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Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO

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Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Auriemma, G; Bakari, D; Baldini, A; Barbarino, GC; Barish, BC; Battistoni, G; Becherini, Y; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C ...
Published in: Astroparticle Physics
January 1, 2003
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Many galactic and extragalactic astrophysical sources are currently considered promising candidates as high-energy neutrino emitters. Astrophysical neutrinos can be detected as upward-going muons produced in charged-current interactions with the medium surrounding the detector. The expected neutrino fluxes from various models start to dominate on the atmospheric neutrino background at neutrino energies above some tens of TeV. We present the results of a search for an excess of high-energy upward-going muons among the sample of data collected by MACRO during ∼5.8 years of effective running time. No significant evidence for this signal was found. As a consequence, an upper limit on the flux of upward-going muons from high-energy neutrinos was set at the level of 1.7 × 10 -14 cm -2 s -1 sr -1 . The corresponding upper limit for the diffuse neutrino flux was evaluated assuming a neutrino power law spectrum. Our result was compared with theoretical predictions and upper limits from other experiments. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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Kate Scholberg
Author Kate Scholberg Physics
Christopher Walter
Author Christopher Walter Physics

Published In

Astroparticle Physics

DOI

10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00190-1

ISSN

0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

19

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 13

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Auriemma, G., Bakari, D., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G. C., … Sioli, M. (2003). Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO. Astroparticle Physics, 19(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00190-1
Ambrosio, M., R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, et al. “Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO.” Astroparticle Physics 19, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00190-1.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, et al. Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO. Astroparticle Physics. 2003 Jan 1;19(1):1–13.
Ambrosio, M., et al. “Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO.” Astroparticle Physics, vol. 19, no. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 1–13. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00190-1.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bloise C, Bower C, Brigida M, Bussino S, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Carboni M, Caruso R, Cecchini S, Cei F, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, de Cataldo G, Dekhissi H, de Marzo C, de Mitri I, Derkaoui J, de Vincenzi M, di Credico A, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Giacomelli G, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Grassi M, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson K, Heinz R, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Levin DS, Lipari P, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari-Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Monacelli P, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolò D, Nolty R, Orth C, Osteria G, Palamara O, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Perrone L, Petrera S, Pistilli P, Popa V, Rainò A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Satriano C, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M. Search for diffuse neutrino flux from astrophysical sources with MACRO. Astroparticle Physics. 2003 Jan 1;19(1):1–13.
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Published In

Astroparticle Physics

DOI

10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00190-1

ISSN

0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

19

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 13

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences