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Peeking into the Origins of IceCube Neutrinos: I. Buried Transient TeV Miniburst Rates
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel
Any interpretation of the astrophysical neutrinos discovered by IceCube must accommodate a variety of multimessenger constraints. We address implications of these neutrinos being p…
Spectral splits of neutrinos as a BCS-BEC crossover type phenomenon
Y. Pehlivan, A. L. Subaşı, N. Ghazanfari +2
We show that the spectral split of a neutrino ensemble which initially consists of electron type neutrinos, is analogous to the BCS-BEC crossover already observed in ultra cold ato…
The Cosmic Star Formation Rate from the Faintest Galaxies in the Unobservable Universe
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, Andrew M. Hopkins
Observations of high-z galaxies and gamma-ray bursts now allow for empirical studies during reionization. However, even deep surveys see only the brightest galaxies at any epoch an…
Cosmic PeV Neutrinos and the Sources of Ultrahigh Energy Protons
Matthew D. Kistler, Todor Stanev, Hasan Yuksel
The IceCube experiment recently detected the first flux of high-energy neutrinos in excess of atmospheric backgrounds. We examine whether these neutrinos originate from within the…
Tomography of Massive Stars from Core Collapse to Supernova Shock Breakout
Matthew D. Kistler, Wick C. Haxton, Hasan Yuksel
Neutrinos and gravitational waves are the only direct probes of the inner dynamics of a stellar core collapse. They are also the first signals to arrive from a supernova and, if de…
Galactic Streams of Cosmic-ray Electrons and Positrons
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, Alexander Friedland
Isotropic diffusion is a key assumption in many models of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons. We find that simulation results imply a critical energy of ~10-1000~GeV above which el…
The Centaurus A Ultrahigh-Energy Cosmic Ray Excess and the Local Extragalactic Magnetic Field
Hasan Yuksel, Todor Stanev, Matthew D. Kistler +1
The ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray anisotropies discovered by the Pierre Auger Observatory give the potential to finally address both the particles' origins and properties of the near…
New Constraints on the Highest-Energy Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel
At energies above a few TeV, no measurements of the cosmic-ray electron spectrum exist yet. By considering the similarity of air showers induced by electrons and gamma rays as seen…
Determining the escape fraction of ionizing photons during reionization with the GRB derived star-formation rate
Stuart Wyithe, Andrew M. Hopkins, Matthew D. Kistler +2
The fraction of ionizing photons that escape their host galaxies and so are able to ionize hydrogen in the inter-galactic medium (IGM) is a critical parameter in analyses of the re…
The Star Formation Rate in the Reionization Era as Indicated by Gamma-ray Bursts
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, John F. Beacom +2
High-redshift gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) offer an extraordinary opportunity to study aspects of the early Universe, including the cosmic star formation rate (SFR). Motivated by the tw…
TeV Gamma Rays from Geminga and the Origin of the GeV Positron Excess
Hasan Yuksel, Matthew D. Kistler, Todor Stanev
The Geminga pulsar has long been one of the most intriguing MeV-GeV gamma-ray point sources. We examine the implications of the recent Milagro detection of extended, multi-TeV gamm…
Core-Collapse Astrophysics with a Five-Megaton Neutrino Detector
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, Shin'ichiro Ando +2
The legacy of solar neutrinos suggests that large neutrino detectors should be sited underground. However, to instead go underwater bypasses the need to move mountains, allowing mu…
Revealing the High-Redshift Star Formation Rate with Gamma-Ray Bursts
Hasan Yuksel, Matthew D. Kistler, John F. Beacom +1
While the high-z frontier of star formation rate (SFR) studies has advanced rapidly, direct measurements beyond z ~ 4 remain difficult, as shown by significant disagreements among…
Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of SN 2008S with Spitzer
J. L. Prieto, M. D. Kistler, T. A. Thompson +7
We report the discovery of the progenitor of the recent type IIn SN 2008S in the nearby galaxy NGC 6946. Surprisingly, it was not found in deep, pre-explosion optical images of its…
A Survey About Nothing: Monitoring a Million Supergiants for Failed Supernovae
C. S. Kochanek, J. F. Beacom, M. D. Kistler +4
Extragalactic transient searches have historically been limited to looking for the appearance of new sources such as supernovae. It is now possible to carry out a new kind of surve…
An Unexpectedly Swift Rise in the Gamma-ray Burst Rate
Matthew D. Kistler, Hasan Yuksel, John F. Beacom +1
The association of long gamma-ray bursts with supernovae naturally suggests that the cosmic GRB rate should trace the star formation history. Finding otherwise would provide import…