Speaker
Dr
Maria Petropoulou
(Purdue University)
Description
The recent IceCube discovery of 0.1-1 PeV neutrinos
of astrophysical origin opens up a new era for high-energy astrophysics. There are various astrophysical candidate sources, including active galactic nuclei (AGN) and starburst galaxies. Yet, a firm association of the detected neutrinos with one (or more) of them is still lacking. This talk will focus on the possible association of
IceCube neutrinos with BL Lacs, a sub-class of radio loud AGN. We present the results from leptohadronic modeling of six individual BL Lacs, including the closest to Earth, Mrk 421, that were selected as probable counterparts of the IceCube neutrinos. We also show the cumulative neutrino emission from BL Lacs, which was calculated
by incorporating our results from the modeling
of individual sources to Monte Carlo simulations
for the blazar evolution. We finally discuss our results in the light of current IceCube limits (above 2 PeV) and a possible future detection.
| Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" | 644 |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | -- not specified -- |
Primary author
Dr
Maria Petropoulou
(Purdue University)
Co-authors
Prof.
Apostolos Mastichiadis
(University of Athens)
Prof.
Elisa Resconi
(TUM)
Dr
Paolo Padovani
(ESO)
Dr
Stavros Dimitrakoudis
(NOA)
