We present the results of three searches for correlations between ultra-high energy cosmic ray events (UHECRs) measured by Telescope Array and the Pierre Auger Observatory and high-energy neutrino candidate events from IceCube. Two cross-correlation analyses of UHECRs are done: one with 28 "cascades" from the IceCube 'high-energy starting events' sample and the other one with 12 high-energy "tracks". The angular separation between the arrival directions of neutrinos and UHECRs is scanned. The same events are also used in a separate search stacking the neutrino arrival directions and using a maximum likelihood approach. We assume that UHECR magnetic deflections are inversely proportional to the energy with values 3°, 6° and 9° at 100 EeV to account for the various scenarios of the magnetic field strength and UHECR charges. A similar analysis is performed on stacked UHECR arrival directions and the IceCube 4-year sample of through-going muon-track events that was optimized for neutrino point source searches.

Correlation between UHECRs measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array and neutrino candidate events from IceCube / A. Christov, G. Golup, T. Montaruli, M. Rameez, J. Aublin, L. Caccianiga, P.L. Ghia, E. Roulet, M. Unger, H. Sagawa, P. Tinyakov. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - 718:5(2016 Jun 09). ((Intervento presentato al 14. convegno TAUP15 International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics : September, 7th - 11th tenutosi a Torino nel 2015 [10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052007].

Correlation between UHECRs measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array and neutrino candidate events from IceCube

L. Caccianiga;
2016

Abstract

We present the results of three searches for correlations between ultra-high energy cosmic ray events (UHECRs) measured by Telescope Array and the Pierre Auger Observatory and high-energy neutrino candidate events from IceCube. Two cross-correlation analyses of UHECRs are done: one with 28 "cascades" from the IceCube 'high-energy starting events' sample and the other one with 12 high-energy "tracks". The angular separation between the arrival directions of neutrinos and UHECRs is scanned. The same events are also used in a separate search stacking the neutrino arrival directions and using a maximum likelihood approach. We assume that UHECR magnetic deflections are inversely proportional to the energy with values 3°, 6° and 9° at 100 EeV to account for the various scenarios of the magnetic field strength and UHECR charges. A similar analysis is performed on stacked UHECR arrival directions and the IceCube 4-year sample of through-going muon-track events that was optimized for neutrino point source searches.
physics and astronomy (all)
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica
9-giu-2016
Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Consorzio Interuniversitario di Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Università di Torino
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