{"paper":{"title":"Search for steady point-like sources in the astrophysical muon neutrino flux with 8 years of IceCube data","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.HE"],"primary_cat":"hep-ph","authors_text":"A. Barbano, A. Burgman, A. Franckowiak, A. Fritz, A. Goldschmidt, A. Hallgren, A. Ishihara, A. Kappes, A. Karle, A. Keivani, A. Kheirandish, A. Kyriacou, A. Obertacke Pollmann, A. Olivas, A. O'Murchadha, A. Pizzuto, A. Raissi, A. R. Fazely, A. Sandrock, A. Schneider, A. Stasik, A. Steuer, A. St\\\"o{\\ss}l, A. Terliuk, A. Turcati, A. Wallace, B. Eberhardt, B. Eichmann, B. Hokanson-Fasig, B. J. P. Jones, B. J. Whelan, B. Relethford, B. Ty, C. Arg\\\"uelles, C. Bohm, C. Chen, C. De Clercq, C. Finley, C. F. Tung, C. F. Turley, C. Haack, C. H. Wiebusch, C. J. Lozano Mariscal, C. Kopper, C. P\\'erez de los Heros, C. Raab, C. Rott, C. Spiering, C. T\\\"onnis, C. Walck, C. Weaver, C. Wendt, D. Altmann, D. Berley, D. Bindig, D. Chirkin, D. F. Cowen, D. Grant, D. Hebecker, D. Heereman, D. J. Koskinen, D. Kappesser, D. L. Xu, D. Pieloth, D. R. Nygren, D. R. Williams, D. Ryckbosch, D. Rysewyk, D. Seckel, D. Soldin, D. Tosi, D. van Eijk, D. V. Pankova, D. Z. Besson, E. Bernardini, E. Blaufuss, E. Bourbeau, E. Cheung, E. Dvorak, E. Friedman, E. Ganster, E. Jacobi, E. Lohfink, E. O'Sullivan, E. Pinat, E. Resconi, E. Unger, E. Woolsey, F. Bos, F. Bradascio, F. D. Wandler, F. Halzen, F. Huang, F. Lauber, F. Tenholt, G. Anton, G. Binder, G. C. Hill, G. de Wasseige, G. H. Collin, G. Kr\\\"uckl, G. Maggi, G. Merino, G. Moment\\'e, G. M. Spiczak, G. Neer, G. Renzi, G. S. Japaridze, G. T. Przybylski, G. Wrede, G. W. Sullivan, G. Yodh, H. Bagherpour, H. Dembinski, H. Dujmovic, H. Kolanoski, H. Niederhausen, H. Pandya, H.-P. Bretz, I. Ansseau, IceCube Collaboration: M. G. Aartsen, I. C. Mari\\c{s}, I. C. Rea, I. Safa, I. Taboada, J. A. Aguilar, J. Adams, J. Auffenberg, J. Becker Tjus, J. Bourbeau, J. Braun, J. Brostean-Kaiser, J. C. D\\'iaz-V\\'elez, J. Felde, J. Gallagher, J. G. Gonzalez, J. Hignight, J. J. Beatty, J. J. DeLaunay, J. Kim, J. Kiryluk, J. L. Kelley, J. L. Lanfranchi, J. L\\\"unemann, J. Madsen, J. M. Conrad, J. Micallef, J. P. A. M. de Andr\\'e, J. P. Barron, J. P. Yanez, J. Sandroos, J. Schneider, J. Soedingrekso, J. Stachurska, J. Stettner, J. Vandenbroucke, J. van Santen, J. Werthebach, J. Wood, K. Andeen, K. B. M. Mahn, K. Clark, K. D. de Vries, K. Deoskar, K. D. Hoffman, K. Filimonov, K. Ghorbani, K. Hanson, K.-H. Becker, K. Helbing, K. Hoshina, K. Hultqvist, K. Jero, K. Krings, K. Leonard, K. Mase, K. Meagher, K. Rawlins, K. Satalecka, K. Wiebe, K. Woschnagg, L. Classen, L. Gerhardt, L. Halve, L. K\\\"opke, L. Lu, L. Rauch, L. Schumacher, L. Wille, L. Wills, M. Ackermann, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, M. A. Unland Elorrieta, M. B\\\"orner, M. Day, M. de With, M. Dunkman, M. Huber, M. H\\\"unnefeld, M. Jeong, M. J. Larson, M. J. Weiss, M. Kauer, M. Kowalski, M. Kroll, M. Labare, M. Leuermann, M. Medici, M. Meier, M. Moulai, M. N. Tobin, M. Plum, M. Rameez, M. Richman, M. Rongen, M. Santander, M. Schaufel, M. Song, M. Stamatikos, M. Sutherland, M. Tselengidou, M. Usner, M. Vraeghe, M. Wallraff, M. Wolf, N. Iovine, N. Kurahashi, N. L. Strotjohann, N. van Eijndhoven, N. Wandkowsky, N. Whitehorn, O. Botner, P. A. Evenson, P. Backes, P. B. Price, P. Coppin, P. Correa, P. Dave, P. Desiati, P. Eller, P. Kalaczynski, P. Nakarmi, P. Peiffer, P. Schlunder, Q. R. Liu, R. Bay, R. Cross, R. G. Stokstad, R. Hellauer, R. Hoffmann, R. Hussain, R. Koirala, R. Maruyama, R. Maunu, R. Nagai, R. Nahnhauer, R. Reimann, R. S. Busse, R. Stein, R. Turcotte, R. W. Moore, S. Axani, S. BenZvi, S. Blot, S. B\\\"oser, S. Bron, S. C. Nowicki, S. De Ridder, S. E. Sanchez Herrera, S. Fahey, S. Garrappa, S. Hickford, S. In, S. Kopper, S. Kunwar, S. Mancina, S. Miarecki, S. R. Klein, S. Robertson, S. Sarkar, S. Sch\\\"oneberg, S. Sclafani, S. Seunarine, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, S. Toscano, S. Vanheule, S. W. Barwick, S. Westerhoff, S. Yoshida, T. Anderson, T. B. Watson, T. Carver, T. DeYoung, T. Ehrhardt, T. Glauch, T. Gl\\\"usenkamp, T. Hoinka, T. Karg, T. K. Gaisser, T. Kintscher, T. Kittler, T. Menne, T. Meures, T. Montaruli, T. Palczewski, T. Ruhe, T. R. Wood, T. Schmidt, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, T. Stuttard, T. Yuan, U. Katz, U. Naumann, V. Baum, W. Giang, W. Kang, W. Luszczak, W. Rhode, W. Van Driessche, X. Bai, X. W. Xu, Y. Makino, Y. Xu, Z. Griffith","submitted_at":"2018-11-19T21:01:19Z","abstract_excerpt":"The IceCube Collaboration has observed a high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux and recently found evidence for neutrino emission from the blazar TXS 0506+056. These results open a new window into the high-energy universe. However, the source or sources of most of the observed flux of astrophysical neutrinos remains uncertain. Here, a search for steady point-like neutrino sources is performed using an unbinned likelihood analysis. The method searches for a spatial accumulation of muon-neutrino events using the very high-statistics sample of about $497\\,000$ neutrinos recorded by IceCube betwe"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1811.07979","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}