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Constraints on the Correlation of IceCube Neutrinos with Tracers of Large-Scale Structure
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20 Oct 2025
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The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has observed extragalactic astrophysical neutrinos with an apparently isotropic distribution. Only a small fraction of the observed astrophysical neutrinos can be explained by known sources. Neutrino production is thought to occur in energetic environments that are ultimately powered by the gravitational collapse of dense regions of the large-scale mass distribution in the universe. Whatever their identity, neutrino sources likely trace this large-scale mass distribution. The clustering of neutrinos with a tracer of the large-scale structure may provide insight into the distribution of neutrino sources with respect to redshift and the identity of neutrino sources. We implement a two-point angular cross-correlation of the Northern sky track events with an infrared galaxy catalog derived from WISE and 2MASS source catalogs that trace the nearby large-scale structure. No statistically significant correlation is found between the neutrinos and this infrared galaxy catalog. We find that < ~54% of the diffuse muon neutrino flux can be attributed to sources correlated with the galaxy catalog with 90% confidence. Additionally, when assuming that the neutrino source comoving density evolves following a power-law in redshift,$dN_s/dV \propto (1+z)^{k}$ , we find that sources with negative evolution, in particular k < -1.75, are disfavored at the 90% confidence level
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- Constraints on the Correlation of IceCube Neutrinos with Tracers of Large-Scale Structure
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- R AbbasiM AckermannJ AdamsS. K AgarwallaJ. A AguilarM AhlersJ. M AlameddineS AliN. M AminK AndeenC ArgüellesY AshidaS AthanasiadouS. N AxaniR BabuX BaiJ Baines-HolmesA. Balagopal VS. W BarwickS BashV BasuR BayJ. J BeattyJ. Becker TjusP BehrensJ BeiseC BellenghiB BenkelS BenZviD BerleyE BernardiniD. Z BessonE BlaufussL BloomS BlotI BodoF BontempoJ. Y. Book MotzkinC. Boscolo MeneguoloS BöserO BotnerJ BöttcherJ BraunB BrinsonZ Brisson-TsavoussisR. T BurleyD ButterfieldM. A CampanaK CarloniJ CarpioS ChattopadhyayN ChauZ ChenD ChirkinS ChoiB. A ClarkA ColemanP ColemanG. H CollinD. A. Coloma BorjaA ConnollyJ. M ConradD. F CowenC De ClercqJ. J DeLaunayD DelgadoT DelmeulleS DengP DesiatiK. D de VriesG de WasseigeT DeYoungJ. C Díaz-VélezS DiKerbyT DingM DittmerA DomiL DraperL DueserD DurnfordK DuttaM. A DuVernoisT EhrhardtL EidenschinkA EimerP EllerE EllingerD ElsässerR EngelH ErpenbeckW EsmailS EuligJ EvansP. A EvensonK. L FanK FangK FarragA. R FazelyA FedynitchN FeiglC FinleyL FischerD FoxA FranckowiakS FukamiP FürstJ GallagherE GansterA GarciaM GarciaG GargE GentonL GerhardtA GhadimiT GlüsenkampJ. G GonzalezS GoswamiA GranadosD GrantS. J GrayS GriffinS GriswoldK. M GrothD GuevelC GüntherP GutjahrC HaC HaackA HallgrenL HalveF HalzenL HamacherM. Ha MinhM HandtK HansonJ HardinA. A HarnischP HatchA HaungsJ HäußlerK HelbingJ HellrungB HenkeL HennigF HenningsenL HeuermannR HewettN HeyerS HickfordA HidvegiC HillG. C HillR HmaidK. D HoffmanD HooperS HoriK HoshinaM HostertW HouM HrywniakT HuberK HultqvistK HymonA IshiharaW IwakiriM JacquartS JainO JanikM JanssonM JeongM JinN KampD KangW KangA KappesL KardumT KargM KarlA KarleA KatilM KauerJ. L KelleyM KhanalA. Khatee ZathulA KheirandishH KimkuJ KirylukC KleinS. R KleinY KobayashiA KochockiR KoiralaH KolanoskiT KontrimasL KöpkeC KopperD. J KoskinenP KoundalM KowalskiT KozynetsA KravkaN KriegerJ KrishnamoorthiT KrishnanK KruiswijkE KrupczakA KumarE KunN KurahashiN LadC. Lagunas GualdaL. Lallement ArnaudM LamoureuxM. J LarsonF LauberJ. P LazarK. Leonard DeHoltonA LeszczyńskaJ LiaoC LinQ. R LiuY. T LiuM LiubarskaC LoveL LuF LucarelliW LuszczakY LyuM MacdonaldJ MadsenE MagnusY MakinoE ManaoS MancinaA MandI. C MarişS MarkaZ MarkaL MartenI Martinez-SolerR MaruyamaJ MauroF MayhewF McNallyJ. V MeadK MeagherS MechbalA MedinaM MeierY MerckxL MertenJ MitchellL MolchanyS MondalT MontaruliR. W MooreY MoriiA MosbruggerM MoulaiD MousadiE MoyauxT MukherjeeR NaabM NakosU NaumannJ NeckerL NesteM NeumannH NiederhausenM. U NisaK NodaA NoellA NovikovA ObertackeV O'DellA OlivasR OrsoeJ OsbornE O'SullivanV PalusovaH PandyaA ParentiN ParkV ParrishE. N PaudelL PaulC. Pérez de los HerosT PerniceT. C PetersenJ PetersonM PlumA PonténV PoojyamY PopovychM. Prado RodriguezB PriesR Procter-MurphyG. T PrzybylskiL PyrasC RaabJ Rack-HelleisN RadM RavnK RawlinsZ RechavA RehmanI ReistrofferE ResconiS ReuschC. D RhoW RhodeL RiccaB RiedelA RifaieE. J RobertsM RongenA RostedC RottT RuheL RuohanD RyckboschJ SafferD Salazar-GallegosP SampathkumarA SandrockG Sanger-JohnsonM SantanderS SarkarJ SavelbergM ScarneraP SchaileM SchaufelH SchielerS SchindlerL SchlickmannB SchlüterF SchlüterN SchmeisserT SchmidtF. G SchröderL SchumacherS SchwirnS SclafaniD SeckelL SeenM SeikhS SeunarineP. A. Sevle MyhrR ShahS ShahS ShefaliN ShimizuB SkrzypekR SnihurJ SoedingreksoA SøgaardD SoldinP SoldinG SommaniC SpannfellnerG. M SpiczakC SpieringJ StachurskaM StamatikosT StanevT StezelbergerT StürwaldT StuttardG. W SullivanI TaboadaS Ter-AntonyanA TerliukA ThakuriM ThiesmeyerW. G ThompsonJ ThwaitesS TilavK TollefsonS ToscanoD TosiA TrettinA. K UpadhyayK UpshawA VaidyanathanN Valtonen-MattilaJ ValverdeJ VandenbrouckeT Van EedenN van EijndhovenL Van RootselaarJ van SantenJ VaraF VarsiM VenugopalM VereeckenS. Vergara CarrascoS VerpoestD VeskeA VijaiJ VillarrealC WalckA WangE. H. S WarrickC WeaverP WeigelA WeindlJ WeldertA. Y WenC WendtJ WerthebachM WeyrauchN WhitehornC. H WiebuschD. R WilliamsL WitthausM WolfG WredeX. W XuJ. P YanezY YaoE YildizciS YoshidaR YoungF YuS YuT YuanS Yun-CárcamoA. Zander JurowitzkiA ZegarelliS ZhangZ ZhangP ZhelninP Zilberman
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