Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II

A. Achterberg; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; J. Ahrens; K. Andeen; J. Auffenberg; X. Bai; B. Baret; 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; 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; K. Filimonov; C. Finley; M. M. Foerster; B. D. Fox; A. Franckowiak; R. Franke; T. K. Gaisser; J. Gallagher; R. Ganugapati; H. Geenen; L. Gerhardt; A. Goldschmidt; J. A. Goodman; R. Gozzini; T. Griesel; A. Groß; S. Grullon; R. M. Gunasingha; M. Gurtner; C. Ha; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; K. Han; K. Hanson; D. Hardtke; R. Hardtke; J. E. Hart; Y. Hasegawa; 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; J. P. Hülß; P. O. Hulth; K. Hultqvist; S. Hundertmark; M. Inaba; A. Ishihara; J. Jacobsen; G. S. Japaridze; H. Johansson; A. Jones; J. M. Joseph; K. H. Kampert; A. Kappes; T. Karg; A. Karle; H. Kawai; J. L. Kelley; F. Kislat; N. Kitamura; S. R. Klein; S. Klepser; G. Kohnen; H. Kolanoski; L. Köpke; M. Kowalski; T. Kowarik; M. Krasberg; K. Kuehn; M. Labare; H. Landsman; R. Lauer; H. Leich; D. Leier; I. Liubarsky; J. Lundberg; J. Lünemann; J. Madsen; R. Maruyama; 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. Münich; R. Nahnhauer; J. W. Nam; P. Nießen; D. R. Nygren; H. Ögelman; 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; E. Resconi; W. Rhode; M. Ribordy; A. Rizzo; S. Robbins; P. Roth; F. Rothmaier; C. Rott; D. Rutledge; D. Ryckbosch; H. G. Sander; S. Sarkar; K. Satalecka; S. Schlenstedt; T. Schmidt; D. Schneider; D. Seckel; B. Semburg; S. H. Seo; Y. Sestayo; S. Seunarine; A. Silvestri; A. J. Smith; M. Solarz; C. Song; J. E. Sopher; G. M. Spiczak; C. Spiering; M. Stamatikos; T. Stanev; 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; M. Tluczykont; P. A. Toale; D. Tosi; D. Turčan; N. Van Eijndhoven; J. Vandenbroucke; A. Van Overloop; V. Viscomi; B. Voigt; W. Wagner; C. Walck; H. Waldmann; M. Walter; Y. R. Wang; C. Wendt; C. H. Wiebusch; C. Wiedemann; G. Wikström; D. R. Williams; R. Wischnewski; H. Wissing; K. Woschnagg; X. W. Xu; G. Yodh; S. Yoshida; J. D. Zornoza

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042008

Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II

A. Achterberg, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. Ahrens, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, B. Baret, 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. BlaufussD. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, 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, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, J. E. Hart, Y. Hasegawa, 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, J. P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, F. Kislat, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, M. Labare, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, H. Leich, D. Leier, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, R. Maruyama, 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. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, 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, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H. G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Satalecka, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, 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, M. Tluczykont, P. A. Toale, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. Van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, V. Viscomi, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y. R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, J. D. Zornoza

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Abstract

A search for TeV-PeV muon neutrinos from unresolved sources was performed on AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 with an equivalent live time of 807 days. This diffuse analysis sought to find an extraterrestrial neutrino flux from sources with nonthermal components. The signal is expected to have a harder spectrum than the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. Since no excess of events was seen in the data over the expected background, an upper limit of E2Φ90%C.L.<7.4×10-8GeVcm-2s-1sr-1 is placed on the diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with a Φ E-2 spectrum in the energy range 16 TeV to 2.5 PeV. This is currently the most sensitive Φ E-2 diffuse astrophysical neutrino limit. We also set upper limits for astrophysical and prompt neutrino models, all of which have spectra different from Φ E-2.

Original language	English
Article number	042008
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	76
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042008
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2007
Externally published	Yes

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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., ... Zornoza, J. D. (2007). Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 76(4), Article 042008. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042008

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AU - Groß, A.

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AU - Messarius, T.

AU - Mészáros, P.

AU - Miyamoto, H.

AU - Mokhtarani, A.

AU - Montaruli, T.

AU - Morey, A.

AU - Morse, R.

AU - Movit, S. M.

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PY - 2007/8/31

Y1 - 2007/8/31

N2 - A search for TeV-PeV muon neutrinos from unresolved sources was performed on AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 with an equivalent live time of 807 days. This diffuse analysis sought to find an extraterrestrial neutrino flux from sources with nonthermal components. The signal is expected to have a harder spectrum than the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. Since no excess of events was seen in the data over the expected background, an upper limit of E2Φ90%C.L.<7.4×10-8GeVcm-2s-1sr-1 is placed on the diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with a Φ E-2 spectrum in the energy range 16 TeV to 2.5 PeV. This is currently the most sensitive Φ E-2 diffuse astrophysical neutrino limit. We also set upper limits for astrophysical and prompt neutrino models, all of which have spectra different from Φ E-2.

AB - A search for TeV-PeV muon neutrinos from unresolved sources was performed on AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 with an equivalent live time of 807 days. This diffuse analysis sought to find an extraterrestrial neutrino flux from sources with nonthermal components. The signal is expected to have a harder spectrum than the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. Since no excess of events was seen in the data over the expected background, an upper limit of E2Φ90%C.L.<7.4×10-8GeVcm-2s-1sr-1 is placed on the diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with a Φ E-2 spectrum in the energy range 16 TeV to 2.5 PeV. This is currently the most sensitive Φ E-2 diffuse astrophysical neutrino limit. We also set upper limits for astrophysical and prompt neutrino models, all of which have spectra different from Φ E-2.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548450341&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042008

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.042008

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:34548450341

SN - 1550-7998

VL - 76

JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

IS - 4

M1 - 042008

ER -

Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II

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