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两个与塞弗特星系NGC 7469重合的100 TeV中微子

Two 100 TeV neutrinos coincident with the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469

Giacomo Sommani, Anna Franckowiak, Massimiliano Lincetto, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar

AI总结:

本文报告了两个100 TeV中微子警报与塞弗特星系NGC 7469的空间重合,通过拟合优度检验在3.2 sigma水平上排除了偶然重合的可能性,表明该星系可能是具有硬谱指数的潜在中微子发射源。

摘要:

2013年,IceCube合作组宣布探测到弥散的高能天体物理中微子通量。该通量的起源在很大程度上仍未知。最显著的单一源是附近的塞弗特星系NGC 1068,其显著性为4.2 sigma,谱指数较软。为了基于对应体识别源,IceCube发布实时警报,对应于具有高天体物理起源概率的中微子。我们在此报告两个中微子警报IC220424A和IC230416A与距离70 Mpc的塞弗特星系NGC 7469的空间重合。我们事后评估了这种重合的偶然概率,并基于其多波长性质,通过与NGC 1068比较并执行拟合优度检验,讨论了该源作为潜在中微子发射体的可能性。检验统计量源自包含中微子角不确定性和源距离的似然比。我们首先将此检验应用于AGN源目录,其次仅应用于塞弗特星系目录。我们的事后评估排除了两个中微子与塞弗特星系NGC 7469偶然空间重合的可能性,显著性为3.2 sigma,留下了一个或两个中微子可能源自该源的可能性。为了与未探测到TeV中微子相兼容,该源需要具有硬谱指数。

英文摘要:

In 2013, the IceCube collaboration announced the detection of a diffuse high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux. The origin of this flux is still largely unknown. The most significant individual source is the close-by Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 at 4.2-sigma level with a soft spectral index. To identify sources based on their counterpart, IceCube releases realtime alerts corresponding to neutrinos with a high probability of astrophysical origin. We report here the spatial coincidence of two neutrino alerts, IC220424A and IC230416A, with the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469 at a distance of 70 Mpc. We evaluate, a-posteriori, the chance probability of such a coincidence and discuss this source as a potential neutrino emitter based on its multi-wavelength properties and in comparison to NGC 1068 by performing a Goodness-of-Fit test. The test statistic is derived from a likelihood ratio that includes the neutrino angular uncertainty and the source distance. We apply this test first to a catalog of AGN sources and second to a catalog of Seyfert galaxies only. Our a-posteriori evaluation excludes the possibility of an accidental spatial coincidence of both neutrinos with the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469 at 3.2-sigma level, leaving open the possibility that either one or both neutrinos originated from the source. To be compatible with non-detections of TeV neutrinos, the source would need to have a hard spectral index.

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