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Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known as sources of high energy gamma-rays. The emission probably results from non-thermal radiation of relativistic jets belonging to the AGN. Earlier investigations of these processes have suggested that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Schuster , M. Pohl , R. Schlickeiser

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) can accelerate protons to energies of $\sim$10-100 TeV, with secondary production of high-energy neutrinos. If the acceleration is driven by magnetized turbulence, the main properties of the resulting proton and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-24 Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Luca Comisso , Enrico Peretti , Maria Petropoulou , Lorenzo Sironi

The first high-energy neutrino source identified by IceCube was a blazar -- an active galactic nucleus driving a relativistic jet towards Earth. Jets driven by accreting black holes are commonly assumed to be needed for high-energy neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-30 Emma Kun , Imre Bartos , Julia Becker Tjus , Peter L. Biermann , Anna Franckowiak , Francis Halzen , Santiago del Palacio , Jooyun Woo

We report three searches for high energy neutrino emission from astrophysical objects using data recorded with IceCube between 2011 and 2020. Improvements over previous work include new neutrino reconstruction and data calibration methods.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-12 IceCube Collaboration , R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , J. M. Alameddine , C. Alispach , A. A. Alves , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Axani , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , A. Barbano , S. W. Barwick , B. Bastian , V. Basu , S. Baur , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , M. Boddenberg , F. Bontempo , J. Borowka , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , B. Brinson , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , S. Browne , A. Burgman , R. T. Burley , R. S. Busse , M. A. Campana , E. G. Carnie-Bronca , C. Chen , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , K. Choi , B. A. Clark , K. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , C. 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Robertson , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk Cantu , I. Safa , J. Saffer , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , G. Schwefer , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. Stokstad , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , F. Tischbein , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , S. Verpoest , C. Walck , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , M. Wolf , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , J. Wulff , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , S. Yoshida , S. Yu , T. Yuan , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin

The origin of diffuse high-energy neutrinos from TeV to PeV energies detected by IceCube Observatory remains a mystery. In our previous work, we have shown that hadronuclear (p-p) interactions in AGN jets could be important and generate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-08 Rui Xue , Ze-Rui Wang , Jagdish C. Joshi , Wei-Jian Li

IceCube recently reported the observation of TeV neutrinos from the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC~1068, and the corresponding neutrino flux is significantly higher than the upper limit implied by observations of GeV-TeV gamma rays. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-12 The IceCube Collaboration

Observational information on high-energy astrophysical neutrinos is being continuously collected by the IceCube observatory. However, the sources of neutrinos are still unknown. In this study, we use radio very-long-baseline interferometry…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-10 A. V. Plavin , Y. Y. Kovalev , Y. A. Kovalev , S. V. Troitsky

The recent discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos by the IceCube neutrino observatory opens up a new field in physics, the field of neutrino astronomy. Using the IceCube neutrino detector we plan to search for high-energy neutrinos…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-16 G. Maggi , S. Buitink , P. Correa , K. D. de Vries , G. Gentile , O. Scholten , N. van Eijndhoven

The steep spectrum of neutrinos measured by IceCube extending from >1 PeV down to ~10 TeV has an energy flux now encroaching on the Fermi isotropic GeV background. We examine several implications starting from source energetics requirements…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-06 Matthew D. Kistler

Astrophysical neutrinos from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) offer a unique window into high-energy particle acceleration in obscured environments. The nearby Type II Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 is a compelling example, exhibiting evidence of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-10 Luana Passos-Reis , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Juan C. Rodríguez-Ramírez , Giovani H. Vicentin

The TeV neutrino signal observed by IceCube from the active galactic nucleus (AGN) NGC 1068 can probe its innermost coronal regions. If these neutrinos originate from hadrons accelerated within a magnetized turbulent corona, their intensity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-20 Federico Testagrossa , Damiano F. G. Fiorillo , Luca Comisso , Enrico Peretti , Maria Petropoulou , Lorenzo Sironi

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are sources of high-energy gamma-rays and are considered to be promising candidates to be sources of high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos as well. We present and discuss various models for ion acceleration and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-13 Kohta Murase , Floyd W. Stecker

Various observations are revealing the widespread occurrence of fast and powerful winds in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that are distinct from relativistic jets, likely launched from accretion disks and interacting strongly with the gas of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Ruo-Yu Liu , Kohta Murase , Susumu Inoue , Chong Ge , Xiang-Yu Wang

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are powerful astronomical objects with very high luminosities. Theoretical arguments suggest that these objects are capable of accelerating particles to energies of 10$^{20}$ eV. In environments with matter or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-31 Sreetama Goswami

The recent detection of TeV neutrinos from some nearby Seyfert galaxy (e.g., NGC1068) by IceCube suggests that active galactic nuclei (AGNs) could make a significant contribution to diffuse astrophysical neutrinos. The absence of TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-12 Xiao-Bin Chen , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

The origin of the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux measured by the IceCube Observatory remains largely unknown. Although NGC 1068 and TXS 0506+056 have been identified as potential neutrino sources, the diffuse flux of neutrinos must…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-16 K. McDonough , K. Hughes , D. Smith , A. G. Vieregg

The IceCube project transformed a cubic kilometer of transparent, natural Antarctic ice into a Cherenkov detector. It discovered neutrinos of TeV-PeV energy originating beyond our Galaxy with an energy flux that exceeds the one of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-15 Francis Halzen

IceCube has observed an excess of neutrino events over expectations from the isotropic background from the direction of NGC 1068. The excess is inconsistent with background expectations at the level of $2.9\sigma$ after accounting for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-09 Luis A. Anchordoqui , John F. Krizmanic , Floyd W. Stecker

High-energy neutrinos are detected by the IceCube Observatory in the direction of NGC 1068, the archetypical type II Seyfert galaxy. The neutrino flux, surprisingly, is more than an order of magnitude higher than the $\gamma$-ray upper…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-03 Ke Fang , Enrique Lopez Rodriguez , Francis Halzen , John S. Gallagher

IceCube observations point to Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) as promising contributors to the observed astrophysical neutrino flux. Close to the central black hole, protons can be accelerated through magnetic reconnection to very high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-13 D. Karavola , M. Petropoulou , D. F. G. Fiorillo , A. Georgakakis , L. Comisso , L. Sironi