The Galactic Contribution to IceCube's Astrophysical Neutrino Flux
Abstract
High energy neutrinos have been detected by IceCube, but their origin remains a mystery. Determining the sources of this flux is a crucial first step towards multi-messenger studies. In this work we systematically compare two classes of sources with the data: Galactic and extragalactic. We assume that the neutrino sources are distributed according to a class of Galactic models. We build a likelihood function on an event by event basis including energy, event topology, absorption, and direction information. We present the probability that each high energy event with deposited energy TeV in the HESE sample is Galactic, extragalactic, or background. For Galactic models considered the Galactic fraction of the astrophysical flux has a best fit value of and is at 90\% CL. A zero Galactic flux is allowed at .
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@article{arxiv.1703.09721,
title = {The Galactic Contribution to IceCube's Astrophysical Neutrino Flux},
author = {Peter B. Denton and Danny Marfatia and Thomas J. Weiler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09721},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Updated with 6 year HESE data from IceCube, accepted for publication in JCAP