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Search for neutrino-induced cascades with AMANDA

  • M. Ackermann
  • , J. Ahrens
  • , H. Albrecht
  • , 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, B. Collin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D. F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. de Clercq, T. DeYoung, 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, 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, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, K. H. Kampert, A. Karle, J. Kelley, M. Kestel, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski*, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, I. Liubarsky, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, P. Marciniewski, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, T. Messarius, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, R. Morse, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, P. 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, H. G. Sander, K. Schinarakis, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R. G. Stokstad, K. H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, W. Wagner, C. Walck, M. Walter, Y. R. Wang, C. H. Wiebusch, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, G. Yodh
*Corresponding author for this work
  • German Electron Synchrotron
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 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
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Imperial College London
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls
  • Linnaeus University
  • Universidad Simón Bolívar

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Abstract

We report on a search for electro-magnetic and/or hadronic showers (cascades) induced by high-energy neutrinos in the data collected with the AMANDA II detector during the year 2000. The observed event rates are consistent with the expectations for atmospheric neutrinos and muons. We place upper limits on a diffuse flux of extraterrestrial electron, tau and muon neutrinos. A flux of neutrinos with a spectrum φα E-2 which consists of an equal mix of all flavors, is limited to E2 φ(E) = 8.6 × 10-7 GeV cm-2s-1sr-1 at a 90% confidence level for a neutrino energy range 50 TeV to 5 PeV. We present bounds for specific extraterrestrial neutrino flux predictions. Several of these models are ruled out.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-138
Number of pages12
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • AMANDA
  • Neutrino astronomy
  • Neutrino telescopes

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