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ANTARES and IceCube combined search for neutrino point-like and extended sources in the Southern Sky

The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located in the Mediterranean Sea, and the IceCube neutrino observatory, located at the geographic South Pole, both search for cosmic neutrino events with an instantaneous full-sky field of view. The different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Giulia Illuminati

Astrophysical Neutrinos with IceCube

The 1 km$^3$ IcCube neutrino observatory was built to find high-energy neutrinos that are associated with the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Its 5,160 optical sensors detect Cherenkov light from the charged particles produced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-02 Spencer R. Klein

First Results from IceCube

IceCube is a 1 km$^3$ neutrino observatory being built to study neutrino production in active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants, and a host of other astrophysical sources. High-energy neutrinos may signal the sources of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Spencer R. Klein

Status of Neutrino Astronomy - a mini-review on neutrino telescopes

With the completion of the first cubic-kilometer class neutrino telescopes, IceCube, the race for the discovery of the first cosmic high-energy neutrino sources enters into a new phase. The usage of neutrinos as cosmic messengers has the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-01 Alexander Kappes

The IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration -- Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025)

IceCube-Gen2 is a planned next-generation neutrino observatory at the South Pole that builds upon the successful design of IceCube. Integrating two complementary detection technologies for neutrinos, optical and radio Cherenkov emission, in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-22 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , S. Ali , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , J. Audehm , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , M. Baricevic , S. W. Barwick , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. Becker Tjus , P. Behrens , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , B. Benkel , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , A. Bishop , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , M. Bohmer , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , J. Borowka , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , S. Bouma , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , R. T. Burley , M. Bustamante , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , M. Cataldo , S. Chattopadhyay , N. Chau , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , R. Clark , A. Coleman , P. Coleman , G. H. Collin , D. A. Coloma Borja , J. M. Conrad , R. Corley , D. F. Cowen , C. Deaconu , C. De Clercq , S. De Kockere , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , T. Delmeulle , S. Deng , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , S. DiKerby , M. Dittmer , G. Do , A. Domi , L. Draper , L. Dueser , H. Dujmovic , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Egby , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , S. Eulig , J. Evans , J. J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , C. Finley , L. Fischer , B. Flaggs , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , T. Fujii , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , G. Garg , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , P. Giri , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , S. Hallmann , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , M. Ha Minh , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , B. Hendricks , B. Henke , L. Hennig , F. Henningsen , J. Henrichs , L. Heuermann , N. Heyer , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , B. Hoffmann , D. Hooper , S. Hori , K. Hoshina , M. Hostert , W. Hou , T. Huber , T. Huege , E. Huesca Santiago , K. Hultqvist , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , A. Ishihara , T. Ishii , W. Iwakiri , M. Jacquart , S. Jain , A. Jaitly , O. Janik , M. Jansson , M. Jeong , M. Jin , O. Kalekin , N. Kamp , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , A. Katil , T. Katori , U. Katz , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , M. Khanal , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , J. Kiryluk , M. Kleifges , C. Klein , S. R. Klein , T. Kobayashi , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kochocki , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , I. Kravchenko , N. Krieger , J. Krishnamoorthi , T. Krishnan , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , L. Lallement Arnaud , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , J. Liao , M. Liu , M. Liubarska , M. Lohan , J. LoSecco , C. Love , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , Y. Lyu , J. Madsen , E. Magnus , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , E. Manao , S. Mancina , S. Mandalia , W. Marie Sainte , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , M. Marsee , L. Marten , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , F. Mayhew , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , Z. Meyers , M. Mikhailova , A. Millsop , J. Mitchell , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , R. Morse , A. Mosbrugger , M. Moulai , D. Mousadi , T. Mukherjee , M. Muzio , R. Naab , M. Nakos , A. Narayan , U. Naumann , J. Necker , A. Nelles , L. Neste , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , K. Noda , A. Noell , A. Novikov , E. Oberla , A. Obertacke Pollmann , V. O'Dell , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , V. Palusova , L. Papp , A. Parenti , N. Park , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. Pernice , T. C. Petersen , J. Peterson , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , A. Pontén , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , L. Pyras , J. Rack-Helleis , N. Rad , M. Rameez , M. Ravn , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , C. D. Rho , W. Rhode , B. Riedel , M. Riegel , A. Rifaie , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , I. Safa , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , A. Sandrock , P. Sandstrom , G. Sanger-Johnson , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , P. Savina , P. Schaile , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , L. Schlickmann , B. Schlüter , F. Schlüter , N. Schmeisser , T. Schmidt , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , S. Schwirn , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , L. Seen , M. Seikh , Z. Selcuk , S. Seunarine , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Shah , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , P. Soldin , G. Sommani , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , T. Stezelberger , J. Stoffels , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , A. Taketa , T. Tamang , H. K. M. Tanaka , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , J. Torres , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , Y. Tsunesada , J. P. Twagirayezu , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Valverde , J. Vandenbroucke , T. van Eeden , N. van Eijndhoven , L. van Rootselaar , J. van Santen , F. J. Vara Carbonell , F. Varsi , D. Veberic , J. Veitch-Michaelis , M. Venugopal , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , A. Vieregg , A. Vijai , J. Villarreal , C. Walck , A. Wang , D. Washington , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , S. Wissel , L. Witthaus , M. Wolf , G. Wörner , G. Wrede , S. Wren , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yañez , Y. Yao , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , S. Zierke , P. Zilberman , M. Zimmerman , IceCube-Gen2 Collaboration

Neutrino Astronomy with the IceCube Observatory and Implications for Astroparticle Physics

The IceCube Observatory is a km^3 neutrino telescope currently under construction at the geographic South Pole. It will comprise 4800 optical sensors deployed on 80 vertical strings between 1450 and 2450 meters under the ice surface.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Paolo Desiati

Search for high-energy neutrino sources from the direction of IceCube alert events

We use IceCube's high-statistics, neutrino-induced, through-going muon samples to search for astrophysical neutrino sources. Specifically, we analyze the arrival directions of IceCube's highest energy neutrinos. These high-energy events…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-20 Martina Karl , Philipp Eller , Anna Schubert

Cosmic Ray Physics with the IceCube Observatory

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory with its 1-km^3 in-ice detector and the 1-km^2 surface detector (IceTop) constitutes a three-dimensional cosmic ray detector well suited for general cosmic ray physics. Various measurements of cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Hermann Kolanoski

Cosmic Neutrino Pevatrons: A Brand New Pathway to Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Particle Physics

The announcement by the IceCube Collaboration of the observation of 28 cosmic neutrino candidates has been greeted with a great deal of justified excitement. The data reported so far depart by 4.3\sigma from the expected atmospheric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-24 Luis A. Anchordoqui , Vernon Barger , Ilias Cholis , Haim Goldberg , Dan Hooper , Alexander Kusenko , John G. Learned , Danny Marfatia , Sandip Pakvasa , Thomas C. Paul , Thomas J. Weiler

Searches for Neutrinos from Precursors and Afterglows of Gamma-ray Bursts using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful events observed in our universe and have long been considered as possible sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, which makes them promising neutrino source candidates. Previous IceCube…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-12 Kunal Deoskar , Paul Coppin , Elizabeth Friedman

Challenges for Cosmic-ray Experiments

This paper is a commentary on presentations at ISVHECRI 2016 related to cosmic rays, gamma rays and neutrinos. Its goal is to highlight the unanswered questions raised during the conference about the sources of these cosmic particles and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Thomas Gaisser

Lowering IceCube's Energy Threshold for Point Source Searches in the Southern Sky

Observation of a point source of astrophysical neutrinos would be a "smoking gun" signature of a cosmic-ray accelerator. While IceCube has recently discovered a diffuse flux of astrophysical neutrinos, no localized point source has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-28 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , K. Abraham , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , M. Archinger , C. Arguelles , T. C. Arlen , J. Auffenberg , S. Axani , X. Bai , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , S. BenZvi , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , M. Börner , F. Bos , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Braun , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , A. Burgman , N. Buzinsky , J. Casey , M. Casier , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , K. Clark , L. Classen , S. Coenders , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , D. F. Cowen , A. H. Cruz Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , M. Day , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , E. del Pino Rosendo , H. Dembinski , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , V. di Lorenzo , H. Dujmovic , J. P. Dumm , M. Dunkman , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , B. Eichmann , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Feintzeig , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , S. Flis , C. -C. Fösig , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , R. Gaior , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , L. Gladstone , M. Glagla , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , G. Golup , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Góra , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Haj Ismail , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , E. Hansen , B. Hansmann , T. Hansmann , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , K. Holzapfel , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , W. Huelsnitz , K. Hultqvist , S. In , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , B. J. P. Jones , M. Jurkovic , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , J. Kemp , A. Kheirandish , M. Kim , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , G. Kohnen , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , R. Konietz , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , K. Krings , M. Kroll , G. Krückl , C. Krüger , J. Kunnen , S. Kunwar , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , D. Lennarz , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , M. Leuermann , J. Leuner , L. Lu , J. Lünemann , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , S. Mancina , M. Mandelartz , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , R. Maunu , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Medici , M. Meier , A. Meli , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , E. Middell , L. Mohrmann , T. Montaruli , M. Moulai , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. Omairat , A. O'Murchadha , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , Ö. Penek , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pfendner , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , M. Quinnan , C. Raab , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , R. Reimann , M. Relich , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk , L. Sabbatini , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schimp , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , A. Schönwald , L. Schumacher , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , D. Soldin , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stahlberg , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , R. Ström , N. L. Strotjohann , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , J. Tatar , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , G. Tešić , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , M. N. Tobin , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , M. Tselengidou , A. Turcati , E. Unger , M. Usner , S. Vallecorsa , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , M. van Rossem , J. van Santen , J. Veenkamp , M. Vehring , M. Voge , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , Ch. Weaver , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , S. Wickmann , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , L. Wills , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , M. Zoll

IceCube: The Cubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope at the South Pole

Search for ultra high-energy neutrino induced reactions, as part of a comprehensive probe of the neutrino sky and also investigation of the particle nature of the dark matter, with unique sensitivity to cold dark matter particles are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 A. R. Fazely

Probing Particle Physics with IceCube

The IceCube observatory located at the South Pole is a cubic-kilometre optical Cherenkov telescope primarily designed for the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. IceCube became fully operational in 2010, after a seven-year…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-20 Markus Ahlers , Klaus Helbing , Carlos Pérez de los Heros

Neutrino fluxes from different classes of galactic sources

We estimate the neutrino flux from different kinds of galactic sources and compare it with the recently diffuse neutrino flux detected by IceCube. We find that the flux from these sources may contribute to ~ 20% of the IceCube neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-13 Silvia Gagliardini , Aurora Langella , Dafne Guetta , Antonio Capone

A Cross-Correlation Study of High-energy Neutrinos and Tracers of Large-Scale Structure

The origin of the bulk of the astrophysical neutrinos detected by the IceCube Observatory remains a mystery. Previous source-finding analyses compare the directions of IceCube events and individual sources in astrophysical catalogs. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-20 Ke Fang , Arka Banerjee , Eric Charles , Yuuki Omori

Contribution of Secondary Neutrinos from Line-of-sight Cosmic Ray Interactions to the IceCube Diffuse Astrophysical Flux

In ten years of observations, the IceCube neutrino observatory has revealed a neutrino sky in tension with previous expectations for neutrino point source emissions. Astrophysical objects associated with hadronic processes might act as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-24 Alina Kochocki , Volodymyr Takhistov , Alexander Kusenko , Nathan Whitehorn

Search for neutrino flares from point sources with IceCube

A time-dependent search for neutrino flares from pre-defined directions in the whole sky is presented. The analysis uses a time clustering algorithm combined with an unbinned likelihood method. This algorithm provides a search for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. L. Bazo Alba , E. Bernardini , R. Lauer

A Search for IceCube Neutrinos from the First 33 Detected Gravitational Wave Events

The discoveries of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube in 2013 and of gravitational waves by LIGO in 2015 have enabled a new era of multi-messenger astronomy. Gravitational waves can identify the merging of compact objects such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-22 Raamis Hussain , Justin Vandenbroucke , Joshua Wood

Extending the IceCube search for neutrino point sources in the Northern sky with additional years of data

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a one-cubic-kilometer-sized neutrino telescope deployed deep in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole. One of IceCube's major goals is finding the origins of astrophysical high-energy neutrinos. In 2022,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-25 Chiara Bellenghi , Martin Ha Minh , Tomas Kontrimas , Elena Manao , Rasmus Ørsøe , Martin Wolf