Search for a correlation between the UHECRs measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array and the neutrino candidate events from IceCube
Abstract
We have conducted three searches for correlations between
ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Telescope Array
and the Pierre Auger Observatory, and high-energy neutrino
candidate events from IceCube. Two cross-correlation analyses
with UHECRs are done: one with 39 cascades from the IceCube
‘high-energy starting events’ sample and the other with 16
high-energy ‘track events’. The angular separation between the
arrival directions of neutrinos and UHECRs is scanned over.
The same events are also used in a separate search using a
maximum likelihood approach, after the neutrino arrival
directions are stacked. To estimate the significance we assume
UHECR magnetic deflections to be inversely proportional to
their energy, with values 3◦, 6◦ and 9◦ at 100 EeV to allow for
the uncertainties on the magnetic field strength and UHECR
charge. A similar analysis is performed on stacked UHECR
arrival directions and the IceCube sample of through-going
muon track events which were optimized for neutrino point-
source searches.
Keywords
ultra-high energy cosmic rays;Telescope Array;high-energy neutrinos;IceCube;correlation search;Pierre Auger Observatory;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2015 |
| Typology: | 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution |
| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica |
| UDC: | 539.1 |
| COBISS: |
4158203
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| ISSN: | 1824-8039 |
| Views: | 4163 |
| Downloads: | 188 |
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| URN: | URN:SI:UNG |
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| Type (COBISS): | Not categorized |
| Pages: | 8 str. |
| Chronology: | 2015 |
| ID: | 9128749 |
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