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High-energy astrophysical neutrinos have been observed by several telescopes in the last decade, but their sources still remained unknown. We address the problem of locating astrophysical neutrinos' sources in a statistical manner. We show…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-17 A. V. Plavin , Y. Y. Kovalev , Y. A. Kovalev , S. V. Troitsky

Blazar emission of gamma rays and cosmic ray production of gamma rays in gas-rich clusters have been proposed recently as alternative sources of the high energy extragalactic diffuse gamma ray background radiation. We show that these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Arnon Dar , Nir J. Shaviv

The Synchrotron Proton Blazar model is a promising model to explain high energy emission from gamma-ray loud BL Lac objects like Mkn 421. In contrast to leptonic models, the hadronic explanation of gamma-ray emission predicts ultrahigh…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Muecke , R. J. Protheroe

I describe a model of energetic gamma ray and neutrino emission in blazars which is consistent with most of the gamma-ray observations, and use this model to estimate the diffuse intensity of high energy neutrinos from blazars.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. J. Protheroe

Besides the neutrino source detected by IceCube, NGC 1068, the association of the IceCube-170922A neutrino with the blazar in a flaring state among several wavelengths (from radio up to high-energy (HE) gamma-rays), the site and mechanisms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-29 Antonio Galván , Nissim Fraija , Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz , Jose Antonio de Diego Onsurbe , Maria G. Dainotti

The blazars are one of the leading candidate sources of high-energy neutrinos. Recently, two blazars have been found to be temporally and spatially correlated with some IceCube high-energy neutrino events. The two blazars, GB6 J2113+1121…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Xiong Jiang , Neng-Hui Liao , Xue Rui , Yi-Zhong Fan , Da-Ming Wei

Blazars are highly variable active galactic nuclei which emit radiation at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. Polarized radiation from blazars is one key piece of evidence for synchrotron radiation at low energies and it also varies…

The discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube kicked off a new line of research to identify the electromagnetic counterparts producing these neutrinos. Among the extragalactic sources, active galactic nuclei (AGN), and in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 C. Righi , F. Tavecchio , L. Pacciani

Pinpointing the neutrino sources is crucial to unveil the mystery of high-energy cosmic rays. The search for neutrino-source candidates from coincident neutrino-photon signatures and electromagnetic objects with peculiar flaring behaviors…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Yu-Ling Chang , Bruno Arsioli , Wenlian Li , Donglian Xu , Liang Chen

We consider implications of high-energy neutrino emission from blazar flares, including the recent event IceCube-170922A and the 2014-2015 neutrino flare that could originate from TXS 0506+056. First, we discuss their contribution to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-11 Kohta Murase , Foteini Oikonomou , Maria Petropoulou

We discuss recent results in neutrino astronomy and their implications for the cosmic-ray acceleration in relativistic outflows, such as in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) jets, Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-09 Walter Winter

We present two ways of modeling the spectral energy distribution of blazars in the hadronic context and discuss the predictions of each "hadronic variant" on the spectral shape, the multi-wavelength variability, the cosmic-ray flux, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-25 Maria Petropoulou , Stavros Dimitrakoudis , Paolo Padovani , Elisa Resconi , Paolo Giommi , Apostolos Mastichiadis

In September 2017, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory recorded a very-high-energy neutrino in directional coincidence with a blazar in an unusually bright gamma-ray state, TXS0506+056. Blazars are prominent photon sources in the universe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-14 Shan Gao , Anatoli Fedynitch , Walter Winter , Martin Pohl

Blazars are among the most studied sources in high-energy astrophysics as they form the largest fraction of extragalactic gamma-ray sources and are considered prime candidates for being the counterparts of high-energy astrophysical…

Bright blazars were found to be prominent neutrino sources, and a number of IceCube events were associated with them. Evaluating high-energy photon emission of such blazars is crucial for better understanding of the processes and regions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-04 A. V. Plavin , R. A. Burenin , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. A. Lutovinov , A. A. Starobinsky , S. V. Troitsky , E. I. Zakharov

Context. The sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos remain largely unknown. Multi-wavelength observational campaignshave identified a few plausible candidates, but their numbers are limited. Aims. We search for an excess of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-24 Rajendra Neupane , Niraj Dhital

Blazars, a subset of powerful active galactic nuclei, feature relativistic jets that shine in a broadband electromagnetic radiation, e. g. from radio to TeV emission. Here I present the results of the studies that explore gamma-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Gopal Bhatta

Blazars are interesting source candidates for astrophysical neutrino emission. Multi-messenger lepto-hadronic models based on proton-photon (p-gamma) interactions result in predictions for the neutrino spectra (''p-gamma spectra'') which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-21 Julian Kuhlmann , Francesca Capel

Protons accelerated in the cores of active galactic nuclei can effectively produce neutrinos only if the soft radiation background in the core is sufficiently high. We find restrictions on the spectral properties and luminosity of blazars…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Yu. Neronov , D. V. Semikoz

The origin of the high-energy astrophysical neutrinos discovered by IceCube remains unclear, with both blazars and Seyfert galaxies emerging as potential sources. Recently, the IceCube Collaboration reported a ${\sim}{3}\sigma$ neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-28 Anastasiia Omeliukh , Samuel Barnier , Yoshiyuki Inoue