Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2-1-2017

Publisher

The American Astronomical Society

Source Publication

The Astrophysical Journal

Source ISSN

0004-637X

Abstract

Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high-energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux comes from a small event sample of high neutrino purity, good energy resolution, but large angular uncertainties. In searches for point-like sources, on the other hand, the best performance is given by using large statistics and good angular reconstructions. Track-like muon events produced in neutrino interactions satisfy these requirements. We present here the results of searches for point-like sources with neutrinos using data acquired by the IceCube detector over 7 yr from 2008 to 2015. The discovery potential of the analysis in the northern sky is now significantly below = 10−12 TeV cm−2 s−1, on average 38% lower than the sensitivity of the previously published analysis of 4 yr exposure. No significant clustering of neutrinos above background expectation was observed, and implications for prominent neutrino source candidates are discussed.

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Published version. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 835, No. 151 (February 1, 2017). DOI. © 2017 The American Astronomical Society. Used with permission.

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