{"paper":{"title":"Search for Sources of High Energy Neutrons with Four Years of Data from the IceTop Detector","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["hep-ex"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"A. Bernhard, A. Burgman, A. Christov, A. Franckowiak, A. Goldschmidt, A. Haj Ismail, A. Hallgren, A. Ishihara, A. Kappes, A. Karle, A. Keivani, A. Kheirandish, A. Meli, A. Obertacke Pollmann, A. Olivas, A. O'Murchadha, A. R. Fazely, A. Sandrock, A. Stasik, A. Steuer, A. St\\\"o{\\ss}l, A. Terliuk, A. Turcati, A. Wallace, B. Eberhardt, B. Eichmann, B. Hansmann, B. J. P. Jones, B. J. Whelan, B. Relethford, B. Riedel, C. Arg\\\"uelles, C. Bohm, C.-C. F\\\"osig, C. De Clercq, C. Finley, C. Haack, Ch. Weaver, C. H. Wiebusch, C. Kopper, C. Kr\\\"uger, C. P\\'erez de los Heros, C. Raab, C. Rott, C. Spiering, C. Walck, C. Wendt, D. Altmann, D. Berley, D. Bindig, D. Bose, D. Chirkin, D. F. Cowen, D. Grant, D. Hebecker, D. Heereman, D. J. Koskinen, D. Lennarz, D. L. Xu, D. Pieloth, D. R. Nygren, D. R. Williams, D. Ryckbosch, D. Rysewyk, D. Seckel, D. Soldin, D. Tosi, D. V. Pankova, D. Z. Besson, E. Bernardini, E. Blaufuss, E. Cheung, E. del Pino Rosendo, E. Friedman, E. Hansen, E. Jacobi, E. Pinat, E. Resconi, E. Unger, E. Woolsey, F. Bos, F. Halzen, F. Huang, F. Lauber, F. McNally, F. Tenholt, G. Anton, G. Binder, G. C. Hill, G. de Wasseige, G. Golup, G. H. Collin, G. Kohnen, G. Kr\\\"uckl, G. Maggi, G. Merino, G. M. Spiczak, G. Neer, G. S. Japaridze, G. Te\\v{s}i\\'c, G. T. Przybylski, G. W. Sullivan, G. Yodh, H. Dembinski, H. Dujmovic, H. Kolanoski, H. Niederhausen, H. Pandya, H.-P. Bretz, H. Taavola, I. Ansseau, IceCube Collaboration: M. G. Aartsen, I. Taboada, J. A. Aguilar, J. Adams, J. A. Pepper, J. Auffenberg, J. Becker Tjus, J. Braun, J. C. D\\'iaz-V\\'elez, J. Feintzeig, J. Felde, J. Gallagher, J. G. Gonzalez, J. Hignight, J. J. Beatty, J. Kemp, J. Kiryluk, J. Kunnen, J. Leuner, J. L. Kelley, J. L. Lanfranchi, J. L\\\"unemann, J. Madsen, J. M. Conrad, J. P. A. M. de Andr\\'e, J. P. Dumm, J. P. Yanez, J. Sandroos, J. Tatar, J. Vandenbroucke, J. van Santen, J. Veenkamp, K. Abraham, K. Andeen, K. B. M. Mahn, K. Clark, K. D. de Vries, K. D. Hoffman, K. Filimonov, K. Ghorbani, K. Hanson, K.-H. Becker, K. Helbing, K. Holzapfel, K. Hoshina, K. Hultqvist, K. Jero, K. Krings, K. Mase, K. Meagher, K. Rawlins, K. Satalecka, K. Wiebe, K. Woschnagg, L. Brayeur, L. Classen, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, L. K\\\"opke, L. Lu, L. Mohrmann, L. R\\\"adel, L. Sabbatini, L. Schumacher, L. Wille, L. Wills, M. Ackermann, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, M. Archinger, M. Bissok, M. B\\\"orner, M. Casier, M. Day, M. de With, M. Dunkman, M. Glagla, M. Huber, M. Jeong, M. J. Larson, M. Jurkovic, M. J. Weiss, M. Kauer, M. Kim, M. Kowalski, M. Kroll, M. Labare, M. Lesiak-Bzdak, M. Leuermann, M. Mandelartz, M. Medici, M. Meier, M. Moulai, M. N. Tobin, M. Quinnan, M. Rameez, M. Relich, M. Richman, M. Rongen, M. Schimp, M. Song, M. Stahlberg, M. Sutherland, M. Tselengidou, M. Usner, M. van Rossem, M. Vehring, M. Voge, M. Vraeghe, M. Wallraff, M. Wolf, M. Zoll, N. Kurahashi, N. L. Strotjohann, N. van Eijndhoven, N. Wandkowsky, O. Botner, \\\"O. Penek, P. A. Evenson, P. A. Toale, P. Berghaus, P. B. Price, P. Desiati, P. Eller, P. Schlunder, R. Bay, R. Cross, R. G. Stokstad, R. Hellauer, R. Hoffmann, R. Koirala, R. Konietz, R. Maruyama, R. Maunu, R. Nahnhauer, R. Reimann, R. Str\\\"om, S. Axani, S. BenZvi, S. Blot, S. B\\\"oser, S. C. Nowicki, S. Coenders, S. De Ridder, S. E. Sanchez Herrera, S. Euler, S. Fahey, S. Flis, S. Hickford, S. In, S. Kopper, S. Kunwar, S. Mancina, S. Miarecki, S. R. Klein, S. Robertson, S. Sarkar, S. Schoenen, S. Sch\\\"oneberg, S. Seunarine, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, S. Toscano, S. Vanheule, S. W. Barwick, S. Westerhoff, S. Wickmann, S. Yoshida, T. Anderson, T. Carver, T. DeYoung, T. Ehrhardt, T. Fuchs, T. Gl\\\"usenkamp, T. Hansmann, T. Karg, T. K. Gaisser, T. Kintscher, T. Kittler, T. Kuwabara, T. Menne, T. Meures, T. Montaruli, T. Palczewski, T. Ruhe, T. R. Wood, T. Schmidt, T. Stanev, T. Stezelberger, U. Katz, U. Naumann, V. Baum, V. di Lorenzo, W. Giang, W. Rhode, X. Bai, X. W. Xu, Y. Xu, Z. Griffith","submitted_at":"2016-07-19T14:53:03Z","abstract_excerpt":"IceTop is an air shower array located on the Antarctic ice sheet at the geographic South Pole. IceTop can detect an astrophysical flux of neutrons from Galactic sources as an excess of cosmic ray air showers arriving from the source direction. Neutrons are undeflected by the Galactic magnetic field and can typically travel 10 ($E$ / PeV) pc before decay. Two searches are performed using 4 years of the IceTop dataset to look for a statistically significant excess of events with energies above 10 PeV ($10^{16}$ eV) arriving within a small solid angle. 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