| Title: |
Search for ultrahigh-energy tau neutrinos with IceCube |
| Authors: |
Collaboration, IceCube; Abbasi, R; Abdou, Y; Abu-Zayyad, T; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Altmann, D; Andeen, K; Auffenberg, J; Bai, X; Baker, M; Barwick, SW; Baum, V; Bay, R; Beattie, K; Beatty, JJ; Bechet, S; Becker, JK; Becker, K-H; Bell, M; 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; Bose1, D; Böser, S; Botner, O; Brayeur, L; Brown, AM; Buitink, S; Caballero-Mora, KS; Carson, M; Casier, M; Chirkin, D; Christy, B; Clevermann, F; Cohen, S; Cowen, DF; Silva, AHC; D'Agostino, MV; Danninger, M; Daughhetee, J; Davis, JC; Clercq, CD; Degner, T; Descamps, F; Desiati, P; Vries-Uiterweerd, GD; Deyoung, T; Díaz-Vélez, JC; Dreyer, J; Dumm, JP; Dunkman, M; 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; Flis, S; Franckowiak, A; Franke, R; Gaisser, TK; Gallagher, J; Gerhardt, L; Gladstone, L; Glüsenkamp, T; Goldschmidt, A; Goodman, JA; Góra, D; Grant, D; Groß, A; Grullon, S; Gurtner, M; Ha, C; Ismail, AH; Hallgren, A; Halzen, F; Hanson, K; Heereman, D; Heimann, P; Heinen, D; Helbing, K; Hellauer, R; Hickford, S; Hill, GC; Hoffman, KD; Hoffmann, B; Homeier, A; Hoshina, K; Huelsnitz, W; Hulth, PO; Hultqvist, K; Hussain, S; Ishihara, A; Jacobi, E; Jacobsen, J; Japaridze, GS; Johansson, H; Kappes, A; Karg, T; Karle, A; Kiryluk, J; Kislat, F; Klein, SR; Köhne, J-H; Kohnen, G; Kolanoski, H; Köpke, L; Kopper, S; Koskinen, DJ; Kowalski, M; Krasberg, M; Kroll, G; Kunnen, J; Kurahashi, N; Kuwabara, T; Labare1, M; Laihem, K; Landsman, H; Larson, MJ; Lauer, R; Lünemann, J; Madsen, J; Maruyama, R; Mase, K; Matis, HS; Meagher, K; Merck, M; Mészáros, P; Meures, T; Miarecki, S; Middell, E; Milke, N; Miller, J; Montaruli, T; Morse, R; Movit, SM; Nahnhauer, R; Nam, JW; Naumann, U; Nowicki, SC; Nygren, DR; Odrowski, S; Olivas, A; Olivo, M; O'Murchadha, A; Panknin1, S; Paul, L; Heros, CPDL; Pieloth, D; Posselt, J; Price, PB; Przybylski, GT; Rawlins, K; Redl, P; Resconi, E; Rhode, W; Ribordy, M; Richman, M; Riedel, B; Rodrigues, JP; Rothmaier, F; Rott, C; Ruhe, T; Rutledge, D; Ruzybayev, B; Ryckbosch, D; Sander, H-G; Santander, M; Sarkar, S; Schatto, K; Scheel, M; Schmidt, T; Schöneberg, S; Schönwald, A; Schukraft, A; Schulte1, L; Schultes, A; Schulz, O; Schunck, M; Seckel, D; Semburg, B; Seo, SH; Sestayo, Y; Seunarine1, S; Silvestri, A; Smith, MWE; Spiczak, GM; Spiering, C; Stamatikos, M; Stanev, T; Stezelberger, T; Stokstad, RG; Stößl, A; Strahler, EA; Ström, R; Stüer, M; Sullivan, GW; Taavola, H; Taboada, I; Tamburro, A; Ter-Antonyan, S; Tilav, S; Toale, PA; Toscano, S; Eijndhoven, NV; Overloop, AV; Santen, JV; Vehring, M; Voge1, M; Walck, C; Waldenmaier, T; Wallraff, M; Walter, M; Wasserman, R; 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, DL; Xu, XW; Yanez, JP; Yodh, G; Yoshida, S; Zarzhitsky, P; Zoll, M |
| Publisher Information: |
American Physical Society |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) |
| Description: |
The first dedicated search for ultrahigh-energy (UHE) tau neutrinos of astrophysical origin was performed using the IceCube detector in its 22-string configuration with an instrumented volume of roughly 0.25 km3. The search also had sensitivity to UHE electron and muon neutrinos. After application of all selection criteria to approximately 200 live-days of data, we expect a background of 0.60±0.19(stat)+0.56−0.58(syst) events and observe three events, which after inspection, emerge as being compatible with background but are kept in the final sample. Therefore, we set an upper limit on neutrinos of all flavors from UHE astrophysical sources at 90% C.L. of E2νΦ90(νx) |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.022005 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevD.86.022005 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.022005; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9778a804-ebf7-4c79-a740-873bdbc53576 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EDC01C56 |
| Database: |
BASE |