FIRST SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC NEUTRINOS WITH THE ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE

Adrian-Martinez S, Aguilar JA, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Jesus ACA, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigi A, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bou-Cabo M, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Camarena F, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carminati G, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Curtil C, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fermani P, Ferri M, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Halladjian G, Hallewell G, Van Haren H, Hartman J, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Kooijman P, Kopper C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Lim G, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Meli A, Montaruli T, Moscoso L, Motz H, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Payet K, Payre P, Petrovic J, Piattelli P, Picot-Clemente N, Popa V, Pradier T, Presani E, Racca C, Reed C, Richardt C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Ruiz-Rivas J, Rujoiu M, Russo GV, Salesa F, Samtleben DFE, Sapienza P, Schoeck F, Schuller JP, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Sanchez-Losa A, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Toscano S, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Vannoni G, Vecchi M, Vernin P, Wagner S, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2011)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Book Volume: 743

Article Number: ARTN L14

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/743/1/L14

Abstract

Results are presented of a search for cosmic sources of high-energy neutrinos with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The data were collected during 2007 and 2008 using detector configurations containing between 5 and 12 detection lines. The integrated live time of the analyzed data is 304 days. Muon tracks are reconstructed using a likelihood-based algorithm. Studies of the detector timing indicate a median angular resolution of 0.5 +/- 0.1 deg. The neutrino flux sensitivity is 7.5 x 10(-8)(E(v)/GeV)(-2) GeV(-1) s(-1) cm(-2) for the part of the sky that is always visible (delta < -48 deg), which is better than limits obtained by previous experiments. No cosmic neutrino sources have been observed.

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University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES) CNRS / Center of Oceanology of Marseille (COM) La-Seyne-Sur-Mer France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University France (FR) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Aguilar, J.A., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M.,... Zuniga, J. (2011). FIRST SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC NEUTRINOS WITH THE ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 743(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/743/1/L14

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "FIRST SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC NEUTRINOS WITH THE ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE." Astrophysical Journal Letters 743.1 (2011).

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