Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube

Aartsen, M. G.; Ahnen, M. L.; Abeysekara, A. U.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11009

Title: Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube

Abstract

We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC and VERITAS). While IceCube is capable of monitoring the whole sky continuously, high-energy gamma-ray telescopes have restricted fields of view and in general are unlikely to be observing a potential neutrino-flaring source at the time such neutrinos are recorded. The use of neutrino-triggered alerts thus aims at increasing the availability of simultaneous multi-messenger data during potential neutrino flaring activity, which can increase the discovery potential and constrain the phenomenological interpretation of the high-energy emission of selected source classes (e.g. blazars). Here, the requirements of a fast and stable online analysis of potential neutrino signals and its operation are presented, along with first results of the program operating between 14 March 2012 and 31 December 2015.

Authors:

Aartsen, M. G. ^[1]; Ahnen, M. L. ^[2]; Abeysekara, A. U. ^[3]

Univ. of Adelaide, SA (Australia); IceCube Collaboration. et al.
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich (Switzerland); MAGIC Collaboration. et al.
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States); VERITAS Collaboration. et al.

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Org.:: IceCube Collaboration; MAGIC Collaboration; VERITAS Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1544419

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Instrumentation

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Gamma telescopes; Neutrino detectors

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                    Aartsen, M. G., Ahnen, M. L., and Abeysekara, A. U. Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Aartsen, M. G., Ahnen, M. L., & Abeysekara, A. U. Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11009

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                    Aartsen, M. G., Ahnen, M. L., and Abeysekara, A. U. Mon .  
"Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11009.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1544419.

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@article{osti_1544419,

  title        = {Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube},

  author       = {Aartsen, M. G. and Ahnen, M. L. and Abeysekara, A. U.},

  abstractNote = {We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC and VERITAS). While IceCube is capable of monitoring the whole sky continuously, high-energy gamma-ray telescopes have restricted fields of view and in general are unlikely to be observing a potential neutrino-flaring source at the time such neutrinos are recorded. The use of neutrino-triggered alerts thus aims at increasing the availability of simultaneous multi-messenger data during potential neutrino flaring activity, which can increase the discovery potential and constrain the phenomenological interpretation of the high-energy emission of selected source classes (e.g. blazars). Here, the requirements of a fast and stable online analysis of potential neutrino signals and its operation are presented, along with first results of the program operating between 14 March 2012 and 31 December 2015.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11009},

  journal      = {Journal of Instrumentation},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 11,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Mon Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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journal, March 2003

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