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Searches for periodic neutrino emission from binary systems with 22 and 40 strings of IceCube

  • R. Abbasi
  • , Y. Abdou
  • , T. Abu-Zayyad
  • , M. Ackermann
  • , J. Adams
  • , J. A. Aguilar
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  • , M. M. Allen
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  • , K. Andeen
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  • , J. L. Bazo Alba
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  • , J. J. Beatty
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  • , J. K. Becker
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Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of searches for periodic neutrino emission from a catalog of binary systems. Such modulation, observed in the photon flux, would be caused by the geometry of these systems. In the analysis, the period is fixed by these photon observations, while the phase and duration of the neutrino emission are treated as free parameters to be fit with the data. If the emission occurs during 20% or less of the total period, this analysis achieves better sensitivity than a time-integrated analysis. We use the IceCube data taken from 2007 May 31 to 2008 April 5 with its 22 string configuration and from 2008 April 5 to 2009 May 20 with its 40 string configuration. No evidence for neutrino emission is found, with the strongest excess occurring for CygnusX-3 at 2.1σ significance after accounting for trials. Neutrino flux upper limits for both periodic and time-integrated emission are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Article number118
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume748
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2012

Keywords

  • astroparticle physics
  • binaries: general
  • neutrinos

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