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hep-ex2026

Planck-Scale Constraints on Quantum Gravity-Induced Neutrino Decoherence with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +415

Many quantum gravity theories predict spacetime fluctuations at the Planck scale. Neutrinos, which interact only via the weak force and gravity, propagate over long distances witho…

hep-ex2026

Searching for Extra Dimensions and Copies of the Standard Model with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +418

The hierarchy problem remains an open question in particle physics. A number of theories that address this problem lower the fundamental scale of gravity, resulting in observable c…

hep-ex2026

Estimating the sensitivity of the IceCube Upgrade to probe the interior of the Earth using atmospheric neutrino oscillations

The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +421

The IceCube Upgrade is a densely instrumented central region of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, deployed during the 2025-26 polar season. It will reduce the detector's energy thr…

hep-ex2026

Sensitivity Projections for Low-Mass Dark Matter Annihilation with the IceCube Upgrade

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +412

The IceCube Upgrade, an extension designed to enhance the IceCube Neutrino Observatory's detection of neutrinos with energies between 1 GeV and 500 GeV, will markedly improve IceCu…

hep-ex2025

GollumFit: An IceCube Open-Source Framework for Binned-Likelihood Neutrino Telescope Analyses

IceCube Collaboration

We present GollumFit, a framework designed for performing binned-likelihood analyses on neutrino telescope data. GollumFit incorporates model parameters common to any neutrino tele…

hep-ex2024★ 7 cited

Search for a light sterile neutrino with 7.5 years of IceCube DeepCore data

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +420

We present a search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using 7.5 years of data from the IceCube DeepCore detector. The analysis uses a sample of 21,914 events with energies between 5…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Exploration of mass splitting and muon/tau mixing parameters for an eV-scale sterile neutrino with IceCube

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +421

We present the first three-parameter fit to a 3+1 sterile neutrino model using 7.634 years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory on charged-current inter…

hep-ex2024★ 8 cited

Methods and stability tests associated with the sterile neutrino search using improved high-energy event reconstruction in IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +419

We provide supporting details for the search for a 3+1 sterile neutrino using data collected over eleven years at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The analysis uses atmospheric mu…

hep-ex2024★ 15 cited

A search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino using improved high-energy event reconstruction in IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +419

This Letter presents the result of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using 10.7 years of IceCube data. We analyze atmospheric muon neutrinos that traverse the Earth with energies rangi…

hep-ex2023★ 21 cited

Searching for Decoherence from Quantum Gravity at the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +401

Neutrino oscillations at the highest energies and longest baselines provide a natural quantum interferometer with which to study the structure of spacetime and test the fundamental…

hep-ex2023★ 56 cited

Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing with Improved IceCube DeepCore Calibration and Data Processing

IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +404

We describe a new data sample of IceCube DeepCore and report on the latest measurement of atmospheric neutrino oscillations obtained with data recorded between 2011-2019. The sampl…

hep-ex2022

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…

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-ex2022★ 12 cited

Cosmogenic production of Ar in the context of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

J. Aalbers, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +205

We estimate the amount of Ar produced in natural xenon via cosmic ray-induced spallation, an inevitable consequence of the transportation and storage of xenon on the Earth's…

hep-ex2021★ 29 cited

Projected sensitivities of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to new physics via low-energy electron recoils

The LZ Collaboration, D. S. Akerib, A. K. Al Musalhi +194

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a dark matter detector expected to obtain world-leading sensitivity to weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) interacting via nuclear recoils with a ~7-ton…

hep-ex2020★ 47 cited

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…

hep-ex2020★ 90 cited

An eV-scale sterile neutrino search using eight years of atmospheric muon neutrino data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

M. G. Aartsen, R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann +373

The results of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented. A total of 305,735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in…

hep-ex2017★ 190 cited

Measurement of the multi-TeV neutrino cross section with IceCube using Earth absorption

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +314

Neutrinos interact only very weakly, so they are extremely penetrating. However, the theoretical neutrino-nucleon interaction cross section rises with energy such that, at energies…

hep-ex2017★ 44 cited

Search for Nonstandard Neutrino Interactions with IceCube DeepCore

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +317

As atmospheric neutrinos propagate through the Earth, vacuum-like oscillations are modified by Standard-Model neutral- and charged-current interactions with electrons. Theories bey…

hep-ex2017★ 104 cited

Neutrino Interferometry for High-Precision Tests of Lorentz Symmetry with IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +319

Lorentz symmetry is a fundamental space-time symmetry underlying the Standard Model of particle physics and gravity. However, unified theories, such as string theory, allow for vio…

hep-ex2017★ 185 cited

Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations at 6-56 GeV with IceCube DeepCore

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +314

We present a measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters using three years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The DeepCore infill array in the center…

hep-ex2017★ 100 cited

Search for Neutrinos from Dark Matter Self-Annihilations in the center of the Milky Way with 3 years of IceCube/DeepCore

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +310

We present a search for a neutrino signal from dark matter self-annihilations in the Milky Way using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (IceCube). In 1005 days of data we found no si…

hep-ex2017★ 152 cited

Search for sterile neutrino mixing using three years of IceCube DeepCore data

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann +305

We present a search for a light sterile neutrino using three years of atmospheric neutrino data from the DeepCore detector in the energy range of approximately GeV. DeepCor…

hep-ex2016★ 58 cited

Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Follow-Up Program Using Neutrino Triggers from IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +537

We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescope…