2017ApJ...846..136A


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2017ApJ...846..136A - Astrophys. J., 846, 136-136 (2017/September-2)

Search for astrophysical sources of neutrinos using cascade events in IceCube.

AARTSEN M.G., ACKERMANN M., ADAMS J., AGUILAR J.A., AHLERS M., AHRENS M., AL SAMARAI I., ALTMANN D., ANDEEN K., ANDERSON T., ANSSEAU I., ANTON G., ARGUELLES C., AUFFENBERG J., AXANI S., BAGHERPOUR H., BAI X., BARWICK S.W., BAUM V., BAY R., BEATTY J.J., BECKER TJUS J., BECKER K.-H., BENZVI S., BERLEY D., BERNARDINI E., BESSON D.Z., BINDER G., BINDIG D., BLAUFUSS E., BLOT S., BOHM C., BORNER M., BOS F., BOSE D., BOSER S., BOTNER O., BOURBEAU J., BRADASCIO F., BRAUN J., BRAYEUR L., BRENZKE M., BRETZ H.-P., BRON S., BURGMAN A., CARVER T., CASEY J., 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., DELAUNAY J.J., 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., EVENSON P.A., FAHEY S., FAZELY A.R., FELDE J., FILIMONOV K., FINLEY C., FLIS S., FRANCKOWIAK A., FRIEDMAN E., FUCHS T., GAISSER T.K., GALLAGHER J., GERHARDT L., GHORBANI K., GIANG W., GLAUCH T., GLUSENKAMP T., GOLDSCHMIDT A., GONZALEZ J.G., GRANT D., GRIFFITH Z., HAACK C., HALLGREN A., HALZEN F., HANSON K., HEBECKER D., HEEREMAN D., HELBING K., HELLAUER R., HICKFORD S., HIGNIGHT J., HILL G.C., HOFFMAN K.D., HOFFMANN R., HOKANSON-FASIG B., 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., KALACYNSKI P., KANG W., KAPPES A., KARG T., KARLE A., KATZ U., KAUER M., KEIVANI A., KELLEY J.L., KHEIRANDISH A., KIM J., KIM M., KINTSCHER T., KIRYLUK J., KITTLER T., KLEIN S.R., KOHNEN G., KOIRALA R., KOLANOSKI H., KOPKE L., KOPPER C., KOPPER S., KOSCHINSKY J.P., KOSKINEN D.J., KOWALSKI M., KRINGS K., KROLL M., KRUCKL G., KUNNEN J., KUNWAR S., KURAHASHI N., KUWABARA T., KYRIACOU A., LABARE M., LANFRANCHI J.L., LARSON M.J., LAUBER F., LENNARZ D., LESIAK-BZDAK M., LEUERMANN M., LIU Q.R., LU L., LUNEMANN J., LUSZCZAK W., MADSEN J., MAGGI G., MAHN K.B.M., MANCINA S., MARUYAMA R., MASE K., MAUNU R., McNALLY F., MEAGHER K., MEDICI M., MEIER M., MENNE T., MERINO G., MEURES T., MIARECKI S., MICALLEF J., MOMENTE G., MONTARULI T., MOULAI M., NAHNHAUER R., NAKARMI P., 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., PEIFFER P., PEPPER J.A., PEREZ DE LOS HEROS C., PIELOTH D., PINAT E., PLUM M., PRICE P.B., PRZYBYLSKI G.T., 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., SALZER T., SANCHEZ HERRERA S.E., SANDROCK A., SANDROOS J., SARKAR S., SARKAR S., SATALECKA K., SCHLUNDER P., SCHMIDT T., SCHNEIDER A., SCHOENEN S., SCHONEBERG S., SCHUMACHER L., SECKEL D., SEUNARINE S., SOLDIN D., SONG M., SPICZAK G.M., SPIERING C., STACHURSKA J., STANEV T., STASIK A., STETTNER J., STEUER A., STEZELBERGER T., STOKSTAD R.G., STOSSL A., STROTJOHANN N.L., SULLIVAN G.W., SUTHERLAND M., 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., TUNG C.F., TURCATI A., TURLEY C.F., TY B., UNGER E., USNER M., VANDENBROUCKE J., VAN DRIESSCHE W., VAN EIJNDHOVEN N., VANHEULE S., VAN SANTEN J., VEHRING M., VOGEL E., VRAEGHE M., WALCK C., WALLACE A., WALLRAFF M., WANDKOWSKY N., WAZA A., 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 J., WOOD T.R., WOOLSEY E., WOSCHNAGG K., XU D.L., XU X.W., XU Y., YANEZ J.P., YODH G., YOSHIDA S., YUAN T., ZOLL M. (The IceCube Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

The IceCube neutrino observatory has established the existence of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, which is inconsistent with the expectation from atmospheric backgrounds at a significance greater than 5σ. This flux has been observed in analyses of both track events from muon neutrino interactions and cascade events from interactions of all neutrino flavors. Searches for astrophysical neutrino sources have focused on track events due to the significantly better angular resolution of track reconstructions. To date, no such sources have been confirmed. Here we present the first search for astrophysical neutrino sources using cascades interacting in IceCube with deposited energies as small as 1 TeV. No significant clustering was observed in a selection of 263 cascades collected from 2010 May to 2012 May. We show that compared to the classic approach using tracks, this statistically independent search offers improved sensitivity to sources in the southern sky, especially if the emission is spatially extended or follows a soft energy spectrum. This enhancement is due to the low background from atmospheric neutrinos forming cascade events and the additional veto of atmospheric neutrinos at declinations <=-30°.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): astroparticle physics - neutrinos - neutrinos

Simbad objects: 75

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Number of rows : 75
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 SN 1572A SN* 00 25 21.5 +64 08 27           B8 1254 1
2 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 942 2
3 RX J0232.8+2017 BLL 02 32 48.6148874688 +20 17 17.486717388     18.00 13.96   ~ 387 1
4 QSO B0235+1624 BLL 02 38 38.93010450 +16 36 59.2745528   16.46 15.50 15.92   ~ 1614 2
5 LS I +61 303 HXB 02 40 31.6644419688 +61 13 45.593918580 11.27 11.61 10.75 10.19 9.55 B0Ve 903 2
6 NGC 1275 Bla 03 19 48.1599902040 +41 30 42.108850836   13.10 12.48 11.09   ~ 4243 3
7 QSO B0347-121 BLL 03 49 23.1862105584 -11 59 27.366035532   18.74 18.2 17.46   ~ 245 1
8 WISEA J042840.41-375619.3 BLL 04 28 40.4241894720 -37 56 19.580735832   18.96 19.0 17.21   ~ 343 1
9 NAME Per B SyG 04 37 04.37535450 +29 40 13.8179631   21.7       ~ 533 2
10 QSO J0457-2324 Bla 04 57 03.1791422424 -23 24 52.021129572   18.85 18.5 16.56   ~ 435 1
11 QSO J0530+13 Bla 05 30 56.41674741 +13 31 55.1494688     20.00 19.35   ~ 1004 1
12 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
13 QSO B0537-441 BLL 05 38 50.36155950 -44 05 08.9390233   15.77 16.48 16   ~ 924 2
14 PKS J0550-3216 BLL 05 50 40.5705144672 -32 16 16.484718648   16.07 15.5     ~ 424 1
15 IC 443 SNR 06 17 00.0000000 +22 34 11.998901           ~ 1314 1
16 HD 259440 HXB 06 32 59.2566076656 +05 48 01.160755848 9.17 9.63 9.15     B0pe 256 0
17 PSR J0633+1746 Psr 06 33 54.153 +17 46 12.91           ~ 1308 0
18 8C 0716+714 BLL 07 21 53.4482942664 +71 20 36.363846516   15.5 15.50 14.27   ~ 1388 1
19 QSO J0730-116 Bla 07 30 19.11247452 -11 41 12.6006642     20.30 20.3   ~ 323 1
20 NAME Vela X Psr 08 33 08.880 -45 11 24.36           ~ 302 1
21 NAME Vela Jr SN SNR 08 52.0 -46 20           ~ 507 2
22 M 82 AGN 09 55 52.430 +69 40 46.93 9.61 9.30 8.41     ~ 6156 6
23 FGES J1023.3-5747 gam 10 23 15.18313 -57 46 34.7840           ~ 57 0
24 PMN J1103-2329 BLL 11 03 37.6150845072 -23 29 31.203773520   17.00 16.55 16.61   ~ 405 1
25 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
26 7C 1219+2830 BLL 12 21 31.6904439888 +28 13 58.500308172   16.81 16.11 14.24   ~ 924 1
27 3C 273 BLL 12 29 06.6998257176 +02 03 08.597629980   13.05 14.830 14.11   ~ 6022 1
28 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
29 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3205 2
30 CPD-63 2495 HXB 13 02 47.6544015048 -63 50 08.626970292 10.34 10.72 9.98 10.03   O9.5Ve 852 0
31 PSR J1301-6305 Psr 13 02 47.9992676 -63 10 48.001099           ~ 139 2
32 NAME Centaurus A BLL 13 25 27.61521044 -43 01 08.8050291   8.18 6.84 6.66   ~ 4774 3
33 PSR J1357-6429 Psr 13 57 02.525 -64 29 29.89           ~ 171 1
34 QSO B1406-076 Bla 14 08 56.48120623 -07 52 26.6665312   20.3 18.4     ~ 336 1
35 RX J1428.5+4240 BLL 14 28 32.6090008440 +42 40 21.048123396   16.95 16.45 14.4   ~ 549 1
36 ESO 134-11 HII 14 40 29 -62 38.7           ~ 585 1
37 QSO J1457-3539 BLL 14 57 26.71171449 -35 39 09.9716148   17.95 19.50 18.93   ~ 167 1
38 HESS J1503-582 gam 15 03 -58.2           ~ 23 0
39 QSO B1502+1041 Bla 15 04 24.97978391 +10 29 39.1985309   18.97 18.56 18.94   ~ 634 1
40 HESS J1507-622 gam 15 07 30 -62 25.0           ~ 34 0
41 3A 1510-590 Psr 15 13 17.000 -59 04 54.00           ~ 434 3
42 V* BR Cir HXB 15 20 40.8532547060 -57 10 00.206639033   21.4 21.4     B5-A0I 849 1
43 PSR J1615-5137 Psr 16 15 12.62 -51 34 53.3           ~ 67 0
44 AJG 44 Psr 16 17 33.000 -51 02 00.00           ~ 552 3
45 QSO J1626-2951 Bla 16 26 06.02084013 -29 51 26.9712990   18.41 20.5 17.6   ~ 452 1
46 IGR J16320-4751 HXB 16 32 01.76 -47 52 29.0           BN0.5Ia 188 0
47 4C 38.41 Bla 16 35 15.49297809 +38 08 04.5005995   18.14 17.97 17.25   ~ 906 1
48 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
49 V* V821 Ara LXB 17 02 49.3876391280 -48 47 23.087954544         15.322 ~ 2237 0
50 SNR G347.3-00.5 SNR 17 12 27 -39 41.2     12.27     ~ 761 1
51 QSO B1730-130 Bla 17 33 02.70578907 -13 04 49.5482119   18 19.50 18.78 17.39 ~ 1198 1
52 ESO 139-12 Sy2 17 37 39.0797034192 -59 56 26.644818696   13.61   12.84 12.7 ~ 83 0
53 HESS J1741-302 gam 17 41 15.79827 -30 22 37.2040           ~ 31 0
54 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
55 NAME Sgr A* X 17 45 40.03599 -29 00 28.1699           ~ 4970 3
56 SNR G006.4-00.1 SNR 18 00 31.2011719 -23 25 48.001099           ~ 782 1
57 V* V479 Sct HXB 18 26 15.0561548880 -14 50 54.247274304 12.02 12.23 11.27 11.04   ON6V((f))z 613 2
58 SNR G023.3-00.3 SNR 18 34 51.80 -08 44 38.2           ~ 240 0
59 PSR J1838-0655 Psr 18 38 03.13 -06 55 33.4           ~ 114 1
60 ARGO J1907+0627 gam 19 08 12.24 +06 23 30.8           ~ 94 0
61 SS 433 HXB 19 11 49.5647697480 +04 58 57.827127648   16.854 14.643     A7Ib 2253 4
62 HD 226868 HXB 19 58 21.6757355952 +35 12 05.784512688 9.38 9.72 8.91 8.42   O9.7Iabpvar 4590 0
63 MCG+07-41-003 Bla 19 59 28.35656837 +40 44 02.0972325   16.22 15.10     ~ 2537 2
64 QSO B1959+650 BLL 19 59 59.8520303688 +65 08 54.652536492     12.8 11.21   ~ 699 2
65 PKS J2009-4849 BLL 20 09 25.3903899240 -48 49 53.725051056   15.75 12.81 11.41   ~ 604 1
66 1LHAASO J2018+3643u gam 20 18.6 +36 43           ~ 67 0
67 QSO B2022-077 BLL 20 25 40.6602562440 -07 35 52.688047128   18.5       ~ 234 3
68 V* V1521 Cyg HXB 20 32 25.78 +40 57 27.9           WN4/5-6/7 2035 2
69 Ass Cyg OB 2 As* 20 33.2 +41 19           ~ 1023 0
70 PKS J2158-3013 BLL 21 58 52.0652249880 -30 13 32.118447792   13.36 13.09 12.62   ~ 1829 1
71 NAME BL Lac BLL 22 02 43.2913536816 +42 16 39.979416792   15.66 14.72     ~ 2397 1
72 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 3004 2
73 NAME Cas A SNR 23 23 26.0 +58 48 41     14.30     ~ 3033 1
74 QSO B2344+514 BLL 23 47 04.8372110928 +51 42 17.877513168     15.50 10.7   ~ 500 1
75 QSO B2356-309 BLL 23 59 07.9034996184 -30 37 40.671098544   18.414 16.44 16.795   ~ 318 2

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