@article{fdi:010077093,
  title = {{M}odel-independent search for neutrino sources with the {ANTARES} neutrino telescope},
  author = {{A}lbert, {A}. and {A}ndre, {M}. and {A}nghinolfi, {M}. and {A}nton, {G}. and {A}rdid, {M}. and {A}ubert, {J}. {J}. and {A}vgitas, {T}. and {B}aret, {B}. and {B}arrios-{M}arti, {J}. and {B}asa, {S}. and {B}ertin, {V}. and {B}iagi, {S}. and {B}ormuth, {R}. and {B}ourret, {S}. and {B}ouwhuis, {M}. {C}. and {B}ruijn, {R}. and {B}runner, {J}. and {B}usto, {J}. and {C}apone, {A}. and {C}aramete, {L}. and {C}arr, {J}. and {C}elli, {S}. and {C}hiarusi, {T}. and {C}ircella, {M}. and {C}oelho, {J}. {A}. {B}. and {C}oleiro, {A}. and {C}oniglione, {R}. and {C}ostantini, {H}. and {C}oyle, {P}. and {C}reusot, {A}. and {D}eschamps, {A}. and {D}e {B}onis, {G}. and {D}istefano, {C}. and {D}i {P}alma, {I}. and {D}onzaud, {C}. and {D}ornic, {D}. and {D}rouhin, {D}. and {E}berl, {T}. and {B}ojaddaini, {I}. and {E}lsasser, {D}. and {E}nzenhofer, {A}. and {F}elis, {I}. and {F}usco, {L}. {A}. and {G}alata, {S}. and {G}ay, {P}. and {G}eisselsoder, {S}. and {G}eyer, {K}. and {G}iordano, {V}. and {G}leixner, {A}. and {G}lotin, {H}. and {G}regoire, {T}. and {R}uiz, {R}. {G}. and {G}raf, {K}. and {H}allmann, {S}. and van {H}aren, {H}. and {H}eijboer, {A}. {J}. and {H}ello, {Y}ann and {H}ernandez-{R}ey, {J}. {J}. and {H}ossl, {J}. and {H}ofestadt, {J}. and {H}ugon, {C}. and {I}lluminati, {G}. and {J}ames, {C}. {W}. and de {J}ong, {M}. and {J}ongen, {M}. and {K}adler, {M}. and {K}alekin, {O}. and {K}atz, {U}. and {K}iessling, {D}. and {K}ouchner, {A}. and {K}reter, {M}. and {K}reykenbohm, {I}. and {K}ulikovskiy, {V}. and {L}achaud, {C}. and {L}ahmann, {R}. and {L}efevre, {D}. and {L}eonora, {E}. and {L}otze, {M}. and {L}oucatos, {S}. and {M}arcelin, {M}. and {M}argiotta, {A}. and {M}arinelli, {A}. and {M}artinez-{M}ora, {J}. {A}. and {M}athieu, {A}. and {M}ele, {R}. and {M}elis, {K}. and {M}ichael, {T}. and {M}igliozzi, {P}. and {M}oussa, {A}. and {M}ueller, {C}. and {N}ezri, {E}. and {P}avalas, {G}. {E}. and {P}ellegrino, {C}. and {P}errina, {C}. and {P}iattelli, {P}. and {P}opa, {V}. and {P}radier, {T}. and {Q}uinn, {L}. and {R}acca, {C}. and {R}iccobene, {G}. and {R}oensch, {K}. and {S}anchez-{L}osa, {A}. and {S}aldana, {M}. and {S}alvadori, {I}. and {S}amtleben, {D}. {F}. {E}. and {S}anguineti, {M}. and {S}apienza, {P}. and {S}chnabel, {J}. and {S}chussler, {F}. and {S}eitz, {T}. and {S}ieger, {C}. and {S}purio, {M}. and {S}tolarczyk, {T}. and {T}aiuti, {M}. and {T}ayalati, {Y}. and {T}rovato, {A}. and {T}selengidou, {M}. and {T}urpin, {D}. and {T}onnis, {C}. and {V}allage, {B}. and {V}allee, {C}. and {V}an {E}lewyck, {V}. and {V}ivolo, {D}. and {V}izzoca, {A}. and {W}agner, {S}. and {W}ilms, {J}. and {Z}ornoza, {J}. {D}. and {Z}uniga, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} novel method to analyse the spatial distribution of neutrino candidates recorded with the {ANTARES} neutrino telescope is introduced, searching for an excess of neutrinos in a region of arbitrary size and shape from any direction in the sky. {T}echniques originating from the domains of machine learning, pattern recognition and image processing are used to purify the sample of neutrino candidates and for the analysis of the obtained skymap. {I}n contrast to a dedicated search for a specific neutrino emission model, this approach is sensitive to a wide range of possible morphologies of potential sources of high-energy neutrino emission. {T}he application of these methods to {ANTARES} data yields a large-scale excess with a post-trial significance of 2.5 sigma. {A}pplied to public data from {I}ce{C}ube in its {IC}40 configuration, an excess consistent with the results from {ANTARES} is observed with a post-trial significance of 2.1 sigma.},
  keywords = {{N}eutrino astronomy ; {A}stroparticle physics ; {P}attern recognition ; {A}nisotropy},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}stroparticle {P}hysics},
  volume = {114},
  numero = {},
  pages = {35--47},
  ISSN = {0927-6505},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.06.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077093},
}