Probing the origin of cosmic-rays with extremely high energy neutrinos using the IceCube Observatory

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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Probing the origin of cosmic-rays with extremely high energy neutrinos using the IceCube Observatory

M. J. Larson M. Day T. Stezelberger E. Jacobi E. A. Strahler A. R. Fazely T. Waldenmaier C. Pfendner G. C. Hill Tyce Deyoung A. M. Brown K. Hultqvist J. Lünemann C. Walck A. Schukraft N. Whitehorn S. Toscano M. Lesiak-bzdak J. Daughhetee A. Olivas S. Schoenen M. Casier Marcos Santander Jenni Adams T. Glüsenkamp Segev Benzvi M. Ribordy K. H. Becker M. Vraeghe N. Van Eijndhoven Kael Hanson K. D. Hoffman S. Hussain C. Bohm M. Dunkman G. Kroll X. Bai H. P. Bretz M. W.e. Smith K. Rawlins D. Seckel J. Eisch S. Odrowski M. Wallraff A. Ishihara Steven W. Barwick C. De Clercq A. Schönwald K. D. De Vries A. Fedynitch S. Flis K. Krings C. Sheremata L. Gerhardt L. Gerhardt G. Binder G. Binder J. C. Groh M. Vehring M. Rameez M. N. Tobin A. H. Cruz Silva D. Pieloth Teresa Montaruli M. Richman L. Gladstone T. Kuwabara K. Jero P. B. Price P. Gretskov K. Helbing K. Wiebe Juanan Aguilar L. Brayeur H. Niederhausen Wolfgang Rhode G. Kohnen D. Grant C. Wendt J. J. Beatty J. Jacobsen W. Huelsnitz T. Fischer-wasels J. Miller V. Baum P. Redl J. Becker Tjus D. Bindig M. Bissok A. Christov Carsten Rott S. C. Nowicki J. Kläs A. Stasik E. Pinat J. G. Gonzalez D. J. Koskinen A. Tamburro A. Stößl Reina H. Maruyama Carlos Arguelles Thomas Meures M. Leuermann I. Taboada J. L. Kelley J. A. Goodman D. J. Boersma N. A. Stanisha S. R. Klein S. R. Klein D. Chirkin A. Karle L. Rädel L. Köpke G. T. Przybylski M. Wellons S. Coenders S. Yoshida P. A. Toale Dariusz Gora L. Schulte J. S. Gallagher M. Merck F. Mcnally J. H. Köhne J. Madsen G. M. Spiczak H. Landsman R. Reimann P. A. Evenson O. Fadiran U. Naumann S. Zierke M. Usner J. Kiryluk K. Woschnagg Sofia Vallecorsa M. Kauer G. Yodh L. Mohrmann D. Z. Besson D. Bose M. Zoll X. W. Xu S. Schöneberg D. Heinen K. Clark T. Karg B. Kaminsky R. C. Bay J. Casey C. H. Wiebusch D. Heereman A. Kriesten J. Blumenthal Oscar Macias S. Ter-antonyan J. Ziemann G. W. Sullivan P. Zarzhitsky Rezo Shanidze M. Labare R. G. Stokstad Elisa Bernardini Stephanie Hickford A. Obertacke E. Unger Y. Sestayo Allan Hallgren J. Feintzeig H. Taavola P. Berghaus O. Schulz G. S. Japaridze A. Goldschmidt B. Ruzybayev Hermann Kolanoski K. Jagielski J. Auffenberg G. Tešić A. Haj Ismail S. Tilav J. Van Santen T. Feusels J. Posselt M. G. Aartsen Elisa Resconi J. Leute M. Krasberg B. Riedel R. Eagan H. Wissing Subir Sarkar R. Bruijn P. O. Hulth R. Hellauer Olga Botner M. Baker A. Homeier S. Cohen G. Golup L. Paul Markus Ahlers S. Böser F. Clevermann T. Ruhe S. De Ridder R. Nahnhauer M. Wolf M. Stamatikos D. Altmann A. Groß J. P. Yanez S. Westerhoff C. Ha C. Ha E. Middell T. R. Wood A. Omairat P. Hallen M. Voge M. Danninger D. T. Grandmont D. L. Xu R. Hoffmann Christian Spiering S. Seunarine C. Finley T. Schmidt D. Berley Giorgio Maggi S. M. Saba J. C. Davis K. Hoshina Ch Weaver M. Kowalski A. Franckowiak J. P. Rodrigues Markus Ackermann P. Desiati C. Kopper B. Eberhardt B. Christy K. Mase S. Kopper H. S. Matis Francis Halzen E. Blaufuss N. Kurahashi Todor Stanev J. A. Pepper H. G. Sander Thomas K. Gaisser S. Euler D. R. Nygren D. R. Williams Alexander Kappes K. Schatto D. Ryckbosch C. Pérez De Los Heros D. F. Cowen F. Scheriau M. Schmitz S. Miarecki S. Miarecki J. C. Díaz-vélez R. Ström O. Jlelati A. Bernhard A. Tepe J. Kunnen K. Meagher K. Filimonov A. O'murchadha N. Milke R. Morse Rasha Abbasi A. Van Overloop K. Frantzen T. Fuchs D. Soldin

subject

FLUX SELECTION FERMI-LAT Nuclear and High Energy Physics Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)Photon Radio galaxy Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray ddc:500.2 Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics LIMIT 01 natural sciences IceCube High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)Particle shower Observatory 0103 physical sciences ddc:530 010306 general physics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Physics SPECTRUM Range (particle radiation)COSMOGENIC NEUTRINOS 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy PERFORMANCE COMPONENT MODEL Physics and Astronomy 13. Climate action Intergalactic travel High Energy Physics::Experiment Neutrino Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena SYSTEM Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

description

We have searched for extremely high energy neutrinos using data taken with the IceCube detector between May 2010 and May 2012. Two neutrino induced particle shower events with energies around 1 PeV were observed, as reported previously. In this work, we investigate whether these events could originate from cosmogenic neutrinos produced in the interactions of ultra-high energy cosmic-rays with ambient photons while propagating through intergalactic space. Exploiting IceCube's large exposure for extremely high energy neutrinos and the lack of observed events above 100 PeV, we can rule out the corresponding models at more than 90% confidence level. The model independent quasi-differential 90% CL upper limit, which amounts to $E^2 \phi_{\nu_e + \nu_\mu + \nu_\tau} = 1.2 \times 10^{-7}$ GeV cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ at 1 EeV, provides the most stringent constraint in the energy range from 10 PeV to 10 EeV. Our observation disfavors strong cosmological evolution of the highest energy cosmic ray sources such as the Fanaroff-Riley type II class of radio galaxies.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2013-10-21	Physical Review D

10.1103/physrevd.88.112008 http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6559bc89-5e8a-44c9-9a72-42c418ac85d4