Constraining the contribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts to the high-energy diffuse neutrino flux with 10 yr of ANTARES data

Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Baret B, Basa S, Belhorma B, Bertin , Biagi S, Bissinger M, Boumaaza J, Bouta M, Bouwhuis MC, Branzas H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Celli S, Chabab M, Chau TN, El Moursli RC, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coleiro A, Colomer-Molla M, Coniglione R, Coyle P, Creusot A, Diaz AF, De Wasseige G, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Di Palma , Domi A, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Khayati NEL, Enzenhofer A, Ettahiri A, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Filippini F, Fusco LA, Gay P, Glotin H, Gozzini R, Graf K, Guidi C, Hallmann S, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Huang F, Illuminati G, James CW, De Jong M, De Jong P, Jongen M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Khan-Chowdhury NR, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Le Breton R, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Lincetto M, Lopez-Coto D, Loucatos S, Maggi G, Manczak J, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martinez-Mora JA, Mazzou S, Melis K, Migliozzi P, Moser M, Moussa A, Muller R, Nauta L, Navas S, Nezri E, Nunez-Castineyra A, O'Fearraigh B, Organokov M, Pavalas GE, Pellegrino C, Perrin-Terrin M, Piattelli P, Poire C, Popa V, Pradier T, Randazzo N, Reck S, Riccobene G, Sanchez-Losa A, Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schnabel J, Schussler F, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Strandberg B, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Thakore T, Tingay SJ, Trovato A, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Versari F, Viola S, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zegarelli A, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Book Volume: 500

Pages Range: 5614-5628

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3503

Abstract

Addressing the origin of the astrophysical neutrino flux observed by IceCube is of paramount importance. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the few astrophysical sources capable of achieving the required energy to contribute to such neutrino flux through p gamma interactions. In this work, ANTARFS data have been used to search for upward going muon neutrinos in spatial and temporal coincidence with 784 GRBs occurred from 2007 to 2017. For each GRB, the expected neutrino flux has been calculated in the framework of the internal shock model and the impact of the lack of knowledge on the majority of source redshifts and on other intrinsic parameters of the emission mechanism has been quantified. It is found that the model parameters that set the radial distance where shock collisions occur have the largest impact on neutrino flux expectations. In particular, the bulk Lorentz factor of the source ejecta and the minimum variability time-scale are found to contribute significantly to the GRB-neutrino flux uncertainty. For the selected sources, ANTARES data have been analysed by maximizing the discovery probability of the stacking sample through an extended maximum-likelihood strategy. Since no neutrino event passed the quality cuts set by the optimization procedure, 90 per cent confidence level upper limits (with their uncertainty) on the total expected diffuse neutrino flux have been derived, according to the model. The GRB contribution to the observed diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux around 100 TeV is constrained to be less than 10 percent.

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Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) University of Paris 4 - Paris-Sorbonne / Université paris IV Paris-Sorbonne France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) National Center for Energy Science & Nuclear Technology Morocco (MA) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Universidad de Cádiz (UCA) Spain (ES) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Curtin University Australia (AU) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES)

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APA:

Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J.-J.,... Zuniga, J. (2021). Constraining the contribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts to the high-energy diffuse neutrino flux with 10 yr of ANTARES data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 500(4), 5614-5628. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3503

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "Constraining the contribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts to the high-energy diffuse neutrino flux with 10 yr of ANTARES data." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 500.4 (2021): 5614-5628.

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