Sensitivity of the IceCube Detector to Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Muon Neutrinos

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dc.creatorThe IceCube Collaboration
dc.creatorAhrens, J.
dc.date2003-05-12
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dc.descriptionWe present the results of a Monte-Carlo study of the sensitivity of the planned IceCube detector to predicted fluxes of muon neutrinos at TeV to PeV energies. A complete simulation of the detector and data analysis is used to study the detector's capability to search for muon neutrinos from sources such as active galaxies and gamma-ray bursts. We study the effective area and the angular resolution of the detector as a function of muon energy and angle of incidence. We present detailed calculations of the sensitivity of the detector to both diffuse and pointlike neutrino emissions, including an assessment of the sensitivity to neutrinos detected in coincidence with gamma-ray burst observations. After three years of datataking, IceCube will have been able to detect a point source flux of E^2*dN/dE = 7*10^-9 cm^-2s^-1GeV at a 5-sigma significance, or, in the absence of a signal, place a 90% c.l. limit at a level E^2*dN/dE = 2*10^-9 cm^-2s^-1GeV. A diffuse E-2 flux would be detectable at a minimum strength of E^2*dN/dE = 1*10^-8 cm^-2s^-1sr^-1GeV. A gamma-ray burst model following the formulation of Waxman and Bahcall would result in a 5-sigma effect after the observation of 200 bursts in coincidence with satellite observations of the gamma-rays.
dc.description33 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305196
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305196
dc.identifierAstropart.Phys.20:507-532,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.09.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196612
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSensitivity of the IceCube Detector to Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Muon Neutrinos
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