14–16 Sept 2015
University "La Sapienza", Physics Department
Europe/Rome timezone

IceCube results from low-energy point source searches in the southern hemisphere

15 Sept 2015, 11:40
20m
Aula Amaldi, 1st floor (University "La Sapienza", Physics Department)

Aula Amaldi, 1st floor

University "La Sapienza", Physics Department

Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2 - 00185 Roma - Italy

Speaker

Sebastian Euler (Uppsala University)

Description

Due to the overwhelming background of atmospheric muons, traditional IceCube point source searches in the Southern Hemisphere are sensitive only at neutrino energies above 100 TeV. We will report on a new approach, which focuses on events starting inside the instrumented volume of the IceCube detector. By utilizing different veto techniques we are able to significantly reduce the energy threshold and can now for the first time explore the entire Southern Hemisphere at neutrino energies as low as 100 GeV. Results from one year of data taken with the completed IceCube detector in 2011/12 will be presented.

Primary author

Sebastian Euler (Uppsala University)

Presentation materials