The IceCube Realtime Alert System
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2017-05-24 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
Following the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos in 2013, their origin is still unknown. Aiming for the identification of an electromagnetic counterpart of a rapidly fading source, we have implemented a realtime analysis framework for the IceCube neutrino observatory. Several analyses selecting neutrinos of astrophysical origin are now operating in realtime at the detector site in Antarctica and are producing alerts to the community to enable rapid follow-up observations. The goal of these observations is to locate the astrophysical objects responsible for these neutrino signals. This paper highlights the infrastructure in place both at the South Pole detector site and at IceCube facilities in the north that have enabled this fast follow-up program to be developed. Additionally, this paper presents the first realtime analyses to be activated within this framework, highlights their sensitivities to astrophysical neutrinos and background event rates, and presents an outlook for future discoveries.
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@article{arxiv.1612.06028,
title = {The IceCube Realtime Alert System},
author = {IceCube Collaboration and M. G. Aartsen and M. Ackermann and J. Adams and J. A. Aguilar and M. Ahlers and M. Ahrens and D. Altmann and K. Andeen and T. Anderson and I. Ansseau and G. Anton and M. Archinger and C. Argüelles and J. Auffenberg and S. Axani and X. Bai and S. W. Barwick and V. Baum and R. Bay and J. J. Beatty and J. Becker Tjus and K. -H. Becker and S. BenZvi and D. Berley and E. Bernardini and A. Bernhard and D. Z. Besson and G. Binder and D. Bindig and M. Bissok and E. Blaufuss and S. Blot and C. Bohm and M. Börner and F. Bos and D. Bose and S. Böser and O. Botner and J. Braun and L. Brayeur and H. -P. Bretz and S. Bron and A. Burgman and T. Carver and M. Casier and E. Cheung and D. Chirkin and A. Christov and K. Clark and L. Classen and S. Coenders and G. H. Collin and J. M. Conrad and D. F. Cowen and R. Cross and M. Day and J. P. A. M. de André and C. De Clercq and E. del Pino Ro sendo and H. Dembinski and S. De Ridder and P. Desiati and K. D. de Vries and G. de Wasseige and M. de With and T. DeYoung and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and V. di Lorenzo and H. Dujmovic and J. P. Dumm and M. Dunkman and B. Eberhardt and T. Ehrhardt and B. Eichmann and P. Eller and S. Euler and P. A. Evenson and S. Fahey and A. R. Fazely and J. Feintzeig and J. Felde and K. Filimonov and C. Finley and S. Flis and C. -C. Fösig and A. Francko wiak and E. Friedman and T. Fuchs and T. K. Gaisser and J. Gallagher and L. Gerhardt and K. Ghorbani and W. Giang and L. Gladstone and T. Glauch and T. Glüsenkamp and A. Goldschmidt and J. G. Gonzalez and D. Grant and Z . Griffith and C. Haack and A. Hallgren and F. Halzen and E. Hansen and T. Hansmann and K. Hanson and D. Hebecker and D. Heereman and K. Helbing and R. Hellauer and S. Hickford and J. Hignight and G. C. Hill and K. D. Hof fman and R. Hoffmann and K. Hoshina and F. Huang and M. Huber and K. Hultqvist and S. In and A. Ishihara and E. Jacobi and G. S. Japaridze and M. Jeong and K. Jero and B. J. P. Jones and W. Kang and A. Kappes and T. Karg and A. Karle and U. Katz and M. Kauer and A. Keivani and J. L. Kelley and A. Kheirandish and J. Kim and M. Kim and T. Kintscher and J. Kiryluk and T. Kittler and S. R. Klein and G. Kohnen and R. Koirala and H. Kolanoski and R. Konietz and L. Köpke and C. Kopper and S. Kopper and D. J. Koskinen and M. Kowalski and K. Krings and M. Kroll and G. Krückl and C. Krüger and J. Kunnen and S. Kunwar and N. Kurahashi and T. Kuwabara and M. Labare and J. L. Lanfranchi and M. J. Larson and F. Lauber and D. Lennarz and M. Lesiak-Bzdak and M. Leuermann and L. Lu and J. Lünemann and J. Madsen and G. Maggi and K. B. M. Mahn and S. Mancina and M. Mandelartz and R. Maruy ama and K. Mase and R. Maunu and F. McNally and K. Meagher and M. Medici and M. Meier and A. Meli and T. Menne and G. Merino and T. Meures and S. Miarecki and T. Montaruli and M. Moulai and R. Nahnhauer and U. Naumann and G. Neer and H. Niederhausen and S. C. Nowicki and D. R. Nygren and A. Obertacke Pollmann and A. Olivas and A. O'Murchadha and T. Palczewski and H. Pandya and D. V. Pankova and P. Peiffer and Ö. Penek and J. A. Pepper and C. Pérez de los Heros and D. Pieloth and E. Pinat and P. B. Price and G. T. Przybylski and M. Quinnan and C. Raab and L. Rädel and M. Rameez and K. Rawlins and R. Reimann and B. Relethford and M. Relich and E. Resc oni and W. Rhode and M. Richman and B. Riedel and S. Robertson and M. Rongen and C. Rott and T. Ruhe and D. Ryckbosch and D. Rysewyk and L. Sabbatini and S. E. Sanchez Herrera and A. Sandrock and J. Sandroos and S. Sarkar and K. Satalecka and P. Schlunder and T. Schmidt and S. Schoenen and S. Schöneberg and L. Schumacher and D. Seckel and S. Seunarine and D. Soldin and M. Song and G. M. Spiczak and C. Spiering and T. Stanev and A. Stasik and J. Stettner and A. Steuer and T. Stezelberger and R. G. Stokstad and A. Stößl and R. Ström and N. L. Strotjohann and G. W. Sullivan and M. Sutherland and H. Taavola and I. Taboada and J. Tatar and F. Tenholt and S. Ter-Antonyan and A. Terliuk and G. Tešić and S. Tilav and P. A. Toale and M. N. Tobin and S. Toscano and D. Tosi and M. Tselengidou and A. Turcati and E. Unger and M. Usner and J. Vandenbroucke and N. van Eijn dhoven and S. Vanheule and M. van Rossem and J. van Santen and M. Vehring and M. Voge and E. Vogel and M. Vraeghe and C. Walck and A. Wallace and M. Wallraff and N. Wandkowsky and Ch. Weaver and M. J. Weiss and C. Wendt and S. Westerhoff and B. J. Whelan and S. Wickmann and K. Wiebe and C. H. Wiebusch and L. Wille and D. R. Williams and L. Wills and M. Wolf and T. R. Wood and E. Woolsey and K. Woschnagg and D. L. Xu and X. W. Xu and Y. Xu and J. P. Yanez and G. Yodh and S. Yoshida and M. Zoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.06028},
year = {2017}
}
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33 pages, 9 figures, Published in Astroparticle Physics