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Recent observations of high-energy neutrinos by IceCube and gamma rays by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the MAGIC telescope have suggested that neutrinos are produced in gamma-ray opaque environments in the vicinity of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-13 Kohta Murase , Christopher M. Karwin , Shigeo S. Kimura , Marco Ajello , Sara Buson

We present a self-consistent interpretation of the of very-high-energy neutrino signal from the direction of the inner Galaxy, which is a part of the astronomical neutrino signal reported by IceCube. We demonstrate that an estimate of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-02 A. Neronov , D. V. Semikoz , C. Tchernin

NGC 1068 is a nearby widely studied Seyfert II galaxy presenting radio, infrared, X- and $\gamma$-ray emission as well as strong evidence for high-energy neutrino emission. Recently, the evidence for neutrino emission could be explained in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-17 S. Salvatore , B. Eichmann , X. Rodrigues , R. -J. Dettmar , J. Becker Tjus

We present a comprehensive multi-messenger study of NGC 1068, the prototype Seyfert II galaxy recently associated with high-energy IceCube neutrinos. Various aspects of the source, including its nuclear activity, jet, outflow, and starburst…

The production of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos is tightly linked to the emission of hadronic gamma-rays. I will discuss the recent observation of TeV to PeV neutrinos by the IceCube Cherenkov telescope in the context of gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-03 Markus Ahlers

The recent discovery of astrophysical neutrinos from the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 suggests the presence of non-thermal protons within a compact "coronal" region close to the central black hole. The acceleration mechanism of these non-thermal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-22 Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Maria Petropoulou , Luca Comisso , Enrico Peretti , Lorenzo Sironi

It is often stated that the observation of high-energy neutrinos from an astrophysical source would constitute a smoking gun for the acceleration of hadronic cosmic rays. Here, we point out that there exists a purely leptonic mechanism to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-22 Dan Hooper , Kathryn Plant

Mysteries about the origin of high-energy cosmic neutrinos have deepened by the recent IceCube measurement of a large diffuse flux in the 10-100 TeV range. Based on the standard disk-corona picture of active galactic nuclei (AGN), we…

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The detection of an astrophysical flux of neutrinos in the TeV-PeV energy range by the IceCube observatory has opened new possibilities for the study of extreme cosmic accelerators. The apparent isotropy of the neutrino arrival directions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-29 Naoko Kurahashi , Kohta Murase , Marcos Santander

We show that it appears possible for starburst galaxies, like the nearby NGC 253, recently identified as a TeV source by the CANGAROO collaboration, to emit a significant amount of high-energy gamma-rays and neutrinos through hadronic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gustavo E. Romero , Diego F. Torres

The Fermi/LAT collaboration recently reported the detection of starburt galaxies in the high energy gamma-ray domain, as well as radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 objects. Motivated by the presence of sources close to the location of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jean-Philippe Lenain , Claudio Ricci , Marc Türler , Daniela Dorner , Roland Walter

In this work, we reanalyzed 11 years of spectral data from the \textit{Fermi} Large Area Telescope (\textit{Fermi}-LAT) of currently observed starburst galaxies (SBGs) and star-forming galaxies (SFGs). We used a one-zone model provided by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Yun-chuan Xiang , Ze-jun Jiang , Yun-yong Tang

Some Seyfert galaxies are detected in high-energy gamma rays, but the mechanism and site of gamma-ray emission are unknown. Also, the origins of the cosmic high-energy neutrino and MeV gamma-ray backgrounds have been veiled in mystery since…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-14 Hiromichi Tagawa , Shigeo S. Kimura , Zoltán Haiman

The cores of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are potential accelerators of 10-100 TeV cosmic rays, in turn producing high-energy neutrinos. This picture was confirmed by the compelling evidence of a TeV neutrino signal from the nearby active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-18 Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Luca Comisso , Enrico Peretti , Maria Petropoulou , Lorenzo Sironi

Intrigued by recent high-energy study results for nearby galaxies with gamma-ray emission and in particular NGC~1068 that has been detected as a neutrino-emitting source by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, we conduct detailed analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-06 Shunhao Ji , Zhongxiang Wang , Yi Xing , Dahai Yan , Jintao Zheng

Neutrino telescope IceCube has recently discovered astrophysical neutrinos with energies in the TeV-PeV range. We use the data of Fermi gamma-ray telescope to demonstrate that the neutrino signal has significant contribution from the Milky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-20 Andrii Neronov , Dmitry Semikoz

Seyfert-starburst composite galaxies host two promising phenomena of non-thermal high-energy radiation. In this regard the IceCube observation of high-energy neutrinos from the direction of the Seyfert-starburst composite galaxy NGC 1068 is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-23 Silvia Salvatore , Björn Eichmann , Giacomo Sommani , Santiago del Palacio , Patrik M. Veres , Julia Becker Tjus

Seyfert galaxies are emerging as a promising source class of high-energy neutrinos. The Seyfert galaxies NGC 4151 and NGC 1068 have come up respectively as the most promising counterparts of a 3$\sigma$ and of a 4.2$\sigma$ neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-08 K. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , V. A. Acciari , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , T. T. H. Arnesen , K. Asano , A. Babić , C. Bakshi , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios-Jiménez , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , A. Dinesh , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , R. Imazawa , D. Israyelyan , J. Jahanvi , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jiménez Quiles , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , J. Konrad , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , L. Lulić , E. Lyard , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , S. Marchesi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , P. Maruševec , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , J. Méndez Gallego , S. Menon , D. Miceli , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmitz , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , A. Simongini , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , P. K. H. Yeung , A. Neronov , E. Peretti , G. Peron

The Seyfert Type II galaxy NGC 1068 has been identified as a potential neutrino source by IceCube, with a 4.2$\sigma $ significance detection of a 79$^{+22}_{-20}$ neutrino excess from 2011 to 2020, despite the absence of a gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 Luana Passos-Reis , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Ramírez , Giovani H. Vicentin

The detection of high-energy neutrinos from NGC 1068 and TXS-0506+56 suggests that active galactic nuclei (AGN) may contribute significantly to the the diffuse neutrino flux measured by IceCube. Using 10 years of publicly available IceCube…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Samyak Jain , Dan Hooper , Francis Halzen