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Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube

Abstract:: We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC and VERITAS). While IceCube is capable of monitoring the whole sky continuously, high-energy gamma-ray telescopes have restricted fields of view and in general are unlikely to be observing a potential neutrino-flaring source at the time such neutrinos are recorded. The use of neutrino-triggered alerts thus aims at increasing the availability of simultaneous multi-messenger data during potential neutrino flaring activity, which can increase the discovery potential and constrain the phenomenological interpretation of the high-energy emission of selected source classes (e.g. blazars). The requirements of a fast and stable online analysis of potential neutrino signals and its operation are presented, along with first results of the program operating between 14 March 2012 and 31 December 2015.

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Aartsen, M., Abraham, K., Ackermann, M., Sarkar, S., others), I. C. C. (305, others), M. A. G. I. C. C. (156, & Collaboration, V. E. R. I. T. A. S. (2016). Very high-energy gamma-ray follow-up program using neutrino triggers from IceCube. Journal of Instrumentation, 11(11), P11009.

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Aartsen, M., et al. “Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Follow-up Program Using Neutrino Triggers from IceCube.” Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 11, no. 11, Institute of Physics, 2016, p. P11009.

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Aartsen, M, K Abraham, M Ackermann, S Sarkar, IceCube Collaboration (305 others), MAGIC Collaboration (156 others), and VERITAS Collaboration. 2016. “Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Follow-up Program Using Neutrino Triggers from IceCube.” Journal of Instrumentation 11 (11): P11009.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Physics
Sub department:: Theoretical Physics
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Publisher:: Institute of Physics
Journal:: Journal of Instrumentation More from this journal
Volume:: 11
Issue:: 11
Pages:: P11009
Publication date:: 2016-11-01
Acceptance date:: 2016-11-10
DOI:: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11009
ISSN:: 1748-0221

Keywords:: Neutrino detectors

Gamma telescopes
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Source identifiers:: 648379
Deposit date:: 2017-03-10

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Copyright date:: 2016
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