Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the IceCube neutrino telescope

R. Abbasi; Y. Abdou; T. Abu-Zayyad; J. Adams; J. A. Aguilar; M. Ahlers; K. Andeen; J. Auffenberg; X. Bai; M. Baker; S. W. Barwick; R. Bay; J. L. Bazo Alba; K. Beattie; J. J. Beatty; S. Bechet; J. K. Becker; K. H. Becker; M. L. Benabderrahmane; J. Berdermann; P. Berghaus; D. Berley; E. Bernardini; D. Bertrand; D. Z. Besson; M. Bissok; E. Blaufuss; D. J. Boersma; C. Bohm; J. Bolmont; O. Botner; L. Bradley; J. Braun; D. Breder; T. Castermans; D. Chirkin; B. Christy; J. Clem; S. Cohen; D. F. Cowen; M. V. D'Agostino; M. Danninger; C. T. Day; C. De Clercq; L. Demirörs; O. Depaepe; F. Descamps; P. Desiati; G. De Vries-Uiterweerd; T. Deyoung; J. C. Diaz-Velez; J. Dreyer; J. P. Dumm; M. R. Duvoort; W. R. Edwards; R. Ehrlich; J. Eisch; R. W. Ellsworth; O. Engdegrd; S. Euler; P. A. Evenson; O. Fadiran; A. R. Fazely; T. Feusels; K. Filimonov; C. Finley; M. M. Foerster; B. D. Fox; A. Franckowiak; R. Franke; T. K. Gaisser; J. Gallagher; R. Ganugapati; L. Gerhardt; L. Gladstone; A. Goldschmidt; J. A. Goodman; R. Gozzini; D. Grant; T. Griesel; A. Gross; S. Grullon; R. M. Gunasingha; M. Gurtner; C. Ha; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; K. Han; K. Hanson; Y. Hasegawa; J. Heise; K. Helbing; P. Herquet; S. Hickford; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; K. Hoshina; D. Hubert; W. Huelsnitz; J. P. Hül; P. O. Hulth; K. Hultqvist; S. Hussain; R. L. Imlay; M. Inaba; A. Ishihara; J. Jacobsen; G. S. Japaridze; H. Johansson; J. M. Joseph; K. H. Kampert; A. Kappes; T. Karg; A. Karle; J. L. Kelley; P. Kenny; J. Kiryluk; F. Kislat; S. R. Klein; S. Knops; G. Kohnen; H. Kolanoski; L. Köpke; M. Kowalski; T. Kowarik; M. Krasberg; K. Kuehn; T. Kuwabara; M. Labare; S. Lafebre; K. Laihem; H. Landsman; R. Lauer; D. Lennarz; A. Lucke; J. Lundberg; J. Lünemann; J. Madsen; P. Majumdar; R. Maruyama; K. Mase; H. S. Matis; C. P. McParland; K. Meagher; M. Merck; P. Mészros; E. Middell; N. Milke; H. Miyamoto; A. Mohr; T. Montaruli; R. Morse; S. M. Movit; R. Nahnhauer; J. W. Nam; P. Nieen; D. R. Nygren; S. Odrowski; A. Olivas; M. Olivo; M. Ono; S. Panknin; S. Patton; C. Pérez De Los Heros; J. Petrovic; A. Piegsa; D. Pieloth; A. C. Pohl; R. Porrata; N. Potthoff; P. B. Price; M. Prikockis; G. T. Przybylski; K. Rawlins; P. Redl; E. Resconi; W. Rhode; M. Ribordy; A. Rizzo; J. P. Rodrigues; P. Roth; F. Rothmaier; C. Rott; C. Roucelle; D. Rutledge; D. Ryckbosch; H. G. Sander; S. Sarkar; S. Schlenstedt; T. Schmidt; D. Schneider; A. Schukraft; O. Schulz; M. Schunck; D. Seckel; B. Semburg; S. H. Seo; Y. Sestayo; S. Seunarine; A. Silvestri; A. Slipak; G. M. Spiczak; C. Spiering; M. Stamatikos; T. Stanev; G. Stephens; T. Stezelberger; R. G. Stokstad; M. C. Stoufer; S. Stoyanov; E. A. Strahler; T. Straszheim; K. H. Sulanke; G. W. Sullivan; Q. Swillens; I. Taboada; A. Tamburro; O. Tarasova; A. Tepe; S. Ter-Antonyan; C. Terranova; S. Tilav; P. A. Toale; J. Tooker; D. Tosi; D. Turan; N. Van Eijndhoven; J. Vandenbroucke; A. Van Overloop; B. Voigt; C. Walck; T. Waldenmaier; M. Walter; C. Wendt; S. Westerhoff; N. Whitehorn; C. H. Wiebusch; A. Wiedemann; G. Wikström; D. R. Williams; R. Wischnewski; H. Wissing; K. Woschnagg; X. W. Xu; G. Yodh; And S. Yoshida

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/346

Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the IceCube neutrino telescope

R. Abbasi
, Y. Abdou
, T. Abu-Zayyad
, J. Adams
, J. A. Aguilar
, M. Ahlers
, K. Andeen
, J. Auffenberg
, X. Bai
, M. Baker
, S. W. Barwick
, R. Bay
, J. L. Bazo Alba
, K. Beattie
, J. J. Beatty
, S. Bechet
, J. K. Becker
, K. H. Becker
, M. L. Benabderrahmane
, J. Berdermann

P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, O. Botner, L. Bradley, J. Braun, D. Breder, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, S. Cohen, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D'Agostino, M. Danninger, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. De Vries-Uiterweerd, T. Deyoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegrd, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Gross, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, Y. Hasegawa, J. Heise, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J. P. Hül, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, R. L. Imlay, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, S. Knops, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, D. Lennarz, A. Lucke, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészros, E. Middell, N. Milke, H. Miyamoto, A. Mohr, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nieen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, M. Ono, S. Panknin, S. Patton, C. Pérez De Los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, N. Potthoff, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, C. Roucelle, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H. G. Sander, S. Sarkar, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, A. Schukraft, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K. H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, C. Terranova, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, J. Tooker, D. Tosi, D. Turan, N. Van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Walter, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, C. H. Wiebusch, A. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, And S. Yoshida

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Abstract

We present the results of searches for high-energy muon neutrinos from 41 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the northern sky with the IceCube detector in its 22 string configuration active in 2007/2008. The searches cover both the prompt and a possible precursor emission as well as a model-independent, wide time window of -1 hr to +3hr around each GRB. In contrast to previous searches with a large GRB population, we do not utilize a standard Waxman-Bahcall GRB flux for the prompt emission but calculate individual neutrino spectra for all 41 GRBs from the burst parameters measured by satellites. For all of the three time windows, the best estimate for the number of signal events is zero. Therefore, we place 90% CL upper limits on the fluence from the prompt phase of 3.7 × 10 ^-3 erg cm^-2 (72TeV-6.5PeV) and on the fluence from the precursor phase of 2.3 × 10^-3 erg cm^-2 (2.2-55TeV), where the quoted energy ranges contain 90% of the expected signal events in the detector. The 90% CL upper limit for the wide time window is 2.7 × 10 ^-3 erg cm^-2 (3TeV-2.8PeV) assuming an E ^-2 flux.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-359
Number of pages	14
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	710
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/346
State	Published - 2010

Keywords

Gamma-ray burst: general
Methods: data analysis
Neutrinos
Telescopes

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Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Abu-Zayyad, T., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J. L., Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., ... Yoshida, A. S. (2010). Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the IceCube neutrino telescope. Astrophysical Journal, 710(1), 346-359. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/346

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AU - Bolmont, J.

AU - Botner, O.

AU - Bradley, L.

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AU - Breder, D.

AU - Castermans, T.

AU - Chirkin, D.

AU - Christy, B.

AU - Clem, J.

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AU - Danninger, M.

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AU - Desiati, P.

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PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - We present the results of searches for high-energy muon neutrinos from 41 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the northern sky with the IceCube detector in its 22 string configuration active in 2007/2008. The searches cover both the prompt and a possible precursor emission as well as a model-independent, wide time window of -1 hr to +3hr around each GRB. In contrast to previous searches with a large GRB population, we do not utilize a standard Waxman-Bahcall GRB flux for the prompt emission but calculate individual neutrino spectra for all 41 GRBs from the burst parameters measured by satellites. For all of the three time windows, the best estimate for the number of signal events is zero. Therefore, we place 90% CL upper limits on the fluence from the prompt phase of 3.7 × 10 -3 erg cm-2 (72TeV-6.5PeV) and on the fluence from the precursor phase of 2.3 × 10-3 erg cm-2 (2.2-55TeV), where the quoted energy ranges contain 90% of the expected signal events in the detector. The 90% CL upper limit for the wide time window is 2.7 × 10 -3 erg cm-2 (3TeV-2.8PeV) assuming an E -2 flux.

AB - We present the results of searches for high-energy muon neutrinos from 41 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the northern sky with the IceCube detector in its 22 string configuration active in 2007/2008. The searches cover both the prompt and a possible precursor emission as well as a model-independent, wide time window of -1 hr to +3hr around each GRB. In contrast to previous searches with a large GRB population, we do not utilize a standard Waxman-Bahcall GRB flux for the prompt emission but calculate individual neutrino spectra for all 41 GRBs from the burst parameters measured by satellites. For all of the three time windows, the best estimate for the number of signal events is zero. Therefore, we place 90% CL upper limits on the fluence from the prompt phase of 3.7 × 10 -3 erg cm-2 (72TeV-6.5PeV) and on the fluence from the precursor phase of 2.3 × 10-3 erg cm-2 (2.2-55TeV), where the quoted energy ranges contain 90% of the expected signal events in the detector. The 90% CL upper limit for the wide time window is 2.7 × 10 -3 erg cm-2 (3TeV-2.8PeV) assuming an E -2 flux.

KW - Gamma-ray burst: general

KW - Methods: data analysis

KW - Neutrinos

KW - Telescopes

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77149155965

U2 - 10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/346

DO - 10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/346

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:77149155965

SN - 0004-637X

VL - 710

SP - 346

EP - 359

JO - Astrophysical Journal

JF - Astrophysical Journal

IS - 1

ER -

Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the IceCube neutrino telescope

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