Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy νμ with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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作者
Aguilar, J. A. [2 ]
Al Samarai, I. [3 ]
Albert, A. [4 ]
Andre, M. [5 ]
Anghinolfi, M. [6 ]
Anton, G. [7 ]
Anvar, S. [8 ]
Ardid, M. [9 ]
Jesus, A. C. Assis [10 ]
Astraatmadja, T. [10 ,41 ]
Aubert, J. -J. [3 ]
Auer, R. [7 ]
Baret, B. [11 ]
Basa, S. [12 ]
Bazzotti, M. [1 ,13 ]
Bertin, V. [3 ]
Biagi, S. [1 ,13 ]
Bigongiari, C. [2 ]
Bogazzi, C. [10 ]
Bou-Cabo, M. [9 ]
Bouwhuis, M. C. [10 ]
Brown, A. M. [3 ]
Brunner, J. [3 ]
Busto, J. [3 ]
Camarena, F. [9 ]
Capone, A. [14 ,15 ]
Carloganu, C. [16 ]
Carminati, G. [1 ,13 ]
Carr, J. [3 ]
Cecchini, S. [1 ,17 ]
Charvis, Ph [18 ,19 ]
Chiarusi, T. [1 ]
Circella, M. [20 ]
Coniglione, R. [24 ]
Costantini, H. [6 ]
Cottini, N. [21 ]
Coyle, P. [3 ]
Curtil, C. [3 ]
Decowski, M. P. [10 ]
Dekeyser, I. [22 ,23 ]
Deschamps, A. [18 ,19 ]
Donzaud, C. [11 ,25 ]
Dornic, D. [2 ]
Dorosti, Q. [26 ]
Drouhin, D. [4 ]
Eberl, T. [7 ]
Emanuele, U. [2 ]
Ernenwein, J. -P. [3 ]
Escoffier, S. [3 ]
Fehr, F. [7 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46071, Spain
[3] Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
[4] GRPHE Inst Univ Technol Colmar, F-68008 Colmar, France
[5] Tech Univ Catalonia, Lab Appl Bioacoust, Barcelona 08800, Spain
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[7] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[8] CEA Saclay, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Elect Detecteurs & Informat, Direct Sci Matiere, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[9] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, Gandia 46730, Spain
[10] Nikhef, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[11] Univ Paris 07, CEA, Observ Paris, CNRS,APC Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol,UMR 7164, F-75205 Paris 13, France
[12] Pole Etoile Site Chateau Gombert, LAM, F-13388 Marseille 13, France
[13] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[14] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[16] Univ Blaise Pascal, CNRS, IN2P3, Phys Corpusculaire Lab, Clermont Ferrand, France
[17] INAF IASF, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[18] Geoazur Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS INSU, IRD, Observ Cote Azur, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[19] Univ Paris 06, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[21] CEA Saclay, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Phys Particules, Direct Sci Matiere, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[22] CNRS INSU, COM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[23] Univ Mediterranee, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[24] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, LNS, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[25] Univ Paris 11, F-91405 Orsay, France
[26] Univ Groningen, Kernfys Versneller Inst, NL-9747 AA Groningen, Netherlands
[27] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[28] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[29] Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France
[30] CNRS IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France
[31] Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res NIOZ, NL-1797 SZ T Horntje, Texel, Netherlands
[32] Dr Remeis Sternwarte Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
[33] Univ Utrecht, Fac Betawetenschappen, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands
[34] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Hoge Energie Fys, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
[35] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
[36] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95125 Catania, Italy
[37] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715 USA
[38] Inst Space Sci, R-77125 Bucharest, Magurele, Romania
[39] ITEP, Moscow 117218, Russia
[40] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[41] Leiden Univ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
Neutrino telescope; Diffuse muon neutrino flux; ANTARES; ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; MODEL; LIMITS; MUONS;
D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A (0.83 x 2 pi) sr sky was monitored for a total of 334 days of equivalent live time. The searched signal corresponds to an excess of events, produced by astrophysical sources, over the expected atmospheric neutrino background. The observed number of events is found compatible with the background expectation. Assuming an E-2 flux spectrum, a 90% c.l. upper limit on the diffuse nu(mu) flux of E-2 Phi(90%) = 5.3 x 10(-8) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) in the energy range 20 TeV-2.5 PeV is obtained. Other signal models with different energy spectra are also tested and some rejected. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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