Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration
© 2017, The Author(s). IceCube is a neutrino observatory deployed in the glacial ice at the geographic South Pole. The νμenergy unfolding described in this paper is based on data taken with IceCube in its 79-string configuration. A sample of muon neutrino charged-current interactions with a purity o...
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ftcdlib:qt5g0692b5 2023-05-15T18:22:23+02:00 Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration Aartsen, MG Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Al Samarai, I Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bagherpour, H Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Bradascio, F Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glauch, T 2017-10-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5g0692b5 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt5g0692b5 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5g0692b5 public Aartsen, MG; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Ahrens, M; et al.(2017). Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 77(10). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5261-3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5g0692b5 article 2017 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5261-3 2018-09-28T22:52:49Z © 2017, The Author(s). IceCube is a neutrino observatory deployed in the glacial ice at the geographic South Pole. The νμenergy unfolding described in this paper is based on data taken with IceCube in its 79-string configuration. A sample of muon neutrino charged-current interactions with a purity of 99.5% was selected by means of a multivariate classification process based on machine learning. The subsequent unfolding was performed using the software Truee. The resulting spectrum covers an Eν-range of more than four orders of magnitude from 125 GeV to 3.2 PeV. Compared to the Honda atmospheric neutrino flux model, the energy spectrum shows an excess of more than 1.9σ in four adjacent bins for neutrino energies Eν≥177.8TeV. The obtained spectrum is fully compatible with previous measurements of the atmospheric neutrino flux and recent IceCube measurements of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of California: eScholarship South Pole The European Physical Journal C 77 10 |
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© 2017, The Author(s). IceCube is a neutrino observatory deployed in the glacial ice at the geographic South Pole. The νμenergy unfolding described in this paper is based on data taken with IceCube in its 79-string configuration. A sample of muon neutrino charged-current interactions with a purity of 99.5% was selected by means of a multivariate classification process based on machine learning. The subsequent unfolding was performed using the software Truee. The resulting spectrum covers an Eν-range of more than four orders of magnitude from 125 GeV to 3.2 PeV. Compared to the Honda atmospheric neutrino flux model, the energy spectrum shows an excess of more than 1.9σ in four adjacent bins for neutrino energies Eν≥177.8TeV. The obtained spectrum is fully compatible with previous measurements of the atmospheric neutrino flux and recent IceCube measurements of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. |
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Aartsen, MG Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Al Samarai, I Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bagherpour, H Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Bradascio, F Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glauch, T |
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Aartsen, MG Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Al Samarai, I Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bagherpour, H Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Bradascio, F Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glauch, T Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration |
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Aartsen, MG Ackermann, M Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Ahrens, M Al Samarai, I Altmann, D Andeen, K Anderson, T Ansseau, I Anton, G Archinger, M Argüelles, C Auffenberg, J Axani, S Bagherpour, H Bai, X Barwick, SW Baum, V Bay, R Beatty, JJ Becker Tjus, J Becker, KH BenZvi, S Berley, D Bernardini, E Besson, DZ Binder, G Bindig, D Blaufuss, E Blot, S Bohm, C Börner, M Bos, F Bose, D Böser, S Botner, O Bradascio, F Braun, J Brayeur, L Bretz, HP Bron, S Burgman, A Carver, T Casier, M Cheung, E Chirkin, D Christov, A Clark, K Classen, L Coenders, S Collin, GH Conrad, JM Cowen, DF Cross, R Day, M de André, JPAM De Clercq, C del Pino Rosendo, E Dembinski, H De Ridder, S Desiati, P de Vries, KD de Wasseige, G de With, M DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC di Lorenzo, V Dujmovic, H Dumm, JP Dunkman, M Eberhardt, B Ehrhardt, T Eichmann, B Eller, P Euler, S Evenson, PA Fahey, S Fazely, AR Feintzeig, J Felde, J Filimonov, K Finley, C Flis, S Fösig, CC Franckowiak, A Friedman, E Fuchs, T Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Gerhardt, L Ghorbani, K Giang, W Gladstone, L Glauch, T |
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Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration |
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Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration |
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Aartsen, MG; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Ahrens, M; et al.(2017). Measurement of the ν μ energy spectrum with IceCube-79: IceCube Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 77(10). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5261-3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5g0692b5 |
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