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SEARCHES FOR TIME-DEPENDENT NEUTRINO SOURCES WITH ICECUBE DATA FROM 2008 TO 2012

Creators

  • 1. School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA, 5005 Australia (Australia)
  • 2. DESY, D-15735 Zeuthen (Germany)
  • 3. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch (New Zealand)
  • 4. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
  • 5. Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
  • 6. Oskar Klein Centre and Dept. of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 7. Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
  • 8. Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
  • 9. Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)
  • 10. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)
  • 11. Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 (United States)
  • 12. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
  • 13. Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 14. Dept. of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
  • 15. Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
  • 16. Dept. of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal (Germany)

Description

In this paper searches for flaring astrophysical neutrino sources and sources with periodic emission with the IceCube neutrino telescope are presented. In contrast to time-integrated searches, where steady emission is assumed, the analyses presented here look for a time-dependent signal of neutrinos using the information from the neutrino arrival times to enhance the discovery potential. A search was performed for correlations between neutrino arrival times and directions, as well as neutrino emission following time-dependent light curves, sporadic emission, or periodicities of candidate sources. These include active galactic nuclei, soft γ-ray repeaters, supernova remnants hosting pulsars, microquasars, and X-ray binaries. The work presented here updates and extends previously published results to a longer period that covers 4 years of data from 2008 April 5 to 2012 May 16, including the first year of operation of the completed 86 string detector. The analyses did not find any significant time-dependent point sources of neutrinos, and the results were used to set upper limits on the neutrino flux from source candidates

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/46

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/46;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
807
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[17 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47093149
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; BINARY STARS; BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; CORRELATIONS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RAY FLUX; DIAGRAMS; GALAXIES; GALAXY NUCLEI; PERIODICITY; PULSARS; STELLAR FLARES; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TELESCOPES; TIME DEPENDENCE; VISIBLE RADIATION; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATIONS; STARS; STELLAR ACTIVITY; VARIATIONS

Optional Information

Collaborations
IceCube Collaboration