., RADEL L., RAMEEZ M., RAWLINS K., REIMANN R., RELETHFORD B., RELICH M., RESCONI E., RHODE W., RICHMAN M., RIEDEL B., ROBERTSON S., RONGEN M., ROTT C., RUHE T., RYCKBOSCH D., RYSEWYK D., SABBATINI L., SANCHEZ HERRERA S.E., SANDROCK A., SANDROOS J., SARKAR S., SATALECKA K., SCHIMP M., SCHLUNDER P., SCHMIDT T., SCHOENEN S., SCHONEBERG S., SCHUMACHER L., SECKEL D., SEUNARINE S., SOLDIN D., SONG M., SPICZAK G.M., SPIERING C., STAHLBERG M., STANEV T., STASIK A., STEUER A., STEZELBERGER T., STOKSTAD R.G., STOSSL A., STROM R., STROTJOHANN N.L., SULLIVAN G.W., SUTHERLAND M., TAAVOLA H., TABOADA I., TATAR J., TENHOLT F., TER-ANTONYAN S., TERLIUK A., TESIC G., TILAV S., TOALE P.A., TOBIN M.N., TOSCANO S., TOSI D., TSELENGIDOU M., TURCATI A., UNGER E., USNER M., VANDENBROUCKE J., VAN EIJNDHOVEN N., VANHEULE S., VAN ROSSEM M., VAN SANTEN J., VEENKAMP J., VEHRING M., VOGE M., VRAEGHE M., WALCK C., WALLACE A., WALLRAFF M., WANDKOWSKY N., WEAVER C., WEISS M.J., WENDT C., WESTERHOFF S., WHELAN B.J., WICKMANN S., WIEBE K., WIEBUSCH C.H., WILLE L., WILLIAMS D.R., WILLS L., WOLF M., WOOD T.R., WOOLSEY E., WOSCHNAGG K., XU D.L., XU X.W., XU Y., YANEZ J.P., YODH G., YOSHIDA S. and ZOLL M.

Abstract (from CDS):

IceTop is an air-shower array located on the Antarctic ice sheet at the geographic South Pole. IceTop can detect an astrophysical flux of neutrons from Galactic sources as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the source direction. Neutrons are undeflected by the Galactic magnetic field and can typically travel 10 (E/PeV) pc before decay. Two searches are performed using 4 yr of the IceTop data set to look for a statistically significant excess of events with energies above 10 PeV (1016 eV) arriving within a small solid angle. The all-sky search method covers from -90deg to approximately -50deg in declination. No significant excess is found. A targeted search is also performed, looking for significant correlation with candidate sources in different target sets. This search uses a higher-energy cut (100 PeV) since most target objects lie beyond 1 kpc. The target sets include pulsars with confirmed TeV energy photon fluxes and high-mass X-ray binaries. No significant correlation is found for any target set. Flux upper limits are determined for both searches, which can constrain Galactic neutron sources and production scenarios.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): astroparticle physics - cosmic rays - methods: data analysis - methods: data analysis

Simbad objects: 54

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Number of rows : 54
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 PSR J0024-72F Psr 00 24 03.907 -72 04 42.47           ~ 54 1
2 PSR J0101-6422 Psr 01 01 11.1163 -64 22 30.171           ~ 63 0
3 PSR J0712-68 Psr 07 11 54.153093 -68 30 47.23387           ~ 120 1
4 HD 63666 HXB 07 47 23.5848942480 -53 19 56.822589048   7.60 7.60     B7IV/V 40 0
5 1H 0749-600 HXB 07 50 14 -60 11.8           B8IIIe 13 0
6 GRO J1008-571 HXB 10 09 46.9642314696 -58 17 35.603851848       14.63   B0e 269 0
7 PSR J1016-58 Psr 10 16 21.266 -58 57 11.70           ~ 129 3
8 PSR J1017-7156 Psr 10 17 51.311783 -71 56 41.57398           ~ 61 1
9 PSR J1028-5819 Psr 10 28 27.888 -58 19 06.14           ~ 122 1
10 LS 1698 HXB 10 37 35.3145142200 -56 47 55.869594756   12.00 11.48 11.38   B0III-Ve 120 0
11 PSR B1046-58 Psr 10 48 13.10000 -58 32 03.0000           ~ 293 0
12 PSR J1103-5403 Psr 11 03 33.27734 -54 03 43.1296           ~ 15 1
13 PSR J1105-6107 Psr 11 05 26.1400 -61 07 48.940           ~ 129 0
14 PSR J1112-6103 Psr 11 12 14.81 -61 03 31.1           ~ 77 0
15 PSR J1119-6127 Psr 11 19 14.30 -61 27 49.5           ~ 439 1
16 WRAY 15-793 HXB 11 20 57.1736884968 -61 55 00.166078020 12.81 13.06 12.12     O9.5III/Ve 222 0
17 V* V779 Cen HXB 11 21 15.0920532528 -60 37 25.630264596   14.4 12.27     O9III/Veq 1159 0
18 HD 306414 HXB 11 21 46.8238550520 -59 51 47.970396396 10.12 10.69 10.23 10.00   B1Ia 162 0
19 PSR J1124-5916 Psr 11 24 37.6 -59 16 20           ~ 178 1
20 PSR J1125-58 Psr 11 25 44.352943 -58 25 16.85965           ~ 55 1
21 PSR J1125-6014 Psr 11 25 55.243299 -60 14 06.80942           ~ 61 0
22 1E 1145.1-6141 HXB 11 47 28.5598257552 -61 57 13.426997544   13.08       B2Iae 158 0
23 HD 102567 HXB 11 48 00.0214464120 -62 12 24.902384760 8.24 9.06 9.00 9.62   B1Vne 335 0
24 PSR J1216-6410 Psr 12 16 07.321183 -64 10 09.16656           ~ 23 0
25 V* BP Cru HXB 12 26 37.5605188992 -62 46 13.261044684   12.482 10.803 10.304   B1Ia+ 731 0
26 HD 109857 Be* 12 39 14.57557 -75 22 14.1384 6.33         B8Vn 73 0
27 HD 110432 HXB 12 42 50.2663572384 -63 03 31.052981412 4.79 5.58 5.31     B0.5IVpe 334 0
28 * mu.02 Cru Be* 12 54 36.8841589536 -57 10 07.193918388 4.59 5.09 5.20 5.00 5.06 B5Vne 189 0
29 V* V850 Cen HXB 13 01 17.0968941216 -61 36 06.637549788   15.6 14.40     B2Vne 361 0
30 IGR J13020-6359 HXB 13 01 58.7205396744 -63 58 08.828687136           B0.5Ve 68 0
31 SAX J1324.4-6200 HXB 13 24 26.65128 -62 01 19.1280           Be? 28 0
32 PSR J1337-6423 Psr 13 37 31.93 -64 23 04.9           ~ 18 2
33 PSR J1357-6429 Psr 13 57 02.525 -64 29 29.89           ~ 171 1
34 PSR J1410-6132 Psr 14 10 24.000 -61 32 00.00           ~ 133 1
35 PSR J1418-6058 Psr 14 18 42.725 -60 58 01.89           ~ 129 0
36 PSR J1420-6048 Psr 14 20 08.190 -60 48 14.85           ~ 214 0
37 4U 1416-62 HXB 14 21 12.1560262026 -62 41 56.089360085   17.9 17.2     B1e 171 0
38 PSR J1431-5740 Psr 14 31 03.49603 -57 40 11.6601           ~ 15 0
39 PSR J1435-60 Psr 14 35 20.2733756922 -61 00 57.545079751           ~ 58 1
40 SAX J1452.8-5949 HXB 14 52 52.70 -59 49 08.1           Be? 23 0
41 PSR J1509-5850 Psr 15 09 27.153 -58 50 56.05           ~ 131 0
42 PSR B1509-58 Psr 15 13 47.6 -59 07 54     13.06     ~ 879 1
43 PSR J1531-5610 Psr 15 31 27.91 -56 10 55.0           ~ 59 0
44 [KRL2007b] 171 HXB 15 44 02 -56 42.7           Be? 59 0
45 HD 141926 HXB 15 54 21.7677373488 -55 19 44.310748620 8.71 9.47 9.13 9.38   B2IIIn 86 0
46 PSR J1629-6902 Psr 16 29 08.744211 -69 02 45.46922           ~ 22 0
47 PSR J1658-5324 Psr 16 58 39.343556 -53 24 06.97315           ~ 47 0
48 PSR J1740-5340 Psr 17 40 44.589 -53 40 40.90   17.43   16.25   ~ 157 2
49 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
50 PSR J1756-5322 Psr 17 57 15.154960 -53 22 26.59604           ~ 56 0
51 PSR J1910-5959A Psr 19 11 42.7562 -59 58 26.900 22.02 22.13 22.03     DA5 99 1
52 PSR J1933-6210 Psr 19 33 32.413330 -62 11 46.69324           ~ 48 0
53 PSR J2129-5718 Psr 21 29 22.781548 -57 21 14.33356           ~ 122 1
54 PSR J2236-5527 Psr 22 36 51.8510 -55 27 48.833           ~ 12 0

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