Publications (71)
Multipole analysis of IceCube data to search for dark matter accumulated in the Galactic halo
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +299
Dark matter which is bound in the Galactic halo might self-annihilate and produce a flux of stable final state particles, e.g. high energy neutrinos. These neutrinos can be detecte…
The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the DarkSide-50 Veto Detectors
P. Agnes, L. Agostino, I. F. M. Albuquerque +155
DarkSide-50 is a detector for dark matter candidates in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). It utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) for t…
First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +264
We report on the first search for atmospheric and for diffuse astrophysical neutrino-induced showers (cascades) in the IceCube detector using 257 days of data collected in the year…
Measurement of the Atmospheric flux in IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +274
We report the first measurement of the atmospheric electron neutrino flux in the energy range between approximately 80 GeV and 6 TeV, using data recorded during the first year of o…
Energy Reconstruction Methods in the IceCube Neutrino Telescope
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +285
Accurate measurement of neutrino energies is essential to many of the scientific goals of large-volume neutrino telescopes. The fundamental observable in such detectors is the Cher…
Time-Dependent Searches for Point Sources of Neutrinos with the 40-String and 22-String Configurations of IceCube
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
This paper presents searches for flaring sources of neutrinos using the IceCube neutrino telescope. For the first time, a search is performed over the entire parameter space of ene…
Search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the 79-string IceCube detector
IceCube collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +274
We have performed a search for muon neutrinos from dark matter annihilation in the center of the Sun with the 79-string configuration of the IceCube neutrino telescope. For the fir…
IceTop: The surface component of IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +280
IceTop, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, is an air shower array with an area of 1 km2. The detector allows a detailed exploration of the…
The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, T. Alexander +143
It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a p…
Search for neutrino-induced particle showers with IceCube-40
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +287
We report on the search for neutrino-induced particle-showers, so-called cascades, in the IceCube-40 detector. The data for this search was collected between April 2008 and May 200…
Limits on Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the 40 String IceCube Detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if GRBs are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray f…
Searches for periodic neutrino emission from binary systems with 22 and 40 strings of IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +257
In this paper we present the results of searches for periodic neutrino emission from a catalog of binary systems. Such modulation, observed in the photon flux, would be caused by t…
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part I: Point Source Searches
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on point source searches submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.
A Search for UHE Tau Neutrinos with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +252
The first dedicated search for ultra-high energy (UHE) tau neutrinos of astrophysical origin was performed using the IceCube detector in its 22-string configuration with an instrum…
IceCube-Gen2: A Vision for the Future of Neutrino Astronomy in Antarctica
Gen2 Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +325
The recent observation by the IceCube neutrino observatory of an astrophysical flux of neutrinos represents the "first light" in the nascent field of neutrino astronomy. The observ…
Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV was performed using a data sample of about 18,000 up-going atmospheric muon neutrino events i…
Search for non-relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +288
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a large Cherenkov detector instrumenting of Antarctic ice. The detector can be used to search for signatures of particle phys…
Searching for soft relativistic jets in Core-collapse Supernovae with the IceCube Optical Follow-up Program
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
Context. Transient neutrino sources such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and Supernovae (SNe) are hypothesized to emit bursts of high-energy neutrinos on a time-scale of \lesssim 100 s.…
Improvement in Fast Particle Track Reconstruction with Robust Statistics
M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +277
The IceCube project has transformed one cubic kilometer of deep natural Antarctic ice into a Cherenkov detector. Muon neutrinos are detected and their direction inferred by mapping…
Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +268
We present the first results in the search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the IceCube detector, a subsurface neutrino telescope located in the South Polar ice cap contain…
Lateral Distribution of Muons in IceCube Cosmic Ray Events
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +277
In cosmic ray air showers, the muon lateral separation from the center of the shower is a measure of the transverse momentum that the muon parent acquired in the cosmic ray interac…
All-particle cosmic ray energy spectrum measured with 26 IceTop stations
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +255
We report on a measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum with the IceTop air shower array, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The data…
IceCube Sensitivity for Low-Energy Neutrinos from Nearby Supernovae
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
This paper describes the response of the IceCube neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole to outbursts of MeV neutrinos from the core collapse of nearby massive star…
Calibration and Characterization of the IceCube Photomultiplier Tube
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +256
Over 5,000 PMTs are being deployed at the South Pole to compose the IceCube neutrino observatory. Many are placed deep in the ice to detect Cherenkov light emitted by the products…
An improved method for measuring muon energy using the truncated mean of dE/dx
IceCube collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +277
The measurement of muon energy is critical for many analyses in large Cherenkov detectors, particularly those that involve separating extraterrestrial neutrinos from the atmospheri…
Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
The detection of acoustic signals from ultra-high energy neutrino interactions is a promising method to measure the tiny flux of cosmogenic neutrinos expected on Earth. The energy…
First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
P. Agnes, T. Alexander, A. Alton +143
We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nucle…
Searches for small-scale anisotropies from neutrino point sources with three years of IceCube data
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +300
Recently, IceCube found evidence for a diffuse signal of astrophysical neutrinos in an energy range of to the -scale. The origin of those events, b…
First observation of PeV-energy neutrinos with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +281
We report on the observation of two neutrino-induced events which have an estimated deposited energy in the IceCube detector of 1.04 0.16 and 1.14 0.17 PeV, respectivel…
Constraints on high-energy neutrino emission from SN 2008D
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +259
SN 2008D, a core collapse supernova at a distance of 27 Mpc, was serendipitously discovered by the Swift satellite through an associated X-ray flash. Core collapse supernovae have…
Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Halo with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
Self-annihilating or decaying dark matter in the Galactic halo might produce high energy neutrinos detectable with neutrino telescopes. We have conducted a search for such a signal…
Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158
Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark…
A Search for a Diffuse Flux of Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 40-String Detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +261
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 km detector currently taking data at the South Pole. One of the main strategies used to look for astrophysical neutrinos with IceCube…
The IceProd Framework: Distributed Data Processing for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +284
IceCube is a one-gigaton instrument located at the geographic South Pole, designed to detect cosmic neutrinos, iden- tify the particle nature of dark matter, and study high-energy…
Observation of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos in Three Years of IceCube Data
M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +294
A search for high-energy neutrinos interacting within the IceCube detector between 2010 and 2012 provided the first evidence for a high-energy neutrino flux of extraterrestrial ori…
Observation of an Anisotropy in the Galactic Cosmic Ray arrival direction at 400 TeV with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
In this paper we report the first observation in the Southern hemisphere of an energy dependence in the Galactic cosmic ray anisotropy up to a few hundred TeV. This measurement was…
Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 59-string configuration
The IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +287
A search for high-energy neutrinos was performed using data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory from May 2009 to May 2010, when the array was running in its 59-string con…
The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment
The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158
Nuclear recoil events produced by neutron scatters form one of the most important classes of background in WIMP direct detection experiments, as they may produce nuclear recoils th…
Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A search for sidereal modulation in the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos in IceCube was performed. Such a signal could be an indication of Lorentz-violating physics. Neutrino osc…
The first search for extremely-high energy cosmogenic neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +250
We report on the results of the search for extremely-high energy (EHE) neutrinos with energies above GeV obtained with the partially (30%) constructed IceCube in 2007.…
Development of a General Analysis and Unfolding Scheme and its Application to Measure the Energy Spectrum of Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube
M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +301
We present the development and application of a generic analysis scheme for the measurement of neutrino spectra with the IceCube detector. This scheme is based on regularized unfol…
Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +272
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by ch…
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part II: Atmospheric and Diffuse UHE Neutrino Searches of All Flavors
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on atmospheric and diffuse UHE neutrino searches of all flavors submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.
Search for time-independent neutrino emission from astrophysical sources with 3 years of IceCube data
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +277
We present the results of a search for neutrino point sources using the IceCube data collected between April 2008 and May 2011 with three partially completed configurations of the…
Search for Neutrinos from Annihilating Dark Matter in the Direction of the Galactic Center with the 40-String IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The IceCube collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +269
A search for muon neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Galactic Center region has been performed with the 40-string configuration of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory usi…
Multimessenger Search for Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-Energy Neutrinos: Results for Initial LIGO-Virgo and IceCube
The IceCube Collaboration, The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, The Virgo Collaboration +1185
We report the results of a multimessenger search for coincident signals from the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave observatories and the partially completed IceCube high-energy neu…
IceCube Collaboration Contributions to the 2009 International Cosmic Ray Conference
R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad +256
IceCube Collaboration Contributions to the 2009 International Cosmic Ray Conference
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part VI: Ice Properties, Reconstruction and Future Developments
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on ice properties, reconstruction and future developments submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.
Search for Prompt Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +300
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 w…
Probing the origin of cosmic-rays with extremely high energy neutrinos using the IceCube Observatory
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +275
We have searched for extremely high energy neutrinos using data taken with the IceCube detector between May 2010 and May 2012. Two neutrino induced particle shower events with ener…
Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon
P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +158
Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield…
Observation of Cosmic Ray Anisotropy with the IceTop Air Shower Array
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +273
We report on the observation of anisotropy in the arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays at PeV energies. The analysis is based on data taken between 2009 and 2012 with the…
Cosmic Ray Composition and Energy Spectrum from 1-30 PeV Using the 40-String Configuration of IceTop and IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +271
The mass composition of high energy cosmic rays depends on their production, acceleration, and propagation. The study of cosmic ray composition can therefore reveal hints of the or…
Atmospheric and Astrophysical Neutrinos above 1 TeV Interacting in IceCube
M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +301
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory was designed primarily to search for high-energy (TeV--PeV) neutrinos produced in distant astrophysical objects. A search for ~TeV neu…
Search for Galactic PeV Gamma Rays with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +274
Gamma-ray induced air showers are notable for their lack of muons, compared to hadronic showers. Hence, air shower arrays with large underground muon detectors can select a sample…
Use of event-level neutrino telescope data in global fits for theories of new physics
P. Scott, C. Savage, J. Edsjö +275
We present a fast likelihood method for including event-level neutrino telescope data in parameter explorations of theories for new physics, and announce its public release as part…
An Absence of Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +259
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) have been proposed as a leading candidate for acceleration of ultra high-energy cosmic rays, which would be accompanied by emission of TeV neutrinos produce…
CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +162
This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS…
Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +275
We report on results of an all-sky search for high-energy neutrino events interacting within the IceCube neutrino detector conducted between May 2010 and May 2012. The search follo…
Observation of Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Multiple Angular Scales with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +266
Between May 2009 and May 2010, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20…
Searches for Extended and Point-like Neutrino Sources with Four Years of IceCube Data
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +301
We present results on searches for point-like sources of neutrinos using four years of IceCube data, including the first year of data from the completed 86-string detector. The tot…
Neutrino analysis of the September 2010 Crab Nebula flare and time-integrated constraints on neutrino emission from the Crab using IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +266
We present the results for a search of high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab nebula flare reported on September 2010 by various experime…
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part V: Neutrino Oscillations and Supernova Searches
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on neutrino oscillation and supernova searches submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.
IceCube Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in nearby Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters
M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +276
We present the results of a first search for self-annihilating dark matter in nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters using a sample of high-energy neutrinos acquired in 339.8 days of…
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part IV: Searches for Dark Matter and Exotic Particles
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on searches for Dark Matter and exotic particles submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.
Determining neutrino oscillation parameters from atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of IceCube DeepCore data
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +301
We present a measurement of neutrino oscillations via atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance with three years of data of the completed IceCube neutrino detector. DeepCore, a regio…
Constraints on the Extremely-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 Data
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +261
We report on a search for extremely-high energy neutrinos with energies greater than GeV using the data taken with the IceCube detector at the South Pole. The data was colle…
Observation of the cosmic-ray shadow of the Moon with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +280
We report on the observation of a significant deficit of cosmic rays from the direction of the Moon with the IceCube detector. The study of this "Moon shadow" is used to characteri…
Multi-year search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A search for an excess of muon-neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope using data collected in 812 days of live…
Searches for high-energy neutrino emission in the Galaxy with the combined IceCube-AMANDA detector
IceCube collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +268
We report on searches for neutrino sources at energies above 200 GeV in the Northern sky of the galactic plane, using the data collected by the South Pole neutrino telescopes IceCu…
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory Part III: Cosmic Rays
IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi +278
Papers on cosmic rays submitted to the 33nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (Rio de Janeiro 2013) by the IceCube Collaboration.