Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array

Aartsen MG, Abraham K, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Altmann D, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Archinger M, Arguelles C, Arlen TC, Auffenberg J, Bai X, Barwick SW, Baum V, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Tjus JB, Becker KH, Beiser E, Berghaus P, Berley D, Bernardini E, Bernhard A, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Bissok M, Blaufuss E, Blumenthal J, Boersma DJ, Bohm C, Boerner M, Bos F, Bose D, Boeser S, Botner O, Braun J, Brayeur L, Bretz HP, Buzinsky N, Casey J, Casier M, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Christov A, Clark K, Classen L, Coenders S, Cowen DF, Silva AHC, Daughhetee J, Davis JC, Day M, De Andre JPAM, De Clercq C, Rosendo EDP, Dembinski H, De Ridder S, Desiati P, De Vries KD, De Wasseige G, De With M, Deyoung T, Diaz-Velez JC, Di Lorenzo V, Dumm JP, Dunkman M, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eichmann B, Euler S, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Feintzeig J, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer-Wasels T, Flis S, Foesig CC, Fuchs T, Gaisser TK, Gaior R, Gallagher J, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Gier D, Gladstone L, Glagla M, Gluesenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Golup G, Gonzalez JG, Gora D, Grant D, Griffith Z, Gross A, Ha C, Haack C, Ismail AH, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Hansen E, Hansmann B, Hanson K, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Holzapfel K, Homeier A, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huelsnitz W, Hulth PO, Hultqvist K, In S, Ishihara A, Jacobi E, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jurkovic M, Kappes A, Karg T, Karle A, Kauer M, Keivani A, Kelley JL, Kemp J, Kheirandish A, Kiryluk J, Klaes J, Klein SR, Kohnen G, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Konietz R, Koepke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Kroll G, Kroll M, Krueckl G, Kunnen J, Kurahashi N, Kuwabara T, Labare M, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lesiak-Bzdak M, Leuermann M, Leuner J, Lu L, Luenemann J, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Mandelartz M, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, Maunu R, Mcnally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Meli A, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Miarecki S, Middell E, Mohrmann L, Montaruli T, Morse R, Nahnhauer R, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Pollmann AO, Olivas A, Omairat A, O'Murchadha A, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Paul L, Pepper JA, De Los Heros CP, Pfendner C, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Posselt J, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Quinnan M, Raab C, Raedel L, Rameez M, Rawlins K, Reimann R, Relich M, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Richter S, Riedel B, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Sabbatini L, Sander HG, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Sarkar S, Schatto K, Schimp M, Schmidt T, Schoenen S, Schoeneberg S, Schoenwald A, Schulte L, Schumacher L, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stahlberg M, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stasik A, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stoessl A, Stroem R, Strotjohann NL, Sullivan GW, Sutherland M, Taavola H, Taboada I, Tatar J, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tesic G, Tilav S, Toale PA, Tobin MN, Toscano S, Tosi D, Tselengidou M, Turcati A, Unger E, Usner M, Vallecorsa S, Vandenbroucke J, Van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, Van Santen J, Veenkamp J, Vehring M, Voge M, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Weaver C, Wendt C, Westerhoff S, Whelan BJ, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wissing H, Wolf M, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Zoll M, Aab A, Abreu P, Aglietta M, Ahn EJ, Al Samarai I, Albuquerque IFM, Allekotte I, Allison P, Almela A, Castillo JA, Alvarez-Muniz J, Batista RA, Ambrosio M, Aminaei A, Anchordoqui L, Andrada B, Andringa S, Aramo C, Arqueros F, Arsene N, Asorey H, Assis PJS, Aublin J, Avila G, Awal N, Badescu AM, Baus C, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Bellido JA, Berat C, Bertaina ME, Bertou X, Biermann PL, Billoir P, Blaess SG, Blanco A, Blanco M, Blazek J, Bleve C, Bluemer H, Bohacova M, Boncioli D, Bonifazi C, Borodai N, Botti AM, Brack J, Brancus I, Bretz T, Bridgeman A, Briechle FL, Buchholz P, Bueno A, Buitink S, Buscemi M, Caballero-Mora KS, Caccianiga B, Caccianiga L, Candusso M, Caramete L, Caruso R, Castellina A, Cataldi G, Cazon L, Cester R, Chavez AG, Chiavassa A, Chinellato JA, Diaz JCC, Chudoba J, Clay RW, Colalillo R, Coleman A, Collica L, Coluccia MR, Conceicao R, Contreras F, Cooper MJ, Cordier A, Coutu S, Covault CE, Dallier R, D'Amico S, Daniel B, Dasso S, Daumiller K, Dawson BR, De Almeida RM, De Jong SJ, De Mauro G, De Mello Neto JRT, De Mitri I, De Oliveira J, De Souza V, Debatin J, Del Peral L, Deligny O, Dhital N, Di Giulio C, Di Matteo A, Castro MLD, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, Docters W, D'Olivo JC, Dorofeev A, Dos Anjos RC, Dova MT, Dundovic A, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar CO, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Falcke H, Fang K, Farrar G, Fauth AC, Fazzini N, Ferguson AP, Fick B, Figueira JM, Filevich A, Filipi A, Fratu O, Freire MM, Fujii T, Fuster A, Gallo F, Garcia B, Garcia-Gamez D, Garcia-Pinto D, Gate F, Gemmeke H, Gherghel-Lascu A, Ghia PL, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Glas D, Glaser C, Glass H, Golup G, Gomez Berisso M, Gomez Vitale PF, Gonzalez N, Gookin B, Gordon J, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Gouffon P, Griffith N, Grillo AF, Grubb TD, Guarino F, Guedes GP, Hampel MR, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison TA, Harton JL, Hasankiadeh Q, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve AE, Hill GC, Hojvat C, Hollon N, Holt E, Homola P, Hoerandel JR, Horvath P, Hrabovsksy M, Huege T, Insolia A, Isar PG, Jandt I, Jansen S, Jarne C, Johnsen JA, Josebachuili M, Kaeaepae A, Kambeitz O, Kampert KH, Kasper P, Katkov I, Keilhauer B, Kemp E, Kieckhafer RM, Klages HO, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Kuempel D, Mezek GK, Kunka N, Awad AK, Lahurd D, Latronico L, Lauer R, Lauscher M, Lautridou P, Lebrun D, Lebrun P, Leigui De Oliveira MA, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, Lopes L, Lopez R, Lopez Casado A, Lucero A, Malacari M, Mallamaci M, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi AG, Marin V, Maris IC, Marsella G, Martello D, Martinez H, Bravo OM, Meza JJM, Mathes HJ, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews JAJ, Matthiae G, Maurizio D, Mayotte E, Mazur PO, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Mello VBB, Melo D, Menshikov A, Messina S, Micheletti MI, Middendorf L, Minaya IA, Miramonti L, Mitrica B, Molina-Bueno L, Mollerachl S, Montanet F, Morello C, Mostafa M, Moura CA, Mueller G, Muller MA, Mueller S, Naranjo I, Navas S, Necesal P, Nellen L, Nelles A, Neuser J, Nguyen PH, Niculescu-Oglinzanu M, Niechcio M, Niemietz L, Niggemann T, Nitz D, Nosek D, Novotny V, Nozka H, Nunez LA, Ochilo L, Oikonomou F, Olinto A, Pacheco N, Selmi-Dei DP, Palatka M, Pallotta J, Papenbreer P, Parente G, Parra A, Pau T, Pech M, Pekala J, Pelayo R, Pena-Rodriguez J, Pepe IM, Perrone L, Petermann E, Peters C, Petrera S, Phuntsok J, Piegaia R, Pierog T, Pieroni P, Pimenta M, Pirronello V, Platino M, Plum M, Porowski C, Prado RR, Privitera P, Prouza M, Quell EJ, Querchfeld S, Quinn S, Rautenberg J, Ravel O, Ravignani D, Reinert D, Revenu B, Ridky J, Risse M, Ristori P, Rizi V, Rodrigues De Carvalho W, Rodriguez Rojo J, Rodriguez-Frias MD, Rogozin D, Rosado J, Roth M, Roulet E, Rovero AC, Saffil SJ, Saftoiu A, Salazar H, Saleh A, Greus FS, Salina G, Sanabria Gomez JD, Sanchez F, Sanchez-Lucas P, Santos EM, Santos ED, Sarazin F, Sarkar B, Sarmento R, Sarmiento-Cano C, Sato R, Scarso C, Schauer M, Scherini V, Schieler H, Schmidt D, Scholtene ., Schoorlemmer H, Schovanek P, Schroeder FG, Schulz A, Schulz J, Schumacher J, Segreto A, Settimo M, Shadkam A, Shellard RC, Sigl G, Sima O, Smialkowski A, Smida R, Snow GR, Sommers P, Sonntag S, Sorokin J, Squartini R, Stanca D, Stanic S, Stapleton J, Stasielak J, Stephan M, Strafella F, Stutz A, Suarez F, Duran MS, Suomijarvi T, Supanitsky AD, Sutherland MS, Swain J, Szadkowski Z, Taborda OA, Tapia A, Tepe A, Theodoro VM, Timmermans C, Todero Peixoto CJ, Toma G, Tomankova L, Tome B, Tonachini A, Elipe GT, Torres Machado D, Travnicek P, Trini M, Ulrich R, Unger M, Urban M, Galicia JFV, Valino I, Valore L, Van Aar G, Van Bodegom P, Van Den Berg AM, Van Vliet A, Varela E, Vargas Cardenas B, Varner G, Vasquez R, Vazquez JR, Vazquez RA, Veberic D, Verzi V, Vicha J, Videla M, Villasenor L, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson AA, Weber M, Weidenhaupt K, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilczynski H, Winchen T, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Wykes S, Yang L, Yapici T, Yushkov A, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zepeda A, Zimmermann B, Ziolkowski M, Zong Z, Zuccarello F, Abbasi RU, Abe M, Abu-Zayyad T, Allen M, Azuma R, Barcikowski E, Belz JW, Bergman DR, Blake SA, Cady R, Chae MJ, Cheon BG, Chiba J, Chikawa M, Cho WR, Fujii T, Fukushima M, Gotoll T, Hanlon W, Hayashi Y, Hayashida N, Hibino K, Honda K, Ikeda D, Inoue N, Ishii T, Ishimori R, Ito H, Ivanov D, Jui CCH, Kadota K, Kakimoto F, Kalashev O, Kasahara K, Kawail H, Kawakami S, Kawana S, Kawata K, Kido E, Kim HB, Kim JH, Kim JH, Kitamura S, Kitamura Y, Kuzmin V, Kwon YJ, Lan J, Lim SI, Lundquist JP, Machida K, Martens K, Matsuda T, Matsuyama T, Matthews JN, Minamino M, Mukai Y, Myers I, Nagasawa K, Nagataki S, Nakamura T, Nonaka T, Nozato A, Ogioll S, Ogura J, Ohnishi M, Ohoka H, Oki K, Okuda T, Ono M, Oshima A, Ozawa S, Park IH, Pshirkov MS, Rodriguez DC, Rubtsov G, Ryu D, Sagawa H, Sakurai N, Scott LM, Shah PD, Shibata F, Shibata T, Shimodaira H, Shins BK, Shin HS, Smith JD, Sokolsky P, Springer RW, Stokes BT, Stratton SR, Stroman TA, Suzawa T, Takamura M, Takeda M, Takeishi R, Taketa A, Takita M, Tameda Y, Tanaka H, Tanaka K, Tanaka M, Thomas SB, Thomson GB, Tinyakov P, Tkachev I, Tokuno H, Tomida T, Troitsky S, Tsunesada Y, Tsutsumi K, Uchihori Y, Udo S, Urban F, Vasiloff G, Wong T, Yamane R, Yamaoka H, Yamazaki K, Yang J, Yashiro K, Yoneda Y, Yoshida S, Yoshii H, Zollinger R, Zundel Z (2016)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Article Number: ARTN 037

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037

Abstract

This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. We first consider samples of cascade neutrino events and of high-energy neutrino-induced muon tracks, which provided evidence for a neutrino flux of astrophysical origin, and study their cross-correlation with the ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) samples as a function of angular separation. We also study their possible directional correlations using a likelihood method stacking the neutrino arrival directions and adopting different assumptions on the size of the UHECR magnetic deflections. Finally, we perform another likelihood analysis stacking the UHECR directions and using a sample of through-going muon tracks optimized for neutrino point-source searches with sub-degree angular resolution. No indications of correlations at discovery level are obtained for any of the searches performed. The smallest of the p-values comes from the search for correlation between UHECRs with IceCube high-energy cascades, a result that should continue to be monitored.

Authors with CRIS profile

How to cite

APA:

Aartsen, M.G., Abraham, K., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M.,... Zundel, Z. (2016). Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 1. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037

MLA:

Aartsen, M. G., et al. "Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 1 (2016).

BibTeX: Download