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Search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos with AMANDA-II

  • M. Ackermann
  • , J. Adams
  • , J. Ahrens
  • , K. Andeen
  • , J. Auffenberg
  • , X. Bai
  • , B. Baret
  • , S. W. Barwick
  • , R. Bay
  • , K. Beattie
  • , T. Becka
  • , J. K. Becker
  • , K. H. Becker
  • , M. Beimforde
  • , P. Berghaus
  • , D. Berley
  • , E. Bernardini
  • , D. Bertrand
  • , D. Z. Besson
  • , E. Blaufuss
  • D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D'Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. De Vries-Uiterweerd, T. De Young, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, T. Griesel, A. Grob, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Halloren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, Y. Hasegawa, T. Hauschildt, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, B. Hommez, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, J. P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, H. Leich, D. Leier, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. Mccauley, C. P. Mcparland, K. Meagher, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, H. Miyamoto, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Munich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nieben, D. R. Nygren, A. Olivas, M. Ono, S. Patton, C. Pérez De Los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, W. J. Robbins, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, C. Roucelle, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H. G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Satalecka, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, O. Schultz, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, C. Song, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K. H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, Q. Swillens, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, M. Tluczykont, P. A. Toale, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. Van Eundhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, V. Viscomi, C. Vogt, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, T. Waldenmaier, M. Walter, Y. R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, J. D. Zornoza
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • University of Canterbury
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Wuppertal
  • University of Delaware
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • University of California at Irvine
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Kansas
  • Stockholm University
  • Uppsala University
  • Universite de Mons
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Ghent University
  • Utrecht University
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • Chiba University
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Bari
  • Linnaeus University
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • University of Oxford
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Dept. Física At. Mol. y Nuclear

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Abstract

A search for diffuse neutrinos with energies in excess of 105 GeV is conducted with AMANDA-II data recorded between 2000 and 2002. Above 107 GeV, the Earth is essentially opaque to neutrinos. This fact, combined with the limited overburden of the AMANDA-II detector (roughly 1.5 km), concentrates these ultra-high-energy neutrinos at the horizon. The primary background for this analysis is bundles of downgoing, high-energy muons from the interaction of cosmic rays in the atmosphere. No statistically significant excess above the expected background is seen in the data, and an upper limit is set on the diffuse all-flavor neutrino flux of E2Φ 90%Cl < 2.7 × 10-7 GeV cm-2 s -1 sr-1 valid over the energy range of 2 × 10 5 to 109 GeV. A number of models that predict neutrino fluxes from active galactic nuclei are excluded at the 90% confidence level.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1014-1024
Number of pages11
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume675
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 10 2008

Keywords

  • Diffuse radiation
  • Galaxies: active
  • Neutrinos
  • Telescopes

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