On the selection of AGN neutrino source candidates for a source stacking analysis with neutrino telescopes

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On the selection of AGN neutrino source candidates for a source stacking analysis with neutrino telescopes

J.k. Becker J.k. Becker O. Tarasova O. Tarasova H. Wissing H. Wissing H. Waldmann H. Waldmann X. Bai X. Bai W. Wagner W. Wagner J. Braun J. Braun J.n. Bahcall J.n. Bahcall J.l. Kelley J.l. Kelley S. Patton S. Patton C. Walck C. Walck S. Seunarine S. Seunarine A. Groß A. Groß K. Helbing K. Helbing B. Voigt B. Voigt R. Ehrlich R. Ehrlich K. Kuehn K. Kuehn M. Bartelt M. Bartelt K. Filimonov K. Filimonov M.g. Greene M.g. Greene R. Nahnhauer R. Nahnhauer R. Bay R. Bay C. Spiering C. Spiering Dawn Williams Dawn Williams K. Mase K. Mase N. Kitamura N. Kitamura R. Morse R. Morse Soebur Razzaque Soebur Razzaque G.w. Sullivan G.w. Sullivan G. Wikström G. Wikström L. Köpke L. Köpke J. E. Hart J. E. Hart J. Gallagher J. Gallagher D. Hubert D. Hubert W. Rhode W. Rhode D. F. Cowen D. F. Cowen D. F. Cowen T.k. Gaisser T.k. Gaisser D. Hays D. Hays J. Madsen J. Madsen C. Song C. Song Ph. Olbrechts Ph. Olbrechts R. Hardtke R. Hardtke J. Ahrens J. Ahrens A. Karle A. Karle T. Castermans T. Castermans D. Seckel D. Seckel J. Vandenbroucke J. Vandenbroucke P. L. Biermann P. L. Biermann P. L. Biermann A. Olivas A. Olivas M. Kestel M. Kestel T. Hauschildt T. Hauschildt S.w. Barwick S.w. Barwick T. Stezelberger T. Stezelberger D. Bertrand A. Meli A. Meli D. Chirkin D. Chirkin R.w. Ellsworth R.w. Ellsworth D.z. Besson D.z. Besson S. Grullon S. Grullon B. Baret B. Baret Adam Bouchta Adam Bouchta P.a. Evenson P.a. Evenson H. Geenen Carsten Rott Carsten Rott J.a. Goodman J.a. Goodman A. Silvestri A. Silvestri K. Beattie K. Beattie X.w. Xu X.w. Xu Karl-heinz Kampert D. Berley D. Berley D. Pieloth D. Pieloth C.h. Wiebusch D. Steele D. Steele D.w. Atlee D.w. Atlee E. Blaufuss E. Blaufuss Allan Hallgren Allan Hallgren H. Leich H. Leich L. Thollander L. Thollander M. Walter M. Walter M. Krasberg M. Krasberg S. Hundertmark S. Hundertmark A. Goldschmidt A. Goldschmidt T. Burgess T. Burgess H. Miyamoto H. Miyamoto Peter Mészáros Peter Mészáros Peter Mészáros Carlos Pena-garay Carlos Pena-garay J. Lundberg J. Lundberg J.w. Nam J.w. Nam A. Rizzo A. Rizzo D. Turčan D. Turčan A.c. Pohl A.c. Pohl H.-g. Sander H.-g. Sander P.o. Hulth P.o. Hulth S. H. Seo S. H. Seo I. Liubarsky I. Liubarsky T. Montaruli T. Montaruli D. Rutledge D. Rutledge J.d. Zornoza J.d. Zornoza F. Halzen F. Halzen K. Han K. Han J.m. Joseph J.m. Joseph C. Bohm C. Bohm Elisa Bernardini Elisa Bernardini H. Landsman H. Landsman K. Hanson K. Hanson J. Dreyer J. Dreyer K. Hoshina K. Hoshina H. ÖGelman H. ÖGelman John Heise John Heise S. Böser S. Böser K. Rawlins K. Rawlins J. Cooley J. Cooley D. Schneider D. Schneider J. Conrad J. Conrad T. Stanev T. Stanev C. Wendt C. Wendt B. Hughey B. Hughey Jenni Adams Jenni Adams P. Desiati P. Desiati T. Feser T. Feser M. Leuthold M. Leuthold K. Münich K. Münich M.c. Stoufer M.c. Stoufer T. Harenberg J. Clem J. Clem K. Hultqvist K. Hultqvist R.h. Minor R.h. Minor Y.-r. Wang Y.-r. Wang R.g. Stokstad R.g. Stokstad Jennifer Pretz Jennifer Pretz R. Lang R. Lang H.s. Matis H.s. Matis R. Porrata R. Porrata S. Klepser S. Klepser M. Solarz M. Solarz D.j. Boersma D.j. Boersma P. Steffen P. Steffen M. Ackermann M. Ackermann A.r. Fazely C. De Clercq C. De Clercq P. Miočinović P. Miočinović W.r. Edwards W.r. Edwards M. Stamatikos M. Stamatikos G. Kohnen G. Kohnen M.r. Duvoort M.r. Duvoort A. Mokhtarani A. Mokhtarani R. M. Gunasingha R. Ganugapati R. Ganugapati M.v. D’agostino M.v. D’agostino C.p. Mcparland C.p. Mcparland George Japaridze P. Nießen P. Nießen S. Yoshida S. Yoshida Elisa Resconi Elisa Resconi A. Achterberg A. Achterberg P. Herquet P. Herquet G.t. Przybylski G.t. Przybylski P.b. Price P.b. Price S. Robbins S. Stoyanov S. Stoyanov G. Yodh G. Yodh I. Taboada I. Taboada F. Refflinghaus F. Refflinghaus K.d. Hoffman K.d. Hoffman C.t. Day C.t. Day K. Woschnagg K. Woschnagg L. Gerhardt L. Gerhardt P. Berghaus D. Hardtke D. Hardtke C.p. Burgess C.p. Burgess A. Ishihara A. Ishihara Hermann Kolanoski Hermann Kolanoski A.j. Smith A.j. Smith K.-h. Sulanke K.-h. Sulanke B. Collin B. Collin T.j. Sumner T.j. Sumner J.e. Sopher J.e. Sopher T. Messarius T. Messarius A. Tepe H. Kawai H. Kawai J. Jacobsen J. Jacobsen K.-h. Becker G.m. Spiczak G.m. Spiczak C. Pérez De Los Heros C. Pérez De Los Heros D.r. Nygren D.r. Nygren S. M. Movit S. M. Movit A. W. Jones A. W. Jones R. Wischnewski R. Wischnewski A. Davour A. Davour N. Van Eijndhoven N. Van Eijndhoven M. Hellwig M. Hellwig S. Schlenstedt S. Schlenstedt S. Tilav S. Tilav J. Hodges J. Hodges A. Morey A. Morey S. Richter S. Richter T. Becka T. Becka Olga Botner Olga Botner M. Ribordy M. Ribordy G. C. Hill G. C. Hill T. Mccauley T. Mccauley Tyce Deyoung Tyce Deyoung P. A. Toale P. A. Toale S.r. Klein S.r. Klein

subject

AMANDA Active galactic nucleus Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics IceCube Luminosity AGN Neutrinos Blazar Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics AGN; AMANDA; IceCube; Neutrinos; Point sources; Source stacking Astroparticle physics Physics Astrophysics (astro-ph)Point sources Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics Quasar Source stacking Neutrino detector Astronomia High Energy Physics::Experiment Neutrino

description

The sensitivity of a search for sources of TeV neutrinos can be improved by grouping potential sources together into generic classes in a procedure that is known as source stacking. In this paper, we define catalogs of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and use them to perform a source stacking analysis. The grouping of AGN into classes is done in two steps: first, AGN classes are defined, then, sources to be stacked are selected assuming that a potential neutrino flux is linearly correlated with the photon luminosity in a certain energy band (radio, IR, optical, keV, GeV, TeV). Lacking any secure detailed knowledge on neutrino production in AGN, this correlation is motivated by hadronic AGN models, as briefly reviewed in this paper. The source stacking search for neutrinos from generic AGN classes is illustrated using the data collected by the AMANDA-II high energy neutrino detector during the year 2000. No significant excess for any of the suggested groups was found.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2006-11-01

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.06.012 http://hdl.handle.net/10550/39574