Upper limit on the diffuse flux of cosmic νμ with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Creators
- 1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita and INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna (Italy)
Description
A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from December 2007 to December 2009 is presented. A (0.83x2π) sr sky was monitored for a total of 334 days of equivalent live time. The searched signal corresponds to an excess of events, produced by astrophysical sources, over the expected atmospheric neutrino background without any particular assumption on the source direction. the analysis are described. Since the number of detected events is compatible with the number of expected background events, a 90% c.l. upper limit on the diffuse νμ flux with a E-2 spectrum is set at E2Φ90%=5.3x10-8 GeVcm-2s-1sr-1 in the energy range 20 TeV - 2.5 PeV. Other signal models with different energy shape were also tested and some rejected.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.015Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.015;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1101.3670v1;
- PII
- S0920-5632(11)00048-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
- Journal Volume
- 212-213
- Journal Page Range
- p. 109-114
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
- CODEN
- NPBSE7
Conference
- Title
- Cosmic Ray International Seminars - 100 Years of Cosmic Ray Physics: from pioneering experiments to physics in space
- Acronym
- CRIS 2010
- Dates
- 13-17 Sep 2010
- Place
- Catania (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43069793
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; DEAD TIME; MUON NEUTRINOS; PEV RANGE; SIGNALS; TELESCOPES; TEV RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; TIMING PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.