2025ApJ...981..131A


Query : 2025ApJ...981..131A

2025ApJ...981..131A - Astrophys. J., 981, 131 (2025/March-2)

Search for Neutrino Emission from Hard X-Ray AGN with IceCube.

ABBASI R., ACKERMANN M., ADAMS J., AGARWALLA S.K., AGUILAR J.A., AHLERS M., ALAMEDDINE J.M., AMIN N.M., ANDEEN K., ARGUELLES C., ASHIDA Y., ATHANASIADOU S., AUSBORM L., AXANI S.N., BAI X., BALAGOPAL V.A., BARICEVIC M., BARWICK S.W., BASH S., BASU V., BAY R., BEATTY J.J., BECKER TJUS J., BEISE J., BELLENGHI C., BENNING C., BENZVI S., BERLEY D., BERNARDINI E., BESSON D.Z., BLAUFUSS E., BLOOM L., BLOT S., BONTEMPO F., BOOK MOTZKIN J.Y., BOSCOLO MENEGUOLO C., BOSER S., BOTNER O., BOTTCHER J., BRAUN J., BRINSON B., BROSTEAN-KAISER J., BRUSA L., BURLEY R.T., BUTTERFIELD D., CAMPANA M.A., CARACAS I., CARLONI K., CARPIO J., CHATTOPADHYAY S., CHAU N., CHEN Z., CHIRKIN D., CHOI S., CLARK B.A., COLEMAN A., COLLIN G.H., CONNOLLY A., CONRAD J.M., COPPIN P., CORLEY R., CORREA P., COWEN D.F., DAVE P., DE CLERCQ C., DELAUNAY J.J., DELGADO D., DENG S., DESAI A., DESIATI P., DE VRIES K.D., DE WASSEIGE G., DEYOUNG T., DIAZ A., DIAZ-VELEZ J.C., DIERICHS P., DITTMER M., DOMI A., DRAPER L., DUJMOVIC H., DUTTA K., DUVERNOIS M.A., EHRHARDT T., EIDENSCHINK L., EIMER A., ELLER P., ELLINGER E., EL MENTAWI S., ELSASSER D., ENGEL R., ERPENBECK H., EVANS J., EVENSON P.A., FAN K.L., FANG K., FARRAG K., FAZELY A.R., FEDYNITCH A., FEIGL N., FIEDLSCHUSTER S., FINLEY C., FISCHER L., FOX D., FRANCKOWIAK A., FUKAMI S., FURST P., GALLAGHER J., GANSTER E., GARCIA A., GARCIA M., GARG G., GENTON E., GERHARDT L., GHADIMI A., GIRARD-CARILLO C., GLASER C., GLUSENKAMP T., GONZALEZ J.G., GOSWAMI S., GRANADOS A., GRANT D., GRAY S.J., GRIES O., GRIFFIN S., GRISWOLD S., GROTH K.M., GUNTHER C., GUTJAHR P., HA C., HAACK C., HALLGREN A., HALVE L., HALZEN F., HAMDAOUI H., HA MINH M., HANDT M., HANSON K., HARDIN J., HARNISCH A.A., HATCH P., HAUNGS A., HAUSSLER J., HELBING K., HELLRUNG J., HERMANNSGABNER J., HEUERMANN L., HEYER N., HICKFORD S., HIDVEGI A., HILL C., HILL G.C., HOFFMAN K.D., HORI S., HOSHINA K., HOSTERT M., HOU W., HUBER T., HULTQVIST K., HUNNEFELD M., HUSSAIN R., HYMON K., ISHIHARA A., IWAKIRI W., JACQUART M., JANIK O., JANSSON M., JAPARIDZE G.S., JEONG M., JIN M., JONES B.J.P., KAMP N., KANG D., KANG W., KANG X., KAPPES A., KAPPESSER D., KARDUM L., KARG T., KARL M., KARLE A., KATIL A., KATZ U., KAUER M., KELLEY J.L., KHANAL M., KHATEE ZATHUL A., KHEIRANDISH A., KIRYLUK J., KLEIN S.R., KOCHOCKI A., KOIRALA R., KOLANOSKI H., KONTRIMAS T., KOPKE L., KOPPER C., KOSKINEN D.J., KOUNDAL P., KOVACEVICH M., KOWALSKI M., KOZYNETS T., KRISHNAMOORTHI J., KRUISWIJK K., KRUPCZAK E., KUMAR A., KUN E., KURAHASHI N., LAD N., LAGUNAS GUALDA C., LAMOUREUX M., LARSON M.J., LATSEVA S., LAUBER F., LAZAR J.P., LEE J.W., LEONARD DEHOLTON K., LESZCZYNSKA A., LIAO J., LINCETTO M., LIU Y.T., LIUBARSKA M., LOHFINK E., LOVE C., LOZANO MARISCAL C.J., LU L., LUCARELLI F., LUSZCZAK W., LYU Y., MADSEN J., MAGNUS E., MAHN K.B.M., MAKINO Y., MANAO E., MANCINA S., MARIE SAINTE W., MARIS I.C., MARKA S., MARKA Z., MARSEE M., MARTINEZ-SOLER I., MARUYAMA R., MAYHEW F., McNALLY F., MEAD J.V., MEAGHER K., MECHBAL S., MEDINA A., MEIER M., MERCKX Y., MERTEN L., MICALLEF J., MITCHELL J., MONTARULI T., MOORE R.W., MORII Y., MORSE R., MOULAI M., MUKHERJEE T., NAAB R., NAGAI R., NAKOS M., NAUMANN U., NECKER J., NEGI A., NESTE L., NEUMANN M., NIEDERHAUSEN H., NISA M.U., NODA K., NOELL A., NOVIKOV A., OBERTACKE POLLMANN A., O'DELL V., OEYEN B., OLIVAS A., ORSOE R., OSBORN J., O'SULLIVAN E., PANDYA H., PARK N., PARKER G.K., PAUDEL E.N., PAUL L., PEREZ DE LOS HEROS C., PERNICE T., PETERSON J., PHILIPPEN S., PIZZUTO A., PLUM M., PONTEN A., POPOVYCH Y., PRADO RODRIGUEZ M., PRIES B., PRIVON G.C., PROCTER-MURPHY R., PRZYBYLSKI G.T., RAAB C., RACK-HELLEIS J., RAVN M., RAWLINS K., RECHAV Z., REHMAN A., REICHHERZER P., RESCONI E., REUSCH S., RHODE W., RIEDEL B., RIFAIE A., ROBERTS E.J., ROBERTSON S., RODAN S., ROELLINGHOFF G., RONGEN M., ROSTED A., ROTT C., RUHE T., RUOHAN L., RYCKBOSCH D., SAFA I., SAFFER J., SALAZAR-GALLEGOS D., SAMPATHKUMAR P., SANDROCK A., SANTANDER M., SARKAR S., SARKAR S., SAVELBERG J., SAVINA P., SCHAILE P., SCHAUFEL M., SCHIELER H., SCHINDLER S., SCHLUTER B., SCHLUTER F., SCHMEISSER N., SCHMIDT T., SCHNEIDER J., SCHRODER F.G., SCHUMACHER L., SCLAFANI S., SECKEL D., SEIKH M., SEO M., SEUNARINE S., SEVLE MYHR P., SHAH R., SHEFALI S., SHIMIZU N., SILVA M., SKRZYPEK B., SMITHERS B., SNIHUR R., SOEDINGREKSO J., SEGAARD A., SOLDIN D., SOLDIN P., SOMMANI G., SPANNFELLNER C., SPICZAK G.M., SPIERING C., STAMATIKOS M., STANEV T., STEZELBERGER T., STURWALD T., STUTTARD T., SULLIVAN G.W., TABOADA I., TER-ANTONYAN S., TERLIUK A., THIESMEYER M., THOMPSON W.G., THWAITES J., TILAV S., TOLLEFSON K., TONNIS C., TOSCANO S., TOSI D., TRETTIN A., TURCOTTE R., TWAGIRAYEZU J.P., UNLAND ELORRIETA M.A., UPADHYAY A.K., UPSHAW K., VAIDYANATHAN A., VALTONEN-MATTILA N., VANDENBROUCKE J., VAN EIJNDHOVEN N., VANNEROM D., VAN SANTEN J., VARA J., VARSI F., VEITCH-MICHAELIS J., VENUGOPAL M., VEREECKEN M., VERPOEST S., VESKE D., VIJAI A., WALCK C., WANG A., WEAVER C., WEIGEL P., WEINDL A., WELDERT J., WEN A.Y., WENDT C., WERTHEBACH J., WEYRAUCH M., WHITEHORN N., WIEBUSCH C.H., WILLIAMS D.R., WITTHAUS L., WOLF A., WOLF M., WREDE G., XU X.W., YANEZ J.P., YILDIZCI E., YOSHIDA S., YOUNG R., YU S., YUAN T., ZHANG Z., ZHELNIN P., ZILBERMAN P., ZIMMERMAN M. (The IceCube Collaboration)

Abstract (from CDS):

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are promising candidate sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, since they provide environments rich in matter and photon targets where cosmic-ray interactions may lead to the production of gamma rays and neutrinos. We searched for high-energy neutrino emission from AGN using the Swift-BAT Spectroscopic Survey catalog of hard X-ray sources and 12 yr of IceCube muon track data. First, upon performing a stacked search, no significant emission was found. Second, we searched for neutrinos from a list of 43 candidate sources and found an excess from the direction of two sources, the Seyfert galaxies NGC 1068 and NGC 4151. We observed NGC 1068 at flux ${\phi }_{{\nu }_{\mu }+{\bar{\nu }}_{\mu }}$ = $4.0{2}_{-1.52}^{+1.58}\times 1{0}^{-11}$ TeV–1 cm–2 s–1 normalized at 1 TeV, with a power-law spectral index γ = 3.10${}_{-0.22}^{+0.26}$, consistent with previous IceCube results. The observation of a neutrino excess from the direction of NGC 4151 is at a posttrial significance of 2.9σ. If interpreted as an astrophysical signal, the excess observed from NGC 4151 corresponds to a flux ${\phi }_{{\nu }_{\mu }+{\bar{\nu }}_{\mu }}$ = $1.5{1}_{-0.81}^{+0.99}\times 1{0}^{-11}$ TeV–1 cm–2 s–1 normalized at 1 TeV and γ = 2.83${}_{-0.28}^{+0.35}$.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Neutrino astronomy - High energy astrophysics - Active galaxies - Seyfert galaxies

Simbad objects: 45

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Number of rows : 45
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 NGC 262 Bla 00 48 47.14147900 +31 57 25.0845702 14.04 13.90 13.06 8.53   ~ 778 2
2 NGC 931 Sy1 02 28 14.4689104272 +31 18 41.469363324   15.71 14.74     ~ 426 1
3 M 77 Sy2 02 42 40.7091669408 -00 00 47.859690204 9.70 9.61 8.87 10.1 9.9 ~ 4897 2
4 ICRF J024457.6+622806 Sy1 02 44 57.6967097952 +62 28 06.517098084   12.15 12.19     ~ 310 2
5 NGC 1142 Sy2 02 55 12.2311509144 -00 11 00.807149472   15.42 14.41     ~ 350 1
6 NGC 1194 Sy2 03 03 49.1124029328 -01 06 13.415103900   15.29 14.18     ~ 307 0
7 NGC 1275 Bla 03 19 48.1599902040 +41 30 42.108850836   13.10 12.48 11.09   ~ 4243 3
8 3C 111 Sy1 04 18 21.2772425736 +38 01 35.801359968   19.75 18.05     ~ 1002 2
9 MCG+01-12-009 Bla 04 33 11.0956735296 +05 21 15.619461552   15.72 15.05 10.08   ~ 2099 2
10 LEDA 168563 Sy1 04 52 04.7723618832 +49 32 44.750794344     17.1     ~ 83 1
11 PMN J0509+0541 BLL 05 09 25.9644373872 +05 41 35.333820420 15.32 14.95 14.78 15.12   ~ 589 2
12 Z 469-3 Sy1 05 10 45.5396425152 +16 29 58.180436556   15.6 15.774     ~ 142 2
13 Z 395-23 Sy1 05 16 11.4092471904 -00 08 59.157166920   14.30 13.92     ~ 953 1
14 NGC 2110 Sy2 05 52 11.3768668776 -07 27 22.507465392   14.77 13.51 11.86   ~ 712 1
15 Z 232-3 Sy1 05 54 53.6080860768 +46 26 21.624853488   15.37 14.62     ~ 563 3
16 RX J0602.1+2828 Sy1 06 02 10.4708953560 +28 28 19.407708696   15.0       ~ 89 1
17 Z 329-24 Sy2 06 15 36.2812259376 +71 02 14.837219808 14.21 14.03 12.97     ~ 960 2
18 Z 31-36 Sy2 08 04 05.8608218112 +05 06 49.823376120   14.55 13.7     ~ 340 2
19 Mrk 110 Sy1 09 25 12.8479065576 +52 17 10.386311208   16.82 16.41     ~ 681 1
20 NGC 3079 Sy2 10 01 57.8789863992 +55 40 47.449758324 11.57 11.54 10.86     ~ 1476 3
21 NGC 3227 Sy1 10 23 30.5765149296 +19 51 54.282206700   12.61 11.79     ~ 1807 2
22 Mrk 417 Sy2 10 49 30.9259950912 +22 57 52.375267800   16.0       ~ 107 0
23 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
24 NGC 3516 Sy1 11 06 47.4632200800 +72 34 07.298374656   13.12 12.40     ~ 1638 0
25 NGC 4102 Sy2 12 06 23.11513 +52 42 39.4160   11.8       ~ 449 1
26 NGC 4151 Sy1 12 10 32.5759813872 +39 24 21.063527532   12.18 11.48     ~ 3938 2
27 NGC 4388 Sy2 12 25 46.820 +12 39 43.45 11.91 11.76 11.02     ~ 1433 2
28 3C 273 BLL 12 29 06.6998257176 +02 03 08.597629980   13.05 14.830 14.11   ~ 6022 1
29 NGC 4992 Sy2 13 09 05.5929226104 +11 38 02.824910124   14.6       ~ 142 0
30 NGC 5252 Sy2 13 38 15.8707724328 +04 32 33.521265600   15.21 14.21     ~ 514 1
31 NGC 5506 Bla 14 13 14.8761010056 -03 12 27.556909272   15.25 14.38     ~ 1173 1
32 NGC 5548 Sy1 14 17 59.5400291832 +25 08 12.603122268   14.35 13.73     ~ 2895 0
33 Z 164-19 Sy2 14 45 36.8464489536 +27 02 05.566485732   12.7 15.3 11.9   ~ 86 0
34 NGC 6240 Sy2 16 52 58.9 +02 24 03   14.31 13.37     ~ 1734 2
35 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
36 Z 173-14 Sy1 18 35 03.3896172576 +32 41 46.855964616   16.50 15.39 10.50   ~ 688 1
37 MCG+07-41-003 Bla 19 59 28.35656837 +40 44 02.0972325   16.22 15.10     ~ 2537 2
38 2MASX J20145928+2523010 Sy2 20 14 59.2599734184 +25 23 01.152617388           ~ 21 0
39 MCG+04-48-002 Sy2 20 28 35.061 +25 44 00.18   18       ~ 164 1
40 4C 50.55 Rad 21 24 26.56 +51 00 19.8           ~ 27 1
41 NGC 7212a Sy1 22 07 01.9870259424 +10 14 00.838175892   15.1       ~ 217 1
42 LEDA 68751 Sy1 22 23 49.5398449645 -02 06 12.856394895   16.93 15.77 16.02   ~ 511 2
43 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 3004 2
44 NGC 7469 Sy1 23 03 15.6 +08 52 26 12.60 13.00 12.34     ~ 2253 3
45 NGC 7682 Sy2 23 29 03.9181335984 +03 31 59.921415444   14.3       ~ 254 1

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