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Flux limits on ultra high energy neutrinos with AMANDA-B10

  • M. Ackermann
  • , J. Ahrens
  • , H. Albrecht
  • , D. Atlee
  • , X. Bai
  • , R. Bay
  • , M. Bartelt
  • , S. W. Barwick
  • , T. Becka
  • , K. H. Becker
  • , J. K. Becker
  • , E. Bernardini
  • , D. Bertrand
  • , D. J. Boersma
  • , S. Böser
  • , O. Botner
  • , A. Bouchta
  • , O. Bouhali
  • , J. Braun
  • , C. Burgess
  • T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, T. Coarasa, B. Collin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D. F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. De Young, P. Desiati, P. Ekström, T. Feser, T. K. Gaisser, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, A. Groß, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, T. Hauschildt, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, Stephan Hundertmark*, J. Jacobsen, K. H. Kampert, A. Karle, J. Kelley, M. Kestel, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, P. Marciniewski, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, T. Messarius, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, R. Morse, S. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph Olbrechts, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, D. Rutledge
*Corresponding author for this work
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Delaware
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Wuppertal
  • University of California at Irvine
  • Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Uppsala University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Stockholm University
  • Universite de Mons
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • Linnaeus University

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Abstract

Data taken during 1997 with the AMANDA-B10 detector are searched for a diffuse flux of neutrinos of all flavors with energies above 1016eV. At these energies the Earth is opaque to neutrinos, and thus neutrino induced events are concentrated at the horizon. The background are large muon bundles from down-going atmospheric air shower events. No excess events above the background expectation are observed and a neutrino flux following E-2, with an equal mix of all flavors, is limited to E2φ(1015eV < E < 3 × 1018eV) ≤ 0.99 × 10-6GeV cm-2 s-1 sr-1 at 90% confidence level. This is the most restrictive experimental bound placed by any neutrino detector at these energies. Bounds to specific extra-terrestrial eutrino flux predictions are also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)339-353
Number of pages15
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume22
Issue number5-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AMANDA
  • Neutrino astronomy
  • Neutrino telescopes
  • UHE neutrinos

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