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Search for Neutrinos from Tidal Disruption Events with IceCube
arXiv (Cornell University)
01 Sep 2026
Abstract
Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are theorized to produce high-energy neutrinos through photohadronic interactions between accelerated protons and multi-wavelength photons in the accretion disk and outflows. Detecting these neutrinos would provide insight into the dynamics of TDEs. Taking advantage of the recent increase in observed TDEs from wide field-of-view telescopes, we conduct a dedicated search for neutrinos coincident in optical/UV and X-ray wavelengths. We searched for neutrino emission from 89 TDEs selected based on X-ray and optical/UV observations using time-dependent likelihood analysis methods in two parts. First, we searched for emission from individual sources, where we fit the time window of expected neutrino emission. Second, we performed a study of jetted and non-jetted TDE subpopulations using a stacking search with a fixed one year time window. No significant neutrino excess was observed in either search. We set upper limits to the contribution of jetted and non-jetted TDEs detected in optical/UV and X-ray wavelengths to the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux assuming TDEs are standard candles.
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- Search for Neutrinos from Tidal Disruption Events with IceCube
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- R AbbasiM AckermannJ AdamsJ. A AguilarM AhlersJ. M AlameddineS AliN. M AminK AndeenC Arg{ü}ellesS AthanasiadouS. N AxaniR BabuX BaiA. Balagopal VS. W BarwickV BasuR BayJ. J BeattyJ. Becker TjusP BehrensJ BeiseC BellenghiS BenkelS BenZviD BerleyE BernardiniD. Z BessonE BlaufussL BloomS BlotF BontempoJ. Y. Book MotzkinC. Boscolo MeneguoloS B{ö}serO BotnerJ B{ö}ttcherJ BraunB BrinsonZ Brisson-TsavoussisL BrusaR. T BurleyD ButterfieldK CarloniJ CarpioN ChauY. C ChenZ ChenD ChirkinS ChoiA ChubarovB. A ClarkD. A. Coloma BorjaA ConnollyJ. M ConradD. F CowenC De ClercqJ. J DeLaunayD DelgadoT DelmeulleS DengP DesiatiK. D de VriesG de WasseigeT DeYoungJ. C D{\'ı}az-V{é}lezS DiKerbyT DingM DittmerA DomiL DraperL DueserD DurnfordK DuttaM. A DuVernoisT EhrhardtL EidenschinkA EimerC EldridgeP EllerE EllingerD Els{ä}sserR EngelH ErpenbeckW EsmailS EuligJ EvansP. A EvensonK. L FanK FangK FarragA FattoriniA. R FazelyA FedynitchN FeiglC FinleyD FoxA FranckowiakS FukamiP F{ü}rstJ GallagherE GansterA GarciaM GarciaE GentonL GerhardtA GhadimiC GlaserT Gl{ü}senkampJ. G GonzalezS GoswamiA GranadosD GrantS. J GrayS GriffinS GriswoldK. M GrothD GuevelC G{ü}ntherP GutjahrC HaA HallgrenL HalveF HalzenL HamacherM HandtK HansonJ HardinA. A HarnischP HatchA HaungsJ H{ä}ußlerK HelbingJ HellrungB HenkeL HennigF HenningsenL HeuermannR HewettN HeyerS HickfordA HidvegiC HillG. C HillR HmaidK. D HoffmanA HollnagelD HooperS HoriK HoshinaM HostertW HouM HrywniakT HuberK HultqvistK HymonA IshiharaW IwakiriM JacquartS JainO JanikM JanssonM JinN KampD KangW KangA KappesL KardumT KargA KarleA KatilM KauerJ. L KelleyM KhanalA. Khatee ZathulA KheirandishT KimH KimkuF KirchnerJ KirylukC KleinS. R KleinY KobayashiS KochA KochockiR KoiralaH KolanoskiT KontrimasL K{ö}pkeC KopperD. J KoskinenP KoundalM KowalskiT KozynetsA KravkaN KriegerT KrishnanK KruiswijkE KrupczakE KunN KurahashiC. Lagunas GualdaL. Lallement ArnaudM. J LarsonF LauberJ. P LazarK. Leonard DeHoltonA Leszczy{ń}skaC LiJ LiaoC LinQ. R LiuY. T LiuM LiubarskaC LoveL LuF LucarelliW LuszczakY LyuM MacdonaldE MagnusY MakinoE ManaoS MancinaA MandI. C Mari{ş}S MarkaZ MarkaL MartenI Martinez-SolerR MaruyamaJ MauroF MayhewF McNallyK MeagherA MedinaM MeierY MerckxL MertenJ MitchellL MolchanyS MondalT MontaruliR. W MooreY MoriiA MosbruggerD MousadiE MoyauxT MukherjeeM NakosU NaumannR NeshatL NesteM NeumannM. U NisaK NodaA NoellA NovikovA ObertackeV O'DellA OlivasR OrsoeJ OsbornE O'SullivanB OwensV PalusovaH PandyaA ParentiC PariselN ParkV ParrishE. N PaudelL PaulC. P{é}rez de los HerosT PerniceT. C PetersenJ PetersonS PickM PlumA Pont{é}nV PoojyamB PriesR Procter-MurphyG. T PrzybylskiL PyrasC RaabJ Rack-HelleisN RadM RavnK RawlinsZ RechavA RehmanI ReistrofferE ResconiC. D RhoW RhodeL RiccaB RiedelA RifaieE. J RobertsS RodanM RongenA RostedC RottT RuheL RuohanD RyckboschJ SafferD Salazar-GallegosP SampathkumarA SandrockG Sanger-JohnsonM SantanderS SarkarM ScarneraM SchaufelH SchielerS SchindlerL SchlickmannB Schl{ü}terF Schl{ü}terN SchmeisserT SchmidtF SchmittA ScholzF. G Schr{ö}derS SchwirnS SclafaniD SeckelL SeenM SeikhS SeunarineP. A. Sevle MyhrR ShahS ShahA SharmaS ShefaliN ShimizuM ShinB SkrzypekR SnihurJ SoedingreksoD SoldinP SoldinG SommaniD SongC SpannfellnerG. M SpiczakC SpieringJ StachurskaM StamatikosT StanevT StezelbergerT St{ü}rwaldT StuttardG. W SullivanI TaboadaS Ter-AntonyanA TerliukA ThakuriM ThiesmeyerW. G ThompsonJ ThwaitesW TianS TilavK TollefsonJ. A TorresS ToscanoD TosiK UpshawA VaidyanathanN Valtonen-MattilaJ ValverdeJ VandenbrouckeT Van EedenN van EijndhovenL Van RootselaarJ van SantenJ VaraF VarsiM VelazquezM VenugopalM VereeckenS. Vergara CarrascoS VerpoestA VijaiJ VillarrealC WalckA WangE. H. S WarrickC WeaverP WeigelA WeindlJ WeldertA. Y WenC WendtJ WerthebachM WeyrauchN WhitehornC. H WiebuschD. R WilliamsL WitthausJ WoodwardG WredeX. W XuJ. P YanezY YaoE YildizciS YoshidaF YuS YuT YuanS Yun-C{á}rcamoA. Zander JurowitzkiA ZegarelliS ZhangZ ZhangP ZhelninP ZilbermanC. Zilleruelo Ca{ñ}as
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
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- Physics
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