Follow-up of Astrophysical Transients in Real Time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Aartsen MG, Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Arguelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal AV, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Tjus JB, Bellenghi C, Benzvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Boeser S, Botner O, Boettcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Campana MA, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, Delaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desai A, Desiati P, De Vries KD, De Wasseige G, De With M, Deyoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Diaz-Velez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Duvernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Felde J, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Grant D, Gregoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Guenduez M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardin J, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Huennefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kin K, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Koepke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krueckl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Gualda CL, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczynska A, Li Y, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Mariscal CJL, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Luenemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mancina S, Maris IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, Mcnally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merz J, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momente G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Naab R, Nagai R, Naumann U, Necker J, Neer G, Nguyen LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Pollmann AO, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Sullivan E, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Peiffer P, De Los Heros CP, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Rodriguez MP, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relich M, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Robertson S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Cantu DR, Safa I, Herrera SES, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schroeder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Strotjohann NL, Stuerwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Toennis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Twagirayezu JP, Ty B, Unger E, Elorrieta MAU, Vandenbroucke J, Van Eijk D, Van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, Van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wolf M, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zoecklein M (2021)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

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Book Volume: 910

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abe123

Abstract

In multi-messenger astronomy, rapid investigation of interesting transients is imperative. As an observatory with a 4 pi steradian field of view, and similar to 99% uptime, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a unique facility to follow up transients, as well as to provide valuable insights for other observatories and inform their observational decisions. Since 2016, IceCube has been using low-latency data to rapidly respond to interesting astrophysical events reported by the multi-messenger observational community. Here, we describe the pipeline used to perform these followup analyses, and provide a summary of the 58 analyses performed as of July 2020. We find no significant signal in the first 58 analyses performed. The pipeline has helped inform various electromagnetic observation strategies, and has constrained neutrino emission from potential hadronic cosmic accelerators.

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Aartsen, M.G., Abbasi, R., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J.A., Ahlers, M.,... Zoecklein, M. (2021). Follow-up of Astrophysical Transients in Real Time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Astrophysical Journal, 910(1). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abe123

MLA:

Aartsen, M. G., et al. "Follow-up of Astrophysical Transients in Real Time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory." Astrophysical Journal 910.1 (2021).

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