1. The search for transient astrophysical neutrino emission with IceCube-DeepCore
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IceCube Collaboration, Aartsen, MG, Abraham, K, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, M, Altmann, D, Anderson, T, Ansseaus, I, Archinger, M, Arguelles, C, Arlen, TC, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Barwick, SW, Baum, V, Bay, R, Beatty, JJ, Tjus, JB, Becker, K-H, Beiser, E, Benzvi, S, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bernhard, A, Besson, DZ, Binder, G, Bindig, D, Bissoki, M, Blaufuss, E, Blumenthal, J, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Boerner, M, Bos, F, Bose, D, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Braun, J, Brayeur, L, Bretz, H-P, Buzinsky, N, Casey, J, Casier, M, Cheung, E, Chirkin, D, Christov, A, Clark, K, Classen, L, Coenders, S, Cowen, DF, Silva, AHC, Daughhetee, J, Davis, JC, Day, M, de Andre, JPAM, De Clercq, C, del Pino Rosendo, E, Dembinski, H, De Ridder, S, Desiati, P, de Vries, KD, de Wasseige, G, de With, M, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, di Lorenzo, V, Dumm, JP, Dunkman, M, Eagan, R, Eberhardt, B, Ehrhardt, T, Eichmann, B, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fahey, S, Fazely, AR, Fedynitch, A, Feintzeig, J, Felde, J, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Fischer-Wasels, T, Flis, S, Foesig, C-C, Fucus, T, Gaisser, TK, Gaior, R, Gallagher, J, Gerhardt, L, Ghorbani, K, Gier, D, Gladstone, L, Glagla, M, Gluesenkamp, T, Goldschmidt, A, Golup, G, Gonzalez, JG, Gora, D, Grant, D, Groii, JC, Gross, A, Ha, C, Haack, C, Ismail, AH, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Hansen, E, Hansmann, B, Hanson, K, Hebecker, D, Heereman, D, Helbing, K, Hellauer, R, Hickford, S, Hignigiit, J, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Hoffmann, R, Holzapfel, K, Homeier, A, Hoshina, K, Huang, F, Huber, M, Huelsnitz, W, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, In, S, Ishihara, A, Jacobi, E, Japaridze, GS, Jero, K, Jurkovic, M, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kauer, M, Keivani, A, Kelley, JL, Kemp, J, Kheirandish, A, Kiryluk, J, Klaes, J, Klein, SR, Kohnen, G, Koirala, R, Kolanoski, H, Konietz, R, Koepke, L, Kopper, C, Kopper, S, Koskinen, DJ, Kowalski, M, Krings, K, Kroll, G, Kroll, M, Kunnen, J, Kurahashi, N, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Lanfranchi, JL, Larson, MJ, Lesiak-Bzdak, M, Leuermann, M, Leuner, J, Lu, L, Lunemann, J, Madsen, J, Maggi, G, Mahn, KBM, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, Maunu, R, McNally, F, Meagher, K, Medici, M, Meli, A, Menne, T, Merino, G, Meuress, T, Miarecki, S, Middell, E, Middlemas, E, Mohrmann, L, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Nahnhauer, R, Naumann, U, Neer, G, Niederhausen, H, Nowicki, SC, Nygren, DR, Obertacke, A, Olivas, A, Omairat, A, O'Murchadha, A, Palczewski, T, Pandya, H, Pankova, DV, Paul, L, Pepper, JA, Perez de los Heros, C, Pfendner, C, Pieloth, D, Pinat, E, Posselt, J, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Puetz, J, Quinnan, M, Raab, C, Raedel, L, Rameez, M, Rawlins, K, Reimann, R, Relich, M, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Richman, M, Richter, S, Riedel, B, Robertson, S, Rongen, M, Rott, C, Ruhe, T, Ryckbosch, D, Saba, SM, Sabbatini, L, Sander, H-G, Sandrock, A, Sandroos, J, Sarkar, S, Schatto, K, Scheriau, F, Schimp, M, Schmidt, T, Schmitz, M, Schoenen, S, Schoeneberg, S, Schoenwald, A, Schulte, L, Seckel, D, Seunarine, S, Smith, MWE, Soldin, D, Song, M, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stahlberg, M, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stanisha, NA, Stasik, A, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoessl, A, Strom, R, Strotjohann, NL, Sullivan, GW, Sutherland, M, Taavola, H, Taboada, I, Tatar, J, Ter-Antonyan, S, Terliuk, A, Tesic, G, Tilav, S, Toale, PA, Tobin, MN, Toscano, S, Tosi, D, Tselengidou, M, Turcati, A, Unger, E, Usner, M, Vallecorsa, S, Vandenbroucke, J, van Eundhoven, N, Vanheule, S, van Santen, J, Veenkamp, J, Vehring, M, Voge, M, Vraeghe, M, Walck, C, Wallace, A, Wallraff, M, Wandkowsky, N, Weaver, C, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whelan, BJ, Whitehorn, N, Wiebe, K, Wiebusch, CH, Wille, L, Williams, DR, Wissing, H, Wolf, M, Wood, TR, Woschnagg, K, Xu, DL, Xu, XW, Xu, Y, Yanez, JP, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zoll, M, Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, and Vriendenkring VUB
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POINT SOURCES ,Point source ,Ciencias Físicas ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,astroparticle physics ,gamma-ray burst: general ,neutrinos ,supernovae: general ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Space and Planetary Science ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics ,general [gamma-ray burst] ,01 natural sciences ,CONNECTION ,IceCube ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,Time of arrival ,0103 physical sciences ,TRACK RECONSTRUCTION ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,media_common ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,Muon ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https] ,PERFORMANCE ,GENERATOR ,3. Good health ,Astronomía ,Supernova ,Physics and Astronomy ,13. Climate action ,Sky ,TELESCOPES ,JETS ,ddc:520 ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Transient (oscillation) ,Neutrino ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,physics ,general [supernovae] ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Energy (signal processing) - Abstract
We present the results of a search for astrophysical sources of brief transient neutrino emission using IceCube and DeepCore data acquired between May 15th 2012 and April 30th 2013. While the search methods employed in this analysis are similar to those used in previous IceCube point source searches, the data set being examined consists of a sample of predominantly sub-TeV muon neu- trinos from the Northern Sky (-5$^{\circ}$ < �� < 90$^{\circ}$ ) obtained through a novel event selection method. This search represents a first attempt by IceCube to identify astrophysical neutrino sources in this relatively unexplored energy range. The reconstructed direction and time of arrival of neutrino events is used to search for any significant self-correlation in the dataset. The data revealed no significant source of transient neutrino emission. This result has been used to construct limits at timescales ranging from roughly 1$\,$s to 10 days for generic soft-spectra transients. We also present limits on a specific model of neutrino emission from soft jets in core-collapse supernovae., 32 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal; added references; added figure
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- 2016