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Search for Prompt Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with IceCube

We present constraints derived from a search of four years of IceCube data for a prompt neutrino flux from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). A single low-significance neutrino, compatible with the atmospheric neutrino background, was found in coincidence with one of the 506 observed bursts. Although GRBs have been proposed as candidate sources for ultra-high energy cosmic rays, our limits on the neutrino flux disfavor much of the parameter space for the latest models. We also find that no more than $\sim1\%$ of the recently observed astrophysical neutrino flux consists of prompt emission from GRBs that are potentially observable by existing satellites.

preprint2015arXivOpen access
IceCube CollaborationM. G. AartsenM. AckermannJ. AdamsJ. A. AguilarM. AhlersM. AhrensD. AltmannT. AndersonC. ArguellesT. C. ArlenJ. AuffenbergX. BaiS. W. BarwickV. BaumR. BayJ. J. BeattyJ. Becker TjusK. -H. BeckerS. BenZviP. BerghausD. BerleyE. BernardiniA. BernhardD. Z. BessonG. BinderD. BindigM. BissokE. BlaufussJ. BlumenthalD. J. BoersmaC. BohmF. BosD. BoseS. BöserO. BotnerL. BrayeurH. -P. BretzA. M. BrownN. BuzinskyJ. CaseyM. CasierE. CheungD. ChirkinA. ChristovB. ChristyK. ClarkL. ClassenF. ClevermannS. CoendersD. F. CowenA. H. Cruz SilvaJ. DaughheteeJ. C. DavisM. DayJ. P. A. M. de AndréC. De ClercqS. De RidderP. DesiatiK. D. de VriesM. de WithT. DeYoungJ. C. Díaz-VélezM. DunkmanR. EaganB. EberhardtT. EhrhardtB. EichmannJ. EischS. EulerP. A. EvensonO. FadiranA. R. FazelyA. FedynitchJ. FeintzeigJ. FeldeK. FilimonovC. FinleyT. Fischer-WaselsS. FlisK. FrantzenT. FuchsT. K. GaisserR. GaiorJ. GallagherL. GerhardtD. GierL. GladstoneT. GlüsenkampA. GoldschmidtG. GolupJ. G. GonzalezJ. A. GoodmanD. GóraD. GrantP. GretskovJ. C. GrohA. GroßC. HaC. HaackA. Haj IsmailP. HallenA. HallgrenF. HalzenK. HansonD. HebeckerD. HeeremanD. HeinenK. HelbingR. HellauerD. HellwigS. HickfordG. C. HillK. D. HoffmanR. HoffmannA. HomeierK. HoshinaF. HuangW. HuelsnitzP. O. HulthK. HultqvistA. IshiharaE. JacobiJ. JacobsenG. S. JaparidzeK. JeroO. JlelatiM. JurkovicB. KaminskyA. KappesT. KargA. KarleM. KauerA. KeivaniJ. L. KelleyA. KheirandishJ. KirylukJ. KläsS. R. KleinJ. -H. KöhneG. KohnenH. KolanoskiA. KoobL. KöpkeC. KopperS. KopperD. J. KoskinenM. KowalskiA. KriestenK. KringsG. KrollM. KrollJ. KunnenN. KurahashiT. KuwabaraM. LabareJ. L. LanfranchiD. T. LarsenM. J. LarsonM. Lesiak-BzdakM. LeuermannJ. LünemannJ. MadsenG. MaggiR. MaruyamaK. MaseH. S. MatisR. MaunuF. McNallyK. MeagherM. MediciA. MeliT. MeuresS. MiareckiE. MiddellE. MiddlemasN. MilkeJ. MillerL. MohrmannT. MontaruliR. MorseR. NahnhauerU. NaumannH. NiederhausenS. C. NowickiD. R. NygrenA. ObertackeS. OdrowskiA. OlivasA. OmairatA. O'MurchadhaT. PalczewskiL. PaulÖ. PenekJ. A. PepperC. Pérez de los HerosC. PfendnerD. PielothE. PinatJ. PosseltP. B. PriceG. T. PrzybylskiJ. PützM. QuinnanL. RädelM. RameezK. RawlinsP. RedlI. ReesR. ReimannM. RelichE. ResconiW. RhodeM. RichmanB. RiedelS. RobertsonJ. P. RodriguesM. RongenC. RottT. RuheB. RuzybayevD. RyckboschS. M. SabaH. -G. SanderJ. SandroosM. SantanderS. SarkarK. SchattoF. ScheriauT. SchmidtM. SchmitzS. SchoenenS. SchönebergA. SchönwaldA. SchukraftL. SchulteO. SchulzD. SeckelY. SestayoS. SeunarineR. ShanidzeM. W. E. SmithD. SoldinG. M. SpiczakC. SpieringM. StamatikosT. StanevN. A. StanishaA. StasikT. StezelbergerR. G. StokstadA. StößlE. A. StrahlerR. StrömN. L. StrotjohannG. W. SullivanH. TaavolaI. TaboadaA. TamburroA. TepeS. Ter-AntonyanA. TerliukG. TešićS. TilavP. A. ToaleM. N. TobinD. TosiM. TselengidouE. UngerM. UsnerS. VallecorsaN. van EijndhovenJ. VandenbrouckeJ. van SantenS. VanheuleM. VehringM. VogeM. VraegheC. WalckM. WallraffCh. WeaverM. WellonsC. WendtS. WesterhoffB. J. WhelanN. WhitehornC. WicharyK. WiebeC. H. WiebuschD. R. WilliamsH. WissingM. WolfT. R. WoodK. WoschnaggD. L. XuX. W. XuY. XuJ. P. YanezG. YodhS. YoshidaP. ZarzhitskyJ. ZiemannM. Zoll

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IceCube CollaborationM. G. AartsenM. AckermannJ. AdamsJ. A. AguilarM. AhlersM. AhrensD. AltmannT. AndersonC. ArguellesT. C. ArlenJ. AuffenbergX. BaiS. W. BarwickV. BaumR. BayJ. J. BeattyJ. Becker TjusK. -H. BeckerS. BenZviP. BerghausD. BerleyE. BernardiniA. BernhardD. Z. BessonG. BinderD. BindigM. BissokE. BlaufussJ. BlumenthalD. J. BoersmaC. BohmF. BosD. BoseS. BöserO. BotnerL. BrayeurH. -P. BretzA. M. BrownN. BuzinskyJ. CaseyM. CasierE. CheungD. ChirkinA. ChristovB. ChristyK. ClarkL. ClassenF. ClevermannS. CoendersD. F. CowenA. H. Cruz SilvaJ. DaughheteeJ. C. DavisM. DayJ. P. A. M. de AndréC. De ClercqS. De RidderP. DesiatiK. D. de VriesM. de WithT. DeYoungJ. C. Díaz-VélezM. DunkmanR. EaganB. EberhardtT. EhrhardtB. EichmannJ. EischS. EulerP. A. EvensonO. FadiranA. R. FazelyA. FedynitchJ. FeintzeigJ. FeldeK. FilimonovC. FinleyT. Fischer-WaselsS. FlisK. FrantzenT. FuchsT. K. GaisserR. GaiorJ. GallagherL. GerhardtD. GierL. GladstoneT. GlüsenkampA. GoldschmidtG. GolupJ. G. GonzalezJ. A. GoodmanD. GóraD. GrantP. GretskovJ. C. GrohA. GroßC. HaC. HaackA. Haj IsmailP. HallenA. HallgrenF. HalzenK. HansonD. HebeckerD. HeeremanD. HeinenK. HelbingR. HellauerD. HellwigS. HickfordG. C. HillK. D. HoffmanR. HoffmannA. HomeierK. HoshinaF. HuangW. HuelsnitzP. O. HulthK. HultqvistA. IshiharaE. JacobiJ. JacobsenG. S. JaparidzeK. JeroO. JlelatiM. JurkovicB. KaminskyA. KappesT. KargA. KarleM. KauerA. KeivaniJ. L. KelleyA. KheirandishJ. KirylukJ. KläsS. R. KleinJ. -H. KöhneG. KohnenH. KolanoskiA. KoobL. KöpkeC. KopperS. KopperD. J. KoskinenM. KowalskiA. KriestenK. KringsG. KrollM. KrollJ. KunnenN. KurahashiT. KuwabaraM. LabareJ. L. LanfranchiD. T. LarsenM. J. LarsonM. Lesiak-BzdakM. LeuermannJ. LünemannJ. MadsenG. MaggiR. MaruyamaK. MaseH. S. MatisR. MaunuF. McNallyK. MeagherM. MediciA. MeliT. MeuresS. MiareckiE. MiddellE. MiddlemasN. MilkeJ. MillerL. MohrmannT. MontaruliR. MorseR. NahnhauerU. NaumannH. NiederhausenS. C. NowickiD. R. NygrenA. ObertackeS. OdrowskiA. OlivasA. OmairatA. O'MurchadhaT. PalczewskiL. PaulÖ. PenekJ. A. PepperC. Pérez de los HerosC. PfendnerD. PielothE. PinatJ. PosseltP. B. PriceG. T. PrzybylskiJ. PützM. QuinnanL. RädelM. RameezK. RawlinsP. RedlI. ReesR. ReimannM. RelichE. ResconiW. RhodeM. RichmanB. RiedelS. RobertsonJ. P. RodriguesM. RongenC. RottT. RuheB. RuzybayevD. RyckboschS. M. SabaH. -G. SanderJ. SandroosM. SantanderS. SarkarK. SchattoF. ScheriauT. SchmidtM. SchmitzS. SchoenenS. SchönebergA. SchönwaldA. SchukraftL. SchulteO. SchulzD. SeckelY. SestayoS. SeunarineR. ShanidzeM. W. E. SmithD. SoldinG. M. SpiczakC. SpieringM. StamatikosT. StanevN. A. StanishaA. StasikT. StezelbergerR. G. StokstadA. StößlE. A. StrahlerR. StrömN. L. StrotjohannG. W. SullivanH. TaavolaI. TaboadaA. TamburroA. TepeS. Ter-AntonyanA. TerliukG. TešićS. TilavP. A. ToaleM. N. TobinD. TosiM. TselengidouE. UngerM. UsnerS. VallecorsaN. van EijndhovenJ. VandenbrouckeJ. van SantenS. VanheuleM. VehringM. VogeM. VraegheC. WalckM. WallraffCh. WeaverM. WellonsC. WendtS. WesterhoffB. J. WhelanN. WhitehornC. WicharyK. WiebeC. H. WiebuschD. R. WilliamsH. WissingM. WolfT. R. WoodK. WoschnaggD. L. XuX. W. XuY. XuJ. P. YanezG. YodhS. YoshidaP. ZarzhitskyJ. ZiemannM. Zoll

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