IceCube's neutrinos with 4FGL, 2SXPS & CRATES data

The origin of astrophysical high-energy neutrinos detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory remains a mystery to be solved. In this paper we search for neutrino source candidates within the 90% containment area of 70 track-type neutrino events recorded by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. By employing the Fermi-LAT 4FGL-DR2, the Swift-XRT 2SXPS, and the CRATES catalogs, we identify possible gamma-ray, X-ray, and flat-spectrum radio candidate sources of track-type neutrinos. We find that based on the brightness of sources and their spatial correlation with the track-type IceCube neutrinos, the constructed neutrino samples represent special populations of sources taken from the full Fermi-LAT 4FGL-DR2/Swift-XRT 2SXPS/CRATES catalogs with similar significance (2.1{sigma}, 1.2{sigma}, 2{sigma} at 4.8GHz, 2.1{sigma} at 8.4GHz, respectively, assuming 50% astrophysical signalness). After collecting redshifts and deriving subsamples of the CRATES catalog complete in the redshift-luminosity plane, we find that the 4.8GHz (8.4GHz) subsample can explain between 4% and 53% (3% and 42%) of the neutrinos (90% C.L.), when the probability of detecting a neutrino is proportional to the (k-corrected) radio flux. The overfluctuations indicate that a part of the sample is likely to contribute and that more sophisticated schemes in the source catalog selection are necessary to identify the neutrino sources at the 5{sigma} level. Our selection serves as a starting point to further select the correct sources.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/934/180/table1 (Neutrino source candidates from 10-year Fermi-LAT Point Source Catalogue (4FGL))

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/934/180/table3 (Neutrino source candidates from the Swift-XRT 2SXPS catalog)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/934/180/table4 (Neutrino source candidates from CRATES catalog of flat spectrum radio sources)

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Creator Kun E.; Bartos I.; Becker Tjus J.; Biermann P.L.; Franckowiak A.,Halzen F.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2024
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; High Energy Astrophysics; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics