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Improved measurements of the TeV--PeV extragalactic neutrino spectrum from joint analyses of IceCube tracks and cascades
29 Jul 2025
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The IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory has discovered the presence of a diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux at energies of TeV and beyond using neutrino induced muon tracks and cascade events from neutrino interactions. We present two analyses sensitive to neutrino events in the energy range \SI{1}{TeV} to \SI{10}{PeV}, using more than 10 years of IceCube data. Both analyses consistently reject a neutrino spectrum following a single power-law with significance $>4\,σ$ in favor of a broken power law. We describe the methods implemented in the two analyses, the spectral constraints obtained, and the validation of the robustness of the results. Additionally, we report the detection of a muon neutrino in the MESE sample with an energy of $11.4^{+2.46}_{-2.53} $\,\si{PeV}, the highest energy neutrino observed by IceCube to date. The results presented here show insights into the spectral shape of astrophysical neutrinos, which has important implications for inferring their production processes in a multi-messenger picture.
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- Improved measurements of the TeV--PeV extragalactic neutrino spectrum from joint analyses of IceCube tracks and cascades
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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 ConradR CorleyD. F CowenC De ClercqJ. J DeLaunayD DelgadoT DelmeulleS DengP DesiatiK. D de VriesG de WasseigeT DeYoungJ. C Díaz-VélezS DiKerbyM 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 GhadimiC GlaserT 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 HouT HuberK HultqvistK HymonA IshiharaW IwakiriM JacquartS JainO JanikM JanssonM JeongM JinN KampD KangW KangX 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 KozynetsN KriegerJ KrishnamoorthiT KrishnanK KruiswijkE KrupczakA KumarE KunN KurahashiN LadC. Lagunas GualdaL. Lallement ArnaudM LamoureuxM. J LarsonF LauberJ. P LazarK. Leonard DeHoltonA LeszczyńskaJ LiaoC LinY. T LiuM LiubarskaC LoveL LuF LucarelliW LuszczakY LyuJ 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 MolchanyT MontaruliR. W MooreY MoriiA MosbruggerM MoulaiD MousadiE MoyauxT MukherjeeR NaabM NakosU NaumannJ NeckerL NesteM NeumannH NiederhausenM. U NisaK NodaA NoellA NovikovA. Obertacke PollmannV O'DellA OlivasR OrsoeJ OsbornE O'SullivanV PalusovaH PandyaA ParentiN ParkV ParrishE. N PaudelL PaulC. Pérez de los HerosT PerniceJ 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 RobertsS RobertsonM 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 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 YuanA ZegarelliS ZhangZ ZhangP ZhelninP Zilberman
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