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2009 (English)In: Physical Review D, ISSN 1550-7998, E-ISSN 1550-2368, Vol. 79, article id 062001Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We present a search for point sources of high energy neutrinos using 3.8 yr of data recorded by AMANDA-II during 2000-2006. After reconstructing muon tracks and applying selection criteria designed to optimally retain neutrino-induced events originating in the northern sky, we arrive at a sample of 6595 candidate events, predominantly from atmospheric neutrinos with primary energy 100 GeV to 8 TeV. Our search of this sample reveals no indications of a neutrino point source. We place the most stringent limits to date on E-2 neutrino fluxes from points in the northern sky, with an average upper limit of E-2 Phi(nu mu)+nu(tau)<= 5.2x10(-11) TeV cm(-2) s(-1) on the sum of nu(mu) and nu(tau) fluxes, assumed equal, over the energy range from 1.9 TeV to 2.5 PeV.
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2009. Vol. 79, article id 062001
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cosmic-rays telescopes selection detector objects limits Astronomy & Astrophysics Physics
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SWEDARP, IceCube
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URN: urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-2011DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.062001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:polar-2011DiVA, id: diva2:812268
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Department of Energy and National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center; Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI); Swedish Research Council; Swedish Polar Research Secretariat; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden); German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Scientific Research (FNRS- FWO); Flanders Institute to encourage scientific and technological research in industry (IWT); Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo); Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); SNF (Switzerland) We acknowledge the support from the following agencies: U. S. National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs, U. S. National Science Foundation-Physics Division, University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U. S. Department of Energy and National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) grid computing resources, Swedish Research Council, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden), German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), (Germany), Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS- FWO), Flanders Institute to encourage scientific and technological research in industry (IWT), Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo), and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); M. Ribordy acknowledges the support of the SNF (Switzerland); A. Kappes and A. Groa acknowledge support by the EU Marie Curie OIF Program; M. Stamatikos is supported by NPP at NASA-GSFC administered by ORAU. 49 Amer physical soc College pk Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics, Particles & Fields
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