Limits on Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the 40 String IceCube Detector
IceCube Collaboration: R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams,, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W., Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K., Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. BenZvi
TL;DR
This study used the IceCube detector to search for neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts, finding no evidence and thus constraining models of neutrino emission associated with GRBs.
Contribution
First to set experimental limits on neutrino emission from GRBs using the full IceCube detector data, challenging existing theoretical models.
Findings
No neutrino detection from GRBs with IceCube
Constraints placed on neutrino flux models
Prevailing models excluded at 90% confidence
Abstract
IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if GRBs are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray flux above eV. Two separate analyses using the half-complete IceCube detector, one a dedicated search for neutrinos from -interactions in the prompt phase of the GRB fireball, and the other a generic search for any neutrino emission from these sources over a wide range of energies and emission times, produced no evidence for neutrino emission, excluding prevailing models at 90% confidence.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.