{
  "id": "2307.15372",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2023-07-28T07:44:37.000Z",
  "updated": "2023-07-28T07:44:37.000Z",
  "title": "IceCube search for neutrinos from novae",
  "authors": [
    "Jessie Thwaites",
    "Justin Vandenbroucke"
  ],
  "comment": "Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023). See arXiv:2307.13047 for all IceCube contributions",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "Despite being one of the longest known classes of astrophysical transients, novae continue to present modern surprises. The Fermi-LAT discovered that many if not all novae are GeV gamma ray sources, even though theoretical models had not even considered them as a possible source class. More recently, MAGIC and H.E.S.S. detected TeV gamma rays from a nova. Moreover, there is strong evidence that the gamma rays are produced hadronically, and that the long-studied optical emission by novae is also shock-powered. If this is true, novae should emit a neutrino signal correlated with their gamma-ray and optical signals. We present the first search for neutrinos from novae. Because the neutrino energy spectrum is expected to match the gamma-ray spectrum, we use an IceCube DeepCore event selection focused on GeV-TeV neutrinos. We present results from two searches, one for neutrinos correlated with gamma-ray emission and one for neutrinos correlated with optical emission. The event selection presented here is promising for additional astrophysical transients including gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave sources.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2023-07-28T07:44:37.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "icecube search",
      "gev gamma ray sources",
      "icecube deepcore event selection",
      "neutrino energy spectrum",
      "optical emission"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}