Searches for clustering in the time integrated skymap of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Journal Article · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/05/001· OSTI ID:22373596

Adrián-Martínez, S.; Ardid, M.; Bou-Cabo, M. ^[1]; Albert, A. ^[2]; André, M. ^[3]; Anton, G. ^[4]; Aubert, J. -J.; Bertin, V.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J. ^[5]; Baret, B. ^[6]; Barrios-Martí, J. ^[7]; Basa, S. ^[8]; Biagi, S. ^[9]; Bogazzi, C.; Bormuth, R.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Bruijn, R. ^[10]; Capone, A. ^[11]; others, and

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1. Institut d'Investigació per a la Gestió Integrada de les Zones Costaneres (IGIC) - Universitat Politècnica de València. C/ Paranimf 1 , 46730 Gandia, Spain. (Spain)
2. GRPHE - Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568 - 68008 Colmar (France)
3. Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposició,08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú,Barcelona (Spain)
4. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
5. CPPM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
6. APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris (France)
7. IFIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Edificios Investigación de Paterna, CSIC - Universitat de València, Apdo. de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia (Spain)
8. LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, Pôle de l'Étoile Site de Château-Gombert, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 38, 13388 Marseille Cedex 13 (France)
9. INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna (Italy)
10. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
11. INFN -Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma (Italy)

This paper reports a search for spatial clustering of the arrival directions of high energy muon neutrinos detected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. An improved two-point correlation method is used to study the autocorrelation of 3058 neutrino candidate events as well as cross-correlations with other classes of astrophysical objects: sources of high energy gamma rays, massive black holes and nearby galaxies. No significant deviations from the isotropic distribution of arrival directions expected from atmospheric backgrounds are observed.

• OSTI ID: 22373596
• Journal Information: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2014, Issue 05; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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ASTROPHYSICS
BLACK HOLES
CORRELATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
GAMMA RADIATION
MUON NEUTRINOS
TELESCOPES