14–24 Jul 2025
CICG - International Conference Centre - Geneva, Switzerland
Europe/Zurich timezone

Searching for Neutrino and Gamma-Ray Coincidences with the IceCube and HAWC Observatories

19 Jul 2025, 14:20
15m
Room F

Room F

Talk Gamma-Ray Astrophysics GA

Speaker

Ian Herzog (Michigan State University)

Description

While much work has gone into associating neutrino emission with various sources, very few sources have emerged. With the recent publication of IceCube Event Catalog (IceCat-1), the IceCube neutrino observatory has released a list of the most promising astrophysical neutrino events since operations began in 2010. Using the archival data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory, we perform a coincidence search for gamma rays and neutrinos using a Bayesian Block algorithm with the public IceCube alerts from IceCat-1 and the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON). Of the 350 alerts considered, 25 detections were found, with 1 coinciding with the flaring HAWC source Markarian 421, an active galactic nuclei. We present the performance of this method and a discussion of physics implications.

Collaboration(s) HAWC

Author

Ian Herzog (Michigan State University)

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