Searches for Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Authors

R. Abbasi, Loyola University of ChicagoFollow
M. Ackermann, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)Follow
J. Adams, University of CanterburyFollow
J. A. Aguilar, Université Libre de BruxellesFollow
M. Ahlers, Niels Bohr InstitutetFollow
M. Ahrens, Oskar Klein Centre
J. M. Alameddine, Technische Universität Dortmund
A. A. Alves, Karlsruher Institut für TechnologieFollow
N. M. Amin, The Bartol Research InstituteFollow
K. Andeen, Marquette UniversityFollow
T. Anderson, Eberly College of Science
G. Anton, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
C. Argüelles, Harvard University
Y. Ashida, University of Wisconsin-Madison
S. Athanasiadou, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
S. Axani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
X. Bai, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
A. V. Balagopal, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow
S. W. Barwick, University of California, Irvine
V. Basu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
S. Baur, Université Libre de Bruxelles
R. Bay, University of California, Berkeley
J. J. Beatty, The Ohio State University
K. H. Becker, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
J. Becker Tjus, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2022

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

939

Issue

2

Abstract

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are considered as promising sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) due to their large power output. Observing a neutrino flux from GRBs would offer evidence that GRBs are hadronic accelerators of UHECRs. Previous IceCube analyses, which primarily focused on neutrinos arriving in temporal coincidence with the prompt gamma-rays, found no significant neutrino excess. The four analyses presented in this paper extend the region of interest to 14 days before and after the prompt phase, including generic extended time windows and targeted precursor searches. GRBs were selected between 2011 May and 2018 October to align with the data set of candidate muon-neutrino events observed by IceCube. No evidence of correlation between neutrino events and GRBs was found in these analyses. Limits are set to constrain the contribution of the cosmic GRB population to the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux observed by IceCube. Prompt neutrino emission from GRBs is limited to 21% of the observed diffuse neutrino flux, and emission on timescales up to 104 s is constrained to 24% of the total diffuse flux.

Identifier

85143595573 (Scopus)

Recommended Citation

Abbasi, R.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, M.; Alameddine, J. M.; Alves, A. A.; Amin, N. M.; Andeen, K.; Anderson, T.; Anton, G.; Argüelles, C.; Ashida, Y.; Athanasiadou, S.; Axani, S.; Bai, X.; Balagopal, A. V.; Barwick, S. W.; Basu, V.; Baur, S.; Bay, R.; Beatty, J. J.; Becker, K. H.; and Tjus, J. Becker, "Searches for Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory" (2022). Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works. 74.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/physics_facpubs/74