Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data

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Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data. / Aartsen, M. G.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, M.; Alispach, C.; Andeen, K.; Anderson, T.; Ansseau, I; Anton, G.; Arguelles, C.; Auffenberg, J.; Axani, S.; Backes, P.; Bagherpour, H.; Binder, G.; Bourbeau, E.; Braun, J.; Chen, C.; Choi, S.; Engel, R.; Goldschmidt, A.; Hoffmann, R.; Jones, B. J. P.; Kang, D.; Karl, M.; Kim, J.; Klein, S. R.; Koskinen, D. J.; Larson, M. J.; Liu, Q. R.; Lyu, Y.; Madsen, J.; Medici, M.; Meier, M.; Park, N.; Plum, M.; Rameez, M.; Sarkar, S.; Schmidt, T.; Schneider, A.; Song, M.; Stuttard, T.; Weiss, M. J.; Wolf, M.; Xu, D. L.; Xu, X. W.; Icecube Collaboration.

In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2021, No. 2, 025, 02.2021.

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Aartsen, MG, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Aguilar, JA, Ahlers, M, Ahrens, M, Alispach, C, Andeen, K, Anderson, T, Ansseau, I, Anton, G, Arguelles, C, Auffenberg, J, Axani, S, Backes, P, Bagherpour, H, Binder, G, Bourbeau, E, Braun, J, Chen, C, Choi, S, Engel, R, Goldschmidt, A, Hoffmann, R, Jones, BJP, Kang, D, Karl, M, Kim, J, Klein, SR, Koskinen, DJ, Larson, MJ, Liu, QR, Lyu, Y, Madsen, J, Medici, M, Meier, M, Park, N, Plum, M, Rameez, M, Sarkar, S, Schmidt, T, Schneider, A, Song, M, Stuttard, T, Weiss, MJ, Wolf, M, Xu, DL, Xu, XW & Icecube Collaboration 2021, 'Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2021, no. 2, 025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/025

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Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Alispach, C., Andeen, K., Anderson, T., Ansseau, I., Anton, G., Arguelles, C., Auffenberg, J., Axani, S., Backes, P., Bagherpour, H., Binder, G., Bourbeau, E., Braun, J., ... Icecube Collaboration (2021). Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2021(2), [025]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/025

Vancouver

Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M et al. Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2021 Feb;2021(2). 025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/025

Author

Aartsen, M. G. ; Ackermann, M. ; Adams, J. ; Aguilar, J. A. ; Ahlers, M. ; Ahrens, M. ; Alispach, C. ; Andeen, K. ; Anderson, T. ; Ansseau, I ; Anton, G. ; Arguelles, C. ; Auffenberg, J. ; Axani, S. ; Backes, P. ; Bagherpour, H. ; Binder, G. ; Bourbeau, E. ; Braun, J. ; Chen, C. ; Choi, S. ; Engel, R. ; Goldschmidt, A. ; Hoffmann, R. ; Jones, B. J. P. ; Kang, D. ; Karl, M. ; Kim, J. ; Klein, S. R. ; Koskinen, D. J. ; Larson, M. J. ; Liu, Q. R. ; Lyu, Y. ; Madsen, J. ; Medici, M. ; Meier, M. ; Park, N. ; Plum, M. ; Rameez, M. ; Sarkar, S. ; Schmidt, T. ; Schneider, A. ; Song, M. ; Stuttard, T. ; Weiss, M. J. ; Wolf, M. ; Xu, D. L. ; Xu, X. W. ; Icecube Collaboration. / Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data. In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2021 ; Vol. 2021, No. 2.

Bibtex

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title = "Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data",
abstract = "Cosmic-ray interactions with the solar atmosphere are expected to produce particle showers which in turn produce neutrinos from weak decays of mesons. These solar atmospheric neutrinos (SA nu s) have never been observed experimentally. A detection would be an important step in understanding cosmic-ray propagation in the inner solar system and the dynamics of solar magnetic fields. SA nu s also represent an irreducible background to solar dark matter searches and a detection would allow precise characterization of this background. Here, we present the first experimental search based on seven years of data collected from May 2010 to May 2017 in the austral winter with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. An unbinned likelihood analysis is performed for events reconstructed within 5 degrees of the center of the Sun. No evidence for a SA nu flux is observed. After inclusion of systematic uncertainties, we set a 90% upper limit of 1.02(-0.18)(+0.20).10(-13) GeV(-1)cm(-2)s(-1) at 1 TeV.",
keywords = "neutrino astronomy, neutrino detectors, neutrino experiments, solar and atmospheric neutrinos, HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, ATMOSPHERIC MUON, MODEL, INTERPLANETARY, PROPAGATION, COMPONENT, SPECTRUM",
author = "Aartsen, {M. G.} and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and Aguilar, {J. A.} and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and C. Alispach and K. Andeen and T. Anderson and I Ansseau and G. Anton and C. Arguelles and J. Auffenberg and S. Axani and P. Backes and H. Bagherpour and G. Binder and E. Bourbeau and J. Braun and C. Chen and S. Choi and R. Engel and A. Goldschmidt and R. Hoffmann and Jones, {B. J. P.} and D. Kang and M. Karl and J. Kim and Klein, {S. R.} and Koskinen, {D. J.} and Larson, {M. J.} and Liu, {Q. R.} and Y. Lyu and J. Madsen and M. Medici and M. Meier and N. Park and M. Plum and M. Rameez and S. Sarkar and T. Schmidt and A. Schneider and M. Song and T. Stuttard and Weiss, {M. J.} and M. Wolf and Xu, {D. L.} and Xu, {X. W.} and {Icecube Collaboration}",
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month = feb,
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volume = "2021",
journal = "Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Searches for neutrinos from cosmic-ray interactions in the Sun using seven years of IceCube data

AU - Aartsen, M. G.

AU - Ackermann, M.

AU - Adams, J.

AU - Aguilar, J. A.

AU - Ahlers, M.

AU - Ahrens, M.

AU - Alispach, C.

AU - Andeen, K.

AU - Anderson, T.

AU - Ansseau, I

AU - Anton, G.

AU - Arguelles, C.

AU - Auffenberg, J.

AU - Axani, S.

AU - Backes, P.

AU - Bagherpour, H.

AU - Binder, G.

AU - Bourbeau, E.

AU - Braun, J.

AU - Chen, C.

AU - Choi, S.

AU - Engel, R.

AU - Goldschmidt, A.

AU - Hoffmann, R.

AU - Jones, B. J. P.

AU - Kang, D.

AU - Karl, M.

AU - Kim, J.

AU - Klein, S. R.

AU - Koskinen, D. J.

AU - Larson, M. J.

AU - Liu, Q. R.

AU - Lyu, Y.

AU - Madsen, J.

AU - Medici, M.

AU - Meier, M.

AU - Park, N.

AU - Plum, M.

AU - Rameez, M.

AU - Sarkar, S.

AU - Schmidt, T.

AU - Schneider, A.

AU - Song, M.

AU - Stuttard, T.

AU - Weiss, M. J.

AU - Wolf, M.

AU - Xu, D. L.

AU - Xu, X. W.

AU - Icecube Collaboration

PY - 2021/2

Y1 - 2021/2

N2 - Cosmic-ray interactions with the solar atmosphere are expected to produce particle showers which in turn produce neutrinos from weak decays of mesons. These solar atmospheric neutrinos (SA nu s) have never been observed experimentally. A detection would be an important step in understanding cosmic-ray propagation in the inner solar system and the dynamics of solar magnetic fields. SA nu s also represent an irreducible background to solar dark matter searches and a detection would allow precise characterization of this background. Here, we present the first experimental search based on seven years of data collected from May 2010 to May 2017 in the austral winter with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. An unbinned likelihood analysis is performed for events reconstructed within 5 degrees of the center of the Sun. No evidence for a SA nu flux is observed. After inclusion of systematic uncertainties, we set a 90% upper limit of 1.02(-0.18)(+0.20).10(-13) GeV(-1)cm(-2)s(-1) at 1 TeV.

AB - Cosmic-ray interactions with the solar atmosphere are expected to produce particle showers which in turn produce neutrinos from weak decays of mesons. These solar atmospheric neutrinos (SA nu s) have never been observed experimentally. A detection would be an important step in understanding cosmic-ray propagation in the inner solar system and the dynamics of solar magnetic fields. SA nu s also represent an irreducible background to solar dark matter searches and a detection would allow precise characterization of this background. Here, we present the first experimental search based on seven years of data collected from May 2010 to May 2017 in the austral winter with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. An unbinned likelihood analysis is performed for events reconstructed within 5 degrees of the center of the Sun. No evidence for a SA nu flux is observed. After inclusion of systematic uncertainties, we set a 90% upper limit of 1.02(-0.18)(+0.20).10(-13) GeV(-1)cm(-2)s(-1) at 1 TeV.

KW - neutrino astronomy

KW - neutrino detectors

KW - neutrino experiments

KW - solar and atmospheric neutrinos

KW - HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS

KW - ATMOSPHERIC MUON

KW - MODEL

KW - INTERPLANETARY

KW - PROPAGATION

KW - COMPONENT

KW - SPECTRUM

U2 - 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/025

DO - 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/025

M3 - Journal article

VL - 2021

JO - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

JF - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

SN - 1475-7516

IS - 2

M1 - 025

ER -

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