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Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector

  • A. Achterberg
  • , M. Ackermann
  • , J. Adams
  • , J. Ahrens
  • , K. Andeen
  • , D. W. Atlee
  • , J. N. Bahcall
  • , X. Bai
  • , B. Baret
  • , M. Bartelt
  • , S. W. Barwick
  • , R. Bay
  • , K. Beattie
  • , T. Becka
  • , J. K. Becker
  • , K. H. Becker
  • , P. Berghaus
  • , D. Berley
  • , E. Bernardini
  • , D. Bertrand
  • D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D'Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. de Clercq, L. Demirörs, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, T. DeYoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feser, K. Filimonov, B. D. Fox, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, S. Grullon, A. Groß, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, J. E. Hart, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, B. Hommez, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. P. Hülß, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, M. Kestel, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Landsman, H. Leich, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. McCauley, C. P. McParland, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, H. Miyamoto, A. Mokhtarani, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Munich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, P. Olbrechts, A. Olivas, S. Patton, C. Peña-Garay, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, F. Refflinghaus, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, P. Roth, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H. G. Sander, S. Sarkar, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, D. Seckel, S. H. Seo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, P. Steffen, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K. H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. van Overloop, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y. R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, J. D. Zornoza
  • Utrecht University
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • University of Canterbury
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Institute for Advanced Studies
  • University of Delaware
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • TU Dortmund University
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • University of Wuppertal
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Kansas
  • Stockholm University
  • Uppsala University
  • Universite de Mons
  • Ghent University
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Chiba University
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Imperial College London
  • Linnaeus University
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • University of Oxford
  • IFIC (CSIC-Universitat de València)

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Abstract

On 27 December 2004, a giant γ flare from the Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater 1806-20 saturated many satellite gamma-ray detectors, being the brightest transient event ever observed in the Galaxy. AMANDA-II was used to search for down-going muons indicative of high-energy gammas and/or neutrinos from this object. The data revealed no significant signal, so upper limits (at 90% C.L.) on the normalization constant were set: 0.05(0.5)TeV-1m-2s-1 for γ=-1.47 (-2) in the gamma flux and 0.4(6.1)TeV-1m-2s-1 for γ=-1.47 (-2) in the high-energy neutrino flux.

Original languageEnglish
Article number221101
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume97
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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