Abstract
A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A (0.83×2π) sr sky was monitored for a total of 334 days of equivalent live time. The searched signal corresponds to an excess of events, produced by astrophysical sources, over the expected atmospheric neutrino background. The observed number of events is found compatible with the background expectation. Assuming an E−2 flux spectrum, a 90% c.l. upper limit on the diffuse νμ flux of in the energy range 20 TeV–2.5 PeV is obtained. Other signal models with different energy spectra are also tested and some rejected
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 16-22 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Physics Letters B |
| Volume | 696 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
ANTARES CollaborationAt bottom, the aim of this book is the formulation and defence of a novel
philosophical stance concerning the general relation between successor theories in
science. But its method is inductive: almost the entire book is devoted to one
detailed case study, the relation between classical mechanics and quantum
mechanics. The author, Alisa Bokulich, dwells extensively on the history of
quantum mechanics and the philosophical ideas of its founding fathers and also on
recent developments in physics. The book has thus become a goldmine of
information and original ideas about quantum mechanics and its philosophy, in
addition to being a philosophical treatise about the relation between theories.