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All-sky Search for Time-integrated Neutrino Emission from Astrophysical Sources with 7 yr of IceCube Data
IceCube Collaboration
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Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high-energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux comes from a small event sample of high neutrino purity, good energy resolution, but large angular uncertainties. In searches for point-like sources, on the other hand, the best performance is given by using large statistics and good angular reconstructions. Track-like muon events produced in neutrino interactions satisfy these requirements. We present here the results of searches for point-like sources with neutrinos using data acquired by the IceCube detector over 7 yr from 2008 to 2015. The discovery potential of the analysis in the northern sky is now significantly below ${E}_{\nu }^{2}d\phi /{{dE}}_{\nu }$ = 10−12 TeV cm−2 s−1, on average 38% lower than the sensitivity of the previously published analysis of 4 yr exposure. No significant clustering of neutrinos above background expectation was observed, and implications for prominent neutrino source candidates are discussed.
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2017
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American Astronomical Society
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Astroparticle physics, Galaxies: active, Neutrinos
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IceCube Collaboration.: All-sky Search for Time-integrated Neutrino Emission from Astrophysical Sources with 7 yr of IceCube Data, Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/151