Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the NT200 neutrino telescope

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作者
Aynutdinov, V
Balkanov, V
Belolaptikov, I
Bezrukov, L
Borschov, D
Budnev, N
Chensky, A
Danilchenko, I
Davidov, Y
Domogatsky, G
Doroshenko, A
Dyachok, A
Dzhilkibaev, ZA
Fialkovsky, S
Gaponenko, O
Gress, O
Gress, T
Grishin, O
Klabukov, A
Klimov, A
Klimushin, S
Konischev, K
Koshechkin, A
Kuzmichev, L
Kulepov, V
Lubsandorzhiev, B
Mikheyev, S
Mikolajski, T
Milenin, M
Mirgazov, R
Osipova, E
Pavlov, A
Pan'kov, G
Pan'kov, L
Panfilov, A
Parfenov, Y
Petukhov, D
Pliskovsky, E
Pokhil, P
Poleschuk, V
Popova, E
Prosin, V
Rozanov, M
Rubtzov, V
Semeney, Y
Shaibonov, B
Shirokov, A
Spiering, C
Tarashansky, B
Vasiliev, R
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[2] Irkutsk State Univ, Irkutsk 664003, Russia
[3] MSU, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow, Russia
[4] Joint Nucl Res Inst, Dubna, Russia
[5] DESY, Zeuthen, Germany
[6] Nizhnii Novgorod State Tech Univ, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
[7] St Petersburg State Marine Univ, St Petersburg, Russia
[8] IV Kurchatov Atom Energy Inst, Moscow 123182, Russia
关键词
neutrino telescopes; neutrino astronomy; UHE neutrinos; BAIKAL;
D O I
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.12.005
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the results of a search for high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the Baikal underwater Cherenkov detector NT200, based on data taken in 1998-2003. Upper limits on the diffuse fluxes of v(e) + v(mu) + v(tau), predicted by several models of AGN-like neutrino sources, are derived. For an E-2 behavior of the neutrino spectrum, our limit is E(2)Phi(v)(E) < 8.1 x 10(-7) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) GeV over ail neutrino energy range 2 x 10(4)-5 x 10(7) GeV. The upper limit on the resonant (v) overbar (e) diffuse flux is Phi ((v) overbar) (e) < 3.3 x 10(-20) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) GeV-1. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:11
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