Search for Diffuse Astrophysical Neutrino Flux Using Ultra–High‐Energy Upward‐going Muons in Super‐Kamiokande I
- 20 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 652 (1) , 206-215
- https://doi.org/10.1086/507983
Abstract
Many astrophysical models predict a diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos from active galactic nuclei and other extra-galactic sources. At muon energies above 1 TeV, the upward-going muon flux induced by neutrinos from active galactic nuclei is expected to exceed the flux due to atmospheric neutrinos. We have performed a search for this astrophysical neutrino flux by looking for upward-going muons in the highest energy data sample from the Super-Kamiokande detector using 1679.6 live days of data. We found one extremely high energy upward-going muon event, compared with an expected atmospheric neutrino background of 0.46 plus or minus 0.23 events. Using this result, we set an upper limit on the diffuse flux of upward-going muons due to neutrinos from astrophysical sources in the muon energy range 3.16-100 TeV.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, minor changes to match version published in ApKeywords
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