SEARCH FOR COSMIC NEUTRINO POINT SOURCES WITH FOUR YEARS OF DATA FROM THE ANTARES TELESCOPE

Journal Article · Tue Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/53· OSTI ID:22086311

Adrian-Martinez, S; Ardid, M; Bou-Cabo, M ^[1]; Al Samarai, I; Aubert, J-J; Bertin, V; Brunner, J ^[2]; Albert, A ^[3]; Andre, M ^[4]; Anghinolfi, M ^[5]; Anton, G ^[6]; Anvar, S ^[7]; Astraatmadja, T; Bogazzi, C; Bouwhuis, M C ^[8]; Baret, B; Bouhou, B ^[9]; Basa, S ^[10]; Biagi, S ^[11]; Bigongiari, C ^[12] ; others, and

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1. Institut d'Investigacio per a la Gestio Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. C/Paranimf 1, E-46730 Gandia (Spain)
2. CPPM, Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
3. GRPHE - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit, BP 50568 - 68008 Colmar (France)
4. Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposicio, E-08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona (Spain)
5. INFN - Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova (Italy)
6. Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
7. Direction des Sciences de la Matiere - Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers - Service d'Electronique des Detecteurs et d'Informatique, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
8. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
9. APC - Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, UMR 7164 (CNRS, Universite Paris 7 Diderot, CEA, Observatoire de Paris) 10, rue Alice Domon et Leonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)
10. LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Pole de l'Etoile Site de Chateau-Gombert, rue Frederic Joliot-Curie 38, F-13388 Marseille Cedex 13 (France)
11. INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
12. IFIC - Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Edificios Investigacion de Paterna, CSIC - Universitat de Valencia, Apdo. de Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia (Spain)

In this paper, a time-integrated search for point sources of cosmic neutrinos is presented using the data collected from 2007 to 2010 by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. No statistically significant signal has been found and upper limits on the neutrino flux have been obtained. Assuming an E {sup -2} {sub {nu}} spectrum, these flux limits are at 1-10 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup -8} GeV cm{sup -2} s{sup -1} for declinations ranging from -90 Degree-Sign to 40 Degree-Sign . Limits for specific models of RX J1713.7-3946 and Vela X, which include information on the source morphology and spectrum, are also given.

• OSTI ID: 22086311
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 760, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
COSMIC RAY FLUX
ENERGY SPECTRA
GEV RANGE
MORPHOLOGY
NEUTRINO DETECTION
POINT SOURCES
TELESCOPE COUNTERS