Astrophysical neutrinos and cosmic rays observed by IceCube

被引:27
作者
Aartsen, M. G. [2 ]
Ackermann, M. [59 ]
Adams, J. [18 ]
Aguilar, J. A. [13 ]
Ahlers, M. [33 ,34 ]
Ahrens, M. [47 ,48 ]
Altmann, D. [27 ]
Andeen, K. [36 ]
Anderson, T. [55 ]
Ansseau, I. [13 ]
Anton, G. [27 ]
Archinger, M. [35 ]
Arguelles, C. [15 ]
Auffenberg, J. [1 ]
Axani, S. [15 ]
Bai, X. [45 ]
Barwick, S. W. [30 ]
Baum, V. [35 ]
Bay, R. [8 ]
Beatty, J. J. [20 ,21 ,22 ]
Tjus, J. Becker [11 ]
Becker, K. -H. [58 ]
BenZvi, S. [56 ]
Berley, D. [19 ]
Bernardini, E. [59 ]
Bernhard, A. [15 ,16 ,17 ,38 ]
Besson, D. Z. [31 ]
Binder, G. [9 ,37 ]
Bindig, D. [58 ]
Bissok, M. [1 ]
Blaufuss, E. [19 ]
Blot, S. [59 ]
Bohm, C. [47 ,48 ]
Boerner, M. [24 ]
Bos, F. [11 ]
Bose, D. [50 ]
Boeser, S. [35 ]
Botner, O. [57 ]
Braun, J. [33 ,34 ]
Brayeur, L. [14 ]
Bretz, H. -P. [59 ]
Bron, S. [28 ]
Burgman, A. [57 ]
Carver, T. [28 ]
Casier, M. [14 ]
Cheung, E. [19 ]
Chirkin, D. [33 ,34 ]
Christov, A. [28 ]
Clark, K. [52 ]
Classen, L. [39 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[2] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[3] Univ Alaska Anchorage, Dept Phys & Astron, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
[4] Clark Atlanta Univ, CTSPS, Atlanta, GA 30314 USA
[5] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[6] Georgia Inst Technol, Ctr Relativist Astrophys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[7] Southern Univ, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[9] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[10] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[11] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Phys Astron, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[12] Univ Bonn, Phys Inst, Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[13] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Sci Fac, CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[14] Vrije Univ Brussel VUB, Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[15] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[16] Chiba Univ, Dept Phys, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[17] Chiba Univ, Inst Global Prominent Res, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[18] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
[19] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[20] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[21] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[22] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[23] Univ Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Inst, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[24] TU Dortmund Univ, Dept Phys, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
[25] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[26] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
[27] Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[28] Univ Geneva, Dept Phys Nucl & Corpusculaire, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[29] Univ Ghent, Dept Phys & Astron, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[30] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[31] Univ Kansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[32] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[33] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[34] Univ Wisconsin, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophys Ctr, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[35] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[36] Marquette Univ, Dept Phys, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
[37] Univ Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
[38] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[39] Westfeil Wilhelms Univ Munster, Inst Kernphys, D-48149 Munster, Germany
[40] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[41] Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[42] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[43] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, 1 Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
[44] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[45] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Dept Phys, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[46] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, River Falls, WI 54022 USA
[47] Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[48] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[49] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[50] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Dept Phys, Suwon 440746, South Korea
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 新加坡国家研究基金会; 瑞士国家科学基金会; 瑞典研究理事会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
IceCube; Neutrinos; Cosmic rays; HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS; COSMOGENIC NEUTRINOS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SIDEREAL ANISOTROPY; GAMMA-RAYS; PROPAGATION; SPECTRUM; EMISSION; FLUX; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2017.05.030
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
The core mission of the IceCube neutrino observatory is to study the origin and propagation of cosmic rays. IceCube, with its surface component IceTop, observes multiple signatures to accomplish this mission. Most important are the astrophysical neutrinos that are produced in interactions of cosmic rays, close to their sources and in interstellar space. IceCube is the first instrument that measures the properties of this astrophysical neutrino flux and constrains its origin. In addition, the spectrum, composition, and anisotropy of the local cosmic-ray flux are obtained from measurements of atmospheric muons and showers. Here we provide an overview of recent findings from the analysis of IceCube data, and their implications to our understanding of cosmic rays. (C) 2017 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2902 / 2930
页数:29
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