IceCube results from point-like source searches using 6 years of through-going muon data
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the geographic South Pole was designed to study and discover high energy neutrinos coming from both galactic and extra-galactic astrophysical sources. Track-like events induced by charged-current muon-neutrino interactions close to the IceCube detector giv...
Published in: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611604003 https://doaj.org/article/9c961d801bfc4c3492f0a65b85e4f855 |
Summary: | The IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the geographic South Pole was designed to study and discover high energy neutrinos coming from both galactic and extra-galactic astrophysical sources. Track-like events induced by charged-current muon-neutrino interactions close to the IceCube detector give an angular resolution better than 1∘ above TeV energies. We present here the results of searches for point-like astrophysical neutrino sources on the full sky using 6 years of detector livetime, of which three years use the complete IceCube detector. Within 2000 days of detector livetime, IceCube is sensitive to a steady flux substantially below E2∂ϕ/∂E = 10−12 TeV cm−2 s−1 in the northern sky for neutrino energies above 10 TeV. |
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