SEARCH FOR PROMPT NEUTRINO EMISSION FROM GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH ICECUBE

Journal Article · Wed May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Astrophysical Journal Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/805/1/L5· OSTI ID:22518972

Aartsen, M. G. ^[1]; Ackermann, M.; Berghaus, P. ^[2]; Adams, J. ^[3]; Aguilar, J. A. ^[4]; Ahlers, M.; Arguelles, C.; BenZvi, S. ^[5]; Ahrens, M. ^[6]; Altmann, D. ^[7]; Anderson, T.; Arlen, T. C. ^[8]; Auffenberg, J. ^[9]; Bai, X. ^[10]; Barwick, S. W. ^[11]; Baum, V. ^[12]; Bay, R. ^[13]; Beatty, J. J. ^[14]; Tjus, J. Becker ^[15]; Becker, K. -H. ^[16] ; others, and

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1. School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia (Australia)
2. DESY, D-15735 Zeuthen (Germany)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch (New Zealand)
4. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
5. Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
6. Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm (Sweden)
7. Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
8. Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
9. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)
10. Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 (United States)
11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)
12. Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)
13. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
14. Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 (United States)
15. Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
16. Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal (Germany)

We present constraints derived from a search of four years of IceCube data for a prompt neutrino flux from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). A single low-significance neutrino, compatible with the atmospheric neutrino background, was found in coincidence with one of the 506 observed bursts. Although GRBs have been proposed as candidate sources for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, our limits on the neutrino flux disfavor much of the parameter space for the latest models. We also find that no more than ∼1% of the recently observed astrophysical neutrino flux consists of prompt emission from GRBs that are potentially observable by existing satellites.

• OSTI ID: 22518972
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 805, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2041-8205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
LIMITING VALUES
NEUTRINO DETECTION
POTENTIALS
SATELLITES
SPACE