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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; G. Anton; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; M. Archinger; S. In; A. Ishihara; E. Jacobi; G. S. Japaridze; M. Jeong; K. Jero; B. J. P. Jones;...
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We present results from an analysis looking for dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the IceCube neutrino telescope. Gravitationally trapped dark matter in the Sun's core can annihilate into Standard Model particles making the Sun a source of GeV neutrinos. IceCube is able to detect neutrinos with energies >100 GeV while its low-energy infill array DeepCore extends this to >10 GeV. This analysis uses data gathered in the austral winters between May 2011 and May 2014, corresponding to...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05949
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; T. Fuchs; T. K. Gaisser; J. Gallagher; L. Gerhardt; K. Ghorbani; W. Giang; L. Gladstone; T. Glauch; D. Glowacki; T. Glüsenkamp; G. Anton; A. Goldschmidt; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; L. Gustafsson; C. Haack; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; T. Hansmann; M. Archinger; K. Hanson; J. Haugen; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R....
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino detector built into the ice at the South Pole. Construction of IceCube, the largest neutrino detector built to date, was completed in 2011 and enabled the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. We describe here the design, production, and calibration of the IceCube digital optical module (DOM), the cable systems, computing hardware, and our methodology for drilling and deployment. We also describe the...
Topics: Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05093
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; M. Glagla; T. Glüsenkamp; A. Goldschmidt; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; I. Ansseau; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; G. Anton; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel;...
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The recent discovery of a diffuse cosmic neutrino flux extending up to PeV energies raises the question of which astrophysical sources generate this signal. One class of extragalactic sources which may produce such high-energy neutrinos are blazars. We present a likelihood analysis searching for cumulative neutrino emission from blazars in the 2nd Fermi-LAT AGN catalogue (2LAC) using an IceCube neutrino dataset 2009-12 which was optimised for the detection of individual sources. In contrast to...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.03874
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; I. Ansseau; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; G. Anton; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A. Ishihara; E. Jacobi;...
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We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC and VERITAS). While IceCube is capable of monitoring the whole sky continuously, high-energy gamma-ray telescopes have restricted fields of view and in general are unlikely to be observing a potential neutrino-flaring source at the time such neutrinos are recorded. The use of neutrino-triggered alerts thus...
Topics: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01814
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; I. Ansseau; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; G. Anton; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A. Ishihara; E. Jacobi;...
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Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux comes from a small event sample of high neutrino purity, good energy resolution, but large angular uncertainties. In searches for point-like sources, on the other hand, the best performance is given by using large statistics and good angular reconstructions. Track-like muon events produced in neutrino interactions satisfy...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.04981
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; I. Ansseau; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; G. Anton; K. Holzapfel; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A....
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The IceCube Collaboration has previously discovered a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux using neutrino events with interaction vertices contained within the instrumented volume of the IceCube detector. We present a complementary measurement using charged current muon neutrino events where the interaction vertex can be outside this volume. As a consequence of the large muon range the effective area is significantly larger but the field of view is restricted to the Northern Hemisphere....
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.08006
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; I. Ansseau; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; G. Anton; K. Holzapfel; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A....
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We report constraints on the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) above $10^{9}$ GeV, based on an analysis of seven years of IceCube data. This analysis efficiently selects very high energy neutrino-induced events which have deposited energies from $\sim 10^6$ GeV to above $10^{11}$ GeV. Two neutrino-induced events with an estimated deposited energy of $(2.6 \pm 0.3) \times 10^6$ GeV, the highest neutrino energies observed so far, and $(7.7 \pm 2.0) \times 10^5$ GeV were detected....
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.05886
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; I. Ansseau; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; G. Anton; K. Holzapfel; K. Hoshina; F. Huang; M. Huber; K. Hultqvist; S. In; A....
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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 years of the IceTop dataset to look for a statistically significant excess of events with energies above 10...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.05614
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IceCube collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; T. Glüsenkamp; A. Goldschmidt; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; I. Ansseau; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; G. Anton; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier;...
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We present the first IceCube search for a signal of dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way using all-flavour neutrino-induced particle cascades. The analysis focuses on the DeepCore sub-detector of IceCube, and uses the surrounding IceCube strings as a veto region in order to select starting events in the DeepCore volume. We use 329 live-days of data from IceCube operating in its 86-string configuration during 2011-2012. No neutrino excess is found, the final result being compatible with...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.00209
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; K. Andeen; T. Anderson; A. Goldschmidt; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Ha; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; I. Ansseau; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; G. Anton; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier; K....
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Observation of a point source of astrophysical neutrinos would be a "smoking gun" signature of a cosmic-ray accelerator. While IceCube has recently discovered a diffuse flux of astrophysical neutrinos, no localized point source has been observed. Previous IceCube searches for point sources in the southern sky were restricted by either an energy threshold above a few hundred TeV or poor neutrino angular resolution. Here we present a search for southern sky point sources with greatly...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00163
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Ha; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; G. Anton; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; M. Archinger; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier; K. Hoshina; F. Huang;...
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has accumulated a total of 318 billion cosmic-ray induced muon events between May 2009 and May 2015. This data set was used for a detailed analysis of the cosmic-ray arrival direction anisotropy in the TeV to PeV energy range. The observed global anisotropy features large regions of relative excess and deficit, with amplitudes on the order of $10^{-3}$ up to about 100 TeV. A decomposition of the arrival direction distribution into spherical harmonics shows that...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01227
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S. Adrián-Martínez; A. Albert; M. André; G. Anton; M. Ardid; J. -J. Aubert; T. Avgitas; B. Baret; J. Barrios-Martí; S. Basa; V. Bertin; J. Schnabel; R. A. Mercer; E. Merilh; M. Merzougui; S. Meshkov; C. Messenger; C. Messick; P. M. Meyers; F. Mezzani; H. Miao; C. Michel; F. Schüssler; H. Middleton; E. E. Mikhailov; L. Milano; J. Miller; M. Millhouse; Y. Minenkov; J. Ming; S. Mirshekari; C. Mishra; S. Mitra; T. Seitz; V. P. Mitrofanov; G. Mitselmakher; R. Mittleman; A. Moggi; M. Mohan; S....
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We present the high-energy-neutrino follow-up observations of the first gravitational wave transient GW150914 observed by the Advanced LIGO detectors on Sept. 14th, 2015. We search for coincident neutrino candidates within the data recorded by the IceCube and ANTARES neutrino detectors. A possible joint detection could be used in targeted electromagnetic follow-up observations, given the significantly better angular resolution of neutrino events compared to gravitational waves. We find no...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.05411
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; C. Ha; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; G. Anton; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; T. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; J. Hignight; M. Archinger; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier; K. Hoshina; F. Huang;...
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We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emission of 807 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) over the entire sky. This three-year search is the first in IceCube for shower-like Cherenkov light patterns from electron, muon, and tau neutrinos correlated with GRBs. We detect five low-significance events correlated with five GRBs. These events are consistent with the...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06484
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IceCube Collaboration; M. G. Aartsen; K. Abraham; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; M. Ahrens; D. Altmann; T. Anderson; I. Ansseau; A. Goldschmidt; G. Golup; J. G. Gonzalez; D. Góra; D. Grant; Z. Griffith; A. Groß; C. Ha; C. Haack; A. Haj Ismail; G. Anton; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; E. Hansen; B. Hansmann; K. Hanson; D. Hebecker; D. Heereman; K. Helbing; R. Hellauer; S. Hickford; M. Archinger; J. Hignight; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; R. Hoffmann; K. Holzapfel; A. Homeier; K....
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We present an improved event-level likelihood formalism for including neutrino telescope data in global fits to new physics. We derive limits on spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering by employing the new formalism in a re-analysis of data from the 79-string IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the Sun, including explicit energy information for each event. The new analysis excludes a number of models in the weak-scale minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) for the first...
Topics: Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00653
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S. Adrián-Martínez; J. A. Aguilar; I. Al Samarai; A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; S. Anvar; M. Ardid; A. C. Assis Jesus; T. Astraatmadja; J-J. Aubert; B. Baret; S. Basa; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; A. Bigi; C. Bigongiari; C. Bogazzi; M. Bou-Cabo; B. Bouhou; M. C. Bouwhuis; J. Brunner; J. Busto; F. Camarena; A. Capone; C. Carloganu; G. Carminati; J. Carr; S. Cecchini; Z. Charif; Ph. Charvis; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; A. Creusto; C. Curtil; G. De Bonis; M. P....
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The ANTARES detector, completed in 2008, is the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere. It is located at a depth of 2.5 km in the Mediterranean Sea, 40 km off the Toulon shore. The scientific scope of the experiment is very broad, being the search for astrophysical neutrinos the main goal. In this paper we collect the 22 contributions of the ANTARES collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011). At this stage of the experiment the scientific output is...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0478v1
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P. Nath; B. D. Nelson; H. Davoudiasl; B. Dutta; D. Feldman; Z. Liu; T. Han; P. Langacker; R. Mohapatra; J. Valle; A. Pilaftsis; D. Zerwas; S. AbdusSalam; C. Adam-Bourdarios; J. A. Aguilar-Saavedra; B. Allanach; B. Altunkaynak; L. A. Anchordoqui; H. Baer; B. Bajc; O. Buchmueller; M. Carena; R. Cavanaugh; S. Chang; K. Choi; C. Csaki; S. Dawson; F. de Campos; A. De Roeck; M. Duhrssen; O. J. P. Eboli; J. R. Ellis; H. Flacher; H. Goldberg; W. Grimus; U. Haisch; S. Heinemeyer; M. Hirsch; M. Holmes;...
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The Large Hadron Collider presents an unprecedented opportunity to probe the realm of new physics in the TeV region and shed light on some of the core unresolved issues of particle physics. These include the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking, the origin of mass, the possible constituent of cold dark matter, new sources of CP violation needed to explain the baryon excess in the universe, the possible existence of extra gauge groups and extra matter, and importantly the path Nature chooses...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2693v1
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M. Ageron; J. A. Aguilar; I. Al Samarai; A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; S. Anvar; M. Ardid; A. C. Assis Jesus; T. Astraatmadja; J-J. Aubert; B. Baret; S. Basa; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; A. Bigi; C. Bigongiari; C. Bogazzi; M. Bou-Cabo; B. Bouhou; M. C. Bouwhuis; J. Brunner; J. Busto; F. Camarena; A. Capone; C. Cârloganu; G. Carminati; J. Carr; S. Cecchini; Z. Charif; Ph. Charvis; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; R. Coniglione; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; C. Curtil; M. P. Decowski; I. Dekeyser;...
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The ANTARES telescope has the capability to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. Potential sources include gamma-ray bursts, core collapse supernovae, and flaring active galactic nuclei. To enhance the sensitivity of ANTARES to such sources, a new detection method based on coincident observations of neutrinos and optical signals has been developed. A fast online muon track reconstruction is used to trigger a network of small automatic optical telescopes. Such alerts are...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.4477v1
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Antares Collaboration; S. Adrián-Martínez; J. A. Aguilar; I. Al Samarai; A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; S. Anvar; M. Ardid; A. C. Assis Jesus; T. Astraatmadja; J-J. Aubert; B. Baret; S. Basa; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; A. Bigi; C. Bigongiari; C. Bogazzi; M. Bou-Cabo; B. Bouhou; M. C. Bouwhuis; J. Brunner; J. Busto; F. Camarena; A. Capone; C. Carloganu; G. Carminati; J. Carr; S. Cecchini; Z. Charif; Ph. Charvis; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; R. Coniglione; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; C....
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Results are presented of a search for cosmic sources of high energy neutrinos with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The data were collected during 2007 and 2008 using detector configurations containing between 5 and 12 detection lines. The integrated live time of the analyzed data is 304 days. Muon tracks are reconstructed using a likelihood-based algorithm. Studies of the detector timing indicate a median angular resolution of 0.5 +/- 0.1 degrees. The neutrino flux sensitivity is 7.5 x 10-8 ~...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0292v1
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HAWC collaboration; A. U. Abeysekara; J. A. Aguilar; S. Aguilar; R. Alfaro; E. Almaraz; C. Álvarez; J. de D. Álvarez-Romero; M. Álvarez; R. Arceo; J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez; C. Badillo; A. Barber; B. M. Baughman; N. Bautista-Elivar; E. Belmont; E. Benítez; S. Y. BenZvi; D. Berley; A. Bernal; E. Bonamente; J. Braun; R. Caballero-Lopez; I. Cabrera; A. Carramiñana; L. Carrasco; M. Castillo; L. Chambers; R. Conde; P. Condreay; U. Cotti; J. Cotzomi; J. C. D'Olivo; E. de la Fuente; C. De León;...
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We present the sensitivity of HAWC to Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). HAWC is a very high-energy gamma-ray observatory currently under construction in Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m. It will observe atmospheric air showers via the water Cherenkov method. HAWC will consist of 300 large water tanks instrumented with 4 photomultipliers each. HAWC has two data acquisition (DAQ) systems. The main DAQ system reads out coincident signals in the tanks and reconstructs the direction and energy of individual...
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.6034v2
