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Adrian-Martinez S., Albert A., Andre M., Anton G., Ardid M., Aubert J. J., Baret B., Barrios-Marti J., Basa S., Bertin V., Biagi S., Bogazzi C., Bormuth R., Bou-Cabo M., Bouwhuis M. C., Bruijn R., Brunner J., Busto J., Capone A., Caramete L., Carr J., Chiarusi T., Circella M., Coniglione R., Costantini H., Coyle P., Creusot A., Dekeyser I., Deschamps A., De Bonis G., Distefano C., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Drouhin D., Dumas A., Eberl T., Elsasser D., Enzenhofer A., Fehn K., Felis I., Fermani P., Folger F., Fusco L. A., Galata S., Gay P., Geisselsoder S., Geyer K., Giordano V., Gleixner A., Gracia-Ruiz R., Graf K., van Haren H., Heijboer A. J., Hello Yann, et al. (2015). Search for muon-neutrino emission from GeV and TeV gamma-ray flaring blazars using five years of data of the ANTARES telescope. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, (12), p. 014. ISSN 1475-7516.

Titre du document
Search for muon-neutrino emission from GeV and TeV gamma-ray flaring blazars using five years of data of the ANTARES telescope
Année de publication
2015
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000367884600014
Auteurs
Adrian-Martinez S., Albert A., Andre M., Anton G., Ardid M., Aubert J. J., Baret B., Barrios-Marti J., Basa S., Bertin V., Biagi S., Bogazzi C., Bormuth R., Bou-Cabo M., Bouwhuis M. C., Bruijn R., Brunner J., Busto J., Capone A., Caramete L., Carr J., Chiarusi T., Circella M., Coniglione R., Costantini H., Coyle P., Creusot A., Dekeyser I., Deschamps A., De Bonis G., Distefano C., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Drouhin D., Dumas A., Eberl T., Elsasser D., Enzenhofer A., Fehn K., Felis I., Fermani P., Folger F., Fusco L. A., Galata S., Gay P., Geisselsoder S., Geyer K., Giordano V., Gleixner A., Gracia-Ruiz R., Graf K., van Haren H., Heijboer A. J., Hello Yann, et al.
Source
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2015, (12), p. 014 ISSN 1475-7516
The ANTARES telescope is well-suited for detecting astrophysical transient neutrino sources as it can observe a full hemisphere of the sky at all times with a high duty cycle. The background due to atmospheric particles can be drastically reduced, and the point-source sensitivity improved, by selecting a narrow time window around possible neutrino production periods. Blazars, being radio-loud active galactic nuclei with their jets pointing almost directly towards the observer, are particularly attractive potential neutrino point sources, since they are among the most likely sources of the very high-energy cosmic rays. Neutrinos and gamma rays may be produced in hadronic interactions with the surrounding medium. Moreover, blazars generally show high time variability in their light curves at different wavelengths and on various time scales. This paper presents a time-dependent analysis applied to a selection of flaring gamma-ray blazars observed by the FERMI/LAT experiment and by TeV Cherenkov telescopes using five years of ANTARES data taken from 2008 to 2012. The results are compatible with fluctuations of the background. Upper limits on the neutrino fluence have been produced and compared to the measured gamma-ray spectral energy distribution.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020] ; Limnologie / Océanographie : généralités [030] ; Sciences de la Terre : généralités [060]
Identifiant IRD
PAR00014172
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