Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope

[EN] Active galaxies, especially blazars, are among the most promising extragalactic candidates for high-energy neutrino sources. To date, ANTARES searches included these objects and used GeV-TeV gamma-ray flux to select blazars. Here, a statistically complete blazar sample selected by their bright...

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Autores: Albert, A., Alves, S., Andre, M., Aubert, J.J., Aublin, J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Becherini, Y., Belhorma, B., Bendahman, M., Benfenati, F., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bissinger, M., Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio, Poirè, Chiara, Ardid, Miguel|||0000-0002-3199-594X, Ardid, S.|||0000-0003-4821-6655
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Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
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ANTARES telescope
Radio-bright Blazars
FISICA APLICADA
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
title Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
spellingShingle Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
Albert, A.
Neutrinos
ANTARES telescope
Radio-bright Blazars
FISICA APLICADA
title_short Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
title_full Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
title_fullStr Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
title_full_unstemmed Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
title_sort Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Albert, A.
Alves, S.
Andre, M.
Aubert, J.J.
Aublin, J.
Baret, B.
Basa, S.
Becherini, Y.
Belhorma, B.
Bendahman, M.
Benfenati, F.
Bertin, V.
Biagi, S.
Bissinger, M.
Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
Poirè, Chiara
Ardid, Miguel|||0000-0002-3199-594X
Ardid, S.|||0000-0003-4821-6655
author Albert, A.
author_facet Albert, A.
Alves, S.
Andre, M.
Aubert, J.J.
Aublin, J.
Baret, B.
Basa, S.
Becherini, Y.
Belhorma, B.
Bendahman, M.
Benfenati, F.
Bertin, V.
Biagi, S.
Bissinger, M.
Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
Poirè, Chiara
Ardid, Miguel|||0000-0002-3199-594X
Ardid, S.|||0000-0003-4821-6655
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Andre, M.
Aubert, J.J.
Aublin, J.
Baret, B.
Basa, S.
Becherini, Y.
Belhorma, B.
Bendahman, M.
Benfenati, F.
Bertin, V.
Biagi, S.
Bissinger, M.
Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
Poirè, Chiara
Ardid, Miguel|||0000-0002-3199-594X
Ardid, S.|||0000-0003-4821-6655
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author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Física Aplicada
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño Industrial
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia
Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras
Academy of Finland
European Commission
Generalitat Valenciana
Conseil Régional d'Alsace
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
National Science Foundation, EEUU
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, EEUU
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia
Executive Agency for Higher Education, Scientific Research, Development and Innovation Funding, Rumanía
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Marruecos
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neutrinos
ANTARES telescope
Radio-bright Blazars
FISICA APLICADA
topic Neutrinos
ANTARES telescope
Radio-bright Blazars
FISICA APLICADA
description [EN] Active galaxies, especially blazars, are among the most promising extragalactic candidates for high-energy neutrino sources. To date, ANTARES searches included these objects and used GeV-TeV gamma-ray flux to select blazars. Here, a statistically complete blazar sample selected by their bright radio emission is used as the target for searches of origins of neutrinos collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope over 13 yr of operation. The hypothesis of a neutrino-blazar directional correlation is tested by pair counting and a complementary likelihood-based approach. The resulting posttrial p-value is 3.0% (2.2 sigma in the two-sided convention). Additionally, a time-dependent analysis is performed to search for temporal clustering of neutrino candidates as a means of detecting neutrino flares in blazars. None of the investigated sources alone reaches a significant flare detection level. However, the presence of 18 sources with a pretrial significance above 3 sigma indicates a p = 1.4% (2.5 sigma in the two-sided convention) detection of a time-variable neutrino flux. An a posteriori investigation reveals an intriguing temporal coincidence of neutrino, radio, and gamma-ray flares of the J0242+1101 blazar at a p = 0.5% (2.9 sigma in the two-sided convention) level. Altogether, the results presented here suggest a possible connection of neutrino candidates detected by the ANTARES telescope with radio-bright blazars.
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spelling Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES TelescopeAlbert, A.Alves, S.Andre, M.Aubert, J.J.Aublin, J.Baret, B.Basa, S.Becherini, Y.Belhorma, B.Bendahman, M.Benfenati, F.Bertin, V.Biagi, S.Bissinger, M.Martínez Mora, Juan AntonioPoirè, ChiaraArdid, Miguel|||0000-0002-3199-594XArdid, S.|||0000-0003-4821-6655NeutrinosANTARES telescopeRadio-bright BlazarsFISICA APLICADA[EN] Active galaxies, especially blazars, are among the most promising extragalactic candidates for high-energy neutrino sources. To date, ANTARES searches included these objects and used GeV-TeV gamma-ray flux to select blazars. Here, a statistically complete blazar sample selected by their bright radio emission is used as the target for searches of origins of neutrinos collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope over 13 yr of operation. The hypothesis of a neutrino-blazar directional correlation is tested by pair counting and a complementary likelihood-based approach. The resulting posttrial p-value is 3.0% (2.2 sigma in the two-sided convention). Additionally, a time-dependent analysis is performed to search for temporal clustering of neutrino candidates as a means of detecting neutrino flares in blazars. None of the investigated sources alone reaches a significant flare detection level. However, the presence of 18 sources with a pretrial significance above 3 sigma indicates a p = 1.4% (2.5 sigma in the two-sided convention) detection of a time-variable neutrino flux. An a posteriori investigation reveals an intriguing temporal coincidence of neutrino, radio, and gamma-ray flares of the J0242+1101 blazar at a p = 0.5% (2.9 sigma in the two-sided convention) level. Altogether, the results presented here suggest a possible connection of neutrino candidates detected by the ANTARES telescope with radio-bright blazars.We thank Eduardo Ros for helpful comments on the manuscript. This research has made use of data from the OVRO 40 m monitoring program, supported by private funding from the California Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, and by NASA grants NNX08AW31G, NNX11A043G, and NNX14AQ89G and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Commission Européenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), LabEx UnivEarthS (ANR-10- LABX-0023 and ANR-18-IDEX-0001), Région Alsace (contrat CPER), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d Azur, Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI), Romania; grants PID2021-124591NB-C41, -C42, -C43 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and, as appropriate, by ERDF A way of making Europe, by the European Union or by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR, Programa de Planes Complementarios I+D+I (refs. ASFAE/ 2022/023, ASFAE/2022/014), Programa Prometeo (PROMETEO/2020/019) and GenT (refs. CIDEGENT/2018/034, /2019/043, /2020/049. /2021/23) of the Generalitat Valenciana, EU: MSC program (ref. 101025085), Spain; Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Morocco; and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM, and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities. Y.Y.K. acknowledges support from the M2FINDERS project, which has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Unionʼs Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement No. 101018682). T.H. was supported by the Academy of Finland projects 317383, 320085, 322535, and 345899. S.K. acknowledges support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 771282.American Astronomical SocietyDepartamento de Física AplicadaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeroespacial y Diseño IndustrialEscuela Politécnica Superior de GandiaInstituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas CosterasAcademy of FinlandEuropean CommissionGeneralitat ValencianaConseil Régional d'AlsaceAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónNational Science Foundation, EEUUEuropean Regional Development FundMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónInstituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareArab Fund for Economic and Social DevelopmentConseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurNetherlands Organization for Scientific ResearchNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, EEUUCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FranciaBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, AlemaniaCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, FranciaExecutive Agency for Higher Education, Scientific Research, Development and Innovation Funding, RumaníaMinistère de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, MarruecosRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20242024-03-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/207445reponame:RiuNet. 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