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

Antares, Collaboration; Aguilar, J. A.; Samarai, I. Al; Albert, A.; Al Samarai, I.; André, M.; Anghinolfi, M.; Anton, G.; Anvar, S.; Ardid, M.; Assis Jesus, A. C.; Astraatmadja, T.; Aubert, J.-J.; Auer, R.; Baret, B.; Basa, S.; Bazzotti, M.; Jesus, A. C. Assis; Bertin, V.; Biagi, S.; Bigongiari, C.; Bogazzi, C.; Bou-Cabo, M.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Brown, A. M.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Camarena, F.; Capone, Antonio; Cârloganu, C.; Carminati, G.; Carr, J.; Cecchini, S.; Carloganu, C.; Charvis, P.-H.; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Coniglione, R.; Costantini, H.; Cottini, N.; Coyle, P.; Curtil, C.; Decowski, M. P.; Dekeyser, I.; Deschamps, A.; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Dorosti, Q.; Drouhin, D.; Eberl, T.; Emanuele, U.; Esco, S.; Ernenwein, J.-P.; Escoffier, S.; Fehr, F.; Flaminio, V.; Folger, F.; Fritsch, U.; Er,; Fuda, J.-L.; Galata, S.; Gay, Pascal; Giacomelli, G.; Gómez-González, J. P.; Graf, K.; Guillard, G.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P.; Halladjian, G.; Hallewell, G.; van Haren, H.; Vanharen, H.; Heijboer, A. J.; Hello, Y.; Hernandez-Rey, J. J.; Herold, B.; Hößl, J.; Hsu, C. C.; de Jong, M.; Hossl, J.; Kadler, M.; Hol, J.; Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N.; Kalekin, O.; Kappes, A.; Katz, U.; Kooijman, P.; Kopper, C.; Kouchner, A.; Dejong, M.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lahmann, R.; Lamare, P.; Larosa, G.; Lefèvre, D.; Lim, G.; Lo Presti, D.; Presti, D. Lo; Loehner, H.; Loucatos, S.; Lucarelli, Fabrizio; Mangano, S.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, A.; Martinez-Mora, J. A.; Lopresti, D.; Mazure, A.; Meli, A.; Montaruli, T.; Morganti, M.; Moscoso, L.; Motz, H.; Naumann, C.; Neff, M.; Palioselitis, D.; Păvălaş, G. E.; Payre, P.; Pavalas, G. E.; Petrovic, J.; Piattelli, P.; Picot-Clemente, N.; Picq, C.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Presani, E.; Racca, C.; Reed, C.; Riccobene, G.; Richardt, C.; Roensch, K.; Rostovtsev, A.; Rujoiu, M.; Russo, G. V.; Salesa, F.; Sapienza, P.; Schock, F.; Schöck, F.; Schuller, J.-P.; Shanidze, R.; Simeone, Francesco; Spies, A.; Spurio, M.; Steijger, J. J. M.; Stolarczyk, T.-H.; Taiuti, M.; Tamburini, C.; Tasca, L.; Toscano, S.; Vanelewyck, V.; Vallage, B.; Van Elewyck, V.; Elewyck, Van; Vannoni, G.; Vecchi, Manuela; Vernin, P.; de Wolf, E.; Dewolf, E.; Wijnker, G.; Yepes, H.; Zaborov, D.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zuniga, J.

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Elsevier, Physics Letters B, 1-2(696), p. 16-22, 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070

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@article{Antares2010,
  abstract = {14 pages, 6 figures ; International audience ; A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A $(0.83\times 2π)$ 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 $ν_μ$ flux of $E^2Φ_{90%} = 5.3 \times 10^{-8} \ \mathrm{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.},
  author = {Antares, Collaboration and Aguilar, J. A. and Samarai, I. Al and Albert, A. and Al Samarai, I. and André, M. and Anghinolfi, M. and Anton, G. and Anvar, S. and Ardid, M. and Assis Jesus, A. C. and Astraatmadja, T. and Aubert, J.-J. and Auer, R. and Baret, B. and Basa, S. and Bazzotti, M. and Jesus, A. C. Assis and Bertin, V. and Biagi, S. and Bigongiari, C. and Bogazzi, C. and Bou-Cabo, M. and Bouwhuis, M. C. and Brown, A. M. and Brunner, J. and Busto, J. and Camarena, F. and Capone, Antonio and Cârloganu, C. and Carminati, G. and Carr, J. and Cecchini, S. and Carloganu, C. and Charvis, P.-H. and Chiarusi, T. and Circella, M. and Coniglione, R. and Costantini, H. and Cottini, N. and Coyle, P. and Curtil, C. and Decowski, M. P. and Dekeyser, I. and Deschamps, A. and Donzaud, C. and Dornic, D. and Dorosti, Q. and Drouhin, D. and Eberl, T. and Emanuele, U. and Esco, S. and Ernenwein, J.-P. and Escoffier, S. and Fehr, F. and Flaminio, V. and Folger, F. and Fritsch, U. and Er,  and Fuda, J.-L. and Galata, S. and Gay, Pascal and Giacomelli, G. and Gómez-González, J. P. and Graf, K. and Guillard, G. and Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P. and Halladjian, G. and Hallewell, G. and van Haren, H. and Vanharen, H. and Heijboer, A. J. and Hello, Y. and Hernandez-Rey, J. J. and Herold, B. and Hößl, J. and Hsu, C. C. and de Jong, M. and Hossl, J. and Kadler, M. and Hol, J. and Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N. and Kalekin, O. and Kappes, A. and Katz, U. and Kooijman, P. and Kopper, C. and Kouchner, A. and Dejong, M. and Kulikovskiy, V. and Lahmann, R. and Lamare, P. and Larosa, G. and Lefèvre, D. and Lim, G. and Lo Presti, D. and Presti, D. Lo and Loehner, H. and Loucatos, S. and Lucarelli, Fabrizio and Mangano, S. and Marcelin, M. and Margiotta, A. and Martinez-Mora, J. A. and Lopresti, D. and Mazure, A. and Meli, A. and Montaruli, T. and Morganti, M. and Moscoso, L. and Motz, H. and Naumann, C. and Neff, M. and Palioselitis, D. and Păvălaş, G. E. and Payre, P. and Pavalas, G. E. and Petrovic, J. and Piattelli, P. and Picot-Clemente, N. and Picq, C. and Popa, V. and Pradier, T. and Presani, E. and Racca, C. and Reed, C. and Riccobene, G. and Richardt, C. and Roensch, K. and Rostovtsev, A. and Rujoiu, M. and Russo, G. V. and Salesa, F. and Sapienza, P. and Schock, F. and Schöck, F. and Schuller, J.-P. and Shanidze, R. and Simeone, Francesco and Spies, A. and Spurio, M. and Steijger, J. J. M. and Stolarczyk, T.-H. and Taiuti, M. and Tamburini, C. and Tasca, L. and Toscano, S. and Vanelewyck, V. and Vallage, B. and Van Elewyck, V. and Elewyck, Van and Vannoni, G. and Vecchi, Manuela and Vernin, P. and de Wolf, E. and Dewolf, E. and Wijnker, G. and Yepes, H. and Zaborov, D. and Zornoza, J. D. and Zuniga, J.},
  doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070},
  journal = {Physics Letters B},
  month = {nov},
  pages = {16-22},
  title = {Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy $ν_μ$ with the ANTARES neutrino telescope},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070},
  volume = {696},
  year = {2010}
}

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

Journal article published in 2010 by Collaboration Antares, J. A. Aguilar, I. Al Samarai, A. Albert, I. Al Samarai, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, S. Anvar, M. Ardid

, A. C. Assis Jesus, T. Astraatmadja, J.-J. Aubert, R. Auer, B. Baret and other authors. Collaboration Antares, J. A. Aguilar, I. Al Samarai, A. Albert, I. Al Samarai, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, S. Anvar, M. Ardid

, A. C. Assis Jesus, T. Astraatmadja, J.-J. Aubert, R. Auer, B. Baret, S. Basa, M. Bazzotti, A. C. Assis Jesus, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, C. Bigongiari, C. Bogazzi, M. Bou-Cabo, M. C. Bouwhuis, A. M. Brown

, J. Brunner, J. Busto, F. Camarena, Antonio Capone, C. Cârloganu, G. Carminati, J. Carr, S. Cecchini, C. Carloganu, P.-H. Charvis

, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, N. Cottini, P. Coyle, C. Curtil, M. P. Decowski, I. Dekeyser, A. Deschamps, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, U. Emanuele, S. Esco, J.-P. Ernenwein, S. Escoffier, F. Fehr, V. Flaminio, F. Folger, U. Fritsch, Er, J.-L. Fuda, S. Galata, Pascal Gay, G. Giacomelli, J. P. Gómez-González, K. Graf, G. Guillard, J. P. Gomez-Gonzalez, G. Halladjian, G. Hallewell, H. van Haren, H. Vanharen, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernandez-Rey

, B. Herold, J. Hößl, C. C. Hsu, M. de Jong, J. Hossl, M. Kadler

, J. Hol, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, O. Kalekin, A. Kappes

, U. Katz

, P. Kooijman, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner

, M. Dejong, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, P. Lamare, G. Larosa, D. Lefèvre, G. Lim, D. Lo Presti, D. Lo Presti, H. Loehner, S. Loucatos, Fabrizio Lucarelli

, S. Mangano, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, J. A. Martinez-Mora, D. Lopresti, A. Mazure, A. Meli, T. Montaruli

, M. Morganti, L. Moscoso, H. Motz, C. Naumann, M. Neff, D. Palioselitis, G. E. Păvălaş, P. Payre, G. E. Pavalas, J. Petrovic, P. Piattelli, N. Picot-Clemente, C. Picq, V. Popa, T. Pradier, E. Presani, C. Racca, C. Reed, G. Riccobene, C. Richardt, K. Roensch, A. Rostovtsev, M. Rujoiu, G. V. Russo, F. Salesa, P. Sapienza, F. Schock, F. Schöck, J.-P. Schuller, R. Shanidze, Francesco Simeone, A. Spies, M. Spurio, J. J. M. Steijger, T.-H. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, C. Tamburini, L. Tasca, S. Toscano, V. Vanelewyck, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, Van Elewyck, G. Vannoni, Manuela Vecchi, P. Vernin, E. de Wolf, E. Dewolf, G. Wijnker, H. Yepes, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zuniga

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14 pages, 6 figures ; International audience ; A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A $(0.83\times 2π)$ 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 $ν_μ$ flux of $E^2Φ_{90%} = 5.3 \times 10^{-8} \ \mathrm{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.

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