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astro-ph.HE2016★ 198 cited

The IceCube Realtime Alert System

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +301

Following the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos in 2013, their origin is still unknown. Aiming for the identification of an electromagnetic counterpart of a rapidly…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 195 cited

Search for annihilating dark matter in the Sun with 3 years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +301

We present results from an analysis looking for dark matter annihilation in the Sun with the IceCube neutrino telescope. Gravitationally trapped dark matter in the Sun's core can a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

A search for spectral hysteresis and energy-dependent time lags from X-ray and TeV gamma-ray observations of Mrk 421

A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault, A. Archer +220

Blazars are variable emitters across all wavelengths over a wide range of timescales, from months down to minutes. It is therefore essential to observe blazars simultaneously at di…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 270 cited

The contribution of Fermi-2LAC blazars to the diffuse TeV-PeV neutrino flux

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +319

The recent discovery of a diffuse cosmic neutrino flux extending up to PeV energies raises the question of which astrophysical sources generate this signal. One class of extragalac…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 9 cited

A Search for Very High-Energy Gamma Rays from the Missing Link Binary Pulsar J1023+0038 with VERITAS

E. Aliu, S. Archambault, A. Archer +82

The binary millisecond radio pulsar PSR J1023+0038 exhibits many characteristics similar to the gamma-ray binary system PSR B1259--63/LS 2883, making it an ideal candidate for the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 323 cited

All-sky search for time-integrated neutrino emission from astrophysical sources with 7 years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +306

Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux come…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

First search for dark matter annihilations in the Earth with the IceCube Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +312

We present the results of the first IceCube search for dark matter annihilation in the center of the Earth. Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), candidates for dark matter…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 15 cited

Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma Rays from 1ES 1440+122

VERITAS Collaboration, S. Archambault, A. Archer +87

The BL Lacertae object 1ES 1440+122 was observed in the energy range from 85 GeV to 30 TeV by the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 33 cited

Very High Energy outburst of Markarian 501 in May 2009

E. Aliu, S. Archambault, A. Archer +108

The very high energy (VHE; E 100 GeV) blazar Markarian 501 was observed between April 17 and May 5 (MJD 54938--54956), 2009, as part of an extensive multi-wavelength campaign f…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 514 cited

Observation and Characterization of a Cosmic Muon Neutrino Flux from the Northern Hemisphere using six years of IceCube data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +309

The IceCube Collaboration has previously discovered a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux using neutrino events with interaction vertices contained within the instrumented volu…

astro-ph.HE2016

Constraints on ultra-high-energy cosmic ray sources from a search for neutrinos above 10 PeV with IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +309

We report constraints on the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) above GeV, based on an analysis of seven years of IceCube data. This analysis efficiently sele…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 7 cited

Search for Sources of High Energy Neutrons with Four Years of Data from the IceTop Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +308

IceTop is an air shower array located on the Antarctic ice sheet at the geographic South Pole. IceTop can detect an astrophysical flux of neutrons from Galactic sources as an exces…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 31 cited

Lowering IceCube's Energy Threshold for Point Source Searches in the Southern Sky

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +317

Observation of a point source of astrophysical neutrinos would be a "smoking gun" signature of a cosmic-ray accelerator. While IceCube has recently discovered a diffuse flux of ast…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 62 cited

All-flavour Search for Neutrinos from Dark Matter Annihilations in the Milky Way with IceCube/DeepCore

IceCube collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +319

We present the first IceCube search for a signal of dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way using all-flavour neutrino-induced particle cascades. The analysis focuses on the Dee…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 18 cited

VERITAS and Multiwavelength Observations of the BL Lacertae Object 1ES 1741+196

VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault +85

We present results from multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741+196, including results in the very-high-energy -ray regime using the Very Energetic Radia…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 38 cited

Upper limits from five years of blazar observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov telescopes

S. Archambault, A. Archer, W. Benbow +78

Between the beginning of its full-scale scientific operations in 2007 and 2012, the VERITAS Cherenkov telescope array observed more than 130 blazars; of these, 26 were detected as…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 118 cited

Anisotropy in Cosmic-Ray Arrival Directions in the Southern Hemisphere with Six Years of Data from the IceCube Detector

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +314

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has accumulated a total of 318 billion cosmic-ray induced muon events between May 2009 and May 2015. This data set was used for a detailed analysis…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 40 cited

TeV Gamma-ray Observations of The Galactic Center Ridge By VERITAS

A. Archer, W. Benbow, R. Bird +73

The Galactic Center Ridge has been observed extensively in the past by both GeV and TeV gamma-ray instruments revealing a wealth of structure, including a diffuse component as well…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 25 cited

Exceptionally bright TeV flares from the binary LS I +61 303

VERITAS Collaboration, S. Archambault, A. Archer +86

The TeV binary system LS I +61 303 is known for its regular, non-thermal emission pattern which traces the orbital period of the compact object in its 26.5 day orbit around…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 151 cited

An All-Sky Search for Three Flavors of Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +314

We present the results and methodology of a search for neutrinos produced in the decay of charged pions created in interactions between protons and gamma-rays during the prompt emi…