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1. The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

Author: The LBNE Collaboration, Akiri, T., Allspach, D., Andrews, M., Arisaka, K., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Artuso, M., Bai, X., Balantekin, B., Baller, B., Barletta, W., Barr, G., Bass, M., Beck, A., Becker, B., Bellini, V., Benhar, O., Berger, B., Bergevin, M., Berman, E., Berns, H., Bernstein, A., Beroz, F., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bionta, R., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Blaufuss, E., Bleakley, B., Blucher, E., Blusk, S., Boehnlein, D., Bolton, T., Brack, J., Bradford, R., Breedon, R., Bromberg, C., Brown, R., Buchanan, N., Camilleri, L., Campbell, M., Carr, R., Carminati, G., Chen, A., Chen, H., Cherdack, D., Chi, C., Childress, S., Choudhary, B., Church, E., Cline, D., Coleman, S., Corey, R., D'Agostino, M., Davies, G., Dazeley, S., De Jong, J., DeMaat, B., Demuth, D., Dighe, A., Djurcic, Z., Dolph, J., Drake, G., Drozhdin, A., Duan, H., Duyang, H., Dye, S., Dykhuis, T., Edmunds, D., Elliott, S., Enomoto, S., Escobar, C., Felde, J., Feyzi, F., Fleming, B., Fowler, J., Fox, W., Friedland, A., Fujikawa, B., Gallagher, H., Garilli, G., Garvey, G., Gehman, V., Geronimo, G., Gill, R., Goodman, M., Goon, J., Gorbunov, D., Gran, R., Guarino, V., Guarnaccia, E., Guenette, R., Gupta, P., Habig, A., Hackenberg, R., Hahn, A., Hahn, R., Haines, T., Hans, S., Harton, J., Hays, S., Hazen, E., He, Q., Heavey, A., Heeger, K., Hellauer, R., Himmel, A., Horton-Smith, G., Howell, J., Huber, P., Hurh, P., Huston, J., Hylen, J., Insler, J., Jaffe, D., James, C., Johnson, C., Johnson, M., Johnson, R., Johnson, W., Johnston, W., Johnstone, J., Jones, B., Jostlein, H., Junk, T., Junnarkar, S., Kadel, R., Kafka, T., Kaminski, D., Karagiorgi, G., Karle, A., Kaspar, J., Katori, T., Kayser, B., Kearns, E., Kettell, S., Khanam, F., Klein, J., Kneller, J., Koizumi, G., Kopp, J., Kopp, S., Kropp, W., Kudryavtsev, V., Kumar, A., Kumar, J., Kutter, T., Lackowski, T., Lande, K., Lane, C., Lang, K., Lanni, F., Lanza, R., Latorre, T., Learned, J., Lee, D., Lee, K., Li, Y., Linden, S., Ling, J., Link, J., Littenberg, L., Loiacono, L., Liu, T., Losecco, J., Louis, W., Lucas, P., Lunardini, C., Lundberg, B., Lundin, T., Makowiecki, D., Malys, S., Mandal, S., Mann, A., Mantsch, P., Marciano, W., Mariani, C., Maricic, J., Marino, A., Marshak, M., Maruyama, R., Mathews, J., Matsuno, S., Mauger, C., McCluskey, E., McDonald, K., McFarland, K., McKeown, R., McTaggart, R., Mehdiyev, R., Melnitchouk, W., Meng, Y., Mercurio, B., Messier, M., Metcalf, W., Milincic, R., Miller, W., Mills, G., Mishra, S., MoedSher, S., Mohapatra, D., Mokhov, N., Moore, C., Morfin, J., Morse, W., Moss, A., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Newcomer, M., Norris, B., Ouedraogo, S., Page, B., Pakvasa, S., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Papadimitriou, V., Parsa, Z., Partyka, K., Pavlovic, Z., Pearson, C., Perasso, S., Petti, R., Plunkett, R., Polly, C., Pordes, S., Potenza, R., Prakash, A., Prokofiev, O., Qian, X., Raaf, J., Radeka, V., Raghavan, R., Rameika, R., Rebel, B., Rescia, S., Reitzner, D., Richardson, M., Riesselman, K., Robinson, M., Rosen, M., Rosenfeld, C., Rucinski, R., Russo, T., Sahijpal, S., Salon, S., Samios, N., Sanchez, M., Schmitt, R., Schmitz, D., Schneps, J., Scholberg, K., Seibert, S., Sergiampietri, F., Shaevitz, M., Shanahan, P., Shaposhnikov, M., Sharma, R., Simos, N., Singh, V., Sinnis, G., Sippach, W., Skwarnicki, T., Smy, M., Sobel, H., Soderberg, M., Sondericker, J., Sondheim, W., Spitz, J., Spooner, N., Stancari, M., Stancu, I., Stewart, J., Stoler, P., Stone, J., Stone, S., Strait, J., Straszheim, T., Striganov, S., Sullivan, G., Svoboda, R., Szczerbinska, B., Szelc, A., Talaga, R., Tanaka, H., Tayloe, R., Taylor, D., Thomas, J., Thompson, L., Thomson, M., Thorn, C., Tian, X., Toki, W., Tolich, N., Tripathi, M., Trovato, M., Tseung, H., Tzanov, M., Urheim, J., Usman, S., Vagins, M., Van Berg, R., Van de Water, R., Varner, G., Vaziri, K., Velev, G., Viren, B., Wachala, T., Walter, C., Wang, H., Wang, Z., Warner, D., Webber, D., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wendt, C., Wetstein, M., White, H., White, S., Whitehead, L., Willis, W., Wilson, R. J., Winslow, L., Ye, J., Yeh, M., Yu, B., Zeller, G., Zhang, C., Zimmerman, E., and Zwaska, R.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of different beam, near- and far-detector configurations. Nine initial topics were identified as scientific areas that motivate construction of a long-baseline neutrino experiment with a very large far detector. We summarize the scientific justification for each topic and the estimated performance for a set of far detector reference configurations. We report also on a study of optimized beam parameters and the physics capability of proposed Near Detector configurations. This document was presented to the collaboration in fall 2010 and updated with minor modifications in early 2011., Comment: Corresponding author R.J.Wilson (Bob.Wilson@colostate.edu); 113 pages, 90 figures
Published: 2011

2. Neutrino analysis of the September 2010 Crab Nebula flare and time-integrated constraints on neutrino emission from the Crab using IceCube

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madajczyk, B., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, C. C., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and Zoll, M.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We present the results for a search of high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab nebula flare reported on September 2010 by various experiments. Due to the unusual flaring state of the otherwise steady source we performed a prompt analysis of the 79-string configuration data to search for neutrinos that might be emitted along with the observed gamma-rays. We performed two different and complementary data selections of neutrino events in the time window of 10 days around the flare. One event selection is optimized for discovery of E^-2 neutrino spectrum typical of 1st order Fermi acceleration. A similar event selection has also been applied to the 40-string data to derive the time-integrated limits to the neutrino emission from the Crab. The other event selection was optimized for discovery of neutrino spectra with softer spectral index and TeV energy cut-offs as observed for various galactic sources in gamma-rays. The 90% CL best upper limits on the Crab flux during the 10 day flare are 4.73 x 10^-11 cm-2 s-1 TeV-1 for an E^-2 neutrino spectrum and 2.50 x 10^-10 cm-2 s-1 TeV-1 for a softer neutrino spectra of E-2.7, as indicated by Fermi measurements during the flare. IceCube has also set a time-integrated limit on the neutrino emission of the Crab using 375.5 days of livetime of the 40-string configuration data. This limit is compared to existing models of neutrino production from the Crab and its impact on astrophysical parameters is discussed. The most optimistic predictions of some models are already rejected by the IceCube neutrino telescope with more than 90% CL.
Published: 2011
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3. Observation of Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Multiple Angular Scales with IceCube

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madajczyk, B., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, C. C., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and Zoll, M.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Between May 2009 and May 2010, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20 TeV. With a data set of this size, it is possible to probe the southern sky for per-mille anisotropy on all angular scales in the arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays. Applying a power spectrum analysis to the relative intensity map of the cosmic ray flux in the southern hemisphere, we show that the arrival direction distribution is not isotropic, but shows significant structure on several angular scales. In addition to previously reported large-scale structure in the form of a strong dipole and quadrupole, the data show small-scale structure on scales between 15 degrees and 30 degrees. The skymap exhibits several localized regions of significant excess and deficit in cosmic ray intensity. The relative intensity of the smaller-scale structures is about a factor of 5 weaker than that of the dipole and quadrupole structure. The most significant structure, an excess localized at right ascension 122.4 degrees and declination -47.4 degrees, extends over at least 20 degrees in right ascension and has a post-trials significance of 5.3 sigma. The origin of this anisotropy is still unknown., Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2011
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4. A Search for a Diffuse Flux of Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 40-String Detector

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 km$^{3}$ detector currently taking data at the South Pole. One of the main strategies used to look for astrophysical neutrinos with IceCube is the search for a diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos from unresolved sources. A hard energy spectrum of neutrinos from isotropically distributed astrophysical sources could manifest itself as a detectable signal that may be differentiated from the atmospheric neutrino background by spectral measurement. This analysis uses data from the IceCube detector collected in its half completed configuration which operated between April 2008 and May 2009 to search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos. A total of 12,877 upward going candidate neutrino events have been selected for this analysis. No evidence for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos was found in the data set leading to a 90 percent C.L. upper limit on the normalization of an $E^{-2}$ astrophysical $\nu_{\mu}$ flux of $8.9 \times 10^{-9} \ \mathrm{GeV \ cm^{-2} \ s^{-1} \ sr^{-1}}$. The analysis is sensitive in the energy range between $35 \ \mathrm{TeV} - 7 \ \mathrm{PeV}$. The 12,877 candidate neutrino events are consistent with atmospheric muon neutrinos measured from 332 GeV to 84 TeV and no evidence for a prompt component to the atmospheric neutrino spectrum is found., Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures
Published: 2011
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5. Time-Dependent Searches for Point Sources of Neutrinos with the 40-String and 22-String Configurations of IceCube

Author: The IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: This paper presents searches for flaring sources of neutrinos using the IceCube neutrino telescope. For the first time, a search is performed over the entire parameter space of energy, direction and time looking for neutrino flares of 20 microseconds to a year duration from astrophysical sources among the atmospheric neutrino and muon backgrounds. Searches which integrate over time are less sensitive to flares because they are affected by a larger background of atmospheric neutrinos and muons that can be reduced by the time constraint. Flaring sources considered here, such as active galactic nuclei, soft gamma-ray repeaters and gamma-ray bursts, are promising candidate neutrino emitters. We used mainly data taken between April 5, 2008 and May 20, 2009 by a partially completed configuration of IceCube with 40 strings. For the presented searches an unbinned maximum likelihood method is used with a time-dependent prior to test several different source hypotheses. An "untriggered" search covers any possible time-dependent emission from sources not correlated to any other observation using other astrophysical messengers such as photons. Moreover, a similar time scan is performed for a predefined catalogue of sources that exhibit intense photon flares. Searches triggered by multi-wavelength information on flares from blazars and soft gamma-ray repeaters are performed using the 40 string data and also the data taken by the previous configuration of 22 strings in operation between May 31, 2007 and April 5, 2008. Flares for which extensive and continuous monitoring is available from Fermi-LAT and SWIFT and flares detected by imaging Cherenkov telescopes with shorter time-scale monitoring are considered. The results from all searches are compatible with a fluctuation of the background., Comment: 37 pages, 14 figures. Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2011
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6. Constraints on the Extremely-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 Data

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We report on a search for extremely-high energy neutrinos with energies greater than $10^6$ GeV using the data taken with the IceCube detector at the South Pole. The data was collected between April 2008 and May 2009 with the half completed IceCube array. The absence of signal candidate events in the sample of 333.5 days of livetime significantly improves model independent limit from previous searches and allows to place a limit on the diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos with an $E^{-2}$ spectrum in the energy range $2.0 \times 10^{6}$ $-$ $6.3 \times 10^{9}$ GeV to a level of $E^2 \phi \leq 3.6 \times 10^{-8}$ ${\rm GeV cm^{-2} sec^{-1}sr^{-1}}$., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. This corresponds to the paper Phys.Rev.D 83, 092003(2011), and its erratum Phys.Rev.D 84, 079902(2011)
Published: 2011
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7. Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole

Author: The IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The detection of acoustic signals from ultra-high energy neutrino interactions is a promising method to measure the tiny flux of cosmogenic neutrinos expected on Earth. The energy threshold for this process depends strongly on the absolute noise level in the target material. The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS), deployed in the upper part of four boreholes of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, has monitored the noise in Antarctic ice at the geographic South Pole for more than two years down to 500 m depth. The noise is very stable and Gaussian distributed. Lacking an in-situ calibration up to now, laboratory measurements have been used to estimate the absolute noise level in the 10 to 50 kHz frequency range to be smaller than 20 mPa. Using a threshold trigger, sensors of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup registered acoustic pulse-like events in the IceCube detector volume and its vicinity. Acoustic signals from refreezing IceCube holes and from anthropogenic sources have been used to localize acoustic events. Monte Carlo simulations of sound propagating from the established sources to the SPATS sensors have allowed to check corresponding model expectations. An upper limit on the neutrino flux at energies $E_\nu > 10^{11}$ GeV is derived from acoustic data taken over eight months., Comment: 17 pages, 14 figures
Published: 2011
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8. Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Halo with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Self-annihilating or decaying dark matter in the Galactic halo might produce high energy neutrinos detectable with neutrino telescopes. We have conducted a search for such a signal using 276 days of data from the IceCube 22-string configuration detector acquired during 2007 and 2008. The effect of halo model choice in the extracted limit is reduced by performing a search that considers the outer halo region and not the Galactic Center. We constrain any large scale neutrino anisotropy and are able to set a limit on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section of <\sigma_{A}v> \simeq 10^{-22} cm^3/s for WIMP masses above 1 TeV, assuming a monochromatic neutrino line spectrum., Comment: 12pages, 13figures
Published: 2011
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9. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., B, S., "oser, Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demir, L., "ors, Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., D'iaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., aard, O. Engdeg, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Tur\v\can, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We report on the first search for atmospheric and for diffuse astrophysical neutrino-induced showers (cascades) in the IceCube detector using 257 days of data collected in the year 2007-2008 with 22 strings active. A total of 14 events with energies above 16 TeV remained after event selections in the diffuse analysis, with an expected total background contribution of $8.3\pm 3.6$. At 90% confidence we set an upper limit of $E^2\Phi_{90%CL}<3.6\times10^{-7} GeV \cdot cm^{-2} \cdot s^{-1}\cdot sr^{-1} $ on the diffuse flux of neutrinos of all flavors in the energy range between 24 TeV and 6.6 PeV assuming that $\Phi \propto E^{-2}$ and that the flavor composition of the $\nu_e : \nu_\mu : \nu_\tau$ flux is $1 : 1 : 1$ at the Earth. The atmospheric neutrino analysis was optimized for lower energies. A total of 12 events were observed with energies above 5 TeV. The observed number of events is consistent with the expected background, within the uncertainties., Comment: 14 pages, 16 figures
Published: 2011
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10. Limits on Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the 40 String IceCube Detector

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, C., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if GRBs are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray flux above $10^{18}$ eV. Two separate analyses using the half-complete IceCube detector, one a dedicated search for neutrinos from $p \gamma$-interactions in the prompt phase of the GRB fireball, and the other a generic search for any neutrino emission from these sources over a wide range of energies and emission times, produced no evidence for neutrino emission, excluding prevailing models at 90% confidence., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures; accepted by Physical Review Letters. Incorporates miscellaneous clarifications from original version
Published: 2011
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11. Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: A search for sidereal modulation in the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos in IceCube was performed. Such a signal could be an indication of Lorentz-violating physics. Neutrino oscillation models, derivable from extensions to the Standard Model, allow for neutrino oscillations that depend on the neutrino's direction of propagation. No such direction-dependent variation was found. A discrete Fourier transform method was used to constrain the Lorentz and CPT-violating coefficients in one of these models. Due to the unique high energy reach of IceCube, it was possible to improve constraints on certain Lorentz-violating oscillations by three orders of magnitude with respect to limits set by other experiments., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Revision updates a reference and adds a comment on the 120 degree zenith restriction
Published: 2010
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12. Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, A. R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, B. T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: A measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV was performed using a data sample of about 18,000 up-going atmospheric muon neutrino events in IceCube. Boosted decision trees were used for event selection to reject mis-reconstructed atmospheric muons and obtain a sample of up-going muon neutrino events. Background contamination in the final event sample is less than one percent. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos up to 400 TeV, and is fundamental to understanding the impact of this neutrino background on astrophysical neutrino observations with IceCube. The measured spectrum is consistent with predictions for the atmospheric muon neutrino plus muon antineutrino flux., Comment: 19 pages, 24 figures, added background simulation to distribution plots, clarified a few points in the text
Published: 2010
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13. The first search for extremely-high energy cosmogenic neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Author: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R. L., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We report on the results of the search for extremely-high energy (EHE) neutrinos with energies above $10^7$ GeV obtained with the partially ($\sim$30%) constructed IceCube in 2007. From the absence of signal events in the sample of 242.1 days of effective livetime, we derive a 90% C.L. model independent differential upper limit based on the number of signal events per energy decade at $E^2 \phi_{\nu_e+\nu_\mu+\nu_\tau}\simeq 1.4 \times 10^{-6}$ GeV cm$^{-2}$ sec$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ for neutrinos in the energy range from $3\times10^7$ to $3\times10^9$ GeV., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Published: 2010
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14. IceCube Collaboration Contributions to the 2009 International Cosmic Ray Conference

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Breder, D., Carson, M., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Day, C. T., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Di-az-Velez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Edwards, W. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegard, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hulss, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R. L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lucke, A., Luenemann, J., Lundberg, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., McParland, C. P., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Perez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoufer, M. C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K. -H., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tooker, J., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wiedemann, A., Wikstrom, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., and Yoshida, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: IceCube Collaboration Contributions to the 2009 International Cosmic Ray Conference, Comment: Index file for IceCube contributions to the 2009 ICRC; corrected author list
Published: 2010

15. Calibration and Characterization of the IceCube Photomultiplier Tube

Author: The IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Haugen, J., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R. L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Kitamura, N., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Laundrie, A., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robl, P., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Sandstrom, P., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Wahl, D., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: Over 5,000 PMTs are being deployed at the South Pole to compose the IceCube neutrino observatory. Many are placed deep in the ice to detect Cherenkov light emitted by the products of high-energy neutrino interactions, and others are frozen into tanks on the surface to detect particles from atmospheric cosmic ray showers. IceCube is using the 10-inch diameter R7081-02 made by Hamamatsu Photonics. This paper describes the laboratory characterization and calibration of these PMTs before deployment. PMTs were illuminated with pulses ranging from single photons to saturation level. Parameterizations are given for the single photoelectron charge spectrum and the saturation behavior. Time resolution, late pulses and afterpulses are characterized. Because the PMTs are relatively large, the cathode sensitivity uniformity was measured. The absolute photon detection efficiency was calibrated using Rayleigh-scattered photons from a nitrogen laser. Measured characteristics are discussed in the context of their relevance to IceCube event reconstruction and simulation efforts., Comment: 40 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2010
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16. Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A.M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J.C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J.C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D.J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M.J., Lauer, R., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O’Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stössl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Stür, M., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P.A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C.H., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X.W., Yanez, J.P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsk, P.
Published: 2012
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17. Search for neutrino-induced cascades with five years of AMANDA data

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Actis, O., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., Davis, J.C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Knops, S., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D.J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C.H., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X.W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Published: 2011
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18. Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Gustafsson, L., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Knops, S., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D.J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C.H., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X.W., Yanez, J.P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Published: 2011
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19. The energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos between 2 and 200 TeV with the AMANDA-II detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Knops, S., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D.J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Münich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C.H., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X.W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Published: 2010
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20. Measurement of sound speed vs. depth in South Pole ice for neutrino astronomy

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Breder, D., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., Day, C.T., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Edwards, W.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Klepser, S., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Leich, H., Lennarz, D., Lucke, A., Lundberg, J., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., McParland, C.P., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Mohr, A., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Münich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A.C., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoufer, M.C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K.-H., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Vogt, C., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebusch, C.H., Wiedemann, A., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, X.W., Yodh, G., and Yoshida, S.
Published: 2010
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21. Calibration and characterization of the IceCube photomultiplier tube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J.J., Bechet, S., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Haugen, J., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hoffman, K.D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J.L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Kitamura, N., Klein, S.R., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D.J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Laundrie, A., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A.C., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P.B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robl, P., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sandstrom, P., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voigt, B., Wahl, D., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C.H., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X.W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Published: 2010
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22. The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

Author: Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S.W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J.L., Beattie, K., Becka, T., Becker, J.K., Becker, K.-H., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D.Z., Bingham, B., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D.J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Breeder, D., Burgess, T., Carithers, W., Castermans, T., Chen, H., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cowen, D.F., D’Agostino, M.V., Danninger, M., Davour, A., Day, C.T., Depaepe, O., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J.C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J.P., Duvoort, M.R., Edwards, W.R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R.W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P.A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A.R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M.M., Fox, B.D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T.K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glowacki, D., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J.A., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R.M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hardtke, R., Hasegawa, Y., Haugen, J., Hays, D., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Hellwig, M., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G.C., Hodges, J., Hoffman, K.D., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hughey, B., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P.O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R.L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G.S., Johansson, H., Jones, A., Joseph, J.M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kawai, H., Kelley, J.L., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S.R., Kleinfelder, S., Klepser, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Kujawski, E., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Laundrie, A., Leich, H., Leier, D., Lewis, C., Lucke, A., Ludvig, J., Lundberg, J., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H.S., McParland, C.P., Meagher, K., Meli, A., Merck, M., Messarius, T., Mészáros, P., Minor, R.H., Miyamoto, H., Mohr, A., Mokhtarani, A., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S.M., Münich, K., Muratas, A., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J.W., Nießen, P., Nygren, D.R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A.C., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Pretz, J., Price, P.B., Przybylski, G.T., Rawlins, K., Razzaque, S., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robbins, W.J., Rodrigues, J.P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Sandstrom, P., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schulz, O., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S.H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Smith, A.J., Song, C., Sopher, J.E., Spiczak, G.M., Spiering, C., Stanev, T., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R.G., Stoufer, M.C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E.A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K.-H., Sullivan, G.W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P.A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Viscomi, V., Vogt, C., Voigt, B., Vu, C.Q., Wahl, D., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Waldmann, H., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhof, S., Whitehorn, N., Wharton, D., Wiebusch, C.H., Wiedemann, C., Wikström, G., Williams, D.R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, X.W., Yodh, G., and Yoshida, S.
Published: 2009
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23. Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J. L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D’Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K.-H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O’Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and The IceCube Collaboration
Published: 2010
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24. Time-Integrated Searches for Point-like Sources of Neutrinos with the 40-String IceCube Detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.-A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Kappes, A., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Roth, P., Wissing, H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Bazo Alba, J. L., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J.-H., Wolf, M., BenZvi, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Beattie, K., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Woschnagg, K., Kroll, G., Hoshina, K., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Beatty, J. J., Xu, C., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Rott, C., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Xu, X. W., Matusik, M., Bechet, S., Meagher, K., Ruhe, T., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Bissok, M., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Becker, J. K., Rutledge, D., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Yodh, G., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O’Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Ruzybayev, B., Becker, K.-H., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, C., Yoshida, S., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Ryckbosch, D., Prikockis, M., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Przybylski, G. T., Zarzhitsky, P., Sander, H.-G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Hubert, D., Berdermann, J., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Ishihara, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Huelsnitz, W., Seunarine, S., Berghaus, P., Silvestri, A., Rawlins, K., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Hülß, J.-P., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Blaufuss, E., Berley, D., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Hulth, P. O., Tamburro, A., Blumenthal, J., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Bernardini, E., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., Hultqvist, K., Boersma, D. J., Vandenbroucke, J., van Eijndhoven, N., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Bertrand, D., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Bohm, C., Hussain, S., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Besson, D. Z., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Bose, D., Williams, D. R., IceCube Collaboration, Wischnewski, R., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Redl, P., Jacobsen, J., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D’Agostino, M. V., Resconi, E., Danninger, M., Bay, R., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Rhode, W., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Japaridze, G. S., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Ribordy, M., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Johansson, H., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Rizzo, A., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Joseph, J. M., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Rodrigues, J. P., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Kampert, K. H., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Rothmaier, F., and Halzen, F.
Subjects: HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, ASTROPHYSICS, SELECTION, Astronomy, Astrophysics, String (physics), 01 natural sciences, Muon neutrino, MILAGRO, astroparticle physics, cosmic rays, neutrinos, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Gamma-Ray Emission, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, ASTRONOMY, Science General, COSMIC-RAYS, GALAXIES, High-Energy Neutrinos, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Declination, Clusters, 0103 physical sciences, Point (geometry), Selection, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic-Rays, Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Milagro, TELESCOPES, High Energy Physics::Experiment, CLUSTERS, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, Telescopes
Abstract: We present the results of time-integrated searches for astrophysical neutrino sources in both the northern and southern skies. Data were collected using the partially-completed IceCube detector in the 40-string configuration between 2008 April 5 and 2009 May 20, totaling 375.5 days livetime. An unbinned maximum likelihood ratio method is used to search for astrophysical signals. The data sample contains 36,900 events: 14,121 from the northern sky, mostly muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos and 22,779 from the southern sky, mostly high energy atmospheric muons. The analysis includes searches for individual point sources and targeted searches for specific stacked source classes and spatially extended sources. While this analysis is sensitive to TeV-PeV energy neutrinos in the northern sky, it is primarily sensitive to neutrinos with energy greater than about 1 PeV in the southern sky. No evidence for a signal is found in any of the searches. Limits are set for neutrino fluxes from astrophysical sources over the entire sky and compared to predictions. The sensitivity is at least a factor of two better than previous searches (depending on declination), with 90% confidence level muon neutrino flux upper limits being between E^2 dN/dE ~ 2 - 200 \times 10^-12 TeV cm^-2 s^-1 in the northern sky and between 3 -700 \times 10^-12 TeV cm^-2 s^-1 in the southern sky. The stacked source searches provide the best limits to specific source classes. The full IceCube detector is expected to improve the sensitivity to E^-2 sources by another factor of two in the first year of operation., 44 pages, 21 figures. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2016

25. SEARCH FOR MUON NEUTRINOS FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE IceCube NEUTRINO TELESCOPE

Author: Abbasi, R, Abdou, Y, Abu-Zayyad, T, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Alba, JLB, Beattie, K, Beatty, JJ, Bechet, S, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, ML, Berdermann, J, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Botner, O, Bradley, L, Braun, J, Breder, D, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cohen, S, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Danninger, M, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Depaepe, O, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, de Vries-Uiterweerd, G, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Engdegard, O, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Feusels, T, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Grant, D, Griesel, T, Gro, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hasegawa, Y, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Herquet, P, Hickford, S, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Huelsnitz, W, Huelss, J-P, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hussain, S, Imlay, RL, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kelley, JL, Kenny, P, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Klein, SR, Knops, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Lafebre, S, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Lauer, R, Lennarz, D, Lucke, A, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Majumdar, P, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McParland, CP, Meagher, K, Merck, M, Meszaros, P, Middell, E, Milke, N, Miyamoto, H, Mohr, A, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Niessen, P, Nygren, DR, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, Ono, M, Panknin, S, Patton, S, de los Heros, CP, Petrovic, J, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Potthoff, N, Price, PB, Prikockis, M, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Rodrigues, JP, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Roucelle, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schukraft, A, Schulz, O, Schunck, M, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Slipak, A, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stephens, G, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Swillens, Q, Taboada, I, Tamburro, A, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Terranova, C, Tilav, S, Toale, PA, Tooker, J, Tosi, D, Turcan, D, van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Voigt, B, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Walter, M, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebusch, CH, Wiedemann, A, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Collaboration, I, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], media_common.quotation_subject, Gamma-ray burst: general, Methods: data analysis, Neutrinos, Telescopes, gamma-ray burst: general, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Afterglow, Spectral line, Amanda, Emission, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, education.field_of_study, Fireballs, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Detector, neutrinos, Upper Limits, telescopes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic-Rays, Grb 970417A, methods: data analysis, High-Energy Neutrinos, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Constraints, Tev, ddc:520, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We present the results of searches for high-energy muon neutrinos from 41 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the northern sky with the IceCube detector in its 22-string configuration active in 2007/2008. The searches cover both the prompt and a possible precursor emission as well as a model-independent, wide time window of -1 h to +3 h around each GRB. In contrast to previous searches with a large GRB population, we do not utilize a standard Waxman-Bahcall GRB flux for the prompt emission but calculate individual neutrino spectra for all 41 GRBs from the burst parameters measured by satellites. In none of the three time windows do we find a deviation from the background-only hypothesis. Therefore, we place 90% CL upper limits on the fluence from the prompt phase of 3.7x10^-3 erg cm^-2 (72 TeV - 6.5 PeV) and on the fluence from the precursor phase of 2.3x10^-3 erg cm^-2 (2.2 TeV - 55 TeV), where the quoted energy ranges contain 90% of the expected signal events in the detector. The 90% CL upper limit for the wide time window is 2.7x10^-3 erg cm^-2 (3 TeV - 2.8 PeV) assuming an E^-2 flux., Comment: 33 pages, 8 figures, 7 tables, resembles journal version and fixes an inconsistency in the definitions of f_gamma and f_nu in Eq. A1 and A3, respectively, and the corresponding values quoted in Tab. 1
Published: 2010
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26. Search for High-Energy Muon Neutrinos from the 'Naked-Eye' GRB 080319B with the IceCube Neutrino Telescope

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Breder, D., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Day, C. T., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Deyoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Edwards, W. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R. L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lennarz, D., Lucke, A., Lundberg, J., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Mcparland, C. P., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Mohr, A., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Münich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Heros, C. Pérez De Los, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoufer, M. C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K.-H., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebusch, C. H., Wiedemann, A., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and IceCube Collaboration
Subjects: High energy, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Gamma rays: bursts, Methods: data analysis, Neutrinos, Telescopes, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, gamma rays: bursts, Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino telescope, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Jet (particle physics), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Amanda, Emission, 0103 physical sciences, Muon neutrino, Variability, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Selection, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, Fireballs, neutrinos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, telescopes, Upper Limits, methods: data analysis, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Tev, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst, 970417A
Abstract: We report on a search with the IceCube detector for high-energy muon neutrinos from GRB 080319B, one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever observed. The fireball model predicts that a mean of 0.1 events should be detected by IceCube for a bulk Lorentz boost of the jet of 300. In both the direct on-time window of 66 s and an extended window of about 300 s around the GRB, no excess was found above background. The 90% CL upper limit on the number of track-like events from the GRB is 2.7, corresponding to a muon neutrino fluence limit of 9.5x10^-3 erg cm^-2 in the energy range between 120 TeV and 2.2 PeV, which contains 90% of the expected events., 26 pages, 8 figures, version 3 corrects some typos in the formulae A2 and A5. The errors are not present in the code used in the analysis and hence none of the plots or results is affected
Published: 2009
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27. Search for Neutrino‐induced Cascades from Gamma‐Ray Bursts with AMANDA

Author: Achterberg, A., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bahcall, J. N., Bai, X., Baret, B., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Beattie, K., Becka, T., Becker, J. K., Becker, K.-H., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Boser, S., Botner, O., Bouchta, A., Braun, J., Burgess, C., Burgess, T., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Davour, A., Day, C. T., De Clercq, C., Demirors, L., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Edwards, W. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Filimonov, K., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geenen, H., Gerhardt, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gozzini, R., Griesel, T., Grullon, S., Gross, A., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hardtke, D., Hardtke, R., Hart, J. E., Hasegawa, Y., Hauschildt, T., Hays, D., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Hellwig, M., Herquet, P., Hill, G. C., Hodges, J., Hoffman, K. D., Hommez, B., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Hughey, B., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hulss, J.-P., Hundertmark, S., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Jones, A., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K.-H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kawai, H., Kelley, J. L., Kitamura, N., Klein, S. R., Klepser, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Kopke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Labare, M., Landsman, H., Leich, H., Leier, D., Liubarsky, I., Lundberg, J., Lunemann, J., Madsen, J., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., McCauley, T., McParland, C. P., Meli, A., Messarius, T., Meszaros, P., Miyamoto, H., Mokhtarani, A., Montaruli, T., Morey, A., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Muenich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Ogelman, H., Olivas, A., Patton, S., Pena-Garay, C., Perez de los Heros, C., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Pretz, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Razzaque, S., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robbins, S., Roth, P., Rott, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Smith, A. J., Solarz, M., Song, C., Sopher, J. E., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Steffen, P., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoufer, M. C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K.-H., Sullivan, G. W., Sumner, T. J., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Thollander, L., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P. A., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Viscomi, V., Voigt, B., Wagner, W., Walck, C., Waldmann, H., Walter, M., Wang, Y.-R., Wendt, C., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikstrom, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zornoza, J. D., and IceCube Collaboration
Subjects: Gamma rays: bursts, Normalization (statistics), Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrinos, Telescopes, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Coincidence, Space and Planetary Science, Cascade, Astronomia, Diffuse flux, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: Using the neutrino telescope AMANDA-II, we have conducted two analyses searching for neutrino-induced cascades from gamma-ray bursts. No evidence of astrophysical neutrinos was found, and limits are presented for several models. We also present neutrino effective areas which allow the calculation of limits for any neutrino production model. The first analysis looked for a statistical excess of events within a sliding window of 1 or 100 seconds (for short and long burst classes, respectively) during the years 2001-2003. The resulting upper limit on the diffuse flux normalization times E^2 for the Waxman-Bahcall model at 1 PeV is 1.6 x 10^-6 GeV cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 (a factor of 120 above the theoretical prediction). For this search 90% of the neutrinos would fall in the energy range 50 TeV to 7 PeV. The second analysis looked for neutrino-induced cascades in coincidence with 73 bursts detected by BATSE in the year 2000. The resulting upper limit on the diffuse flux normalization times E^2, also at 1 PeV, is 1.5 x 10^-6 GeV cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 (a factor of 110 above the theoretical prediction) for the same energy range. The neutrino-induced cascade channel is complementary to the up-going muon channel. We comment on its advantages for searches of neutrinos from GRBs and its future use with IceCube., Comment: 38 pages. 16 postscript figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2007
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28. Neutrino analysis of the September 2010 Crab Nebula flare and time-integrated constraints on neutrino emission from the Crab using IceCube

Author: Collaboration, I, Abbasi, R, Abdou, Y, Abu-Zayyad, T, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Altmann, D, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Alba, JLB, Beattie, K, Beatty, JJ, Bechet, S, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, ML, BenZvi, S, Berdermann, J, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Bindig, D, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Blumenthal, J, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bose, D, Böser, S, Botner, O, Brown, AM, Buitink, S, Caballero-Mora, KS, Carson, M, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Clevermann, F, Cohen, S, Colnard, C, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Danninger, M, Daughhetee, J, Davis, JC, Clercq, CD, Demirörs, L, Denger, T, Depaepe, O, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, Vries-Uiterweerd, GD, DeYoung, T, Díaz-Vélez, JC, Dierckxsens, M, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Engdegård, O, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Fedynitch, A, Feintzeig, J, Feusels, T, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Fischer-Wasels, T, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Glüsenkamp, T, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gora, D, Grant, D, Griesel, T, Groß, A, Grullon, S, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hajismail, A, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Heinen, D, Helbing, K, Herquet, P, Hickford, S, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Homeier, A, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Huelsnitz, W, Hülß, J-P, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hussain, S, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kenny, P, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Klein, SR, Köhne, J-H, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Köpke, L, Kopper, S, Koskinen, DJ, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Krings, T, Kroll, G, Kurahashi, N, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Lafebre, S, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Larson, MJ, Lauer, R, Lünemann, J, Madajczyk, B, Madsen, J, Majumdar, P, Marotta, A, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, Meagher, K, Merck, M, Mészáros, P, Meures, T, Middell, E, Milke, N, Miller, J, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Naumann, U, Nießen, P, Nygren, DR, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, O'Murchadha, A, Ono, M, Panknin, S, Paul, L, Heros, CPDL, Petrovic, J, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Porrata, R, Posselt, J, Price, CC, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Rodrigues, JP, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Ruhe, T, Rutledge, D, Ruzybayev, B, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Santander, M, Sarkar, S, Schatto, K, Schmidt, T, Schönwald, A, Schukraft, A, Schultes, A, Schulz, O, Schunck, M, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Slipak, A, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stephens, G, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stössl, A, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Stür, M, Sullivan, GW, Swillens, Q, Taavola, H, Taboada, I, Tamburro, A, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Tilav, S, Toale, PA, Toscano, S, Tosi, D, Turčan, D, Eijndhoven, NV, Vandenbroucke, J, Overloop, AV, Santen, JV, Vehring, M, Voge, M, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Wallraff, M, Walter, M, Weaver, C, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebe, K, Wiebusch, CH, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Wolf, M, Wood, TR, Woschnagg, K, Xu, C, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zarzhitsky, P, and Zoll, M
Subjects: System, Signals, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Gamma-Ray Flares, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Spectral line, pulsars: individual (Crab Pulsar), law.invention, law, Pulsar Winds, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ISM: supernova remnants, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Spectral index, Muon, neutrinos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Fermi acceleration, gamma rays: general, High-Energy Neutrinos, Crab Nebula, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Telescopes
Abstract: We present the results of a search for high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab Nebula flare reported on 2010 September by various experiments. Due to the unusual flaring state of the otherwise steady source we performed a prompt analysis of the 79-string configuration data to search for neutrinos that might be emitted along with the observed. gamma-rays. We performed two different and complementary data selections of neutrino events in the time window of 10 days around the flare. One event selection is optimized for discovery of E-upsilon(2). neutrino spectrum typical of first-order Fermi acceleration. A similar event selection has also been applied to the 40-string data to derive the time-integrated limits to the neutrino emission from the Crab. The other event selection was optimized for discovery of neutrino spectra with softer spectral index and TeV energy cutoffs as observed for various Galactic sources in. gamma-rays. The 90% confidence level (CL) best upper limits on the Crab flux during the 10 day flare are 4.73 x 10(-11) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1 for an E-upsilon(2). neutrino spectrum and 2.50 x 10(-10) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1 for a softer neutrino spectra of E-upsilon(-2.7), as indicated by Fermi measurements during the flare. In this paper, we also illustrate the impact of the time-integrated limit on the Crab neutrino steady emission. The limit obtained using 375.5 days of the 40-string configuration is compared to existing models of neutrino production from the Crab and its impact on astrophysical parameters is discussed. The most optimistic predictions of some models are already rejected by the IceCube neutrino telescope with more than 90% CL.
Published: 2011
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29. Limits on Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the 40 String IceCube Detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.-A., Ahler, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Johansson, H., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Rizzo, A., Williams, D. R., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Bazo Alba, J. L., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, M., Wischnewski, R., BenZvi, S., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Beattie, K., Wissing, H., Kopper, S., Hill, G. C., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Wolf, M., Labare, M., Beatty, J. J., Rodrigues, J. P., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lünemann, J., Woschnagg, K., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Rothmaier, F., Bechet, S., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Bindig, D., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Roth, P., Miller, J., Becker, J. K., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Xu, C., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Rott, C., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Becker, K.-H., Olivo, M., Xu, X. W., O’Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez De Los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Ruhe, T., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Yodh, G., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Posselt, J., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Santander, M., Hoffman, K. D., Berdermann, J., Sarkar, S., Hultqvist, K., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Homeier, A., Semburg, B., Price, P. B., Berghaus, P., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Hoshina, K., Yoshida, S., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Berley, D., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q, Zarzhitsky, P., Hubert, D., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Bernardini, E., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Bissok, M., Toscano, S., Huelsnitz, W., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Eijndhoven, N., Bertrand, D., Van Overloop, A., Van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Blaufuss, E., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Hülß, J.-P., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, C., Besson, D. Z., Wendt, C., Blumenthal, J., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Hulth, P. O., Wiebusch, C. H., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Prikockis, M., Hussain, S., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Przybylski, G. T., Colnard, C., Bay, R., Cowen, D. F., D’Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Rawlins, K., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., IceCube Collaboration, De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Redl, P., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Ishihara, A., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Resconi, E., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Jacobsen, J., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Rhode, W., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Japaridze, G. S., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Ribordy, M., and Grullon, S.
Subjects: HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, MUON NEUTRINOS, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), SEARCH, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:550, Neutrino oscillation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Muon Neutrinos, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Search, Solar neutrino problem, High-Energy Neutrinos, Neutrino detector, Physics and Astronomy, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if gamma-ray bursts are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray flux above 10^18 eV. Two separate analyses using the half-complete IceCube detector, one a dedicated search for neutrinos from pγ interactions in the prompt phase of the gamma-ray burst fireball and the other a generic search for any neutrino emission from these sources over a wide range of energies and emission times, produced no evidence for neutrino emission, excluding prevailing models at 90% confidence., Physical Review Letters
Published: 2011
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30. Erratum: Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data (Physical Review D (2011) 83 (092003))

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J. L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Benzvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirors, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Deyoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegard, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glusenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hulss, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Kohne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Kopke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lunemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Perez De Los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schonwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stossl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stur, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, C., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., X. W., Xu, Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Published: 2011

31. Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions with IceCube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J. L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K.-H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Benzvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Böser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D’Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Deyoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K.-H., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Knops, S., Köhne, J.-H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Lennarz, D., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Nießen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O’Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Heros, De Los, Pérez, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikström, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], cosmic rays, 0103 physical sciences, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, neutrinos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic rays-neutrinos, Amplitude, Neutrino detector, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, ddc:520, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Right ascension, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We report the first observation of an anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays with energies in the multi-TeV region in theSouthern sky using data from the IceCube detector. Between 2007 June and 2008 March, the partially deployed IceCube detector was operated in a configuration with 1320 digital optical sensors distributed over22 strings at depths between 1450 and 2450 m inside the Antarctic ice. IceCube is a neutrino detector, but the data are dominated by a large background of cosmic-ray muons. Therefore, the background data aresuitable for high-statistics studies of cosmic rays in the southern sky. The data include 4.3 billion muons produced by downward-going cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere; these events were reconstructed with a median angular resolution of 3° and a median energy of ∼20 TeV. Their arrival direction distribution exhibits an anisotropy in right ascension with a first-harmonic amplitude of (6.4±0.2 stat.±0.8 syst.) × 10-4. © 2010 The American Astronomical Society.
Published: 2010
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32. SEARCH FOR HIGH-ENERGY MUON NEUTRINOS FROM THE 'NAKED-EYE' GRB 080319B WITH THE ICECUBE NEUTRINO TELESCOPE (vol 701, pg 1721, 2009)

Author: Abbasi, R, Abdou, Y, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahlers, M, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Alba, JLB, Beattie, K, Bechet, S, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, ML, Berdermann, J, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Bradley, L, Braun, J, Breder, D, Burgess, T, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cohen, S, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Danninger, M, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Depaepe, O, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, de Vries-Uiterweerd, G, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Engdegard, O, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Feusels, T, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Grant, D, Griesel, T, Gross, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hasegawa, Y, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Herquet, P, Hickford, S, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Huelsnitz, W, Huelss, J-P, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hussain, S, Imlay, RL, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kelley, JL, Kenny, P, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Knops, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Lauer, R, Leich, H, Lennarz, D, Lucke, A, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Majumdar, P, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McParland, CP, Meagher, K, Merck, M, Meszaros, P, Middell, E, Milke, N, Miyamoto, H, Mohr, A, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Nieen, P, Nygren, DR, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, Ono, M, Panknin, S, Patton, S, de los Heros, CP, Petrovic, J, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Potthoff, N, Price, PB, Prikockis, M, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Rodrigues, JP, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Roucelle, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Satalecka, K, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schukraft, A, Schulz, O, Schunck, M, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Slipak, A, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stephens, G, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Swillens, Q, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Terranova, C, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Tosi, D, Turcan, D, van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Voigt, B, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Walter, M, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebusch, CH, Wiedemann, A, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, and Collaboration, I
Published: 2010

33. Erratum: Search for high-energy Muon neutrinos from the 'naked-eye' GRB080319b with the icecube neutrino telescope (The Astrophysical Journal (2009) 701 (1721))

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. B., Beattie, K., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Boser, S., Botner, O., Bradley, L., Braun, J., Breder, D., Burgess, T., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cohen, S., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Day, C. T., De Clercq, C., Demirors, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Deyoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Edwards, W. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegrd, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gro, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hasegawa, Y., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hul, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Imlay, R. L., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Klepser, S., Knops, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Kopke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Leich, H., Lennarz, D., Lucke, A., Lundberg, J., Lunemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Mcparland, C. P., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszros, P., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miyamoto, H., Mohr, A., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Munich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Nieen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Heros, C. P. D. L., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schukraft, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoufer, M. C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K. -H., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terranova, C., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P. A., Tosi, D., Turan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebusch, C. H., Wiedemann, A., Wikstrom, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., X. W., Xu, Yodh, G., and Yoshida, S.
Published: 2010

34. First Neutrino Point-Source Results From the 22-String IceCube Detector

Author: Abbasi, R, Abdou, Y, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, J, Ahlers, M, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Alba, JLB, Beattie, K, Beatty, JJ, Bechet, S, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, ML, Berdermann, J, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Bissok, M, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Bradley, L, Braun, J, Breder, D, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cohen, S, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Danninger, M, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Depaepe, O, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, de Vries-Uiterweerd, G, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Engdegard, O, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Feusels, T, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Grant, D, Griesel, T, Gross, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hasegawa, Y, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Herquet, P, Hickford, S, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Huelsnitz, W, Huelss, J-P, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hussain, S, Imlay, RL, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kelley, JL, Kenny, P, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Knops, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Lafebre, S, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Lauer, R, Leich, H, Lennarz, D, Lucke, A, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Majumdar, P, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McParland, CP, Meagher, K, Merck, M, Meszaros, P, Middell, E, Milke, N, Miyamoto, H, Mohr, A, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Nieen, P, Nygren, DR, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, Ono, M, Panknin, S, Patton, S, Perez de los Heros, C, Petrovic, J, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Potthoff, N, Price, PB, Prikockis, M, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Rodrigues, JP, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Roucelle, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Satalecka, K, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schukraft, A, Schulz, O, Schunck, M, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Slipak, A, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stephens, G, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Swillens, Q, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Terranova, C, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Tosi, D, Turcan, D, van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Voigt, B, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Walter, M, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebusch, CH, Wiedemann, A, Wikstrom, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, and Collaboration, I
Subjects: Point source, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, String (physics), cosmic rays, media_common, acceleration of particles, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Range (particle radiation), Muon, Detector, Sigma, neutrinos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gamma-Rays, High-Energy Neutrinos, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, ddc:520, Acceleration of particles, Cosmic rays, Neutrinos, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Telescopes
Abstract: We present new results of searches for neutrino point sources in the northern sky, using data recorded in 2007-08 with 22 strings of the IceCube detector (approximately one-fourth of the planned total) and 275.7 days of livetime. The final sample of 5114 neutrino candidate events agrees well with the expected background of atmospheric muon neutrinos and a small component of atmospheric muons. No evidence of a point source is found, with the most significant excess of events in the sky at 2.2 sigma after accounting for all trials. The average upper limit over the northern sky for point sources of muon-neutrinos with E^-2 spectrum is E^2 Phi_nu_mu < 1.4x10^-11 TeV cm^-2 s^-1, in the energy range from 3 TeV to 3 PeV, improving the previous best average upper limit by the AMANDA-II detector by a factor of two., 5 pages, 4 figures. Updated to match version accepted by ApJL
Published: 2009
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35. Search for point sources of high energy neutrinos with final data from AMANDA-II

Author: Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Baret, B., Barwick, S., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J., Beattie, K., Becka, T., Becker, J., Becker, K.-H., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Böser, S., Botner, O., Braun, J., Breder, D., Burgess, T., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cowen, D., D’Agostino, M., Danninger, M., Davour, A., Day, C., Depaepe, O., De Clercq, C., Demirörs, L., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., De Vries-Uiterweerd, G., Deyoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J., Duvoort, M., Edwards, W., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M., Fox, B., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J., Gozzini, R., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hardtke, R., Hasegawa, Y., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Hellwig, M., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G., Hodges, J., Hoffman, K., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Hughey, B., Hülß, J.-P., Hulth, P., Hultqvist, K., Hundertmark, S., Hussain, S., Imlay, R., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G., Johansson, H., Joseph, J., Kampert, K.-H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kawai, H., Kelley, J., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S., Klepser, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Leich, H., Leier, D., Lewis, C., Lucke, A., Lundberg, J., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H., Mcparland, C., Meagher, K., Meli, A., Merck, M., Messarius, T., Mészáros, P., Miyamoto, H., Mohr, A., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S., Münich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J., Nießen, P., Nygren, D., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Patton, S., Pérez De Los Heros, C., Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A., Porrata, R., Potthoff, N., Pretz, J., Price, P., Przybylski, G., Rawlins, K., Razzaque, S., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robbins, W., Rodriguez, J., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Roucelle, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H.-G., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Schultz, O., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Smith, A., Song, C., Spiczak, G., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R., Stoufer, M., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K.-H., Sullivan, G., Swillens, Q., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P., Tosi, D., Turčan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Viscomi, V., Vogt, C., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Walter, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebusch, C., Wiedemann, C., Wikström, G., Williams, D., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., Xu, X., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and IceCube Collaboration
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Limits, Point source, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Electron, 01 natural sciences, Objects, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Selection, media_common, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, Cosmic-Rays, 13. Climate action, Sky, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Telescopes
Abstract: We present a search for point sources of high energy neutrinos using 3.8 years of data recorded by AMANDA-II during 2000-2006. After reconstructing muon tracks and applying selection criteria designed to optimally retain neutrino-induced events originating in the Northern Sky, we arrive at a sample of 6595 candidate events, predominantly from atmospheric neutrinos with primary energy 100 GeV to 8 TeV. Our search of this sample reveals no indications of a neutrino point source. We place the most stringent limits to date on $E^{-2}$ neutrino fluxes from points in the Northern Sky, with an average upper limit of $E^{2}\Phi_{\nu_{\mu} + \nu_{\tau}} \le$ 5.2 $\times$ 10$^{-11}$ TeV cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ on the sum of $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\nu_{\tau}$ fluxes, assumed equal, over the energy range from 1.9 TeV to 2.5 PeV., Comment: 10 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Published: 2009
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36. The search for Muon neutrinos from northern hemisphere gamma-ray bursts with AMANDA

Author: Achterberg, A, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahrens, J, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bahcall, JN, Bai, X, Baret, B, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Beattie, K, Becka, T, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Bouchta, A, Braun, J, Burgess, C, Burgess, T, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Davour, A, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroeres, L, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Filimonov, K, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Geenen, H, Gerhardt, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Griesel, T, Gross, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hardtke, D, Hardtke, R, Hart, JE, Hasegawa, Y, Hauschildt, T, Hays, D, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Hellwig, M, Herquet, P, Hill, GC, Hodges, J, Hoffman, KD, Hommez, B, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Hughey, B, Hulth, PO, Huess, J-P, Hultqvist, K, Hundertmark, S, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Jones, A, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kawai, H, Kelley, JL, Kitamura, N, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Pke, LK, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Labare, M, Landsman, H, Leich, H, Leier, D, Liubarsky, I, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McCauley, T, McParland, CP, Meli, A, Messarius, T, Meszaros, P, Miyamoto, H, Mokhtarani, A, Montaruli, T, Morey, A, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Niessen, P, Nygren, DR, Oegelman, H, Olivas, A, Patton, S, Pena-Garay, C, De Los Heros, CP, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Pretz, J, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Razzaque, S, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Robbins, S, Roth, P, Rott, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Smith, AJ, Solarz, M, Song, C, Sopher, JE, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Steffen, P, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Sumner, TJ, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Thollander, L, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Turcan, D, Van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Viscomi, V, Voigt, B, Wagner, W, Walck, C, Waldmann, H, Walter, M, Wang, Y-R, Wendt, C, Wiebusch, CH, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zornoza, JD, Boer, M, Cline, T, Crew, G, Feroci, M, Frontera, F, Hurley, K, Lamb, D, Rau, A, Rossi, F, Ricker, G, and Von Kienlin, A
Subjects: Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Gamma rays: bursts, Neutrinos, 0103 physical sciences, Muon neutrino, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Muon, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Order (ring theory), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomia, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: We present the results of the analysis of neutrino observations by the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) correlated with photon observations of more than 400 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the Northern Hemisphere from 1997 to 2003. During this time period, AMANDA's effective collection area for muon neutrinos was larger than that of any other existing detector. Based on our observations of zero neutrinos during and immediately prior to the GRBs in the dataset, we set the most stringent upper limit on muon neutrino emission correlated with gamma-ray bursts. Assuming a Waxman-Bahcall spectrum and incorporating all systematic uncertainties, our flux upper limit has a normalization at 1 PeV of E^2{\Phi}_{\nu} {\leq} 6.0 \times 10^{-9} GeV cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1}, with 90% of the events expected within the energy range of ~10 TeV to ~3 PeV. The impact of this limit on several theoretical models of GRBs is discussed, as well as the future potential for detection of GRBs by next generation neutrino telescopes. Finally, we briefly describe several modifications to this analysis in order to apply it to other types of transient point sources., Comment: 44 pages, 10 figures; submitted to Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2008
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37. Solar energetic particle spectrum On 2006 December 13 determined by IceTop

Author: Abbasi, R, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, J, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baker, M, Baret, B, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Alba, JLB, Beattie, K, Becka, T, Becker, JK, Becker, KH, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Bieber, JW, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Braun, J, Breder, D, Burgess, T, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Danninger, M, Davour, A, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Depaepe, O, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, de Vries-Uiterweerd, G, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Engdegaard, O, Euler, S, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Gerhardt, L, Gladstone, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Grant, D, Griesel, T, Gross, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hardtke, D, Hardtke, R, Hasegawa, Y, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Hellwig, M, Herquet, P, Hickford, S, Hill, GC, Hoffman, KD, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Huelss, JP, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hundertmark, S, Imlay, RL, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, KH, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kawai, H, Kelley, JL, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Lauer, R, Leich, H, Leier, D, Lucke, A, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McParland, CP, Meagher, K, Meli, A, Merck, M, Messarius, T, Meszaros, P, Miyamoto, H, Mohr, A, Montaruli, T, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Niessen, P, Nygren, DR, Odrowski, S, Olivas, A, Olivo, M, Ono, M, Panknin, S, Patton, S, de Los Heros, CP, Petrovic, J, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Potthoff, N, Pretz, J, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Pyle, R, Rawlins, K, Razzaque, S, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Robbins, WJ, Rodrigues, J, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Roucelle, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, HG, Sarkar, S, Satalecka, K, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schultz, O, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Smith, AJ, Song, C, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stanev, T, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, KH, Sullivan, GW, Swillens, Q, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Ter-Antonyan, S, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Tosi, D, Turcan, D, van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Viscomi, V, Vogt, C, Voigt, B, Walck, C, Waldenmaier, T, Waldmann, H, Walter, M, Wendt, C, Westerhoff, S, Whitehorn, N, Wiebusch, CH, Wiedemann, C, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, and Yoshida, S
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Computational physics, Earth's magnetic field, Air shower, Space and Planetary Science, Sun: particle emission, Solar particle event, Particle, Subject headings: Sun: flares, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: On 13 December 2006 the IceTop air shower array at the South Pole detected a major solar particle event. By numerically simulating the response of the IceTop tanks, which are thick Cherenkov detectors with multiple thresholds deployed at high altitude with no geomagnetic cut-off, we determined the particle energy spectrum in the energy range 0.6 to 7.6 GeV. This is the first such spectral measurement using a single instrument with a well defined viewing direction. We compare the IceTop spectrum and its time evolution with previously published results and outline plans for improved resolution of future solar particle spectra.
Published: 2008

38. Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II (Physical Review D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (2007) 76, (042008))

Author: Achterberg, A., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baret, B., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Beattie, K., Becka, T., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Blaufuss, E., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bolmont, J., Boser, S., Botner, O., Bouchta, A., Braun, J., Burgess, T., Castermans, T., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Davour, A., Day, C. T., De Clercq, C., Demirors, L., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., Deyoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Edwards, W. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Ganugapati, R., Geenen, H., Gerhardt, L., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gozzini, R., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gunasingha, R. M., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Hardtke, D., Hardtke, R., Hart, J. E., Hasegawa, Y., Hauschildt, T., Hays, D., Heise, J., Helbing, K., Hellwig, M., Herquet, P., Hill, G. C., Hodges, J., Hoffman, K. D., Hommez, B., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Hughey, B., Hulss, J. -P., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hundertmark, S., Inaba, M., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Jones, A., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kawai, H., Kelley, J. L., Kislat, F., Kitamura, N., Klein, S. R., Klepser, S., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Kopke, L., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Kuehn, K., Labare, M., Landsman, H., Lauer, R., Leich, H., Leier, D., Liubarsky, I., Lundberg, J., Lunemann, J., Madsen, J., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Mccauley, T., Mcparland, C. P., Meli, A., Messarius, T., Meszaros, P., Miyamoto, H., Mokhtarani, A., Montaruli, T., Morey, A., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Munich, K., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Ogelman, H., Olivas, A., Patton, S., Pena-Garay, C., Perez De Los Heros, C., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Pohl, A. C., Porrata, R., Pretz, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Razzaque, S., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Robbins, S., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Rutledge, D., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schneider, D., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Smith, A. J., Solarz, M., Song, C., Sopher, J. E., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoufer, M. C., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sulanke, K. -H., Sullivan, G. W., Sumner, T. J., Taboada, I., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Thollander, L., Tilav, S., Tluczykont, M., Toale, P. A., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., Viscomi, V., Voigt, B., Wagner, W., Walck, C., Waldmann, H., Walter, M., Wang, Y. -R., Wendt, C., Wiebusch, C. H., Wiedemann, C., Wikstrom, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Woschnagg, K., X. W., Xu, Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zornoza, J. D.
Published: 2008

39. IceCube contributions to the XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006). Weihai, China - August 15-22

Author: Achterberg, A, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahrens, J, Andeen, K, Atlee, DW, Bahcall, JN, Bai, X, Baret, B, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Beattie, K, Becka, T, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Bouchta, A, Braun, J, Burgess, C, Burgess, T, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Davour, A, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Feser, T, Filimonov, K, Fox, BD, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Geenen, H, Gerhardt, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Grullon, S, Gross, A, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hardtke, D, Hardtke, R, Harenberg, T, Hart, JE, Hauschildt, T, Hays, D, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Hellwig, M, Herquet, P, Hill, GC, Hodges, J, Hoffman, KD, Hommez, B, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Hughey, B, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hundertmark, S, Huelss, J-P, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Jones, A, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Karle, A, Kawai, H, Kelley, JL, Kestel, M, Kitamura, N, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Landsman, H, Leich, H, Leier, D, Leuthold, M, Liubarsky, I, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McCauley, T, McParland, CP, Meli, A, Messarius, T, Meszaros, P, Miyamoto, H, Mokhtarani, A, Montaruli, T, Morey, A, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Niessen, P, Nygren, DR, Oegelman, H, Olivas, A, Patton, S, Pena-Garay, C, de los Heros, CP, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Pretz, J, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Razzaque, S, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Robbins, S, Roth, P, Rott, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Seckel, D, Seo, SH, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Smith, AJ, Solarz, M, Song, C, Sopher, JE, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Steffen, P, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Sumner, TJ, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Thollander, L, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Turcan, D, van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Veigt, B, Wagner, W, Walck, C, Waldmann, H, Walter, M, Wang, Y-R, Wendt, C, Wiebusch, CH, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, and Zornoza, JD
Published: 2008

40. Search for Ultra High-Energy Neutrinos with AMANDA-II

Author: Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahrens, J, Andeen, K, Auffenberg, J, Bai, X, Baret, B, Barwick, SW, Bay, R, Beattie, K, Becka, T, Becker, JK, Becker, K-H, Beimforde, M, Berghaus, P, Berley, D, Bernardini, E, Bertrand, D, Besson, DZ, Blaufuss, E, Boersma, DJ, Bohm, C, Bolmont, J, Boeser, S, Botner, O, Bouchta, A, Braun, J, Burgess, T, Castermans, T, Chirkin, D, Christy, B, Clem, J, Cowen, DF, D'Agostino, MV, Davour, A, Day, CT, De Clercq, C, Demiroers, L, Descamps, F, Desiati, P, De Vries-Uiterweerd, G, DeYoung, T, Diaz-Velez, JC, Dreyer, J, Dumm, JP, Duvoort, MR, Edwards, WR, Ehrlich, R, Eisch, J, Ellsworth, RW, Evenson, PA, Fadiran, O, Fazely, AR, Filimonov, K, Finley, C, Foerster, MM, Fox, BD, Franckowiak, A, Franke, R, Gaisser, TK, Gallagher, J, Ganugapati, R, Geenen, H, Gerhardt, L, Goldschmidt, A, Goodman, JA, Gozzini, R, Griesel, T, Gross, A, Grullon, S, Gunasingha, RM, Gurtner, M, Ha, C, Hallgren, A, Halzen, F, Han, K, Hanson, K, Hardtke, D, Hardtke, R, Hasegawa, Y, Hauschildt, T, Heise, J, Helbing, K, Hellwig, M, Herquet, P, Hill, GC, Hodges, J, Hoffman, KD, Hommez, B, Hoshina, K, Hubert, D, Hughey, B, Huelss, J-P, Hulth, PO, Hultqvist, K, Hundertmark, S, Inaba, M, Ishihara, A, Jacobsen, J, Japaridze, GS, Johansson, H, Joseph, JM, Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A, Karg, T, Karle, A, Kawai, H, Kelley, JL, Kiryluk, J, Kislat, F, Kitamura, N, Klein, SR, Klepser, S, Kohnen, G, Kolanoski, H, Koepke, L, Kowalski, M, Kowarik, T, Krasberg, M, Kuehn, K, Kuwabara, T, Labare, M, Laihem, K, Landsman, H, Lauer, R, Leich, H, Leier, D, Liubarsky, I, Lundberg, J, Luenemann, J, Madsen, J, Maruyama, R, Mase, K, Matis, HS, McCauley, T, McParland, CP, Meagher, K, Meli, A, Messarius, T, Meszaros, P, Miyamoto, H, Montaruli, T, Morey, A, Morse, R, Movit, SM, Muenich, K, Nahnhauer, R, Nam, JW, Niessen, P, Nygren, DR, Olivas, A, Ono, M, Patton, S, Heros, CPDL, Piegsa, A, Pieloth, D, Pohl, AC, Porrata, R, Pretz, J, Price, PB, Przybylski, GT, Rawlins, K, Razzaque, S, Redl, P, Resconi, E, Rhode, W, Ribordy, M, Rizzo, A, Robbins, S, Robbins, WJ, Roth, P, Rothmaier, F, Rott, C, Roucelle, C, Rutledge, D, Ryckbosch, D, Sander, H-G, Sarkar, S, Satalecka, K, Schlenstedt, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, D, Schultz, O, Seckel, D, Semburg, B, Seo, SH, Sestayo, Y, Seunarine, S, Silvestri, A, Smith, AJ, Song, C, Spiczak, GM, Spiering, C, Stamatikos, M, Stanev, T, Stezelberger, T, Stokstad, RG, Stoufer, MC, Stoyanov, S, Strahler, EA, Straszheim, T, Sulanke, K-H, Sullivan, GW, Sumner, TJ, Swillens, Q, Taboada, I, Tarasova, O, Tepe, A, Thollander, L, Tilav, S, Tluczykont, M, Toale, PA, Tosi, D, Turcan, D, Van Eijndhoven, N, Vandenbroucke, J, Van Overloop, A, Viscomi, V, Vogt, C, Voigt, B, Wagner, W, Walck, C, Waldmann, H, Waldenmaier, T, Walter, M, Wang, Y-R, Wendt, C, Wiebusch, CH, Wiedemann, C, Wikstroem, G, Williams, DR, Wischnewski, R, Wissing, H, Woschnagg, K, Xu, XW, Yodh, G, Yoshida, S, Zornoza, JD, and Collaboration, I
Subjects: Active galactic nucleus, Diffuse radiation, Opacity, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Atmosphere, Galaxies: active, Neutrinos, Telescopes, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: A search for diffuse neutrinos with energies in excess of 10^5 GeV is conducted with AMANDA-II data recorded between 2000 and 2002. Above 10^7 GeV, the Earth is essentially opaque to neutrinos. This fact, combined with the limited overburden of the AMANDA-II detector (roughly 1.5 km), concentrates these ultra high-energy neutrinos at the horizon. The primary background for this analysis is bundles of downgoing, high-energy muons from the interaction of cosmic rays in the atmosphere. No statistically significant excess above the expected background is seen in the data, and an upper limit is set on the diffuse all-flavor neutrino flux of E^{-2} $��$_{90%CL} < 2.7 $\times$ 10^{-7} GeV cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} valid over the energy range of 2 $\times$ 10^5 GeV to 10^9 GeV. A number of models which predict neutrino fluxes from active galactic nuclei are excluded at the 90% confidence level., accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal
Published: 2007
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41. Time-dependent searches for point sources of neutrinos with the 40-string and 22-string configurations of IceCube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: This paper presents four searches for flaring sources of neutrinos using the IceCube neutrino telescope. For the first time, a search is performed over the entire parameter space of energy, direction, and time with sensitivity to neutrino flares lasting between 20 mu s and a year duration from astrophysical sources. Searches that integrate over time are less sensitive to flares because they are affected by a larger background of atmospheric neutrinos and muons that can be reduced by the use of additional timing information. Flaring sources considered here, such as active galactic nuclei, soft gamma-ray repeaters, and gamma-ray bursts, are promising candidate neutrino emitters. Two searches are "untriggered" in the sense that they look for any possible flare in the entire sky and from a predefined catalog of sources from which photon flares have been recorded. The other two searches are triggered by multi-wavelength information on flares from blazars and from a soft gamma-ray repeater. One triggered search uses lightcurves from Fermi-LAT which provides continuous monitoring. A second triggered search uses information where the flux states have been measured only for short periods of time near the flares. The untriggered searches use data taken by 40 strings of IceCube between 2008 April 5 and 2009 May 20. The triggered searches also use data taken by the 22-string configuration of IceCube operating between 2007 May 31 and 2008 April 5. The results from all four searches are compatible with a fluctuation of the background.
Published: 2012
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42. Neutrino Analysis of the 2010 September Crab Nebula Flare and Time-Integrated Constraints on Neutrino Emission from the Crab Using Icecube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Zoll, M., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pérez de los Heros, Carlos, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and Zoll, M.
Abstract: We present the results of a search for high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab Nebula flare reported on 2010 September by various experiments. Due to the unusual flaring state of the otherwise steady source we performed a prompt analysis of the 79-string configuration data to search for neutrinos that might be emitted along with the observed. gamma-rays. We performed two different and complementary data selections of neutrino events in the time window of 10 days around the flare. One event selection is optimized for discovery of E-upsilon(2). neutrino spectrum typical of first-order Fermi acceleration. A similar event selection has also been applied to the 40-string data to derive the time-integrated limits to the neutrino emission from the Crab. The other event selection was optimized for discovery of neutrino spectra with softer spectral index and TeV energy cutoffs as observed for various Galactic sources in. gamma-rays. The 90% confidence level (CL) best upper limits on the Crab flux during the 10 day flare are 4.73 x 10(-11) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1 for an E-upsilon(2). neutrino spectrum and 2.50 x 10(-10) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1 for a softer neutrino spectra of E-upsilon(-2.7), as indicated by Fermi measurements during the flare. In this paper, we also illustrate the impact of the time-integrated limit on the Crab neutrino steady emission. The limit obtained using 375.5 days of the 40-string configuration is compared to existing models of neutrino production from the Crab and its impact on astrophysical parameters is discussed. The most optimistic predictions of some models are already rejected by the IceCube neutrino telescope with more than 90% CL.
Published: 2012
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43. Constraints on high-energy neutrino emission from SN 2008D

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikstroem, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. H., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wikstroem, G., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: SN 2008D, a core collapse supernova at a distance of 27 Mpc, was serendipitously discovered by the Swift satellite through an associated X-ray flash. Core collapse supernovae have been observed in association with long gamma-ray bursts and X-ray flashes and a physical connection is widely assumed. This connection could imply that some core collapse supernovae possess mildly relativistic jets in which high-energy neutrinos are produced through proton-proton collisions. The predicted neutrino spectra would be detectable by Cherenkov neutrino detectors like IceCube. A search for a neutrino signal in temporal and spatial correlation with the observed X-ray flash of SN 2008D was conducted using data taken in 2007-2008 with 22 strings of the IceCube detector. Events were selected based on a boosted decision tree classifier trained with simulated signal and experimental background data. The classifier was optimized to the position and a "soft jet" neutrino spectrum assumed for SN 2008D. Using three search windows placed around the X-ray peak, emission time scales from 100-10 000 s were probed. No events passing the cuts were observed in agreement with the signal expectation of 0.13 events. Upper limits on the muon neutrino flux from core collapse supernovae were derived for different emission time scales and the principal model parameters were constrained. While no meaningful limits can be given in the case of an isotropic neutrino emission, the parameter space for a jetted emission can be constrained. Future analyses with the full 86 string IceCube detector could detect up to similar to 100 events for a core-collapse supernova at 10 Mpc according to the soft jet model.
Published: 2011
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44. Time-integrated Searches for Point-like Sources of Neutrinos with the 40-string IceCube Detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J-P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J-H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H-G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J-P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J-H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H-G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: We present the results of time-integrated searches for astrophysical neutrino sources in both the northern and southern skies. Data were collected using the partially completed IceCube detector in the 40-string configuration recorded between 2008 April 5 and 2009 May 20, totaling 375.5 days livetime. An unbinned maximum likelihood ratio method is used to search for astrophysical signals. The data sample contains 36,900 events: 14,121 from the northern sky, mostly muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos, and 22,779 from the southern sky, mostly high-energy atmospheric muons. The analysis includes searches for individual point sources and stacked searches for sources in a common class, sometimes including a spatial extent. While this analysis is sensitive to TeV-PeV energy neutrinos in the northern sky, it is primarily sensitive to neutrinos with energy greater than about 1 PeV in the southern sky. No evidence for a signal is found in any of the searches. Limits are set for neutrino fluxes from astrophysical sources over the entire sky and compared to predictions. The sensitivity is at least a factor of two better than previous searches (depending on declination), with 90% confidence level muon neutrino flux upper limits being between E(2)d Phi/dE similar to 2-200 x 10(-12) TeV cm(-2) s(-1) in the northern sky and between 3-700 x 10(-12) TeV cm(-2) s(-1) in the southern sky. The stacked source searches provide the best limits to specific source classes. The full IceCube detector is expected to improve the sensitivity to d Phi/dE proportional to E-2 sources by another factor of two in the first year of operation.
Published: 2011
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45. Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 40-string detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch, Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Zoll, M., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch, Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and Zoll, M.
Abstract: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 km(3) detector currently taking data at the South Pole. One of the main strategies used to look for astrophysical neutrinos with IceCube is the search for a diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos from unresolved sources. A hard energy spectrum of neutrinos from isotropically distributed astrophysical sources could manifest itself as a detectable signal that may be differentiated from the atmospheric neutrino background by spectral measurement. This analysis uses data from the IceCube detector collected in its half completed configuration which operated between April 2008 and May 2009 to search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos. A total of 12 877 upward-going candidate neutrino events have been selected for this analysis. No evidence for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos was found in the data set leading to a 90% C. L. upper limit on the normalization of an E(-2) astrophysical nu(mu) flux of 8.9 x 10(-9) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1). The analysis is sensitive in the energy range between 35 TeV and 7 PeV. The 12 877 candidate neutrino events are consistent with atmospheric muon neutrinos measured from 332 GeV to 84 TeV and no evidence for a prompt component to the atmospheric neutrino spectrum is found.
Published: 2011
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46. Observation of anisotropy in the arrival directions of galactic cosmic rays at multiple angular scales with IceCube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madajczyk, B., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, C. C., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Zoll, M., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hajismail, A., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madajczyk, B., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, C. C., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., and Zoll, M.
Abstract: Between 2009 May and 2010 May, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20 TeV. With a data set of this size, it is possible to probe the southern sky for per-mil anisotropy on all angular scales in the arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays. Applying a power spectrum analysis to the relative intensity map of the cosmic ray flux in the southern hemisphere, we show that the arrival direction distribution is not isotropic, but shows significant structure on several angular scales. In addition to previously reported large-scale structure in the form of a strong dipole and quadrupole, the data show small-scale structure on scales between 15 degrees and 30 degrees. The skymap exhibits several localized regions of significant excess and deficit in cosmic ray intensity. The relative intensity of the smaller-scale structures is about a factor of five weaker than that of the dipole and quadrupole structure. The most significant structure, an excess localized at (right ascension alpha = 122 degrees.4 and declination d = -47 degrees.4), extends over at least 20 degrees in right ascension and has a post-trials significance of 5.3 sigma. The origin of this anisotropy is still unknown.
Published: 2011
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47. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J-P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J-H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, CarlosPerez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H-G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K-H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J-P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K-H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J-H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, CarlosPerez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H-G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: We report on the first search for atmospheric and for diffuse astrophysical neutrino-induced showers (cascades) in the IceCube detector using 257 days of data collected in the year 2007-2008 with 22 strings active. A total of 14 events with energies above 16 TeV remained after event selections in the diffuse analysis, with an expected total background contribution of 8.3 +/- 3.6. At 90% confidence we set an upper limit of E(2)Phi(90%CL) < 3.6 x 10(-7) GeV.cm(-2).s(-1).sr(-1) on the diffuse flux of neutrinos of all flavors in the energy range between 24 TeV and 6.6 PeV assuming that Phi proportional to E(-2) and the flavor composition of the nu(e):nu(mu):nu(tau) flux is 1:1:1 at the Earth. The atmospheric neutrino analysis was optimized for lower energies. A total of 12 events were observed with energies above 5 TeV. The observed number of events is consistent with the expected background, within the uncertainties.
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48. Search for dark matter from the Galactic halo with the IceCube Neutrino Telescope

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Pérez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, Carlos Pérez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tarasova, O., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Voigt, B., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: Self-annihilating or decaying dark matter in the Galactic halo might produce high energy neutrinos detectable with neutrino telescopes. We have conducted a search for such a signal using 276 days of data from the IceCube 22-string configuration detector acquired during 2007 and 2008. The effect of halo model choice in the extracted limit is reduced by performing a search that considers the outer halo region and not the Galactic Center. We constrain any large-scale neutrino anisotropy and are able to set a limit on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section of h similar or equal to 10(-22) cm(3) s(-1) for weakly interacting massive particle masses above 1 TeV, assuming a monochromatic neutrino line spectrum.
Published: 2011
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49. Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, C. Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Brown, A. M., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Denger, T., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., de los Heros, C. Perez, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schmidt, T., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stephens, G., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Stoyanov, S., Strahler, E. A., Straszheim, T., Stuer, M., Sullivan, G. W., Swillens, Q., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Turcan, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wischnewski, R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, X. W., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., and Zarzhitsky, P.
Abstract: We report on a search for extremely-high energy neutrinos with energies greater than 10(6) GeV using the data taken with the IceCube detector at the South Pole. The data was collected between April 2008 and May 2009 with the half-completed IceCube array. The absence of signal candidate events in the sample of 333.5 days of live time significantly improves model-independent limits from previous searches and allows to place a limit on the diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos with an E-2 spectrum in the energy range 2.0 x 10(6) - 6.3 x 10(9) GeV to a level of E-2 phi <= 3.6 x 10(-8) GeV cm(-2) sec(-1) sr(-1).
Published: 2011
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50. Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube

Author: Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. -H, Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Braun, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clem, J., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Colnard, C., Cowen, D. F., D'Agostino, M. V., Danninger, M., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Demiroers, L., Depaepe, O., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dierckxsens, M., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Duvoort, M. R., Ehrlich, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, Olle, Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Foerster, M. M., Fox, B. D., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Geisler, M., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Gluesenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Grant, D., Griesel, T., Gross, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Han, K., Hanson, K., Helbing, K., Herquet, P., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Hubert, D., Huelsnitz, W., Huelss, J. -P, Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Johansson, H., Joseph, J. M., Kampert, K. -H, Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kelley, J. L., Kemming, N., Kenny, P., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. -H, Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koepke, L., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kowarik, T., Krasberg, M., Krings, T., Kroll, G., Kuehn, K., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Lafebre, S., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lehmann, R., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Majumdar, P., Marotta, A., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Matusik, M., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Meszaros, P., Meures, T., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, Jonathan, Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Nam, J. W., Naumann, U., Niessen, P., Nygren, D. R., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, Martino, O'Murchadha, A., Ono, M., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Perez de los Heros, Carlos, Petrovic, J., Piegsa, A., Pieloth, D., Porrata, R., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Prikockis, M., Przybylski, G. T., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Rizzo, A., Rodrigues, J. P., Roth, P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Rutledge, D., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Sander, H. -G, Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Schlenstedt, S., Schmidt, T., Schukraft, A., Schultes, A., Schulz, O., Schunck, M., Seckel, D., Semburg, B., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Silvestri, A., Singh, K., Slipak, A., Spiczak, G. 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Abstract: A measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV was performed using a data sample of about 18 000 up-going atmospheric muon neutrino events in IceCube. Boosted decision trees were used for event selection to reject misreconstructed atmospheric muons and obtain a sample of up-going muon neutrino events. Background contamination in the final event sample is less than 1%. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos up to 400 TeV, and is fundamental to understanding the impact of this neutrino background on astrophysical neutrino observations with IceCube. The measured spectrum is consistent with predictions for the atmospheric nu(mu) + (nu) over bar (mu) flux.
Published: 2011
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