A search for astrophysical sources of low-energy neutrinos using the IMB detector

R. S. Miller; R. Becker-Szendy; C. B. Bratton; J. Breault; D. Casper; S. T. Dye; W. Gajewski; M. Goldhaber; T. J. Haines; P. G. Halverson; D. Kielczewska; W. R. Kropp; J. G. Learned; J. LoSecco; S. Matsuno; J. Matthews; G. McGrath; C. McGrew; L. Price; F. Reines; J. Schultz; D. Sinclair; H. W. Sobel; J. L. Stone; L. R. Sulak; R. Svoboda; J. C. Van Der Velde

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A search for astrophysical sources of low-energy neutrinos using the IMB detector

R. S. Miller
, R. Becker-Szendy
, C. B. Bratton
, J. Breault
, D. Casper
, S. T. Dye
, W. Gajewski
, M. Goldhaber
, T. J. Haines
, P. G. Halverson
, D. Kielczewska
, W. R. Kropp
, J. G. Learned
, J. LoSecco
, S. Matsuno
, J. Matthews
, G. McGrath
, C. McGrew
, L. Price
, F. Reines

J. Schultz, D. Sinclair, H. W. Sobel, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, R. Svoboda, J. C. Van Der Velde

Physics and Astronomy

Louisiana State University
University of New Hampshire
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Cleveland State University
University of California at Irvine
CERN
Boston University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Warsaw
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
University of Notre Dame
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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The temporal structure of low-energy (20-60 MeV) neutrino interactions within the IMB-3 detector during 863 days of livetime between 1986 May and 1991 March has been analyzed. The neutrino data are consistent with expected cosmic-ray-induced neutrino interactions with no bursts evident x(excluding SN 1987A). When combined with the 327 effective livedays of IMB-I data, we place a 90% C.L. upper limit of ≤0.71 Galactic supernovae yr^-1. We have also performed a temporal correlation analysis with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using a subset of the low-energy neutrino data. No significant correlations were observed for coincidence windows of 1 minute, 1 hour, or 1 day.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	629-632
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	428
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/174272
State	Published - Jun 20 1994

Keywords

Elementary particles
Gamma rays: bursts
ISM: cosmic rays
Supernovae: general

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Miller, R. S., Becker-Szendy, R., Bratton, C. B., Breault, J., Casper, D., Dye, S. T., Gajewski, W., Goldhaber, M., Haines, T. J., Halverson, P. G., Kielczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., LoSecco, J., Matsuno, S., Matthews, J., McGrath, G., McGrew, C., Price, L., ... Van Der Velde, J. C. (1994). A search for astrophysical sources of low-energy neutrinos using the IMB detector. Astrophysical Journal, 428(2), 629-632. https://doi.org/10.1086/174272

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