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Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet
dc.contributor.author | IceCube Collaboration | |
dc.contributor.author | The Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network | |
dc.contributor.author | HAWC | |
dc.contributor.author | Fermi | |
dc.contributor.author | LCO | |
dc.contributor.author | MASTER | |
dc.contributor.author | VERITAS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-25T17:56:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-25T17:56:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11 | |
dc.identifier.citation | IceCube Collaboration. "Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet”, Astronomy & Astrophysics. (2017) 607. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730620 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27040 | |
dc.description.abstract | On February 17, 2016, the IceCube real-time neutrino search identified, for the first time, three muon neutrino candidates arriving within 100 s of one another, consistent with coming from the same point in the sky. Such a triplet is expected once every 13.7 years as a random coincidence of background events. However, considering the lifetime of the follow-up program the probability of detecting at least one triplet from atmospheric background is 32%. Follow-up observatories were notified in order to search for an electromagnetic counterpart. Observations were obtained by Swift ’s X-ray telescope, by ASAS-SN, LCO and MASTER at optical wavelengths, and by VERITAS in the very-high-energy gamma-ray regime. Moreover, the Swift BAT serendipitously observed the location 100 s after the first neutrino was detected, and data from the Fermi LAT and HAWC observatory were analyzed. We present details of the neutrino triplet and the follow-up observations. No likely electromagnetic counterpart was detected, and we discuss the implications of these constraints on candidate neutrino sources such as gamma-ray bursts, core-collapse supernovae and active galactic nucleus flares. This study illustrates the potential of and challenges for future follow-up campaigns | en_US |
dc.publisher | EDP Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Astroparticle physics | en_US |
dc.subject | Neutrinos | en_US |
dc.subject | Gamma-ray burst: general | en_US |
dc.subject | Supernovae: genera | en_US |
dc.subject | Galaxies: active | en_US |
dc.subject | X-rays: bursts | en_US |
dc.title | Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Besson, David Zeke | |
kusw.kudepartment | Physics and Astronomy | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730620 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |