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1. NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY AND COSMIC RAYS AT THE SOUTH POLE: LATEST RESULTS FROM AMANDA AND PERSPECTIVES FOR ICECUBE

Author: P. Ekström, P. Berghaus, M. Kestel, T. DeYoung, D. Z. Besson, T. J. Sumner, R. H. Minor, A. R. Fazely, S. Böser, Kael Hanson, S. Patton, P. Niessen, I. Taboada, R. G. Stokstad, T. Castermans, Carlos Pena-Garay, K. Hultqvist, R. Wischnewski, R. Hardtke, J. K. Becker, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, D. R. Nygren, P. O. Hulth, D. Steele, R. W. Ellsworth, T. Hauschildt, Johan Lundberg, S. Schlenstedt, T. Straszheim, Adam Bouchta, J. L. Kelley, Christian Bohm, David A. Schneider, Allan Hallgren, H. Wissing, P. Miocinovic, D.W. Atlee, Kyle T. Mandli, J. Cavin, J. W. Nam, George Japaridze, R. Ganugapati, D. Hays, L. Thollander, D. F. Cowen, A. Achterberg, Jodi Cooley, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, R. Porrata, Marek Kowalski, A. Silvestri, R. Paulos, S. H. Seo, T. Stezelberger, J. Yeck, Elisa Resconi, Hakki Ögelman, A. C. Pohl, Pawel Marciniewski, H. Leich, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, Peter Mészáros, S. Stoyanov, R. Ehrlich, D. Seckel, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, S. Hundertmark, M. Krasberg, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, B. Collin, K. Rawlins, Heiko Geenen, Torsten Harenberg, D. Hardtke, M. Ribordy, K. Helbing, Kurt Woschnagg, R. Koch, I. Liubarsky, Christian Spiering, Ph. Olbrechts, C. T. Day, J. Hodges, James Madsen, Paul Evenson, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, C. H. Wiebusch, K. Münich, N. Langer, C. De Clercq, A. W. Jones, John Clem, Soebur Razzaque, L. Gerhardt, Dmitry Chirkin, M. Solarz, Olga Botner, S. Yoshida, T. Neunhöffer, Albrecht Karle, T. Messarius, Anna Davour, Justin Vandenbroucke, Elisa Bernardini, M. Bartelt, A. J. Smith, R. M. Gunasingha, J. Ahrens, Y. Minaeva, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, W. R. Edwards, R. Morse, N. Kitamura, D. Bertrand, William Carithers, R. Schwarz, C.P. Burgess, M. Walter, T. Burgess, Todor Stanev, Janet Jacobsen, J. A. Coarasa, R. Nahnhauer, R. C. Bay, H. Miyamoto, Xinhua Bai, John N. Bahcall, Jean Gallagher, Glenn Spiczak, S. R. Klein, A. Gross, L. C. Voicu, G. Kohnen, Othmane Bouhali, B. Hughey, K. H. Sulanke, Michael Stamatikos, D. Turčan, C. Walck, J. M. Joseph, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Wolfgang Wagner, K. Kuehn, W. Chinowsky, N. van Eijndhoven, K. Schinarakis, Gerald Przybylski, H. S. Matis, Matthias Leuthold, P. Herquet, P. Steffen, J. E. Sopher, Francis Halzen, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, O. Tarasova, K. Hoshina, Wolfgang Rhode, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, J. Bergmans, S. Tilav, K. H. Kampert, H. Kawai, C. P. McParland, E. Kujawski, A. Goldschmidt, K.-H. Becker, and H. Albrecht
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Coincidence, law.invention, Telescope, Neutrino detector, law, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino
Abstract: The AMANDA neutrino telescope has been in operation at the South Pole since 1996. The present final array configuration, operational since 2000, consists of 677 photomultiplier tubes arranged in 19 strings, buried at depths between 1500 and 2000 m in the ice. The most recent results on a multi-year search for point sources of neutrinos will be shown. The study of events triggered in coincidence with the surface array SPASE and AMANDA provided a result on cosmic ray composition. Expected improvements from IceCube/IceTop will also be discussed.
Published: 2005
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2. Results from the AMANDA neutrino telescope

Author: P. Niessen, I. Taboada, Y. Minaeva, C.P. Burgess, D. Bertrand, P. Ekström, K. Rawlins, T. Becka, James Madsen, M. Kestel, J. L. Kelley, C. P. McParland, T. DeYoung, P. B. Price, T. Burgess, T. Neunhöffer, M. Ribordy, A. Karle, A. Goldschmidt, S. Böser, Elisa Resconi, Gerald Przybylski, R. Porrata, Kurt Woschnagg, A. Silvestri, D. Steele, Glenn Spiczak, D. F. Cowen, A. Gross, L. Gerhardt, Dmitry Chirkin, T. Messarius, D. J. Boersma, Torsten Harenberg, Othmane Bouhali, Ph. Olbrecht, Hakki Ögelman, B. Hughey, J. W. Nam, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, M. Solarz, K. Helbing, Kyle T. Mandli, P. Steffen, J. Rodríguez Martino, R. C. Bay, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, S. Tilav, R. Nahnhauer, J. Ahrens, C. H. Wiebusch, R. Ganugapati, C. Walck, R. Hardtke, J. K. Becker, Olga Botner, L. Thollander, T. Hauschildt, David A. Schneider, C. Spiering, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, M. Bartelt, P. Miocinovic, Adam Bouchta, C.P. de los Heros, Allan Hallgren, G. C. Hill, K. Münich, Heiko Geenen, Xinhua Bai, K.-H. Becker, T. Castermans, K. Hultqvist, H. Albrecht, C. De Clercq, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, S. Hundertmark, James E. Braun, M. Walter, Ph. Herquet, Kael Hanson, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, M. Krasberg, H. Leich, S. Schlenstedt, Joseph T. Hodges, H. S. Matis, Francis Halzen, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, Jodi Cooley, S. Richter, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, B. Collin, D. Hubert, I. Liubarsky, L. Köpke, R. Morse, K. H. Kampert, R. Schwarz, Wolfgang Rhode, M. Kowalski, Elisa Bernardini, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, Michael Stamatikos, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, Wolfgang Wagner, A. C. Pohl, Pawel Marciniewski, Anna Davour, and Janet Jacobsen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Dark matter, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, law.invention, Telescope, Neutrino detector, law, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino
Abstract: The Amanda neutrino telescope at the South Pole has been taking data since 1996. Stepwise upgraded, it reached its final stage in January 2000. We present results from the search for extraterrestrial neutrinos, neutrinos from dark matter annihilation and magnetic monopoles.
Published: 2004
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3. Measurement of the cosmic ray composition at the knee with the SPASE-2/AMANDA-B10 detectors

Author: T. Messarius, M. Solarz, A. Silvestri, Freddy Binon, T. Burgess, S. Böser, J. P Dewulf, P. B. Price, A. C. Pohl, Y. Minaeva, R. Schwarz, Hakki Ögelman, J. Rodríguez Martino, Kyle T. Mandli, I. Taboada, D. Bertrand, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. Ahrens, K. Rawlins, D. J. Boersma, A. Biron, Kurt Woschnagg, P. Ekström, R. Nahnhauer, M. Hellwig, Matthias Leuthold, Paul Evenson, D. R. Nygren, E. Andres, H. G. Sander, P. Steffen, C. P. McParland, Dmitry Chirkin, Michael Stamatikos, James Madsen, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, R. Porrata, T. DeYoung, Staffan Carius, I. Liubarsky, M. Ribordy, Xinhua Bai, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, Gerald Przybylski, Glenn Spiczak, D. Ross, R. Engel, K.-H. Becker, K. H. Sulanke, B. Hughey, T. Neunhöffer, R. Hardtke, T. Becka, M. Gaug, James Kim, Albrecht Karle, R. Morse, R. C. Bay, P. Niessen, Todor Stanev, Yajun Wang, S. Schlenstedt, R. Ganugapati, D. Hubert, C. Wiedemann, Olga Botner, D. Steele, C. Walck, Ph. Herquet, S. Tilav, P. C. Mock, D. F. Cowen, Marek Kowalski, P. Miocinovic, Kael Hanson, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, L. Köpke, Paolo Desiati, Ph. Olbrechts, H. Leich, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Castermans, Wolfgang Rhode, C. De Clercq, Christopher Wiebusch, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, Othmane Bouhali, W. Wu, David A. Schneider, G. C. Hill, Heiko Geenen, Pawel Marciniewski, Anna Davour, Janet Jacobsen, Wolfgang Wagner, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, Elisa Bernardini, Jim Hinton, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, P. Lindahl, Christian Spiering, S. Hundertmark, K. Rochester, K. Kuehn, Alan Watson, J. I. Lamoureux, K. Schinarakis, Jodi Cooley, T. Hauschildt, K. Hultqvist, S. Young, T. Miller, J. Lloyd-Evans, Adam Bouchta, S. Richter, H. S. Matis, Allan Hallgren, Francis Halzen, E. Dickinson, and Elisa Resconi
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, Mass composition, Neutrino astronomy, Atomic mass, Air shower, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Neutrino, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The mass composition of high-energy cosmic rays at energies above 1015 eV can provide crucial information for the understanding of their origin. Air showers were measured simultaneously with the SPASE-2 air shower array and the AMANDA-B10 Cherenkov telescope at the South Pole. This combination has the advantage to sample almost all high-energy shower muons and is thus a new approach to the determination of the cosmic ray composition. The change in the cosmic ray mass composition was measured versus existing data from direct measurements at low energies. Our data show an increase of the mean log atomic mass 〈lnA〉 by about 0.8 between 500 TeV and 5 PeV. This trend of an increasing mass through the "knee" region is robust against a variety of systematic effects. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2004
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4. Muon track reconstruction and data selection techniques in AMANDA

Author: P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, M. Kestel, Kurt Woschnagg, T. DeYoung, Dmitry Chirkin, Staffan Carius, D. Steele, S. Böser, Jodi Cooley, Matthias Leuthold, Elisa Bernardini, D. R. Nygren, R. Ganugapati, P. Herquet, D. F. Cowen, Marek Kowalski, P. Steffen, M. Solarz, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, S. Richter, I. Taboada, T. Castermans, H. S. Matis, K. Rawlins, M. Hellwig, P. Miocinovic, Yajun Wang, H. G. Sander, Francis Halzen, Michael Stamatikos, S. Schlenstedt, C. P. McParland, R. Hardtke, Markus Gaug, B. Collin, D. J. Boersma, James Madsen, C. Wiedemann, A. Goldschmidt, I. Liubarsky, David A. Schneider, A. Silvestri, J. P Dewulf, G. C. Hill, R. G. Stokstad, C. H. Wiebusch, Hakki Ögelman, R. Wischnewski, P. Lindahl, Christian Spiering, Y. Minaeva, R. C. Bay, K.-H. Becker, M. Ribordy, K. Helbing, Heiko Geenen, R. Nahnhauer, J. Rodríguez Martino, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, T. Burgess, Othmane Bouhali, T. Messarius, R. Morse, L. Gerhardt, J. Ahrens, Ph. Olbrechts, K. Münich, K. Hultqvist, T. Neunhöffer, Albrecht Karle, A. Biron, Glenn Spiczak, Xinhua Bai, J. W. Nam, L. Thollander, B. Hughey, H. Leich, S. Tilav, P. C. Mock, R. Schwarz, Kael Hanson, Paolo Desiati, R. Porrata, A. C. Pohl, Gerald Przybylski, K. H. Sulanke, Olga Botner, D. Bertrand, C. De Clercq, S. W. Barwick, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Torsten Harenberg, Elisa Resconi, J. K. Becker, T. Hauschildt, Adam Bouchta, Allan Hallgren, Ole Streicher, S. Hundertmark, J. I. Lamoureux, P. Niessen, D. Hubert, Axel Groß, L. Köpke, D. Ross, Pawel Marciniewski, Anna Davour, Janet Jacobsen, Wolfgang Wagner, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, Wolfgang Rhode, and P. Ekström
Subjects: Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Physics, AMANDA, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Neutrino astrophysics, Neutrino telescope, Track reconstruction, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Neutrino detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Muon neutrino, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Instrumentation, Lepton
Abstract: The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a high-energy neutrino telescope operating at the geographic South Pole. It is a lattice of photo-multiplier tubes buried deep in the polar ice between 1500m and 2000m. The primary goal of this detector is to discover astrophysical sources of high energy neutrinos. A high-energy muon neutrino coming through the earth from the Northern Hemisphere can be identified by the secondary muon moving upward through the detector. The muon tracks are reconstructed with a maximum likelihood method. It models the arrival times and amplitudes of Cherenkov photons registered by the photo-multipliers. This paper describes the different methods of reconstruction, which have been successfully implemented within AMANDA. Strategies for optimizing the reconstruction performance and rejecting background are presented. For a typical analysis procedure the direction of tracks are reconstructed with about 2 degree accuracy., 40 pages, 16 Postscript figures, uses elsart.sty
Published: 2004
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5. Calibration and survey of AMANDA with the SPASE detectors

Author: G. M. Splczak, Yajun Wang, S. Schlenstedt, P. Niessen, D. Bertrand, C. Wiedemann, I. Taboada, R. C. Bay, L. Gerhardt, P. Ekström, David A. Schneider, Ph. Herquet, T. Becka, C. Pérez de los Heros, Xinhua Bai, T. Messarius, G. C. Hill, Kael Hanson, C. Wiebusch, S. Böser, Todor Stanev, Staffan Carius, K. Rawlins, R. Schwarz, Ph. Olbrechts, Heiko Geenen, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, M. Gaug, James Madsen, Paolo Desiati, K. H. Sulanke, D. Steele, P. Steffen, Jodi Cooley, R. Porrata, R. Ganugapati, C. P. McParland, R. Engel, A. Biron, Elisa Bernardini, Hakki Ögelman, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, Kyle T. Mandli, D. F. Cowen, S. Young, Marek Kowalski, P. B. Price, Jim Hinton, A. Goldschmidt, Gerald Przybylski, A. Silvestri, T. O. B. Schmidt, M. Ribordy, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, Kurt Woschnagg, L. Köpke, Paul Evenson, B. Hughey, T. Neunhöffer, James Kim, Albrecht Karle, Y. Minaeva, R. Hardtke, Dmitry Chirkin, R. G. Stokstad, K.-H. Becker, R. Wischnewski, S. Richter, I. Liubarsky, J. Rodríguez Martino, Ch. Weinheimer, H. Leich, T. DeYoung, Othmane Bouhali, P. Miocinovic, Wolfgang Rhode, J. Ahrens, A. C. Pohl, Michael Stamatikos, W. Wu, R. Morse, D. Ross, S. Tilav, P. C. Mock, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, H. S. Matis, Freddy Binon, T. Burgess, Francis Halzen, Olga Botner, P. Lindahl, Christian Spiering, K. Rochester, Alan Watson, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, Wolfgang Wagner, M. Solarz, Pawel Marciniewski, T. Hauschildt, Anna Davour, J. Lloyd-Evans, Janet Jacobsen, K. Hultqvist, Adam Bouchta, Allan Hallgren, P. Romenesko, Elisa Resconi, D. Martello, T. Castermans, C. De Clercq, S. W. Barwick, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, S. Hundertmark, J. I. Lamoureux, T. C. Miller, and P. Doksus
Subjects: Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Detector, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Particle detector, Air shower, Neutrino detector, Cosmic rays, Neutrino telescopes, Coincident, Instrumentation
Abstract: We report on the analysis of air showers observed in coincidence by the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino detector array (AMANDA-B10) and the South Pole Air Shower Experiment (SPASE-1 and SPASE-2). We discuss the use of coincident events for calibration and survey of the deep AMANDA detector as well as the response of AMANDA to muon bundles. This analysis uses data taken during 1997 when both SPASE-1 and SPASE-2 were in operation to provide a stereo view of AMANDA. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2004
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6. Status of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Author: Olga Botner, C. Pérez de los Heros, John N. Bahcall, T. Becka, Othmane Bouhali, K. Hultqvist, R. C. Bay, K. Rawlins, S. Yoshida, M. Ribordy, N. van Eijndhoven, Gerald Przybylski, W Carithers, A. C. Pohl, S. Hundertmark, J. Cavin, A. W. Jones, James Madsen, D. Steele, H. Kawai, C. P. McParland, H. S. Matis, Ph. Herquet, J. I. Lamoureux, G. W. Sullivan, Soebur Razzaque, R. Paulos, R. G. Stokstad, Anna Davour, A. Goldschmidt, R. Wischnewski, J. Pretz, Ph. Olbrechts, Francis Halzen, R. H. Minor, Kael Hanson, R. Ganugapati, T. Hauschildt, Janet Jacobsen, D. F. Cowen, M. Solarz, Marek Kowalski, K.-H. Becker, Adam Bouchta, R. Schwarz, R. M. Gunasingha, Y. Minaeva, S. Patton, P. B. Price, Paolo Desiati, Allan Hallgren, R.-R Wang, Christian Bohm, Michael Stamatikos, R. Hardtke, George Japaridze, David A. Schneider, J. A. Goodman, Kurt Woschnagg, Hakki Ögelman, P. Niessen, D. Hubert, Wolfgang Wagner, K. Helbing, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Paul Evenson, Todor Stanev, I. Taboada, S. Schlenstedt, C. Wiedemann, Christian Spiering, P. O. Hulth, H. Miyamoto, Dmitry Chirkin, Elisa Resconi, D. Seckel, Jean Gallagher, L. Köpke, Heiko Geenen, A. R. Fazely, H. Leich, H. Wissing, S. Tilav, N. Kitamura, R. Nahnhauer, Elisa Bernardini, J. Ahrens, D. R. Nygren, T. Neunhöffer, C. Walck, T. Messarius, K. Schinarakis, P. Steffen, Albrecht Karle, Thomas K. Gaisser, Jodi Cooley, Xinhua Bai, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, Wolfgang Rhode, T. J. Sumner, T. Castermans, Peter Mészáros, C. De Clercq, W. Chinowsky, D. Bertrand, S. Richter, M. Hellwig, R. W. Ellsworth, H. G. Sander, B. Collin, I. Liubarsky, C. H. Wiebusch, R. Morse, T. Stezelberger, D. Hays, R. Ehrlich, S. Böser, A. J. Smith, K. H. Sulanke, T. Burgess, M. Kestel, T. DeYoung, E. Blaufuss, D. Z. Besson, D. J. Boersma, Glenn Spiczak, B. Hughey, R. Koch, and P. Miocinovic
Subjects: Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, law.invention, Telescope, Neutrino detector, Space and Planetary Science, law, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract: The IceCube neutrino telescope, to be constructed near the Antarctic South Pole, represents the next generation of neutrino telescope. Its large 1 km3 size will make it uniquely sensitive to the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources. The current design of the detector is presented. The basic performance of the detector and its ability to search for neutrinos from various astrophysical sources has been studied using detailed simulations and is discussed.
Published: 2004
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7. Results from the AMANDA telescope

Author: J. Ahrens, X. Bai, S.W. Barwick, T. Becka, K.-H. Becker, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, F. Binon, A. Biron, S. Böser, O. Botner, O. Bouhali, T. Burgess, S. Carius, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D.F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, J.-P. Dewulf, P. Ekström, T. Feser, T.K. Gaisser, R. Ganupati, M. Gaug, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, R. Hardtke, T. Hauschildt, M. Hellwig, Ph. Herquet, G.C. Hill, P.O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, A. Karle, L. Köpke, K. Kuehn, M. Kowalski, J.I. Lamoureux, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, P. Lindahl, I. Liubarsky, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, P. Marciniewski, H.S. Matis, C.P. McParland, T. Messarius, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, R. Morse, R. Nahnhauer, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D.R. Nygren, H. Ogelman, Ph. Olbrechts, C. Pérez de los Heros, A.C. Pohl, P.B. Price, G.T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, H.-G. Sander, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, K. Schinarakis, R. Schwarz, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G.M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R.G. Stokstad, P. Sudoff, K.-H. Sudoff, K.-H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, W. Wagner, C. Walck, C. Weinheimer, C.H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, G. Yodh, and S. Young
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Particle detector, law.invention, Massless particle, Telescope, Neutrino detector, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Lepton
Abstract: We present results from the AMANDA high energy neutrino telescope located at the South Pole. They include measurements of the atmospheric neutrino flux, search for UHE point sources, and diffuse sources producing electromagnetic/hadronic showers at the detector or close to it.
Published: 2003
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8. Physics and Results from the AMANDA-II High Energy Neutrino Telescope

Author: H. G. Sander, P. Ekström, R. Schwarz, M. Kowalski, P. Lindahl, Staffan Carius, X. Bai, P. O. Hulth, T. Hauschildt, Kyler Kuehn, Allan Hallgren, H. S. Matis, C. Wiedemann, P. B. Price, H. Wissing, P. Miocinovic, C. Walck, Stefan Richter, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, C. Pérez de los Heros, S. Böser, M. Gaug, M. Hellwig, Dmitry Chirkin, Gerald Przybylski, A. Silvestri, Francis Halzen, S. Hundertmark, Matthias Leuthold, K. Hultqvist, M. Solarz, Kael Hanson, Elisa Bernardini, Kyle T. Mandli, Elisa Resconi, D. R. Nygren, P. Doksus, K. Rawlins, M. Ribordy, Olga Botner, T. Castermans, P. Steffen, Hakki Ögelman, J. Rodríguez Martino, T. Messarius, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, C. De Clercq, R. Nahnhauer, Steven W. Barwick, Jodi Cooley, J. P Dewulf, S. W. Barwick, S. Young, J. Ahrens, Y. Minaeva, L. Gerhardt, Paolo Desiati, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, P. Herquet, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, R. Ganupati, H. Leich, Wolfgang Wagner, T. Burgess, D. Bertrand, R. Morse, J. I. Lamoureux, K. Schinarakis, Freddy Binon, A. C. Pohl, Pawel Marciniewski, P. Sudhoff, Glenn Spiczak, Anna Davour, D. F. Cowen, Donald P. Schneider, T. Neunhöffer, Timothy W. Schmidt, K.-H. Becker, J. Madsen, S. Tilav, C. P. McParland, A. Goldschmidt, A. Biron, C. Spiering, Ph. Olbrechts, A. Karle, Othmane Bouhali, C. H. Wiebusch, G. C. Hill, L. Thollander, Heiko Geenen, Tyce DeYoung, R. Hardtke, I. Taboada, T. Becka, Janet Jacobsen, Wolfgang Rhode, K. Woschnagg, D. Ross, P. Niessen, D. Steele, and L. Köpke
Subjects: Physics, Telescope, Neutrino detector, law, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, Measurements of neutrino speed, Astronomy, Neutrino astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, law.invention
Abstract: This paper briefly describes the principle of operation and science goals of the AMANDA high energy neutrino telescope located at the South Pole, Antarctica. Results from an earlier phase of the telescope, called AMANDA-BIO, demonstrate both reliable operation and the broad astrophysical reach of this device, which includes searches for a variety of sources of ultrahigh energy neutrinos: generic point sources, Gamma-Ray Bursts and diffuse sources. The predicted sensitivity and angular resolution of the telescope were confirmed by studies of atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. We also report on the status of the analysis from AMANDA-II, a larger version with far greater capabilities. At this stage of analysis, details of the ice properties and other systematic uncertainties of the AMANDA-II telescope are under study, but we have made progress toward critical science objectives. In particular, we present the first preliminary flux limits from AMANDA-II on the search for continuous emission from astrophysical point sources, and report on the search for correlated neutrino emission from Gamma Ray Bursts detected by BATSE before decommissioning in May 2000. During the next two years, we expect to exploit the full potential of AMANDA-II with the installation of a new data acquisition system that records full waveforms from the in-ice optical sensors.
Published: 2003
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9. High Resolution Emission Spectra of TL Materials

Author: Thiraphat Vilaithong, T. Messarius, M. Rhodes, Somsak Wanwilairat, and W. Hoffmann
Subjects: Optical fiber, Materials science, Spectral line, law.invention, Fluorides, Optics, law, Borates, Aluminum Oxide, Fiber Optic Technology, Dosimetry, Magnesium, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Emission spectrum, Titanium, Radiation, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Spectrometer, business.industry, Spectrum Analysis, Doping, Resolution (electron density), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Phosphorus, General Medicine, Calcium Fluoride, Wavelength, Lithium Compounds, Thermoluminescent Dosimetry, business, Copper
Abstract: High resolution emission spectra of several TL materials, that are commonly used in dosimetry, were measured using a low cost fibre optic spectrometer containing a 2048 pixel CCD array. The spectra were taken from 177 to 890 nm with a wavelength resolution of 1.3 nm. This allowed for line width discrimination and the resolution of transitions that have not been seen so far. For rare earth doped materials like CaF 2 :Tm (TLD-300) and CaF 2 :Dy (TLD-200) the spectral lines were compared to the energy levels measured by Dieke and Crosswhite leading to the identification of most of the transition lines.
Published: 2002
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10. The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

Author: Chris Wendt, Spencer Klein, Subir Sarkar, J. M. Joseph, A. Laundrie, Chad Finley, D. Bertrand, Ignacio Taboada, C. P. McParland, Albrecht Karle, J. Ludvig, A. Silvestri, E. Kujawski, P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, S. Klepser, H. Kawai, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Peter Mészáros, Karen Andeen, J. Ahrens, K. Mase, K. Meagher, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Henrik J. Johansson, A. Goldschmidt, J. Pretz, M. Danninger, Wolfgang Rhode, J. L. Kelley, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, W. Huelsnitz, K. Hoshina, A. Piegsa, Aya Ishihara, Markus Ahlers, M. M. Foerster, Dmitry Chirkin, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Alexander Kappes, M. Gurtner, K. Helbing, Glenn Spiczak, S. Kleinfelder, Kael Hanson, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, R. Morse, B. Hughey, Anna Franckowiak, N. Potthoff, Jay Gallagher, K. H. Becker, Allan Hallgren, A. Meli, Steven W. Barwick, Johan Lundberg, T. Waldenmaier, J. W. Nam, M. Ribordy, R. Porrata, C. Vogt, B. D. Fox, P. Berghaus, J. Auffenberg, S. Euler, K. Laihem, K. Rawlins, Damian Pieloth, George Japaridze, D. Hubert, C. Walck, S. J. Patton, Reina H. Maruyama, M. Labare, D. Z. Besson, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Chance W. Lewis, Paolo Desiati, R. Franke, K. Münich, A. Lucke, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, O. Engdegård, Chinh Vu, Dirk Ryckbosch, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. E. Sopher, D. F. Cowen, S. Stoyanov, D. Glowacki, A. Groß, H. F. Chen, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, Carsten Rott, K. Han, H. Wissing, C. Ha, M. Merck, A. Mohr, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, T. DeYoung, S. Hussain, L. Köpke, Dave Nygren, R. Nahnhauer, M. Hellwig, A. Van Overloop, Elisa Resconi, C. Roucelle, B. Bingham, Nathan Whitehorn, R. Gozzini, S. Schlenstedt, P. Herquet, S. Odrowski, Marek Kowalski, T. Straszheim, H. S. Matis, R.H. Minor, Joanna Kiryluk, E. Blaufuss, Olga Botner, H. G. Sander, D. Wharton, M. R. Duvoort, A. J. Smith, A. Tepe, O. Tarasova, R. L. Imlay, C. Wiedemann, W.J. Robbins, Julia Becker, D. Turcan, M. Ono, Teresa Montaruli, S. Westerhof, P. Sandstrom, Francis Halzen, T. Burgess, P. Redl, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, B. Christy, R. W. Ellsworth, J. Dreyer, H. Landsman, J. L. Bazo Alba, O. Fadiran, S. Grullon, V. Viscomi, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, S. Panknin, F. Rothmaier, J. Bolmont, G. Kohnen, D. Breeder, T. Kowarik, O. Depaepe, J.-P. Hülß, D. Leier, D. Tosi, M. Krasberg, Fabian Kislat, T. Messarius, J. P. Rodrigues, J. Lünemann, T. Stezelberger, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, James E. Braun, M. V. D'Agostino, B. Voigt, Darren Grant, T. Feusels, Q. Swillens, M. Baker, L. Demirörs, N. van Eijndhoven, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, C. Song, W. Carithers, J. E. Jacobsen, R. Hardtke, G. W. Sullivan, S. Tilav, Xinhua Bai, M. Olivo, Klas Hultqvist, R. C. Bay, L. Gerhardt, H. Waldmann, C. T. Day, A. Mokhtarani, R. J. Lauer, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, S. Yoshida, S. Seunarine, Christian Spiering, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, E. A. Strahler, S. Böser, M. C. Stoufer, C. De Clercq, Christian Bohm, Konstancja Satalecka, D. Hays, Joseph T. Hodges, T. Becka, Justin Vandenbroucke, D. Rutledge, H. Leich, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Markus Ackermann, S. M. Movit, S. H. Seo, Rasha Abbasi, D. Berley, John Clem, David A. Schneider, G. C. Hill, A. Muratas, D. J. Boersma, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, Hermann Kolanoski, A. R. Fazely, P. A. Toale, A. W. Jones, T. Castermans, P. Roth, Christopher Wiebusch, Anna Davour, J. Haugen, D. Wahl, Timo Karg, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, M. Tluczykont, T. Kuwabara, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, Elisa Bernardini, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, J. A. Goodman, Jenni Adams, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, Y. Hasegawa, and P. Nießen
Subjects: AMANDA, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Neutrino telescope, Signal, High Energy Physics - Experiment, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Icecube, Data acquisition, Signal digitization, ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, business.industry, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Timestamping, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Analog signal, Transmission (telecommunications), Systems design, Timestamp, business, Computer hardware
Abstract: IceCube is a km-scale neutrino observatory under construction at the South Pole with sensors both in the deep ice (InIce) and on the surface (IceTop). The sensors, called Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), detect, digitize and timestamp the signals from optical Cherenkov-radiation photons. The DOM Main Board (MB) data acquisition subsystem is connected to the central DAQ in the IceCube Laboratory (ICL) by a single twisted copper wire-pair and transmits packetized data on demand. Time calibration is maintained throughout the array by regular transmission to the DOMs of precisely timed analog signals, synchronized to a central GPS-disciplined clock. The design goals and consequent features, functional capabilities, and initial performance of the DOM MB, and the operation of a combined array of DOMs as a system, are described here. Experience with the first InIce strings and the IceTop stations indicates that the system design and performance goals have been achieved., 42 pages, 20 figures, submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
Published: 2009
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11. Erratum: Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II [Phys. Rev. D76, 042008 (2007)]

Author: A. Achterberg, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. Ahrens, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, B. Baret, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, K. Beattie, T. Becka, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, T. DeYoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, J. E. Hart, Y. Hasegawa, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, B. Hommez, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, F. Kislat, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, M. Labare, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, H. Leich, D. Leier, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. McCauley, C. P. McParland, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, H. Miyamoto, A. Mokhtarani, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, A. Olivas, S. Patton, C. Peña-Garay, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Satalecka, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, M. Tluczykont, P. A. Toale, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, V. Viscomi, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y.-R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, and J. D. Zornoza
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Cosmic ray, Elementary particle, Massless particle, Neutrino detector, Muon collider, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Lepton
Abstract: A search for TeV-PeV muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 established an upper limit of E2Φ90%C:L
Published: 2008
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12. Detection of Atmospheric Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 9-String Detector

Author: A. Achterberg, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. Ahrens, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, B. Baret, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, K. Beattie, T. Becka, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. Beimforde, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, T. DeYoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, T. Griesel, S. Grullon, A. Groß, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, J. E. Hart, Y. Hasegawa, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, B. Hommez, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, F. Kislat, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, M. Labare, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, H. Leich, D. Leier, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. McCauley, C. P. McParland, K. Meagher, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, H. Miyamoto, A. Mokhtarani, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, A. Olivas, S. Patton, C. Peña-Garay, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Satalecka, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, M. Tluczykont, P. A. Toale, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, V. Viscomi, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y.-R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, and J. D. Zornoza
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, education.field_of_study, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar neutrino problem, Astrophysics, Neutrino detector, Astronomia, Measurements of neutrino speed, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, education
Abstract: The IceCube neutrino detector is a cubic kilometer TeV to PeV neutrino detector under construction at the geographic South Pole. The dominant population of neutrinos detected in IceCube is due to meson decay in cosmic-ray air showers. These atmospheric neutrinos are relatively well understood and serve as a calibration and verification tool for the new detector. In 2006, the detector was approximately 10% completed, and we report on data acquired from the detector in this configuration. We observe an atmospheric neutrino signal consistent with expectations, demonstrating that the IceCube detector is capable of identifying neutrino events. In the first 137.4 days of live time, 234 neutrino candidates were selected with an expectation of 211±76.1(syst) ±14.5(stat) events from atmospheric neutrinos. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
Published: 2007
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13. Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II

Author: H. Landsman, S. Schlenstedt, J. L. Kelley, John Clem, D. Rutledge, C. Wiedemann, H. Leich, D. J. Boersma, R. Porrata, Konstancja Satalecka, D. Hays, Jenni Adams, L. Gerhardt, George Japaridze, J. Auffenberg, C. Ha, K. Rawlins, Hakki Ögelman, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, D. Leier, Christian Spiering, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Subir Sarkar, A. J. Smith, R. G. Stokstad, Wolfgang Rhode, A. Meli, R. Wischnewski, B. Hommez, Delia Tosi, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, P. B. Price, W. Wagner, Joseph T. Hodges, Justin Vandenbroucke, T. Burgess, A. Piegsa, M. Solarz, J. M. Joseph, I. Liubarsky, Ph. Herquet, N. Kitamura, B. Christy, K. Mase, A. Ishihara, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. Bolmont, R. Ehrlich, Kael Hanson, A. Olivas, Teresa Montaruli, T. J. Sumner, G. Kohnen, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, L. Demirörs, Elisa Resconi, M. Ribordy, E. Blaufuss, S. Böser, J. E. Hart, S. Seunarine, F. Rothmaier, Michael Stamatikos, A. Morey, K. Beattie, B. D. Fox, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, P. Berghaus, T. Kowarik, K. Hultqvist, R. W. Ellsworth, J. A. Goodman, Fabian Kislat, N. van Eijndhoven, R. Morse, K. Helbing, A. Franckowiak, Albrecht Karle, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, D. Z. Besson, T. McCauley, A. Van Overloop, Dmitry Chirkin, S. Robbins, M. C. Stoufer, J. Pretz, M. Krasberg, H. Waldmann, S. M. Movit, V. Viscomi, S. Patton, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, Alexander Kappes, M. Hellwig, Hermann Kolanoski, R. Gozzini, P. Meszaros, J. Dreyer, K. Han, M. Labare, A. W. Jones, Elisa Bernardini, K. H. Sulanke, H. G. Sander, P. Roth, A. Tepe, Todor Stanev, S. Yoshida, Olga Botner, A. Mokhtarani, Dawn Williams, K. Hoshina, Carlos Pena-Garay, C. Wendt, Johan Lundberg, Glenn Spiczak, O. Tarasova, H. Miyamoto, John S. Gallagher, M. Tluczykont, Chad Finley, D. Bertrand, D. F. Cowen, J. K. Becker, Christian Bohm, David A. Schneider, J.P. Hulss, H. Kawai, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. E. Sopher, S. R. Klein, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, A. Achterberg, B. Hughey, D. Seckel, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, Heiko Geenen, A. R. Fazely, R. Franke, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, M. Gurtner, C. Walck, T. Karg, M. M. Foerster, S. Klepser, H. A. B. Johansson, T. Hauschildt, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Ignacio Taboada, Adam Bouchta, C.P. de los Heros, Allan Hallgren, T. Castermans, R. J. Lauer, C. De Clercq, D. R. Nygren, S. Hundertmark, Marek Kowalski, Markus Ackermann, T. Stezelberger, S. W. Barwick, G. W. Sullivan, H. S. Matis, M. V. D'Agostino, C. Song, D. Turcan, F. Descamps, Francis Halzen, O. Fadiran, C. T. Day, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, E. A. Strahler, T. Messarius, A. Gross, A. Silvestri, Karen Andeen, R. Nahnhauer, J. Ahrens, Anna Davour, J. Braun, Janet Jacobsen, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, B. Semburg, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, H. Wissing, L. Köpke, Kirill Filimonov, T. Straszheim, M. R. Duvoort, B. Baret, S. Tilav, Y. Hasegawa, K. H. Kampert, C. P. McParland, J. Lünemann, A. Goldschmidt, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, K.-H. Becker, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, S. Stoyanov, Dirk Ryckbosch, Carsten Rott, K. Münich, J. W. Nam, L. Thollander, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, Reina H. Maruyama, H. Wiebusch, R. Hardtke, P. Niessen, John Heise, T. Becka, G. Wikström, and T. Griesel
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Astronomia, Neutron detection, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract: A search for TeV - PeV muon neutrinos from unresolved sources was performed on AMANDA-II data collected between 2000 and 2003 with an equivalent livetime of 807 days. This diffuse analysis sought to find an extraterrestrial neutrino flux from sources with non-thermal components. The signal is expected to have a harder spectrum than the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. Since no excess of events was seen in the data over the expected background, an upper limit of E^{2}\Phi_{90% C.L.} < 7.4 x 10^{-8} GeV cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} is placed on the diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with a \Phi \propto E^{-2} spectrum in the energy range 16 TeV to 2.5 PeV. This is currently the most sensitive \Phi \propto E^{-2} diffuse astrophysical neutrino limit. We also set upper limits for astrophysical and prompt neutrino models, all of which have spectra different than \Phi \propto E^{-2}., Comment: 47 pages, 13 figures. This includes the original document and an erratum for the effective area tables
Published: 2007
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14. Five years of searches for point sources of astrophysical neutrinos with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope

Author: M. V. D'Agostino, C. Song, Albrecht Karle, C. T. Day, J. Pretz, J. M. Joseph, I. Liubarsky, Matthias Leuthold, K. Hultqvist, D. R. Nygren, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, E. A. Strahler, Carlos Pérez de los Heros, Jenni Adams, Marek Kowalski, D. Leier, T. Messarius, Kara Hoffman, Wolfgang Rhode, A. Meli, Christian Bohm, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, David A. Schneider, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, H. Waldmann, P. Berghaus, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, C. Wendt, W. Wagner, T. Feser, Christian Spiering, F. Descamps, P. Roth, H. S. Matis, H. Miyamoto, J. E. Hart, K. Rawlins, D. Berley, M. Ribordy, G. C. Hill, R. G. Stokstad, Joseph T. Hodges, Justin Vandenbroucke, M. Kestel, Johan Lundberg, C. Walck, H. A. B. Johansson, H. Landsman, B. Christy, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, K. Helbing, N. Kitamura, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, R. Morse, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, N. van Eijndhoven, A. Ishihara, J. Bolmont, D. Seckel, M. Tluczykont, J. Dreyer, Teresa Montaruli, T. Castermans, K. Hoshina, D. Z. Besson, Glenn Spiczak, L. Gerhardt, Gerald Przybylski, S. Klepser, S. Robbins, B. Hommez, Heiko Geenen, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, A. Piegsa, P. A. Toale, J. L. Kelley, D. Hays, E. Blaufuss, C. De Clercq, O. Fadiran, D. F. Cowen, B. Hughey, A. W. Jones, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. E. Sopher, K. Mase, T. McCauley, M. C. Stoufer, A. Achterberg, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, M. Solarz, S. M. Movit, K. Han, John Clem, C.P. Burgess, D. J. Boersma, D. Rutledge, D.W. Atlee, Ignacio Taboada, K. Beattie, Olga Botner, A. Morey, H. Leich, O. Tarasova, Subir Sarkar, X. W. Xu, A. Mokhtarani, Christopher Wiebusch, R. Wischnewski, M. Hellwig, A. Van Overloop, Hermann Kolanoski, R. Porrata, Peter Mészáros, J. P. Hulss, Elisa Bernardini, P. B. Price, K. H. Sulanke, H. G. Sander, T. J. Sumner, L. Demirörs, R. M. Gunasingha, Hakki Ögelman, A. J. Smith, T. O. B. Schmidt, G. Kohnen, T. Stezelberger, R. W. Ellsworth, T. Burgess, John N. Bahcall, S. Seunarine, Michael Stamatikos, S. Grullon, J. A. Goodman, Kurt Woschnagg, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, Paul Evenson, Dmitry Chirkin, J. W. Nam, L. Thollander, Karen Andeen, S. Stoyanov, K. Münich, P. Steffen, R. Nahnhauer, J. Lünemann, J. Ahrens, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, A. Gross, A. Silvestri, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, George Japaridze, S. Hundertmark, G. W. Sullivan, Elisa Resconi, S. Patton, Carlos Pena-Garay, Torsten Harenberg, Kirill Filimonov, Ph. Herquet, John Heise, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, T. Becka, K.-H. Becker, H. Wissing, L. Köpke, J. K. Becker, D. Bertrand, S. Böser, H. Kawai, Kael Hanson, S. R. Klein, T. Hauschildt, J. C. Gallagher, Adam Bouchta, Allan Hallgren, G. Wikström, M. Gurtner, T. Straszheim, R. Gozzini, Dirk Ryckbosch, A. Tepe, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, P. Niessen, K. H. Kampert, M. Krasberg, B. D. Fox, C. P. McParland, Carsten Rott, S. Yoshida, A. Goldschmidt, J. P. Dumm, J. Eisch, R. Hardtke, M. R. Duvoort, B. Baret, S. Tilav, P. O. Hulth, S. Schlenstedt, Anna Davour, J. Braun, and Janet Jacobsen
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Sky, Astronomia, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, ddc:530, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy, media_common
Abstract: We report the results of a five-year survey of the northern sky to search for point sources of high energy neutrinos. The search was performed on the data collected with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope in the years 2000 to 2004, with a live-time of 1001 days. The sample of selected events consists of 4282 upward going muon tracks with high reconstruction quality and an energy larger than about 100 GeV. We found no indication of point sources of neutrinos and set 90% confidence level flux upper limits for an all-sky search and also for a catalog of 32 selected sources. For the all-sky search, our average (over declination and right ascension) experimentally observed upper limit \Phi^{0}=(E/TeV)^\gamma d\Phi/dE to a point source flux of muon and tau neutrino (detected as muons arising from taus) is \Phi_{\nu_\mu}^{0} + \Phi_{\nu_\tau}^{0} = 11.1 x 10^{-11} TeV^-1 cm^-2 s^-1, in the energy range between 1.6 TeV and 2.5 PeV for a flavor ratio \Phi_{\nu_\mu}^{0} / \Phi_{\nu_\tau}^{0}= 1 and assuming a spectral index \gamma=2. It should be noticed that this is the first time we set upper limits to the flux of muon and tau neutrinos. In previous papers we provided muon neutrino upper limits only neglecting the sensitivity to a signal from tau neutrinos, which improves the limits by 10% to 16%. The value of the average upper limit presented in this work corresponds to twice the limit on the muon neutrino flux \Phi_{\nu_\mu}^{0} = 5.5 \cdot 10^{-11} TeV^-1 cm^-2 s^-1. A stacking analysis for preselected active galactic nuclei and a search based on the angular separation of the events were also performed. We report the most stringent flux upper limits to date, including the results of a detailed assessment of systematic uncertainties., Comment: 32 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D
Published: 2007
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15. Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector

Author: A. Achterberg, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. Ahrens, K. Andeen, D. W. Atlee, J. N. Bahcall, X. Bai, B. Baret, M. Bartelt, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, K. Beattie, T. Becka, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, A. Davour, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, T. DeYoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feser, K. Filimonov, B. D. Fox, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, S. Grullon, A. Groß, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, J. E. Hart, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, J. Heise, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. Hodges, K. D. Hoffman, B. Hommez, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J.-P. Hülß, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, A. Jones, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Karle, H. Kawai, J. L. Kelley, M. Kestel, N. Kitamura, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Landsman, H. Leich, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, T. McCauley, C. P. McParland, A. Meli, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, H. Miyamoto, A. Mokhtarani, T. Montaruli, A. Morey, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph. Olbrechts, A. Olivas, S. Patton, C. Peña-Garay, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, F. Refflinghaus, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, S. Robbins, P. Roth, C. Rott, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, S. Sarkar, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, D. Seckel, S. H. Seo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, C. Song, J. E. Sopher, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, P. Steffen, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, B. Voigt, W. Wagner, C. Walck, H. Waldmann, M. Walter, Y.-R. Wang, C. Wendt, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida, and J. D. Zornoza
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Muon, Solar flare, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Gamma ray, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Galaxy, law.invention, Pulsar, law, Astronomia, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Flare
Abstract: On December 27th 2004, a giant gamma flare from the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater 1806-20 saturated many satellite gamma-ray detectors. This event was by more than two orders of magnitude the brightest cosmic transient ever observed. If the gamma emission extends up to TeV energies with a hard power law energy spectrum, photo-produced muons could be observed in surface and underground arrays. Moreover, high-energy neutrinos could have been produced during the SGR giant flare if there were substantial baryonic outflow from the magnetar. These high-energy neutrinos would have also produced muons in an underground array. AMANDA-II was used to search for downgoing muons indicative of high-energy gammas and/or neutrinos. The data revealed no significant signal. The upper limit on the gamma flux at 90% CL is dN/dE < 0.05 (0.5) TeV^-1 m^-2 s^-1 for gamma=-1.47 (-2). Similarly, we set limits on the normalization constant of the high-energy neutrino emission of 0.4 (6.1) TeV^-1 m^-2 s^-1 for gamma=-1.47 (-2)., 14 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2006

16. The IceCube prototype string in Amanda

Author: Kael Hanson, J. K. Becker, S. Stoyanov, P. Roth, Peter Mészáros, K. Han, B. Hommez, M. M. Foerster, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, D. Z. Besson, J. Lünemann, C.P. Burgess, E. A. Strahler, R. C. Bay, D. Bertrand, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, A. C. Pohl, S. R. Klein, G. S. Japaridze, J. Bolmont, A. Tepe, A. W. Jones, M. Krasberg, R. Hardtke, T. Hauschildt, P. Berghaus, Johan Lundberg, H. S. Matis, Anna Davour, K. H. Sulanke, D. Turcan, D. Hardtke, J. Braun, S. Yoshida, S. Klepser, Francis Halzen, Janet Jacobsen, M. Solarz, D. R. Nygren, T. Griesel, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, R. Ganugapati, J. E. Sopher, N. van Eijndhoven, P. Herquet, D. F. Cowen, J. E. Hart, K. Münich, Y. Hasegawa, T. DeYoung, S. J. Patton, J. Gallagher, Adam Bouchta, A. Piegsa, A. Achterberg, K. Andeen, C.P. de los Heros, B. Semburg, M. Labare, P. A. Evenson, Marek Kowalski, P. B. Price, S. Schlenstedt, M. Gurtner, H. Wissing, K. Mase, L. Demirors, S. Böser, R. W. Ellsworth, M. Tluczykont, Allan Hallgren, David A. Schneider, J.P. Hulss, T. O. B. Schmidt, A. Gross, G. C. Hill, B. D. Fox, A. Van Overloop, B. Baret, J. W. Nam, S. Grullon, Kurt Woschnagg, L. Thollander, F. Descamps, R. Ehrlich, D. Seckel, Heiko Geenen, P. A. Toale, J. Adams, A. Morey, J. P. Dumm, H. Landsman, A. R. Fazely, K. Kuehn, R. M. Gunasingha, Wolfgang Wagner, Dmitry Chirkin, T. Burgess, G. Kohnen, Albrecht Karle, J. L. Kelley, D. J. Boersma, Michael Stamatikos, Timo Karg, Gerald Przybylski, M. Walter, J. A. Goodman, A. Silvestri, K. Hoshina, David R. Williams, A. J. S. Smith, T. J. Sumner, H. Kolanoski, M. R. Duvoort, Glenn Spiczak, S. M. Movit, M. Ribordy, T. Stezelberger, R. Porrata, J. Dreyer, L. Gerhardt, J. Heise, K. Helbing, P. Steffen, Olga Botner, B. Hughey, A. Olivas, C. Song, J. N. Bahcall, Elisa Resconi, Anna Franckowiak, J. Hodges, R. Nahnhauer, Hakki Ögelman, C. T. Day, Elisa Bernardini, J. Clem, E. Blaufuss, J. Ahrens, T. Messarius, D. Hays, O. Tarasova, T. Kowarik, S. Hundertmark, B. Voigt, B. Christy, R. G. Stokstad, Xinhua Bai, R. Wischnewski, G. W. Sullivan, K. Hultqvist, N. Kitamura, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, Carlos Pena-Garay, D. Leier, O. Fadiran, A. Rizzo, T. Straszheim, S. Robbins, Wolfgang Rhode, A. Meli, H. Waldmann, T. McCauley, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, Christian Spiering, L. Köpke, Justin Vandenbroucke, Subir Sarkar, K. Beattie, Surujhdeo Seunarine, K. Rawlins, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, K. D. Hoffman, A. Ishihara, T. Stanev, M. C. Stoufer, D. Rutledge, H. Leich, J. C. Diaz-Velez, M. V. D'Agostino, H. Kawai, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, J. M. Joseph, I. Liubarsky, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wendt, Carsten Rott, R. Morse, T. Montaruli, H. Miyamoto, Xianwu Xu, C. Bohm, C. Walck, D. Berley, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, P. Niessen, G. Wikstrom, I. Taboada, J. Auffenberg, T. Castermans, H. Johansson, T. Becka, J. Pretz, V. Viscomi, K.-H. Becker, A. Mokhtarani, C. De Clercq, M. Inaba, Markus Ackermann, Dirk Ryckbosch, S. W. Barwick, W. R. Edwards, S. Tilav, R. Gozzini, C. P. McParland, and A. Goldschmidt
Subjects: Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Photon, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Amanda, IceCube, Data acquisition, Signal digitization, Instrumentation, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (Amanda) is a high-energy neutrino telescope. It is a lattice of optical modules (OM) installed in the clear ice below the South Pole Station. Each OM contains a photomultiplier tube (PMT) that detects photons of Cherenkov light generated in the ice by muons and electrons. IceCube is a cubic-kilometer-sized expansion of Amanda currently being built at the South Pole. In IceCube the PMT signals are digitized already in the optical modules and transmitted to the surface. A prototype string of 41 OMs equipped with this new all-digital technology was deployed in the Amanda array in the year 2000. In this paper we describe the technology and demonstrate that this string serves as a proof of concept for the IceCube array. Our investigations show that the OM timing accuracy is 5 ns. Atmospheric muons are detected in excellent agreement with expectations with respect to both angular distribution and absolute rate.
Published: 2006

17. Limits on the muon flux from neutralino annihilations at the center of the Earth with AMANDA

Author: S.W. Barwick, P. Berghaus, T. Becka, A.C. Pohl, George Japaridze, John Joseph, D. J. Boersma, J. Clem, A. W. Jones, M. Ribordy, A. Davour, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. L. Kelley, H.S. Matis, R. Wischnewski, K. Woschnagg, D.W. Atlee, J. Madsen, P. Ekström, D. Berley, W.R. Edwards, P.O. Hulth, R. Ehrlich, K. Hultqvist, P. Steffen, H. Geenen, J. E. Hart, G. M. Spiczak, A. Meli, M. Kestel, Ph. Olbrechts, K. Kuehn, C.H. Wiebusch, D.Z. Besson, Elisa Resconi, D. Rutledge, L. Thollander, Karen Andeen, T. Neunhöffer, K. Han, J. Ahrens, P. Marciniewski, H. Leich, James E. Braun, R. Nahnhauer, S. Hundertmark, Hakki Ögelman, J. Jacobsen, A. Morey, K.-H. Becker, A. Mokhtarani, D. Bertrand, H. Kawai, E. Blaufuss, T. Castermans, Y. Minaeva, S.M. Movit, J.K. Becker, G.W. Sullivan, P. Herquet, Jodi Cooley, A. Achterberg, K. Beattie, K. Rawlins, A. Silvestri, Elisa Bernardini, H.-G. Sander, R.G. Stokstad, Albrecht Karle, M.G. Greene, H. Miyamoto, Jenni Adams, P. Nießen, M. V. D'Agostino, T. Feser, Soebur Razzaque, K. Münich, G. Wikstrom, C. Song, Peter Mészáros, K. Mase, A. Goldschmidt, X. Bai, J. Dreyer, M. C. Stoufer, O. Bouhali, I. Liubarsky, G.T. Przybylski, R. Ganugapati, R.W. Ellsworth, M.R. Duvoort, C. De Clercq, Teresa Montaruli, E. A. Strahler, G. Kohnen, H. Wissing, R. Schwarz, M. Ackermann, P.B. Price, A. Rizzo, C. Spiering, T. Hauschildt, J. Vandenbroucke, R. M. Gunasingha, D. F. Cowen, Carlos Pena-Garay, M. Hellwig, A. Piegsa, M. Bartelt, S. Patton, Michael Stamatikos, S. Tilav, D. Seckel, R. Morse, J. Lundberg, K. Helbing, Spencer Klein, W. Rhode, J. Rodrı´guez Martino, John Heise, J.A. Goodman, O. Tarasova, R. Porrata, S. Klepser, S. Grullon, Kara Hoffman, A. Tepe, W. Wagner, F. Refflinghaus, M. Krasberg, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Francis Halzen, B. Voigt, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, T.J. Sumner, J. Gallagher, S. Robbins, D. R. Nygren, J.E. Sopher, O. Fadiran, J.W. Nam, C.P. McParland, M. Leuthold, Chris Wendt, B. Baret, D. Hubert, J. Conrad, T. McCauley, T.K. Gaisser, Dmitry Chirkin, D. Pieloth, S. Böser, A. Groß, L. Köpke, Carsten Rott, K. Hoshina, S. Seunarine, A. Olivas, J. Pretz, Adam Bouchta, D. Turčan, M. Solarz, B. Hughey, D. Hardtke, Xianwu Xu, C. Bohm, H. Waldmann, Dawn Williams, Allan Hallgren, T. Harenberg, N. van Eijndhoven, J.-P. Hülß, D. Hays, C.P. Burgess, K.-H. Kampert, M. Walter, S. Yoshida, Hermann Kolanoski, Joseph T. Hodges, T. Stezelberger, I. Taboada, K. H. Sulanke, R. Bay, H. Landsman, T. Stanev, P. Miočinović, Kael Hanson, R. Hardtke, J.N. Bahcall, K. Filimonov, C. Walck, C. T. Day, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, A.R. Fazely, P.A. Evenson, T. Messarius, S. Schlenstedt, T. Burgess, Olga Botner, M. Gurtner, R. Gozzini, Aya Ishihara, A.J. Smith, L. Gerhardt, S. Stoyanov, David A. Schneider, G. C. Hill, G. Yodh, Tyce DeYoung, and P. A. Toale
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Particle physics, AMANDA, Annihilation, Muon, Dark matter, IceCube, Neutralino, Neutrino telescopes, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear physics, WIMP, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract: A search has been performed for nearly vertically upgoing neutrino-induced muons with the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), using data taken over the three year period 1997–99. No excess above the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been found. Upper limits at 90% confidence level have been set on the annihilation rate of neutralinos at the center of the Earth, as well as on the muon flux at AMANDA induced by neutrinos created by the annihilation products.
Published: 2006

18. First year performance of the IceCube neutrino telescope

Author: A. J. Smith, R. Wischnewski, Kael Hanson, T. Burgess, K. Hoshina, Steven W. Barwick, Subir Sarkar, Christian Bohm, Glenn Spiczak, Karen Andeen, P. Steffen, D. Z. Besson, J. Haugen, H. S. Matis, F. Refflinghaus, B. Hughey, David A. Schneider, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, E. Blaufuss, Albrecht Karle, K. H. Becker, J. E. Sopher, K. Mase, A. Elcheikh, J. Pretz, J. W. Nam, L. Thollander, G. C. Hill, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, A. Muratas, L. Demirörs, Claire Pettersen, D. Seckel, S. Grullon, Heiko Geenen, A. R. Fazely, Elisa Bernardini, P. A. Toale, P. Berghaus, T. McCauley, G. W. Sullivan, M. C. Stoufer, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, H. Landsman, J. Ahrens, G. Kohnen, R. W. Ellsworth, Aya Ishihara, J. M. Joseph, J.N. Bahcall, H. Miyamoto, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, T. Stezelberger, P. Wisniewski, M. Krasberg, M. V. D'Agostino, M. Kestel, M. Ribordy, Jenni Adams, A. Laundrie, S. M. Movit, K. Han, Christian Spiering, M. H. Whitney, D. Hays, Anna Davour, J.-P. Hülß, Ignacio Taboada, T. Messarius, C. Song, Olga Botner, Jay Gallagher, Joseph T. Hodges, W. Wagner, Justin Vandenbroucke, Klas Hultqvist, Peter Mészáros, K. Helbing, D. Hardtke, R. G. Stokstad, P. Herquet, A. Mokhtarani, H. Kawai, Chris Wendt, R. C. Bay, Janet Jacobsen, S. Yoshida, Xinhua Bai, C. T. Day, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, N. Kitamura, D. Berley, S. Stoyanov, A. W. Jones, I. Liubarsky, J. Dreyer, T. Castermans, A. Groß, E. A. Strahler, J. Cherwinka, R. M. Gunasingha, A. Silvestri, Ph. Olbrechts, B. Voigt, John Clem, M. Solarz, Christopher Wiebusch, J. E. Hart, Michael Stamatikos, C. Walck, D.W. Atlee, J. A. Goodman, R. Porrata, C.P. Burgess, J. Eisch, D. J. Boersma, J. Baccus, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, C. Mackenzie, P. O. Hulth, Hermann Kolanoski, S. Böser, O. Tarasova, Hakki Ögelman, N. van Eijndhoven, R. Morse, Gerald Przybylski, T. Feser, S. Robbins, J.K. Becker, K.-H. Sulanke, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, George Japaridze, Elisa Resconi, S. Hundertmark, James E. Braun, T. Hauschildt, Adam Bouchta, Allan Hallgren, Torsten Harenberg, B. D. Fox, L. Gerhardt, A. Piegsa, A. Rizzo, C. De Clercq, A. Morey, A. Van Overloop, K. Rawlins, Markus Ackermann, K. Münich, M.G. Greene, D. Bertrand, S. Patton, James Madsen, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, Soebur Razzaque, Carlos Pena-Garay, T. DeYoung, O. Fadiran, H. Waldmann, Teresa Montaruli, P. Sandstrom, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, M. Walter, S. Seunarine, D. Rutledge, M. Gurtner, R. Gozzini, M. Bartelt, A. Tepe, R. Nahnhauer, S. Klepser, K. Beattie, P. B. Price, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Dmitry Chirkin, Johan Lundberg, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, D. F. Cowen, A. Achterberg, Carsten Rott, Dave Nygren, Xianwu Xu, R. Hardtke, H. Wissing, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, T. Becka, G. Wikström, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, H. Leich, A. Meli, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, Spencer Klein, Kara Hoffman, Wolfgang Rhode, J. L. Kelley, S. Schlenstedt, M. R. Duvoort, B. Baret, S. Tilav, P. Nießen, C. P. McParland, and A. Goldschmidt
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Photomultiplier, Muon, Performance, Detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Amanda, IceCube, Detection, Data acquisition, First year, IceTop, Neutrino, South pole, Astronomia, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The first sensors of the IceCube neutrino observatory were deployed at the South Pole during the austral summer of 2004-2005 and have been producing data since February 2005. One string of 60 sensors buried in the ice and a surface array of eight ice Cherenkov tanks took data until December 2005 when deployment of the next set of strings and tanks began. We have analyzed these data, demonstrating that the performance of the system meets or exceeds design requirements. Times are determined across the whole array to a relative precision of better than 3 ns, allowing reconstruction of muon tracks and light bursts in the ice, of air-showers in the surface array and of events seen in coincidence by surface and deep-ice detectors separated by up to 2.5 km. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2006

19. Optical properties of deep glacial ice at the South Pole

Author: Christian Spiering, P. Ekström, P. Berghaus, Othmane Bouhali, S. Böser, I. Liubarsky, M. Kestel, Joseph T. Hodges, C. H. Wiebusch, David A. Schneider, P. B. Price, T. Neunhöffer, G. C. Hill, Albrecht Karle, R. Morse, K. Rawlins, D. J. Boersma, Heiko Geenen, Tyce DeYoung, Y. Minaeva, K. Hultqvist, Elisa Bernardini, Kurt Woschnagg, Glenn Spiczak, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, C.P. Burgess, M. Hellwig, B. Hughey, T. Messarius, P. Herquet, A. Silvestri, James Madsen, Dmitry Chirkin, H. G. Sander, Kael Hanson, K. Kuehn, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, B. Collin, R. G. Stokstad, L. Gerhardt, R. Wischnewski, M. Solarz, Jodi Cooley, Ignacio Taboada, M. Ribordy, K. Helbing, Olga Botner, Johan Lundberg, O. Tarasova, R. Schwarz, P. Steffen, J. Rodríguez Martino, R. Nahnhauer, T. Burgess, K. H. Sulanke, P. Miocinovic, J. Ahrens, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, S. Richter, G. Kohnen, Michael Stamatikos, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, D. F. Cowen, H. S. Matis, Marek Kowalski, Gerald Przybylski, H. Leich, Francis Halzen, M. Bartelt, S. Schlenstedt, Xinhua Bai, R. Porrata, D. Bertrand, Axel Groß, J. K. Becker, C. De Clercq, T. Hauschildt, Markus Ackermann, M. Walter, S. W. Barwick, Adam Bouchta, C.P. de los Heros, Allan Hallgren, R. Lang, C. Walck, P. O. Hulth, Thomas K. Gaisser, Elisa Resconi, H. Wissing, S. Hundertmark, Torsten Harenberg, Wolfgang Wagner, T. Becka, Pawel Marciniewski, Anna Davour, Janet Jacobsen, D. Steele, Wolfgang Rhode, P. Niessen, T. Castermans, Karl-Heinz Kampert, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, S. Tilav, K.-H. Becker, C. P. McParland, A. Goldschmidt, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, Ph. Olbrechts, K. Münich, J. W. Nam, and L. Thollander
Subjects: Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, Mineralogy, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Light scattering, Physics::Geophysics, Ice core, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, Scattering, Paleontology, Forestry, Glacier, Molar absorptivity, Wavelength, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Attenuation coefficient, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Geology
Abstract: We have remotely mapped optical scattering and absorption in glacial ice at the South Pole for wavelengths between 313 and 560 nm and depths between 1100 and 2350 m. We used pulsed and continuous light sources embedded with the AMANDA neutrino telescope, an array of more than six hundred photomultiplier tubes buried deep in the ice. At depths greater than 1300 m, both the scattering coefficient and absorptivity follow vertical variations in concentration of dust impurities, which are seen in ice cores from other Antarctic sites and which track climatological changes. The scattering coefficient varies by a factor of seven, and absorptivity (for wavelengths less than ∼450 nm) varies by a factor of three in the depth range between 1300 and 2300 m, where four dust peaks due to stadials in the late Pleistocene have been identified. In our absorption data, we also identify a broad peak due to the Last Glacial Maximum around 1300 m. In the scattering data, this peak is partially masked by scattering on residual air bubbles, whose contribution dominates the scattering coefficient in shallower ice but vanishes at ∼1350 m where all bubbles have converted to nonscattering air hydrates. The wavelength dependence of scattering by dust is described by a power law with exponent -0.90 ± 0.03, independent of depth. The wavelength dependence of absorptivity in the studied wavelength range is described by the sum of two components: a power law due to absorption by dust, with exponent -1.08 ± 0.01 and a normalization proportional to dust concentration that varies with depth; and a rising exponential due to intrinsic ice absorption which dominates at wavelengths greater than ∼500 nm. Copyright 2006 by the American Geophysical Union.
Published: 2006
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20. On the selection of AGN neutrino source candidates for a source stacking analysis with neutrino telescopes

Author: J.K. Becker, O. Tarasova, H. Wissing, H. Waldmann, X. Bai, W. Wagner, J. Braun, J.N. Bahcall, J.L. Kelley, S. Patton, C. Walck, S. Seunarine, A. Groß, K. Helbing, B. Voigt, R. Ehrlich, K. Kuehn, M. Bartelt, K. Filimonov, M.G. Greene, R. Nahnhauer, R. Bay, C. Spiering, Dawn Williams, K. Mase, N. Kitamura, R. Morse, Soebur Razzaque, G.W. Sullivan, G. Wikström, L. Köpke, J. E. Hart, J. Gallagher, D. Hubert, W. Rhode, D. F. Cowen, T.K. Gaisser, D. Hays, J. Madsen, C. Song, Ph. Olbrechts, R. Hardtke, J. Ahrens, A. Karle, T. Castermans, D. Seckel, J. Vandenbroucke, P. L. Biermann, A. Olivas, M. Kestel, T. Hauschildt, S.W. Barwick, T. Stezelberger, D. Bertrand, A. Meli, D. Chirkin, R.W. Ellsworth, D.Z. Besson, S. Grullon, B. Baret, Adam Bouchta, P.A. Evenson, H. Geenen, Carsten Rott, J.A. Goodman, A. Silvestri, K. Beattie, X.W. Xu, Karl-Heinz Kampert, D. Berley, D. Pieloth, C.H. Wiebusch, D. Steele, D.W. Atlee, E. Blaufuss, Allan Hallgren, H. Leich, L. Thollander, M. Walter, M. Krasberg, S. Hundertmark, A. Goldschmidt, T. Burgess, H. Miyamoto, Peter Mészáros, Carlos Pena-Garay, J. Lundberg, J.W. Nam, A. Rizzo, D. Turčan, A.C. Pohl, H.-G. Sander, P.O. Hulth, S. H. Seo, I. Liubarsky, T. Montaruli, D. Rutledge, J.D. Zornoza, F. Halzen, K. Han, J.M. Joseph, C. Bohm, Elisa Bernardini, H. Landsman, K. Hanson, J. Dreyer, K. Hoshina, H. Ögelman, John Heise, S. Böser, K. Rawlins, J. Cooley, D. Schneider, J. Conrad, T. Stanev, C. Wendt, B. Hughey, Jenni Adams, P. Desiati, T. Feser, M. Leuthold, K. Münich, M.C. Stoufer, T. Harenberg, J. Clem, K. Hultqvist, R.H. Minor, Y.-R. Wang, R.G. Stokstad, Jennifer Pretz, R. Lang, H.S. Matis, R. Porrata, S. Klepser, M. Solarz, D.J. Boersma, P. Steffen, M. Ackermann, A.R. Fazely, C. De Clercq, P. Miočinović, W.R. Edwards, M. Stamatikos, G. Kohnen, M.R. Duvoort, A. Mokhtarani, R. M. Gunasingha, R. Ganugapati, M.V. D’Agostino, C.P. McParland, George Japaridze, P. Nießen, S. Yoshida, Elisa Resconi, A. Achterberg, P. Herquet, G.T. Przybylski, P.B. Price, S. Robbins, S. Stoyanov, G. Yodh, I. Taboada, F. Refflinghaus, K.D. Hoffman, C.T. Day, K. Woschnagg, L. Gerhardt, P. Berghaus, D. Hardtke, C.P. Burgess, A. Ishihara, Hermann Kolanoski, A.J. Smith, K.-H. Sulanke, B. Collin, T.J. Sumner, J.E. Sopher, T. Messarius, A. Tepe, H. Kawai, J. Jacobsen, K.-H. Becker, G.M. Spiczak, C. Pérez de los Heros, D.R. Nygren, S. M. Movit, A. W. Jones, R. Wischnewski, A. Davour, N. van Eijndhoven, M. Hellwig, S. Schlenstedt, S. Tilav, J. Hodges, A. Morey, S. Richter, T. Becka, Olga Botner, M. Ribordy, G. C. Hill, T. McCauley, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, and S.R. Klein
Subjects: AMANDA, Active galactic nucleus, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, IceCube, Luminosity, AGN, Neutrinos, Blazar, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Point sources, Source stacking, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Neutrino detector, Astronomia, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract: The sensitivity of a search for sources of TeV neutrinos can be improved by grouping potential sources together into generic classes in a procedure that is known as source stacking. In this paper, we define catalogs of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and use them to perform a source stacking analysis. The grouping of AGN into classes is done in two steps: first, AGN classes are defined, then, sources to be stacked are selected assuming that a potential neutrino flux is linearly correlated with the photon luminosity in a certain energy band (radio, IR, optical, keV, GeV, TeV). Lacking any secure detailed knowledge on neutrino production in AGN, this correlation is motivated by hadronic AGN models, as briefly reviewed in this paper. The source stacking search for neutrinos from generic AGN classes is illustrated using the data collected by the AMANDA-II high energy neutrino detector during the year 2000. No significant excess for any of the suggested groups was found., Comment: 43 pages, 12 figures, accepted by Astroparticle Physics
Published: 2006

21. Limits to the muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA detector

Author: K. Rawlins, R. Schwarz, Jodi Cooley, Ignacio Taboada, I. Liubarsky, A. Gross, Othmane Bouhali, Torsten Harenberg, A. C. Pohl, James Madsen, C. H. Wiebusch, T. Becka, P. Ekström, P. Berghaus, Pawel Marciniewski, S. Richter, M. Bartelt, M. Kestel, David A. Schneider, Johan Lundberg, G. C. Hill, Anna Davour, T. DeYoung, Xinhua Bai, K. Kuehn, S. Schlenstedt, Heiko Geenen, O. Tarasova, R. Morse, Karl-Heinz Kampert, C. P. McParland, Matthias Leuthold, D. J. Boersma, H. S. Matis, Glenn Spiczak, Janet Jacobsen, D. R. Nygren, R. Ganugapati, Francis Halzen, H. Leich, R. Porrata, A. Silvestri, K. Hultqvist, D. F. Cowen, D. Hubert, S. Hundertmark, P. Herquet, A. Goldschmidt, Marek Kowalski, P. B. Price, J. K. Becker, Ph. Olbrechts, Hakki Ögelman, L. Köpke, C. De Clercq, D. Steele, K. Hanson, B. Hughey, M. Ribordy, K. Helbing, K. Münich, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, L. Gerhardt, Kurt Woschnagg, K.-H. Becker, P. Steffen, Christian Spiering, S. Robbins, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, J. Rodríguez Martino, Wolfgang Rhode, P. Miocinovic, T. Hauschildt, S. Böser, Dmitry Chirkin, Joseph T. Hodges, Wolfgang Wagner, M. Hellwig, M. Walter, H. G. Sander, Elisa Bernardini, Y. Minaeva, M. V. D'Agostino, R. Nahnhauer, R. Lang, C. Walck, P. O. Hulth, Yi Wang, B. Collin, Adam Bouchta, C.P. de los Heros, Paolo Desiati, Thomas K. Gaisser, J. Ahrens, J. W. Nam, Allan Hallgren, L. Thollander, H. Wissing, P. Niessen, T. Messarius, C.P. Burgess, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, K. H. Sulanke, Elisa Resconi, T. Castermans, S. Tilav, Michael Stamatikos, T. Neunhöffer, Albrecht Karle, T. Burgess, D. Bertrand, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, G. Kohnen, Gerald Przybylski, M. Solarz, and Olga Botner
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), AMANDA, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Dark matter, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Neutralino, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Neutrino telescopes, Nuclear physics, Neutrino detector, Muon flux, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: A search for an excess of muon-neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino detector using data collected in 143.7 days of live-time in 2001. No excess over the expected atmospheric neutrino background has been observed. An upper limit at 90% confidence level has been obtained on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun, as well as the corresponding muon flux limit at the Earth, both as functions of the neutralino mass in the range 100 GeV-5000 GeV., Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Astropart. Phys
Published: 2006

22. New results from the antarctic muon and neutrino detector array

Author: K. Woschnagg, M. Ackermann, J. Ahrens, H. Albrecht, D.W. Atlee, X. Bai, R. Bay, M. Bartelt, S.W. Barwick, T. Becka, K.-H. Becker, J.K. Becker, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D.J. Boersma, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, O. Bouhali, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, J.A. Coarasa, B. Collin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D.F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, P. Ekström, T. Feser, T.K. Gaisser, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, A. Groß, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, T. Hauschildt, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G.C. Hill, J. Hodges, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P.O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, K.-H. Kampert, A. Karle, J. Kelley, M. Kestel, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, P. Marciniewski, H.S. Matis, C.P. McParland, T. Messarius, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, R. Morse, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J.W. Nam, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D.R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph. Olbrechts, C. Pérez de los Heros, A.C. Pohl, R. Porrata, P.B. Price, G.T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, H.-G. Sander, K. Schinarakis, S. Schlenstedt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, S.H. Seo, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G.M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R.G. Stokstad, K.-H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, J. Vandenbroucke, L.C. Voicu, W. Wagner, C. Walck, M. Walter, Y.R. Wang, C.H. Wiebusch, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, and G. Yodh
Subjects: Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Supernova, Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We present recent results from the Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) on searches for high-energy neutrinos of extraterrestrial origin. We have searched for a diffuse flux of neutrinos, neutrino point sources and neutrinos from GRBs and from WIMP annihilations in the Sun or the center of the Earth. We also present a preliminary result on the first energy spectrum above a few TeV for atmospheric neutrinos., 8 pages, 8 figures, to be published in Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplement): Proceedings of the XXIst International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Paris, June 14-19, 2004
Published: 2005

23. New results from the AMANDA Neutrino telescope

Author: Elisa Bernardini, M. Ackermann, J. Ahrens, X. Bai, R. Bay, M. Bartelt, S.W. Barwick, T. Becka, J.K. Becker, K.H. Becker, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D.J. Boersma, S. Böser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, O. Bouhali, J. Braun, C. Burgess, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, A. Chen, D. Chirkin, B. Collin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D.F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, P. Ekström, T. Feser, T.K. Gaisser, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Groß, A. Goldschmidt, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, D. Hardtke, R. Hardtke, T. Harenberg, T. Hauschildt, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G.C. Hill, J. Hodges, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P.O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, K.H. Kampert, A. Karle, J.L. Kelley, M. Kestel, G. Kohnen, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, I. Liubarsky, J. Lundberg, J. Madsen, P. Marciniewski, H.S. Matis, C.P. McParland, T. Messarius, Y. Minaeva, P. Miočinović, R. Morse, K. Münich, J.K. Nam, R. Nahnhauer, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D.R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph. Olbrechts, C. Pérez de los Heros, A.C. Pohl, R. Porrata, P.B. Price, G.T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, J. Rodríguez Martino, H.G. Sander, K. Schinarakig, S. Schlenstedt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G.M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R.G. Stokstad, K.H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, L. Thollander, S. Tilav, W. Wagner, C. Walck, M. Walter, Y.R. Wang, C. Wendt, C.H. Wiebusch, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, and G. Yodh
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published: 2005

24. Flux limits on ultra high energy neutrinos with AMANDA-B10

Author: Kael Hanson, M. Ribordy, M. Hellwig, K. Helbing, David A. Schneider, G. C. Hill, Torsten Harenberg, Heiko Geenen, Ph. Olbrechts, P. Steffen, J. Rodríguez Martino, H. G. Sander, P. Ekström, K. Münich, Yi Wang, R. G. Stokstad, Paolo Desiati, H. S. Matis, B. Collin, J. Ahrens, R. Wischnewski, Johan Lundberg, M. Kestel, A. C. Pohl, Pawel Marciniewski, M. Solarz, T. DeYoung, J. K. Becker, R. Ganugapati, R. Nahnhauer, C.P. Burgess, Michael Stamatikos, S. Böser, S. Schlenstedt, Francis Halzen, D. Rutledge, D. F. Cowen, M. Bartelt, Marek Kowalski, H. Leich, J. W. Nam, T. Hauschildt, R. Schwarz, Anna Davour, L. Thollander, P. B. Price, T. Burgess, Adam Bouchta, A. Silvestri, Xinhua Bai, K. Rawlins, James Madsen, Axel Groß, C. H. Wiebusch, Allan Hallgren, M. Krasberg, K. H. Sulanke, J. L. Kelley, D.W. Atlee, R. Porrata, Kurt Woschnagg, Kyle T. Mandli, Janet Jacobsen, L. Gerhardt, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, Glenn Spiczak, Hakki Ögelman, T. Neunhöffer, Albrecht Karle, B. Hughey, S. Hundertmark, D. J. Boersma, Elisa Bernardini, Elisa Resconi, Olga Botner, R. Morse, Dmitry Chirkin, K. Hultqvist, L. C. Voicu, J. Hodges, Wolfgang Wagner, T. Messarius, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, P. O. Hulth, Jodi Cooley, H. Wissing, S. Richter, James E. Braun, C. De Clercq, S. M. Movit, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, Gerald Przybylski, C. Walck, Christian Spiering, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, P. Miocinovic, M. Walter, K.-H. Becker, H. Albrecht, O. Tarasova, Y. Minaeva, S. Tilav, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, P. Herquet, Wolfgang Rhode, C. P. McParland, Jan Conrad, A. Goldschmidt, T. Feser, D. Bertrand, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, T. Coarasa, Karl-Heinz Kampert, D. Steele, P. Niessen, I. Taboada, T. Castermans, R. Hardtke, and Othmane Bouhali
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, AMANDA, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, UHE neutrinos, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino telescopes, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract: Data taken during 1997 with the AMANDA-B10 detector are searched for a diffuse flux of neutrinos of all flavors with energies above 10 16 eV. At these energies the Earth is opaque to neutrinos, and thus neutrino induced events are concentrated at the horizon. The background are large muon bundles from down-going atmospheric air shower events. No excess events above the background expectation are observed and a neutrino flux following E −2 , with an equal mix of all flavors, is limited to E 2 Φ (10 15 eV E 18 eV) ⩽ 0.99 × 10 −6 GeV cm −2 s −1 sr −1 at 90% confidence level. This is the most restrictive experimental bound placed by any neutrino detector at these energies. Bounds to specific extraterrestrial neutrino flux predictions are also presented.
Published: 2005

25. Search for Extraterrestrial Point Sources of Neutrinos with AMANDA-II

Author: K. Rawlins, James Madsen, H. Leich, David A. Schneider, D. J. Boersma, G. C. Hill, Heiko Geenen, J. P Dewulf, Olga Botner, Othmane Bouhali, Y. Minaeva, J.K. Becker, Glenn Spiczak, P. Miocinovic, Philip Olbrechts, T. Messarius, Christopher Wiebusch, Hakki Ögelman, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, C. Walck, R. Ganugapati, P. Steffen, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, B. Hughey, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, M. Ribordy, D. F. Cowen, I. Liubarsky, Marek Kowalski, Xinhua Bai, Gerald Przybylski, K. H. Sulanke, P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, Kurt Woschnagg, T. Hauschildt, K. Munich, I. Taboada, Dmitry Chirkin, A. Groß, C. P. McParland, Adam Bouchta, Allan Hallgren, S. Hundertmark, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, D. Bertrand, A. Chen, R. Hardtke, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, Wolfgang Rhode, Elisa Resconi, Torsten Harenberg, Julie Lamoureux, D. Steele, P. Niessen, Wolfgang Wagner, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, Yajun Wang, S. Schlenstedt, Freddy Binon, T. Burgess, A. C. Pohl, C. Wiedemann, Pawel Marciniewski, Ph. Herquet, Kael Hanson, Paolo Desiati, R. Nahnhauer, P. Ekström, T. Neunhöffer, M. Kestel, T. DeYoung, M. Hellwig, Staffan Carius, H. G. Sander, Albrecht Karle, Anna Davour, R. Porrata, B. Collin, Janet Jacobsen, P. O. Hulth, S. Böser, H. Wissing, S. Tilav, R. Schwarz, Kyle T. Mandli, R. Morse, A. Silvestri, H. S. Matis, Michael Stamatikos, A. Biron, L. Thollander, Francis Halzen, K. Helbing, J. Rodríguez Martino, Jodi Cooley, K. Hultqvist, S. Richter, R. G. Stokstad, J. Ahrens, R. Wischnewski, P. Lindahl, Christian Spiering, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, T. Castermans, C. De Clercq, S. W. Barwick, M. Gaug, Elisa Bernardini, and M. Solarz
Subjects: AMANDA, cosmic radiation [neutrino], Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, particle source [cosmic radiation], General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, magnetic [matter], numerical methods, ddc:550, quasar, Blazar, Astroparticle physics, Physics, photomultiplier, cosmic radiation [muon], water [Cherenkov counter], Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, Cosmic neutrino background, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, flux [cosmic radiation], blazar [AGN], data management, Neutrino, upper limit, experimental results
Abstract: We present the results of a search for point sources of high energy neutrinos in the northern hemisphere using AMANDA-II data collected in the year 2000. Included are flux limits on several AGN blazars, microquasars, magnetars and other candidate neutrino sources. A search for excesses above a random background of cosmic-ray-induced atmospheric neutrinos and misreconstructed downgoing cosmic-ray muons reveals no statistically significant neutrino point sources. We show that AMANDA-II has achieved the sensitivity required to probe known TeV gamma-ray sources such as the blazar Markarian 501 in its 1997 flaring state at a level where neutrino and gamma-ray fluxes are equal., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, submitted to PRL
Published: 2004
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26. Search for Neutrino-Induced Cascades with AMANDA

Author: Christian Spiering, D. J. Boersma, I. Liubarsky, A. Groß, Wolfgang Rhode, T. Hauschildt, M. Solarz, Jodi Cooley, R. Ganugapati, T. Burgess, C. H. Wiebusch, K. Rawlins, P. Ekström, Karl-Heinz Kampert, D. F. Cowen, Marek Kowalski, Adam Bouchta, D. Bertrand, P. B. Price, C.P. Burgess, M. Walter, D. Hubert, T. Neunhöffer, Kael Hanson, Othmane Bouhali, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. L. Kelley, Allan Hallgren, L. Köpke, M. Kestel, Albrecht Karle, Wolfgang Wagner, S. Hundertmark, Kurt Woschnagg, J. W. Nam, L. Thollander, S. Böser, T. DeYoung, R. Morse, James Madsen, Torsten Harenberg, Dmitry Chirkin, S. Richter, J. Hodges, K. H. Sulanke, K. Hultqvist, James E. Braun, R. Nahnhauer, A. Silvestri, J.K. Becker, P. O. Hulth, H. S. Matis, David A. Schneider, R. Porrata, Gerald Przybylski, M. Ribordy, K. Helbing, R. C. Bay, Francis Halzen, G. C. Hill, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, H. Wissing, J. Rodríguez Martino, Glenn Spiczak, P. Herquet, Paolo Desiati, L. Gerhardt, A. C. Pohl, Heiko Geenen, Hakki Ögelman, P. Steffen, B. Hughey, J. Ahrens, Pawel Marciniewski, Olga Botner, Ph. Olbrechts, Elisa Resconi, Kyle T. Mandli, T. Messarius, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, Anna Davour, M. Hellwig, H. G. Sander, M. Krasberg, R. Schwarz, Janet Jacobsen, P. Miocinovic, Y. Minaeva, K. Kuehn, B. Collin, K. Schinarakis, M. Bartelt, H. Leich, Xinhua Bai, Yajun Wang, K. Munich, S. Schlenstedt, C. De Clercq, S. Tilav, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, R. Hardtke, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, P. Niessen, K.-H. Becker, C. Walck, I. Taboada, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, T. Castermans, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, Michael Stamatikos, H. Albrecht, D. Steele, Elisa Bernardini, C. P. McParland, and A. Goldschmidt
Subjects: Physics, AMANDA, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electron, Astrophysics, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino telescopes, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Event (particle physics)
Abstract: We report on a search for electro-magnetic and/or hadronic showers (cascades) induced by high energy neutrinos in the data collected with the AMANDA II detector during the year 2000. The observed event rates are consistent with the expectations for atmospheric neutrinos and muons. We place upper limits on a diffuse flux of extraterrestrial electron, tau and muon neutrinos. A flux of neutrinos with a spectrum $\Phi \propto E^{-2}$ which consists of an equal mix of all flavors, is limited to $E^2 \Phi(E)=8.6 x 10^{-7} GeV/(cm^{2} s sr)$ at a 90% confidence level for a neutrino energy range 50 TeV to 5 PeV. We present bounds for specific extraterrestrial neutrino flux predictions. Several of these models are ruled out., Comment: 18 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2004
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27. Sensitivity of the IceCube detector to astrophysical sources of high energy muon neutrinos

Author: George Japaridze, I. Taboada, P. Miocinovic, M. Hellwig, R Koch, R. M. Gunasingha, H. G. Sander, R. Paulos, R. C. Bay, Michael Stamatikos, R. Ganugapati, T. Neunhöffer, Albrecht Karle, B. Collin, D. F. Cowen, Marek Kowalski, Christian Spiering, J. A. Goodman, K. Rawlins, K. Schinarakis, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, P. Niessen, P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, I. Liubarsky, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, K. Helbing, T. Castermans, Jodi Cooley, A. Biron, Elisa Resconi, N. Kitamura, D. Hubert, Kurt Woschnagg, Peter Mészáros, Paul Evenson, S. Schlenstedt, M. Kestel, R. G. Stokstad, C. H. Wiebusch, S. Hundertmark, S. Tilav, K. H. Sulanke, C. De Clercq, R. Wischnewski, A. J. Smith, Dmitry Chirkin, C. Wiedemann, T. DeYoung, Jean Gallagher, J. I. Lamoureux, G. W. Sullivan, A. C. Pohl, S. Richter, Xinhua Bai, Ph. Herquet, L. Köpke, T. Burgess, D. Z. Besson, R. Morse, R. Schwarz, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, J. Ahrens, D. Bertrand, K.-H. Becker, D. Steele, K. Hultqvist, J. Cavin, R. H. Minor, Kael Hanson, William Carithers, T. J. Sumner, H. S. Matis, Elisa Bernardini, S. Patton, Ph. Olbrechts, T. Stezelberger, Paolo Desiati, Francis Halzen, R. W. Ellsworth, Wolfgang Rhode, Hakki Ögelman, H. Kawai, H. Leich, S. Böser, C. P. McParland, Olga Botner, R. Hardtke, M. Solarz, A. Goldschmidt, R. Nahnhauer, M. Ribordy, T. Messarius, S. Yoshida, D. Hays, W. Chinowsky, N. van Eijndhoven, Glenn Spiczak, B. Hughey, Gerald Przybylski, R. Ehrlich, T. Hauschildt, Adam Bouchta, R.-R Wang, Allan Hallgren, Wolfgang Wagner, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, D. Seckel, Anna Davour, Janet Jacobsen, Todor Stanev, H. Miyamoto, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, J. Pretz, Y. Minaeva, A. W. Jones, John N. Bahcall, Matthias Leuthold, Othmane Bouhali, D. R. Nygren, P. Steffen, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, Christian Bohm, David A. Schneider, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Heiko Geenen, and A. R. Fazely
Subjects: Physics, Active galactic nucleus, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, IceCube, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino telescope, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We present the results of a Monte-Carlo study of the sensitivity of the planned IceCube detector to predicted fluxes of muon neutrinos at TeV to PeV energies. A complete simulation of the detector and data analysis is used to study the detector's capability to search for muon neutrinos from sources such as active galaxies and gamma-ray bursts. We study the effective area and the angular resolution of the detector as a function of muon energy and angle of incidence. We present detailed calculations of the sensitivity of the detector to both diffuse and pointlike neutrino emissions, including an assessment of the sensitivity to neutrinos detected in coincidence with gamma-ray burst observations. After three years of datataking, IceCube will have been able to detect a point source flux of E^2*dN/dE = 7*10^-9 cm^-2s^-1GeV at a 5-sigma significance, or, in the absence of a signal, place a 90% c.l. limit at a level E^2*dN/dE = 2*10^-9 cm^-2s^-1GeV. A diffuse E-2 flux would be detectable at a minimum strength of E^2*dN/dE = 1*10^-8 cm^-2s^-1sr^-1GeV. A gamma-ray burst model following the formulation of Waxman and Bahcall would result in a 5-sigma effect after the observation of 200 bursts in coincidence with satellite observations of the gamma-rays., Comment: 33 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables
Published: 2004

28. Calibration and survey of AMANDA with the SPASE detectors

Author: J. Ahrens, X. Bai, S. W. Barwick, R. C. Bay, T. Becka, K. H. Becker, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, F. Binon, A. Biron, S. Boser, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, O. Bouhali, T. Burgess, S. Carius, T. Castermans, D. C.h.i.r.k.i.n.J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D. F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, J. P. Dewulf, E. Dickinson, P. Doksus, P. Ekstrom, R. Engel, P. Evenson, T. Feser, T. K. Gaisser, R. Ganugapati, M. Gaug, H. Geenen, L. Gerhardt, A. Goldschmidt, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, R. Hardtke, T. Hauschildt, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, J. A. Hinton, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, A. Karle, J. Kim, L. Kopke, M. Kowalski, K. Kuehn, J. I. Lamoureux, H. Leich, M. Leuthold, P. Lindahl, I. Liubarsky, J. Lloyd Evans, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, P. Marciniewski, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, T. Messarius, T. C. Miller, Y. Minaeva, P. MioWinovic, P. C. Mock, R. Morse, T. Neunhoffer, P. Niessen, D. R. Nygren, H. O. gelman, P.h. Olbrechts, C. Perez de los Heros, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, K. Rochester, J. Rodrıguez Martino, P. Romenesko, D. Ross, H. G. Sander, T. Schmidt, K. Schinarakis, S. Schlenstedt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, A. Silvestri, M. Solarz, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, D. Steele, P. Steffen, R. G. Stokstad, K. H. Sulanke, I. Taboada, S. Tilav, C. Walck, W. Wagner, Y. R. Wang, A. A. Watson, C. Weinheimer, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, W. Wu, G. Yodh, S. Young, MARTELLO, Daniele, J., Ahren, X., Bai, S. W., Barwick, R. C., Bay, T., Becka, K. H., Becker, E., Bernardini, D., Bertrand, F., Binon, A., Biron, S., Boser, O., Botner, A., Bouchta, O., Bouhali, T., Burge, S., Cariu, T., Casterman, Conrad, D. C. h. i. r. k. i. n. J., J., Cooley, D. F., Cowen, A., Davour, C., De Clercq, T., Deyoung, P., Desiati, J. P., Dewulf, E., Dickinson, P., Doksu, P., Ekstrom, R., Engel, P., Evenson, T., Feser, T. K., Gaisser, R., Ganugapati, M., Gaug, H., Geenen, L., Gerhardt, A., Goldschmidt, A., Hallgren, F., Halzen, K., Hanson, R., Hardtke, T., Hauschildt, M., Hellwig, P., Herquet, G. C., Hill, J. A., Hinton, B., Hughey, P. O., Hulth, K., Hultqvist, S., Hundertmark, J., Jacobsen, A., Karle, J., Kim, L., Kopke, M., Kowalski, K., Kuehn, J. I., Lamoureux, H., Leich, M., Leuthold, P., Lindahl, I., Liubarsky, J., Lloyd Evan, J., Madsen, K., Mandli, P., Marciniewski, Martello, Daniele, H. S., Mati, C. P., Mcparland, T., Messariu, T. C., Miller, Y., Minaeva, P., Miowinovic, P. C., Mock, R., Morse, T., Neunhoffer, P., Niessen, D. R., Nygren, H. O., Gelman, Olbrechts, P. h., C., Perez de los Hero, A. C., Pohl, R., Porrata, P. B., Price, G. T., Przybylski, K., Rawlin, E., Resconi, W., Rhode, M., Ribordy, S., Richter, K., Rochester, J., Rodrıguez Martino, P., Romenesko, D., Ro, H. G., Sander, T., Schmidt, K., Schinaraki, S., Schlenstedt, D., Schneider, R., Schwarz, A., Silvestri, M., Solarz, G. M., Spiczak, C., Spiering, M., Stamatiko, T., Stanev, D., Steele, P., Steffen, R. G., Stokstad, K. H., Sulanke, I., Taboada, S., Tilav, C., Walck, W., Wagner, Y. R., Wang, A. A., Watson, C., Weinheimer, C. H., Wiebusch, C., Wiedemann, R., Wischnewski, H., Wissing, K., Woschnagg, W., Wu, G., Yodh, and S., Young
Subjects: Neutrino telescopes, Cosmic ray
Abstract: We report on the analysis of air showers observed in coincidence by the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino detector array (AMANDA-B10) and the South Pole Air Shower Experiment (SPASE-1 and SPASE-2). We discuss the use of coincident events for calibration and survey of the deep AMANDA detector as well as the response of AMANDA to muon bundles. This analysis uses data taken during 1997 when both SPASE-1 and SPASE-2 were in operation to provide a stereo view of AMANDA.
Published: 2004

29. IceCube contributions to the XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006)

Author: Aya Ishihara, K. Mase, C.P. Burgess, P. Berghaus, K. Rawlins, Hermann Kolanoski, R. Ehrlich, J. K. Becker, M. Kestel, M. Ribordy, H. Landsman, S. Grullon, P. B. Price, Joseph T. Hodges, Justin Vandenbroucke, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, D. Hays, David A. Schneider, Carsten Rott, T. Hauschildt, N. Kitamura, D. Bertrand, A. Gross, J. M. Clem, D. J. Boersma, D. Z. Besson, T. O. B. Schmidt, N. van Eijndhoven, Adam Bouchta, K. Beattie, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Jon Dumm, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, Teresa Montaruli, Kurt Woschnagg, C.P. de los Heros, Allan Hallgren, H. Kawai, Gerald Przybylski, S. R. Klein, Paul Evenson, Xianwu Xu, D. Seckel, M. R. Duvoort, L. Thollander, J. W. Nam, K. Helbing, J. Pretz, Torsten Harenberg, H. Wissing, C. Bohm, B. Baret, Heiko Geenen, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, Matthias Leuthold, A. Silvestri, D. R. Nygren, P. A. Toale, S. Robbins, L. Köpke, R. Hardtke, S. Tilav, John N. Bahcall, Dmitry Chirkin, C. Spiering, Karen Andeen, B. Hommez, K. Han, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, S. Seunarine, T. Straszheim, John Heise, S. Schlenstedt, T. Becka, K. Hultqvist, D. Leier, K.-H. Becker, D. Rutledge, Kara Hoffman, P. Steffen, E. Blaufuss, S. Böser, M. Gurtner, Olga Botner, George Japaridze, R. Nahnhauer, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, Ignacio Taboada, M. Solarz, M. Hellwig, Elisa Bernardini, T. Castermans, Ph. Herquet, H. Waldmann, J. Ahrens, T. McCauley, M. C. Stoufer, A. Mokhtarani, Johan Lundberg, Dirk Ryckbosch, K. H. Kampert, J. P. Hulss, T. Stezelberger, H. G. Sander, A. J. Smith, J. S. Gallagher, Xinhua Bai, S. Hundertmark, C. De Clercq, Henrik J. Johansson, B. D. Fox, Kael Hanson, C. P. McParland, S. H. Seo, J.D. Zornoza, T. Feser, Wolfgang Rhode, A. Meli, J. E. Hart, S. M. Movit, T. Burgess, P. Roth, Elisa Resconi, G. Wikström, J. M. Joseph, I. Liubarsky, P. Meszaros, A. Goldschmidt, Markus Ackermann, J. L. Kelley, S. W. Barwick, G. W. Sullivan, A. W. Jones, K. Münich, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. E. Sopher, Yi Wang, Paolo Desiati, K. Hoshina, G. Kohnen, Dawn Williams, R. M. Gunasingha, C. Wendt, L. Gerhardt, A. Olivas, H. S. Matis, W. Wagner, B. Veigt, A. Achterberg, Glenn Spiczak, O. Tarasova, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, D.W. Atlee, D. F. Cowen, S. Klepser, J. Dreyer, R. Porrata, M. Krasberg, B. Hughey, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, A. Piegsa, P. Niessen, S. Stoyanov, R. Morse, M. Tluczykont, C. Walck, Michael Stamatikos, J. Eisch, O. Fadiran, B. Christy, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, M. V. D'Agostino, H. Leich, S. Yoshida, J. Bolmont, J. A. Goodman, J. Lünemann, Christopher Wiebusch, R. Gozzini, D. Hardtke, R. C. Bay, P. O. Hulth, Hakki Ögelman, Kirill Filimonov, C. Song, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, T. Stanev, Jenni Adams, A. Tepe, C. T. Day, A. Karle, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, S. J. Patton, E. A. Strahler, A. Morey, T. Messarius, Anna Davour, J. Braun, Janet Jacobsen, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, A. Van Overloop, Subir Sarkar, Carlos Pena-Garay, T. J. Sumner, L. Demirörs, and R. W. Ellsworth
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, High energy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, China, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract: IceCube contributions to the XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006) Weihai, China - August 15-22
Published: 2008
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30. IceCube: A multipurpose neutrino telescope

Author: Katherine Rawlins, for the IceCube Collaboration: A. Achte, J. Ahrens, J. N. Bahcall, X. Bai, R. C. Bay, T. Becka, K.-H. Becker, J. Bergmans, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, S. Böser, C. Bohm, O. Botner, A. Bouchta, O. Bouhali, T. Burgess, W. Carithers, T. Castermans, J. Cavin, W. Chinowsky, D. Chirkin, B. Collin, J. Conrad, J. Cooley, D. F. Cowen, A. Davour, C. De Clercq, T. DeYoung, P. Desiati, R. Ehrlich, R. W. Ellsworth, P. A. Evenson, A. R. Fazely, T. Feser, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, H. Geenen, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. M. Gunasingha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Hanson, R. Hardtke, T. Hauschildt, D. Hays, K. Helbing, M. Hellwig, P. Herquet, G. C. Hill, D. Hubert, B. Hughey, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hundertmark, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, A. Jones, A. Karle, H. Kawai, M. Kestel, N. Kitamura, R. Koch, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, J. I. Lamoureux, N. Langer, H. Leich, I. Liubarsky, J. Madsen, K. Mandli, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, T. Messarius, P. Mészáros, Y. Minaeva, R. H. Minor, P. Miočinović, H. Miyamoto, R. Morse, R. Nahnhauer, T. Neunhöffer, P. Niessen, D. R. Nygren, H. Ögelman, Ph. Olbrechts, S. Patton, R. Paulos, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. C. Pohl, J. Pretz, P. B. Price, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, S. Razzaque, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, S. Richter, H.-G. Sander, K. Schinarakis, S. Schlenstedt, D. Schneider, R. Schwarz, D. Seckel, A. J. Smith, M. Solarz, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, D. Steele, P. Steffen, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, T. J. Sumner, I. Taboada, S. Tilav, N. van Eijndhoven, W. Wagner, C. Walck, Y.-R. Wang, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Wiedemann, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, and S. Yoshida
Subjects: Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, General Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, WIMP, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrinos, 010306 general physics, Cosmic rays, WIMPs, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Solar neutrino problem, Cosmic neutrino background, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract: IceCube is a new high-energy neutrino telescope which will be coming online in the near future. IceCube will be capable of measuring fluxes of all three flavors of neutrino, and its peak neutrino energy sensitivity will be in the TeV–PeV range. Here, after a brief description of the detector, we describe its anticipated performance with a selection of physics topics: supernovae, extraterrestrial diffuse and point sources of neutrinos, gamma-ray bursts, neutrinos from WIMP annihilation, and cosmic ray composition.

31. Limits on diffuse fluxes of high energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the AMANDA-B10 detector

Author: P. Doksus, T. Hauschildt, Adam Bouchta, M. Solarz, K. H. Sulanke, Allan Hallgren, K. Hultqvist, A. Silvestri, P. Niessen, H. Leich, Jodi Cooley, R. Porrata, P. Romenesko, K.-H. Becker, Elisa Resconi, K. Rawlins, S. Young, M. Gaug, P. B. Price, Olga Botner, S. Richter, James Madsen, P. Lindahl, Matthias Leuthold, D. R. Nygren, T. O. B. Schmidt, Christian Spiering, Kyle T. Mandli, J. Rodríguez Martino, P. Ekström, T. Neunhöffer, P. Steffen, S. Boeser, M. Ribordy, H. S. Matis, Yajun Wang, S. Schlenstedt, Kurt Woschnagg, Jan Conrad, T. Feser, Elisa Bernardini, J. Ahrens, C. Wiedemann, I. Liubarsky, James Kim, P. Miocinovic, Francis Halzen, Albrecht Karle, S. Hundertmark, T. DeYoung, Ph. Herquet, L. Köpke, M. Hellwig, A. C. Pohl, A. Biron, Kael Hanson, Y. Minaeva, H. G. Sander, Michael Stamatikos, C. P. McParland, R. Hardtke, Paolo Desiati, Pawel Marciniewski, Xinhua Bai, Staffan Carius, Gerald Przybylski, C. Pérez de los Heros, T. Becka, Dmitry Chirkin, A. Goldschmidt, R. Schwarz, T. C. Miller, K. Kuehn, K. Schinarakis, David A. Schneider, C. H. Wiebusch, J. E. Jacobsen, Hakki Ögelman, G. C. Hill, T. Castermans, R. Wischnewski, D. Steele, T. Burgess, R. G. Stokstad, Ph. Olbrechts, L. Gerhardt, Anna Davour, S. Tilav, Heiko Geenen, D. Bertrand, I. Taboada, P. C. Mock, R. Morse, C. De Clercq, D. Ross, Othmane Bouhali, R. Ganugapati, Glenn Spiczak, D. F. Cowen, B. Hughey, Julie Lamoureux, S. W. Barwick, Marek Kowalski, R. C. Bay, W. Wu, Wolfgang Rhode, C. Walck, Wolfgang Wagner, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, P. O. Hulth, H. Wissing, and T. Messarius
Subjects: Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Quasar, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Universe, Massless particle, Physics::Popular Physics, Extraterrestrial life, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton, media_common
Abstract: Data from the AMANDA-B10 detector taken during the austral winter of 1997 have been searched for a diffuse flux of high energy extraterrestrial muon-neutrinos, as predicted from, e.g., the sum of all active galaxies in the universe. This search yielded no excess events above those expected from the background atmospheric neutrinos, leading to upper limits on the extraterrestrial neutrino flux. For an assumed E^-2 spectrum, a 90% classical confidence level upper limit has been placed at a level E^2 Phi(E) = 8.4 x 10^-7 GeV cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 (for a predominant neutrino energy range 6-1000 TeV) which is the most restrictive bound placed by any neutrino detector. When specific predicted spectral forms are considered, it is found that some are excluded., Submitted to Physical Review Letters

32. Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector.

Author: Achterberg A, Ackermann M, Adams J, Ahrens J, Andeen K, Atlee DW, Bahcall JN, Bai X, Baret B, Bartelt M, Barwick SW, Bay R, Beattie K, Becka T, Becker JK, Becker KH, Berghaus P, Berley D, Bernardini E, Bertrand D, Besson DZ, Blaufuss E, Boersma DJ, Bohm C, Bolmont J, Böser S, Botner O, Bouchta A, Braun J, Burgess C, Burgess T, Castermans T, Chirkin D, Christy B, Clem J, Cowen DF, D'Agostino MV, Davour A, Day CT, De Clercq C, Demirörs L, Descamps F, Desiati P, Deyoung T, Diaz-Velez JC, Dreyer J, Dumm JP, Duvoort MR, Edwards WR, Ehrlich R, Eisch J, Ellsworth RW, Evenson PA, Fadiran O, Fazely AR, Feser T, Filimonov K, Fox BD, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganugapati R, Geenen H, Gerhardt L, Goldschmidt A, Goodman JA, Gozzini R, Grullon S, Gross A, Gunasingha RM, Gurtner M, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Han K, Hanson K, Hardtke D, Hardtke R, Harenberg T, Hart JE, Hauschildt T, Hays D, Heise J, Helbing K, Hellwig M, Herquet P, Hill GC, Hodges J, Hoffman KD, Hommez B, Hoshina K, Hubert D, Hughey B, Hulth PO, Hultqvist K, Hundertmark S, Hülss JP, Ishihara A, Jacobsen J, Japaridze GS, Jones A, Joseph JM, Kampert KH, Karle A, Kawai H, Kelley JL, Kestel M, Kitamura N, Klein SR, Klepser S, Kohnen G, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Krasberg M, Kuehn K, Landsman H, Leich H, Liubarsky I, Lundberg J, Madsen J, Mase K, Matis HS, McCauley T, McParland CP, Meli A, Messarius T, Mészáros P, Miyamoto H, Mokhtarani A, Montaruli T, Morey A, Morse R, Movit SM, Münich K, Nahnhauer R, Nam JW, Niessen P, Nygren DR, Ogelman H, Olbrechts P, Olivas A, Patton S, Peña-Garay C, Pérez de Los Heros C, Piegsa A, Pieloth D, Pohl AC, Porrata R, Pretz J, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Rawlins K, Razzaque S, Refflinghaus F, Resconi E, Rhode W, Ribordy M, Rizzo A, Robbins S, Roth P, Rott C, Rutledge D, Ryckbosch D, Sander HG, Sarkar S, Schlenstedt S, Schmidt T, Schneider D, Seckel D, Seo SH, Seunarine S, Silvestri A, Smith AJ, Solarz M, Song C, Sopher JE, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Steffen P, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stoufer MC, Stoyanov S, Strahler EA, Straszheim T, Sulanke KH, Sullivan GW, Sumner TJ, Taboada I, Tarasova O, Tepe A, Thollander L, Tilav S, Toale PA, Turcan D, van Eijndhoven N, Vandenbroucke J, Van Overloop A, Voigt B, Wagner W, Walck C, Waldmann H, Walter M, Wang YR, Wendt C, Wiebusch CH, Wikström G, Williams DR, Wischnewski R, Wissing H, Woschnagg K, Xu XW, Yodh G, Yoshida S, and Zornoza JD
Abstract: On 27 December 2004, a giant gamma flare from the Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater 1806-20 saturated many satellite gamma-ray detectors, being the brightest transient event ever observed in the Galaxy. AMANDA-II was used to search for down-going muons indicative of high-energy gammas and/or neutrinos from this object. The data revealed no significant signal, so upper limits (at 90% C.L.) on the normalization constant were set: 0.05(0.5) TeV-1 m;{-2} s;{-1} for gamma=-1.47 (-2) in the gamma flux and 0.4(6.1) TeV-1 m;{-2} s;{-1} for gamma=-1.47 (-2) in the high-energy neutrino flux.
Published: 2006
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33. Limits on diffuse fluxes of high energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the AMANDA-B10 detector.

Author: Ahrens J, Bai X, Barwick SW, Bay RC, Becka T, Becker KH, Bernardini E, Bertrand D, Biron A, Boeser S, Botner O, Bouchta A, Bouhali O, Burgess T, Carius S, Castermans T, Chirkin D, Conrad J, Cooley J, Cowen DF, Davour A, De Clercq C, DeYoung T, Desiati P, Doksus P, Ekström P, Feser T, Gaisser TK, Ganugapati R, Gaug M, Geenen H, Gerhardt L, Goldschmidt A, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardtke R, Hauschildt T, Hellwig M, Herquet P, Hill GC, Hulth PO, Hughey B, Hultqvist K, Hundertmark S, Jacobsen J, Karle A, Kuehn K, Kim J, Köpke L, Kowalski M, Lamoureux JI, Leich H, Leuthold M, Lindahl P, Liubarsky I, Madsen J, Mandli K, Marciniewski P, Matis H, McParland CP, Messarius T, Miller TC, Minaeva Y, Miocinović P, Mock PC, Morse R, Neunhöffer T, Niessen P, Nygren DR, Ogelman H, Olbrechts P, Pérez de los Heros C, Pohl AC, Porrata R, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Rawlins K, Resconi E, Rhode W, Ribordy M, Richter S, Martino JR, Romenesko P, Ross D, Sander HG, Schlenstedt S, Schinarakis K, Schmidt T, Schneider D, Schwarz R, Silvestri A, Solarz M, Stamatikos M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Steele D, Steffen P, Stokstad RG, Sulanke KH, Taboada I, Tilav S, Wagner W, Walck C, Wang YR, Wiebusch CH, Wiedemann C, Wischnewski R, Wissing H, Woschnagg K, Wu W, Yodh G, and Young S
Abstract: Data from the AMANDA-B10 detector taken during the austral winter of 1997 have been searched for a diffuse flux of high energy extraterrestrial muon neutrinos. This search yielded no excess events above those expected from background atmospheric neutrinos, leading to upper limits on the extraterrestrial neutrino flux measured at the earth. For an assumed E-2 spectrum, a 90% classical confidence level upper limit has been placed at a level E2Phi(E)=8.4 x 10(-7) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) GeV (for a predominant neutrino energy range 6-1000 TeV), which is the most restrictive bound placed by any neutrino detector. Some specific predicted model spectra are excluded. Interpreting these limits in terms of the flux from a cosmological distributions of sources requires the incorporation of neutrino oscillations, typically weakening the limits by a factor of 2.
Published: 2003
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1. NEUTRINO ASTRONOMY AND COSMIC RAYS AT THE SOUTH POLE: LATEST RESULTS FROM AMANDA AND PERSPECTIVES FOR ICECUBE

2. Results from the AMANDA neutrino telescope

3. Measurement of the cosmic ray composition at the knee with the SPASE-2/AMANDA-B10 detectors

4. Muon track reconstruction and data selection techniques in AMANDA

5. Calibration and survey of AMANDA with the SPASE detectors

6. Status of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

7. Results from the AMANDA telescope

8. Physics and Results from the AMANDA-II High Energy Neutrino Telescope

9. High Resolution Emission Spectra of TL Materials

10. The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

11. Erratum: Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II [Phys. Rev. D76, 042008 (2007)]

12. Detection of Atmospheric Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 9-String Detector

13. Multiyear search for a diffuse flux of muon neutrinos with AMANDA-II

14. Five years of searches for point sources of astrophysical neutrinos with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope

15. Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector

16. The IceCube prototype string in Amanda

17. Limits on the muon flux from neutralino annihilations at the center of the Earth with AMANDA

18. First year performance of the IceCube neutrino telescope

19. Optical properties of deep glacial ice at the South Pole

20. On the selection of AGN neutrino source candidates for a source stacking analysis with neutrino telescopes

21. Limits to the muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA detector

22. New results from the antarctic muon and neutrino detector array

23. New results from the AMANDA Neutrino telescope

24. Flux limits on ultra high energy neutrinos with AMANDA-B10

25. Search for Extraterrestrial Point Sources of Neutrinos with AMANDA-II

26. Search for Neutrino-Induced Cascades with AMANDA

27. Sensitivity of the IceCube detector to astrophysical sources of high energy muon neutrinos

28. Calibration and survey of AMANDA with the SPASE detectors

29. IceCube contributions to the XIV International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2006)

30. IceCube: A multipurpose neutrino telescope

31. Limits on diffuse fluxes of high energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the AMANDA-B10 detector

32. Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector.

33. Limits on diffuse fluxes of high energy extraterrestrial neutrinos with the AMANDA-B10 detector.

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