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Publications (48)

astro-ph.HE2024

Limits on Neutrino Emission from GRB 221009A from MeV to PeV using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +382

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have long been considered a possible source of high-energy neutrinos. While no correlations have yet been detected between high-energy neutrinos and GRBs, t…

astro-ph.IM2022

D-Egg: a Dual PMT Optical Module for IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +389

The D-Egg, an acronym for ``Dual optical sensors in an Ellipsoid Glass for Gen2,'' is one of the optical modules designed for future extensions of the IceCube experiment at the Sou…

astro-ph.HE2022

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

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +378

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 off…

hep-ex2022

Density of GeV muons in air showers measured with IceTop

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +376

We present a measurement of the density of GeV muons in near-vertical air showers using three years of data recorded by the IceTop array at the South Pole. Depending on the shower…

astro-ph.HE2020

A search for time-dependent astrophysical neutrino emission with IceCube data from 2012 to 2017

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +361

High-energy neutrinos are unique messengers of the high-energy universe, tracing the processes of cosmic-ray acceleration. This paper presents analyses focusing on time-dependent n…

hep-ex2021

Detection of a particle shower at the Glashow resonance with IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +382

The Glashow resonance describes the resonant formation of a boson during the interaction of a high-energy electron antineutrino with an electron, peaking at an antineutrino e…

hep-ex2022

Strong constraints on neutrino nonstandard interactions from TeV-scale disappearance at IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +380

We report a search for nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSI) using eight years of TeV-scale atmospheric muon neutrino data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. By reconstructin…

hep-ex2021

A Convolutional Neural Network based Cascade Reconstruction for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +364

Continued improvements on existing reconstruction methods are vital to the success of high-energy physics experiments, such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. In IceCube, further…

astro-ph.HE2023

IceCube search for neutrinos coincident with gravitational wave events from LIGO/Virgo run O3

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +378

Using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, we searched for high-energy neutrino emission from the gravitational-wave events detected by advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors dur…

astro-ph.HE2021

Search for multi-flare neutrino emissions in 10 years of IceCube data from a catalog of sources

IceCube collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +375

A recent time-integrated analysis of a catalog of 110 candidate neutrino sources revealed a cumulative neutrino excess in the data collected by IceCube between April 6, 2008 and Ju…

astro-ph.HE2021

A search for neutrino emission from cores of Active Galactic Nuclei

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +376

The sources of the majority of the high-energy astrophysical neutrinos observed with the IceCube neutrino telescope at the South Pole are unknown. So far, only a gamma-ray blazar w…

astro-ph.HE2024

Evidence for neutrino emission from the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +382

We report three searches for high energy neutrino emission from astrophysical objects using data recorded with IceCube between 2011 and 2020. Improvements over previous work includ…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Astrophysical Neutrinos from 1FLE Blazars with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +379

The majority of astrophysical neutrinos have undetermined origins. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has observed astrophysical neutrinos but has not yet identified their sources. B…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +1042

For several decades, the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been an unsolved question of high-energy astrophysics. One approach for solving this puzzle is to corr…

hep-ex2020

Measurement of the high-energy all-flavor neutrino-nucleon cross section with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +361

The flux of high-energy neutrinos passing through the Earth is attenuated due to their interactions with matter. The interaction rate is modulated by the neutrino interaction cross…

astro-ph.HE2022

A Search for Coincident Neutrino Emission from Fast Radio Bursts with Seven Years of IceCube Cascade Events

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +382

This paper presents the results of a search for neutrinos that are spatially and temporally coincident with 22 unique, non-repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) and one repeating FRB…

hep-ex2022

Detection of astrophysical tau neutrino candidates in IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +361

High-energy tau neutrinos are rarely produced in atmospheric cosmic-ray showers or at cosmic particle accelerators, but are expected to emerge during neutrino propagation over cosm…

astro-ph.HE2020

Measurements of the Time-Dependent Cosmic-Ray Sun Shadow with Seven Years of IceCube Data -- Comparison with the Solar Cycle and Magnetic Field Models

M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +376

Observations of the time-dependent cosmic-ray Sun shadow have been proven as a valuable diagnostic for the assessment of solar magnetic field models. In this paper, seven years of…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Galactic X-ray Binaries with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +379

We present the first comprehensive search for high-energy neutrino emission from high- and low-mass X-ray binaries conducted by IceCube. Galactic X-ray binaries are long-standing c…

astro-ph.HE2023

Search for GeV-scale Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun with IceCube DeepCore

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +376

The Sun provides an excellent target for studying spin-dependent dark matter-proton scattering due to its high matter density and abundant hydrogen content. Dark matter particles f…

astro-ph.HE2023

Search for neutrino lines from dark matter annihilation and decay with IceCube

The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +393

Dark Matter particles in the Galactic Center and halo can annihilate or decay into a pair of neutrinos producing a monochromatic flux of neutrinos. The spectral feature of this sig…

astro-ph.HE2022

Framework and Tools for the Simulation and Analysis of the Radio Emission from Air Showers at IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +382

The Surface Enhancement of the IceTop air-shower array will include the addition of radio antennas and scintillator panels, co-located with the existing ice-Cherenkov tanks and cov…

astro-ph.HE2021

Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies with IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +378

Ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) have infrared luminosities , making them the most luminous objects in the infrared sky. These dust…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +380

We present an all-sky 90\% confidence level upper limit on the cosmic flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles using 2886 days of IceCube data. The analysis was optimized for monopo…

astro-ph.HE2021

IceCube Data for Neutrino Point-Source Searches Years 2008-2018

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +370

IceCube has performed several all-sky searches for point-like neutrino sources using track-like events, including a recent time-integrated analysis using 10 years of IceCube data.…

hep-ex2022

First Search for Unstable Sterile Neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +380

We present a search for an unstable sterile neutrino by looking for a matter-induced signal in eight years of atmospheric data collected from 2011 to 2019 at the IceCube Ne…

hep-ex2021

A muon-track reconstruction exploiting stochastic losses for large-scale Cherenkov detectors

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +362

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov telescope operating at the South Pole. The main goal of IceCube is the detection of astrophysical neutrinos and the identification of their s…

astro-ph.HE2020

The IceCube high-energy starting event sample: Description and flux characterization with 7.5 years of data

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +362

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has established the existence of a high-energy all-sky neutrino flux of astrophysical origin. This discovery was made using events interacting with…

physics.comp-ph2021

LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +362

We present a high-energy neutrino event generator, called LeptonInjector, alongside an event weighter, called LeptonWeighter. Both are designed for large-volume Cherenkov neutrino…

astro-ph.HE2021

Search for GeV Neutrino Emission During Intense Gamma-Ray Solar Flares with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +364

Solar flares convert magnetic energy into thermal and non-thermal plasma energy, the latter implying particle acceleration of charged particles such as protons. Protons are injecte…

astro-ph.HE2022

Constraints on populations of neutrino sources from searches in the directions of IceCube neutrino alerts

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +380

Beginning in 2016, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has sent out alerts in real time containing the information of high-energy (~TeV) neutrino candidate events with…

astro-ph.HE2021

Improved Characterization of the Astrophysical Muon-Neutrino Flux with 9.5 Years of IceCube Data

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +376

We present a measurement of the high-energy astrophysical muon-neutrino flux with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The measurement uses a high-purity selection of ~650k neutrino-i…

astro-ph.HE2021

The IceCube Collaboration -- Contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021)

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +378

This list of contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Berlin, Germany (12-23 July 2021) summarizes the latest results from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.…

astro-ph.HE2021

Multimessenger Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidence Alerts using HAWC and IceCube sub-threshold Data

H. A. Ayala Solares, S. Coutu, J. J. DeLaunay +446

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) and IceCube observatories, through the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON) framework, have developed a multimessenger j…

hep-ex2025

Search for Quantum Gravity Using Astrophysical Neutrino Flavour with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +378

Along their long propagation from production to detection, neutrino states undergo quantum interference which converts their types, or flavours. High-energy astrophysical neutrinos…

astro-ph.HE2022

Searching for High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Galaxy Clusters with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +378

Galaxy clusters have the potential to accelerate cosmic rays (CRs) to ultra-high energies via accretion shocks or embedded CR acceleration sites. CRs with energies below the Hillas…

astro-ph.HE2024

Search for sub-TeV Neutrino Emission from Novae with IceCube-DeepCore

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +383

The understanding of novae, the thermonuclear eruptions on the surfaces of white dwarf stars in binaries, has recently undergone a major paradigm shift. Though the bolometric lumin…

hep-ex2022

Graph Neural Networks for Low-Energy Event Classification & Reconstruction in IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +380

IceCube, a cubic-kilometer array of optical sensors built to detect atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos between 1 GeV and 1 PeV, is deployed 1.45 km to 2.45 km below the surfac…

astro-ph.HE2023

Observation of high-energy neutrinos from the Galactic plane

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +385

The origin of high-energy cosmic rays, atomic nuclei that continuously impact Earth's atmosphere, has been a mystery for over a century. Due to deflection in interstellar magnetic…

hep-ex2024

Searches for Connections between Dark Matter and High-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +376

In this work, we present the results of searches for signatures of dark matter decay or annihilation into Standard Model particles, and secret neutrino interactions with dark matte…

astro-ph.HE2021

The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration -- Contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021)

Gen2 Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +437

IceCube-Gen2 is a planned extension of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The extension is optimized to search for sources of astrophysical neutrinos from TeV to E…

astro-ph.HE2023

Observation of Seasonal Variations of the Flux of High-Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +389

Atmospheric muon neutrinos are produced by meson decays in cosmic-ray-induced air showers. The flux depends on meteorological quantities such as the air temperature, which affects…

astro-ph.HE2020

IceCube-Gen2: The Window to the Extreme Universe

Gen2 Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +431

The observation of electromagnetic radiation from radio to -ray wavelengths has provided a wealth of information about the universe. However, at PeV (10 eV) energies and…

astro-ph.HE2021

Follow-up of astrophysical transients in real time with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +360

In multi-messenger astronomy, rapid investigation of interesting transients is imperative. As an observatory with a 4 steradian field of view and 99\% uptime, the IceCube…

hep-ex2021

All-flavor constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions and generalized matter potential with three years of IceCube DeepCore data

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +370

We report constraints on nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSI) from the observation of atmospheric neutrinos with IceCube, limiting all individual coupling strengths from a singl…

astro-ph.HE2022

Searches for Neutrinos from LHAASO ultra-high-energy γ-ray sources using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +387

Galactic PeVatrons are Galactic sources theorized to accelerate cosmic rays up to PeV in energy. The accelerated cosmic rays are expected to interact hadronically with nearby ambie…

hep-ex2022

Low Energy Event Reconstruction in IceCube DeepCore

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +381

The reconstruction of event-level information, such as the direction or energy of a neutrino interacting in IceCube DeepCore, is a crucial ingredient to many physics analyses. Algo…

astro-ph.HE2022

First all-flavor search for transient neutrino emission using 3-years of IceCube DeepCore data

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +359

Since the discovery of a flux of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, searches for their origins have focused primarily at TeV-PeV energies. Compared to sub-TeV searches, high-ener…