SEARCH FOR PROMPT NEUTRINO EMISSION FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH ICECUBE

2014/12/31 by IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +304 · 165 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #COSMIC cancer database #Coincidence #Cosmic ray #Flux (metallurgy) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino detector #Observable #Solar neutrino problem #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/2041-8205/805/1/l5

published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters 805(1), L5 (IOP Publishing) · 15 pages, 3 figures

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Abstract

We present constraints derived from a search of four years of IceCube data for a prompt neutrino flux from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). A single low-significance neutrino, compatible with the atmospheric neutrino background, was found in coincidence with one of the 506 observed bursts. Although GRBs have been proposed as candidate sources for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, our limits on the neutrino flux disfavor much of the parameter space for the latest models. We also find that no more than ∼1% of the recently observed astrophysical neutrino flux consists of prompt emission from GRBs that are potentially observable by existing satellites.

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