J/other/APh/26.367 GRB from RICE data (Besson+, 2007)
Limits on the transient ultra-high energy neutrino flux from gamma-ray bursts
(GRB) derived from RICE data.
Besson D., Razzaque S., Adams J., Harris P.
<Astroparticle Phys., 26, 367-377 (2007)>
=2007APh....26..367B 2007APh....26..367B
ADC_Keywords: Gamma rays
Keywords: neutrinos - GRBs - neutrino telescope - neutrino astronomy -
single source predictions - RICE
Abstract:
We present limits on ultra-high energy (UHE; Eν>1015eV) neutrino
fluxes from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), based on recently presented data,
limits, and simulations from the RICE experiment. We use data from
five recorded transients with sufficient photon spectral shape and
redshift information to derive an expected neutrino flux, assuming
that the observed photons are linked to neutrino production through
pion decay via the well-known Waxman-Bahcall prescription. Knowing the
declination of the observed burst, as well as the RICE sensitivity as
a function of polar angle and the previously published non-observation
of any neutrino events allows an estimate of the sensitivity to a
given neutrino flux. Although several orders of magnitude weaker than
the expected fluxes, our GRB neutrino flux limits are nevertheless the
first in the PeVEeV energy regime. For completeness, we also provide a
listing of other bursts, recorded at times when the RICE experiment
was active, but requiring some assumptions regarding luminosity and
redshift to permit estimates of the neutrino flux.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
appen.dat 29 107 GRBs recorded in southern hemisphere, with
incomplete spectral or redshift information
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See also:
IX/20 : The Fourth BATSE Burst Revised Catalog (Paciesas+ 1999)
IX/36 : GRANAT/PHEBUS catalog of cosmic GRB (Terekhov+, 1994-2002)
J/A+AS/129/1 : GRANAT/WATCH catalogue of gamma-ray bursts (Sazonov+ 1998)
J/ApJS/120/399 : ULYSSES supplement to GRB 3B catalog (Hurley+, 1999)
J/ApJS/134/385 : Supplement to the BATSE GRB catalogs (Kommers+, 2001)
J/A+A/427/87 : List of GRBs (Gorosabel+, 2004)
J/ApJS/156/217 : IPN supplement to BATSE untriggered GRBs (Hurley+, 2005)
J/A+A/455/813 : BeppoSAX catalog of GRB X-ray afterglows (De Pasquale+, 2006)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: appen.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 7 A7 --- GRB GRB designation
9- 17 F9.5 deg DEdeg Declination angle
19- 23 F5.3 s <LiveTime> Mean livetime
25- 29 F5.2 V Dthr Discriminator threshold (1)
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Note (1): Hits are defined as a voltage excursion greater in magnitude than
a discriminator threshold, determined at the beginning of each run
as that threshold which gives approximately 90% livetime.
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 27-Aug-2007