Differential Sensitivity to Extragalactic Point Sources
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Differential Sensitivity to Extragalactic Point Sources
Richard WhiteUniversity of Leeds
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Blazars - Reminder
Active Galactic Nuclei with the Jet oriented towards Earth.90 deg
60 deg
30 deg
0 deg
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Target Blazars
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Target Blazars
z = 0.186
0.165
0.1170.071 0o 90o
-90o ~42o lat
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Effective Area
Cos(Angle)
m2
Cos(0)Cos(-1)
Cos(1)
Neutrino Energy
(GeV)
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Effective Area
PKS2155-304, 50% ERes
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Angular Resolution
Assuming constant at the moment (1o – worst case).Using IceCube geometry doesn’t work well at all!
E (GeV)
Ang. R
es.
(deg)
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Atm. Background
Use Volkova Soviet J. Nucl. Phys. 37, 784 (1980)
Function of Zenith angle
Calculate Daily Average.
Integrate over the search cone.
Rebinned to EResInside cone
Av. Source Zenith (over 2π)
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ν Production Total Solution: pp, pγ, and leptonic contributions.
Upper (very upper) limit, just pp.
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Measured γ-Ray spectrum.
Expected ν spectrum.
Kappes et al. (2006)
From γ-Rays to ν
Kelner et al. (2006)
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Measured γ-Ray spectrum.
Expected ν spectrum.
Intrinsic γ-Ray spectrum.
From γ-Rays to ν
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EBL
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Measured γ-Ray spectrum.
Expected ν spectrum.
Intrinsic γ-Ray spectrum.
From γ-Rays to ν
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Bringing it all together...
Input Eres, Emin, Emax
Input Aeff
Input Atm. Flux
Input ARes. Calc. El. vs. Time
Calc. fobs
Calc. E binsInput γ-Ray Spectrum
Apply EBL Model
Fit
Calc. Events >Ethres
Rebin to E bins
Rebin to E bins
Calc. ν Spectrum
Rebin to E bins
Calc. Source and Atm, ν in each E bin
Opt. Cone=1.585ARes
Integrate over Cone
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Cone Size
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ν Upper Limits
Ns = 29Nb = 33
Differential Flux PKS2155-304, z=0.117
Spectral Index = -2.0
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ν Upper Limits
Ns = 1.36Nb = 33
Differential Flux PKS2155-304, z=0.117
Primack(SAM,05)
Spectral Index = -2.8
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ν Upper Limits
Ns = 651 !!Nb = 29
Differential Flux 1ES1101-232, z=0.186
Spectral Index Forced to -1.1
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ν Upper Limits
Ns = 135Nb = 29
Differential Flux 1ES1101-232, z=0.186
Spectral Index Forced to -1.5
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ν Upper Limits
Ns = 26Nb = 29
Differential Flux 1ES1101-232, z=0.186
Spectral Index Forced to -2.0
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Conclusions
UPPER LIMITS obtained for several southern hemisphere blazars.
Must extend to p-γ
WORK IN PROGRESS
Even with the lowest EBL model the most distant Blazars upper limits exceed the background... but differential detection seems unlikely.
Results heavily depend on EBL... γ horizon expanding to limit the EBL with more distant sources.