Extending the Search for Muon Neutrinos Coincident with Gamma-Ray Bursts in IceCube Data

Journal Article · Mon Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/AA7569· OSTI ID:22663415

Aartsen, M. G. ^[1]; Ackermann, M. ^[2]; Adams, J. ^[3]; Aguilar, J. A.; Ansseau, I. ^[4]; Ahlers, M. ^[5]; Ahrens, M. ^[6]; Samarai, I. Al ^[7]; Altmann, D.; Anton, G. ^[8]; Andeen, K. ^[9]; Anderson, T. ^[10]; Archinger, M.; Baum, V. ^[11]; Argüelles, C.; Axani, S. ^[12]; Auffenberg, J. ^[13]; Bai, X. ^[14]; Barwick, S. W. ^[15]; others, and

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1. Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005 (Australia)
2. DESY, D-15735 Zeuthen (Germany)
3. Dept. 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. Dept. of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
6. Oskar Klein Centre and Dept. of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm (Sweden)
7. Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève (Switzerland)
8. Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
9. Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 (United States)
10. Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (United States)
11. Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)
12. Dept. of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)
13. III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)
14. Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 (United States)
15. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 (United States)

We present an all-sky search for muon neutrinos produced during the prompt γ -ray emission of 1172 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The detection of these neutrinos would constitute evidence for ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray (UHECR) production in GRBs, as interactions between accelerated protons and the prompt γ -ray field would yield charged pions, which decay to neutrinos. A previously reported search for muon neutrino tracks from northern hemisphere GRBs has been extended to include three additional years of IceCube data. A search for such tracks from southern hemisphere GRBs in five years of IceCube data has been introduced to enhance our sensitivity to the highest energy neutrinos. No significant correlation between neutrino events and observed GRBs is seen in the new data. Combining this result with previous muon neutrino track searches and a search for cascade signature events from all neutrino flavors, we obtain new constraints for single-zone fireball models of GRB neutrino and UHECR production.

• OSTI ID: 22663415
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 843, Issue 2; 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
ACCELERATION
CORRELATIONS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
DECAY
DETECTION
EMISSION
FIREBALL MODEL
GAMMA RADIATION
ICECUBE NEUTRINO DETECTOR
INTERACTIONS
MUON NEUTRINOS
MUONS
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
NUCLEAR FIREBALLS
PARTICLE TRACKS
PIONS
PROTONS
SENSITIVITY
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE