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| Title: |
| The First Limits on the Ultra-high Energy Neutrino Fluence from Gamma-ray Bursts |
| Authors: |
| Vieregg, A. G.; Palladino, K.; Allison, P.; Baughman, B. M.; Beatty, J. J.; Belov, K.; Besson, D. Z.; Bevan, S.;Binns, W. R.; Chen, C.; Chen, P.; Clem, J. M.; Connolly, A.; Detrixhe, M.; De Marco, D.; Dowkontt, P. F.;DuVernois, M.; Gorham, P. W.; Grashorn, E. W.; Hill, B.; Hoover, S.; Huang, M.; Israel, M. H.; Javaid, A.;Liewer, K. M.; Matsuno, S.; Mercurio, B. C.; Miki, C.; Mottram, M.; Nam, J.; Nichol, R. J.; Romero-Wolf, A.;Ruckman, L.; Saltzberg, D.; Seckel, D.; Varner, G. S.; Wang, Y. |
| Publication: |
| eprint arXiv:1102.3206 |
| Publication Date: |
| 02/2011 |
| Origin: |
| ARXIV |
| Keywords: |
| Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| Comment: |
| 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to ApJ |
| Bibliographic Code: |
| 2011arXiv1102.3206V |
Abstract
We set the first limits on the ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrino fluence at energies greater than 10^9 GeV from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) based on data from the second flight of the ANtarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA). During the 31 day flight of ANITA-II, 26 GRBs were recorded by Swift or Fermi. Of these, we analyzed the 12 GRBs which occurred during quiet periods when the payload was away from anthropogenic activity. In a blind analysis, we observe 0 events on a total background of 0.0044 events in the combined prompt window for all 12 low-background bursts. We also observe 0 events from the remaining 14 bursts. We place a 90% confidence level limit on the E^-4 prompt neutrino fluence of 2.5x10^17 GeV^3/cm^2 between 10^8 and 10^12 GeV from GRB090107A. This is the first reported limit on the UHE neutrino fluence from GRBs above 10^9 GeV, and the strongest limit above 10^8 GeV.
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