Search for neutrino signals correlated with LHAASO diffuse Galactic emission

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Main Authors: Li, Wenlian, Huang, Tian-Qi, Xu, Donglian, He, Huihai
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author Li, Wenlian
Huang, Tian-Qi
Xu, Donglian
He, Huihai
author_facet Li, Wenlian
Huang, Tian-Qi
Xu, Donglian
He, Huihai
contents The diffuse Galactic $γ$-ray emission originates from the interactions between cosmic rays and the interstellar medium or radiation fields within our Galaxy, where the production of neutrinos is also anticipated. Recently, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) reported measurements of diffuse $γ$-rays from the Galactic plane with energies ranging from sub-TeV to 1 PeV. Using publicly available 7 years of IceCube track data with the full detector, we conduct a template search using the $γ$-ray flux map observed by LHAASO-KM2A as the neutrino emission template and perform a scan search of the Galactic plane. In the template search, a mild excess of neutrinos is observed in the Galactic plane with a pretrial (posttrial) significance of $1.9σ$ ($1.1σ$). The measured muon neutrino intensity at 25 TeV is $4.73^{+2.53}_{-2.51}\times10^{-14}\,{\rm TeV^{-1}\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1}\,sr^{-1}}$, consistent with the expected neutrino flux assuming that all the diffuse Galactic $γ$-rays originate from hadronic interactions. In the Galactic plane scan search, the most significant location is found at $l=63.57^{\circ}$ and $b=0.93^{\circ}$ with a pretrial (posttrial) significance of $4.6σ$ ($1.8σ$).
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spellingShingle Search for neutrino signals correlated with LHAASO diffuse Galactic emission
Li, Wenlian
Huang, Tian-Qi
Xu, Donglian
He, Huihai
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The diffuse Galactic $γ$-ray emission originates from the interactions between cosmic rays and the interstellar medium or radiation fields within our Galaxy, where the production of neutrinos is also anticipated. Recently, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) reported measurements of diffuse $γ$-rays from the Galactic plane with energies ranging from sub-TeV to 1 PeV. Using publicly available 7 years of IceCube track data with the full detector, we conduct a template search using the $γ$-ray flux map observed by LHAASO-KM2A as the neutrino emission template and perform a scan search of the Galactic plane. In the template search, a mild excess of neutrinos is observed in the Galactic plane with a pretrial (posttrial) significance of $1.9σ$ ($1.1σ$). The measured muon neutrino intensity at 25 TeV is $4.73^{+2.53}_{-2.51}\times10^{-14}\,{\rm TeV^{-1}\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1}\,sr^{-1}}$, consistent with the expected neutrino flux assuming that all the diffuse Galactic $γ$-rays originate from hadronic interactions. In the Galactic plane scan search, the most significant location is found at $l=63.57^{\circ}$ and $b=0.93^{\circ}$ with a pretrial (posttrial) significance of $4.6σ$ ($1.8σ$).
title Search for neutrino signals correlated with LHAASO diffuse Galactic emission
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12123