Date:
Tue, 15/11/201612:30-13:30
Location:
Kaplun building, Room No. 200
Lecturer: Dr. Reetanjali Moharana
Affiliation: Racah Institute of Physics,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Abstract:
IceCube is the world’s largest detector for
cosmic neutrinos, built in South Pole.
Recently reported 54 high-energy starting
events (HESE) by IceCube is one of the
main attractions for astrophysics as well
as particle physics. This sample collected
within 1347 days of operation, have
deposited energy ranging from 20 TeV to
2 PeV. These events correspond to a 6.5σ
detection of cosmic neutrinos above an
estimated ~9.0 atmospheric neutrino
background events and 12.6 ± 5.1
atmospheric muon background events.
The origin of these cosmic neutrinos is
one of the outstanding puzzles in recent
years. An astrophysical origin can be
established by a significant correlation of
the HESE neutrino with different
counterpart directions. Ultra-high energy
cosmic rays, high energy gamma rays are
one of the important counterparts for
astrophysical neutrinos. We have studied
the angular cross correlation between the
HESE events with UHECRs and different
source catalogs of high energy γ-rays
detected by Fermi.
Additional details of the upcoming Astrophysics'
seminars can be found on the following link.
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