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AMANDA, a neutrino telescope at the south pole Wolfgang Rhode Universitt Wuppertal AMANDA Collaboration [1] Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA [2] DESY-Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany [3] Dept. of Physics,


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AMANDA, a neutrino telescope at the south pole

Wolfgang Rhode Universität Wuppertal

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AMANDA Collaboration

[1] Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA [2] DESY-Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany [3] Dept. of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden [4] Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA [5] Dept. of Physics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA [6] Dept. of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA [7] Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA [8] Dept. of Physics, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany [9] Dept. of Technology, University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden [10] Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA [11] Mainz University, Mainz, Germany [12] South Pole Station, Antarctica [13] ULB - IIHE - CP230, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium [14] University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA [15] University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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V.F. Hess 1960; „Strahlungsapparat“ 1927-1931

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  • W. Kohlhörster measuring in a ice-hole in the Eiger glacier, 1923
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  • E. Regener,

Bodensee, 1928

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  • E. Regener,

Bodensee, 1932

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Neutrino Telescope in Ice

1997: AMANDA-B10 302 OMs at 10 Strings 2000: AMANDA-B19 680 OMs at 19 Strings

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Ice-properties

✂ ✄☎ ✆✝ ✞✟ ✂

λ

✠ ✡☛ ☛ ☞ ✌✍ ✎✑✏ ✒ ✓ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ☞✗ ✘ ✔ ☞✗ ✓✙

✚✛ ✌ ✜✢ ✣✤ ✕✥ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✘ ✔ ☞✗ ✓✙

✦ ☛ ☛ ✌

Advantages of ice: “good” energy resolution low noise (300 -1500 Hz) few sensors required detector stable Disadvantages of ice: diffuse, delayed light directional measurement no repair of detector possible!

✧ ★✩ ✪ ✪ ✫✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ ✫ ✮ ✯ ✪✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✲ ✳ ✶ ✷✹✸✻✺✹✼ ✽ ✾ ✿❁❀

50-1

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dramatis personae

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Background: Atmospheric Muons

  • 3-6 o.m. above atm ν
  • 5-8 o.m. above new signal.
  • Suppression by

– angular resolution – energy resolution

1000 mwe 2000 3000 4000 5000 13000

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Test Beam: Atmospheric Muons

γ − Θ ⋅ = E I I cos 1

( )

1 − ⋅ =

bd c

e b a E

( ) ( ) (

)

( )

dE b a E E b a b a E b a d E P

diff c diff c

⋅         ⋅         Φ Θ + + ⋅ − ⋅         Φ Θ + = γ γ , 1 1 1 , 1 ,

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Atmospheric Neutrinos

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AMANDA ν-candidate

  • Early photons are red, late

photons are blue. More photons are larger circles

  • Bottom of array is toward

center of earth

  • Event is clearly traveling

in the upward direction

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Selection criteria

✎ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✏ ✓ ☞ ✤ ✕ ✓✙ ✔ ✕ ☞ ✙ ✔ ✌ ✖ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✔ ✓ ✕ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✣ ❃ ✔ ❄❅ ✖ ✕ ✔ ✌ ✖ ☞ ✖ ✌ ✒ ✘ ☞❅ ✌ ✢ ✔ ✕ ✒ ☞ ❆ ❆ ✖ ✣ ✓ ✒ ☞ ✏ ✔ ✤ ❇ ❈ ❅ ☞ ✣ ✏ ✒ ✓ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✔ ❆ ❈ ✥ ✙ ✤ ✓ ✤ ☞ ✣ ❃ ✔ ❄❅ ✖ ✕ ✔ ❉ ✣ ✌ ✤ ✤ ✓✙ ✘ ✖ ✗ ✙ ✓ ✔ ✌ ✖ ✣ ✣ ✖ ✤ ☞ ❈ ❊ ☞ ✤ ✏ ✒ ✓ ✒ ✣ ✓ ✕ ✤ ✥ ✙ ✖ ✏ ✢ ✕ ✔ ✌ ✣●❋ ✌ ✖ ✣ ✕ ✔ ✏●❍ ■ ✔ ✓ ✏ ❍ ❏ ✥ ✓ ✖ ✌ ✖ ❑ ✔ ✏ ❅ ✓ ✣▲ ✒ ✘ ❅ ✔ ✣ ❅ ✣ ✖ ☞✗ ❈ ▼ ◆ ❖P ◗ ✜❘❈ ✒ ✘ ✗ ✤ ✕ ✖ ✓✙ ✌ ✤ ✕ ❅ ✣ ✔ ❙ ✒❚ ✔ ✣ ✖ ✒ ☞ ✥ ✕ ✖ ✤ ✕ ❯❲❱ ❯❳ ❨ ❯❩❬ ❭ ❱ ❩❪ ❨ ❯❩❫ ❴❵ ❴ ❭ ❛ ❜❝ ❞ ❡ ❢ ❡ ❣ ❤ ✐ ✐ ❝ ❣ ❝ ❥ ❝ ❨❦ ❝ ❣ ❤ ❧ ❝ ❞ ❡ ♠ ♥♦ ♣ ✐ ❣ ❱ qr s ❤ ✐ ❞ ♥ t qr ✉ ✉ ❪ ❵ ❱ ❴ ✈ ✇ ❱ ❳ ✉ ❯ ❭ ❱ ❪ ✈ ❴ ❱ ❴ ① ❤ ❡ ②③ ❢ ♦ ❤ t t ♥ ❡ ❤ ④ ❞ ⑤ ❵ ❱ ❴ ✈ ✇ ❱ ❳ ✉ ❪ ⑥ ❱ ❭ ✈ ❴ ❱ ❴ ① ❤ ❡ ② ④⑦ ❡ ④ ❢ ♦ ❤ t t ♥ ❡ ❤ ④ ❞ ✉ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ⑨⑩ ❴ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ❶ ⑩ ✇ ⑩ ❷ ❝ ❜❝ t ✇ ❯ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ❸ ⑩ ❵ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ❹ ⑩ ❵ ⑩ ❷ ❝ ❜❝ t ❪ ✇ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ❺ ⑩ ✇ ❨ ❯❩ ⑧ ❺ ⑩ ❯ ❴ ⑩ ❷ ❝ ❜❝ t ✉ ❴ ⑩ ✇ ⑩ ❪ ✇ ⑩ ❷ ❝ ❜❝ t ❯
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Atmospheric Neutrinos

  • Continuously data

taking

  • Number of candidates

follows the number of trigger

  • Seasonal flux variation
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Background suppression

❻ ❼ ✒ ✓ ✒ ❽ ❾ ▼ ✒ ✗ ✕ ✔ ✔ ✌ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✒ ✓ ✢ ✔ ✓ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✓✙ ✒ ☞ ✛ ☛ ❿ ✒ ✣ ❇ ❅ ☞ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✤ ❇ ✏ ❅ ✓ ✣ ➀ ✥ ✒ ✕ ✒ ✌ ✔ ✓ ✕ ✖ ❑ ✔ ❆ ✢ ❚ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➄ ➄ ➅ ➆ ✖ ✕ ✣ ✓ ✒ ✗ ✕ ✔ ✔ ✌ ✔ ☞ ✓ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ✢ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✗ ✕ ✤ ❅ ☞ ❆ ✓✙ ✔ ☞ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ✣ ✖ ✗ ☞ ✒ ✘ ➅ ❘ ✒ ✕ ✗ ✔ ✣ ✒ ✌ ✥ ✘ ✔ ✤ ❇ ✢ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✗ ✕ ✤ ❅ ☞ ❆ ❾ ▼

109 1 106 103

➈ ➉ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍
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Zenith distribution of atmospheric neutrinos

➁ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ✤ ✣ ✏ ✖ ✘ ✘ ✒ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✣ ❊ P ➎ ➏✛ ➐ ✔ ◗ ■ ✕ ✔ ❆ ❅ ✏ ✔ ❇ ✘ ❅ ➑

✦ ☛ ❿ ❋ ✣ ✌ ✒ ✘ ✘ ➇ ❍ ✕ ❍ ✓ ❍ ✓ ✤ ❅ ☞ ✏ ✔ ✕ ✓ ✒ ✖ ☞ ✓ ✖ ✔ ✣ ✦ ✛ ❿ ✖ ✏ ✔ ✥ ✒ ✕ ✒ ✌ ✔ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✣ ✦ ☛ ❿ ❊✑➒ ✔ ❇ ❇✑✔ ✏ ✓ ✤ ❇ ✘ ✤ ✏ ✒ ✘ ✢ ❅ ✢ ✢ ✘ ✔ ✣ ■ ➓ ❾ ❖ ✔ ❇ ❇ ✖ ✏ ✖ ✔ ☞ ✏ ❚ ✚ ☛ ❿ ✌ ❅ ✤ ☞ ✕ ✒ ☞✗ ✔ ➔☛ ❿ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ❇ ✘ ❅ ➑ ◆ ☞ ✏ ✔ ✕ ✓ ✒ ✖ ☞ ✓ ✖ ✔ ✣ ✍
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Celestial distribution of events

➐ ✒ ✘ ✒ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✏ ✏ ✤ ✤ ✕ ❆ ✖ ☞ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✣ ✍ ✌ ✔ ✒ ☞ ✒ ☞✗ ❅ ✘ ✒ ✕ ✥ ✤ ✖ ☞ ✓ ✖ ☞✗ ✕ ✔ ✣✤ ✘ ❅ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✖ ✣ ➔ → ✡ ❆ ✔ ✗ ✕ ✔ ✔ ✣ ✜ ❾ ✜ ➁ ❼ ✜ ✤ ☞ ✘ ❚ ✣ ✔ ✔ ✣ ☞ ✤ ✕ ✓✙ ✔ ✕ ☞ ✙ ✔ ✌ ✖ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✔ ➣
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Point Source Search

P ❄❅ ✒ ✓ ✤ ✕ ✖ ✒ ✘ ✏ ✤ ✤ ✕ ❆ ✖ ☞ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✣ ➅ ✦ ☛ ↔↕ ✔ ▲ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✣ ➅ ➁ ✤ ✤ ✢ ▲ ✖ ✤ ❅ ✣ ✏ ✘ ❅ ✣ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ☞✗ ➣ ➅ ✎ ✒ ✌ ✥ ✘ ✔ ❆ ✤ ✌ ✖ ☞ ✒ ✓ ✔ ❆ ✢ ❚ ✏ ✤ ✣ ✌ ✖ ✏ ✌ ❅ ✤ ☞ ✣ ✒ ☞ ❆ ✒ ✓ ✌ ✤ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✏

ν

➙ ✣ ✘ ✤ ✤ ✣ ✔ ✕ ✏ ❅ ✓ ✣ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ✌ ✤ ✕ ✔ ✢ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✗ ✕ ✤ ❅ ☞ ❆ ✖ ✌ ✥ ✕ ✤ ▲ ✔ ✓✙ ✔ ✘ ✖ ✌ ✖ ✓ ➣
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Is there a significant excess anywhere ?

➛➜ ➝➞ ➟➠➡ ➢ ➤ ➞ ➟ ➥ ➟ ➥ ➟ ➦➧ ➨ ➩ ➛➫ ➫ ➭ ➯ ➲ ➟ ➥ ➳ ➨ ➵ ➸ ➳ ➺ ➧ ➻ ➧ ➨ ➟ ➸ ➠ ➤ ➺ ➼➽ ➺ ➧ ➻ ➧ ➥ ➡ ➧ ➨ ➨ ➢➸ ➥➾ ➳ ➸ ➨ ➡ ➦ ➠ ➯
  • ✞➚
☎➪ ➶ ✆ ✄ ➪ ➹ ➶ ➘ ➴ ➷ ➬ ➮ ➱ ✃ ➴ ❐ ❒ ❮ ➘ ❰ Ï Ð ❰ Ñ Ò ÓÔ Õ Ö× Ó Ô Õ ÖØ ÓÔ Õ Ö Ù ➜ ➛➫ ➡ ➦ ➠ Ú ➧ ➨ ➡ Û Ü Ý Þ Ó Ô Ô Ó Ô ➄ Ó Ó Ô ➄ Ó Ô ➄ Ô Ó Ô ➄ Ô Ô Ó ➵ ➢ ➧ ➡ ➡ ➢ ➨ ßà àá âã äå æçè é ê ë à ãì í ä î ß ➆ ✘ ❅ ➑ ❊ ➎ ✦ ☛ ➐ ✔ ◗ ■✑ï ✦ ☛ ð ñ ✏ ✌ ð ò ✣ ð Ó ó ↔ ☛ ❿ ôõö ÷ ø ÷ùú ù û ü ýþÿ
✂ ✄ ☎✆ ✝ ✞ ✄ ✟✠ ✡ ☛ â ß ç ☞ ß ✌ ✌ ✍ Ó ✎ ì ß î ✏✑ ✒✓ ✔
✂ ✄ ☎ ✖✗ ✞ ✄ ✟✠ ✡ ☛✘ ☛✙ ✚ ☛ ✛ ✜ Ô ➃ ì ✢ Ó ✣ Ô ☞ ß ✎ à ➂ Ó Ô
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AGN

  • Components:
  • Supermass. Black Hole
  • Accretion Disc
  • Jets
  • Blazar - flat Spectrum
  • here: 3C219
  • red: radio picture
  • blue: optical picture
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Neutrino energy acceptance

✤✦✥ ✥ ✧★ ✩ ✧ ✪ ✧✫ ✧✬ ✭✮ ✬ ✯ ✫ ✭ ✧✰ ✱ ✓✙ ✕ ✔ ✣ ✙ ✤ ✘ ❆ ✍ ✛ ☛ ☛ ➐ ✔ ◗ ✱ ✣ ✔ ☞ ✣ ✖ ✓ ✖ ▲ ✖ ✓ ❚ ✍ ✦ ☛ ✲ → ✦ ☛ ✳ ➐ ✔ ◗ ✦ ☛ ☛ ❖ ✔ ◗
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Limit on the diffuse flux

✴✵ ✶ ✷ ✸✹ ✺ ✩ ✻ ★ ✺ ✻ ✥ ✻ ✩ ✮ ✼ ✧ ✯ ✽ ✺ ✮ ✥✾ ✬ ✬ ✧ ✺ ✯ ✩ ✧ ✪ ✼ ✻ ✩ ✿

ν

✷ ✧✫ ✧✬ ✭ ✮ ❀ ✧❁ ✧✬ ✯ ✺ ✻ ✸ ★ ✬ ✾ ❁ ✧ ✪ ✧✫ ✧✬ ✭✮ ✧❂ ✩ ✻ ✸ ✯ ✩ ✾ ✬ ❂ ✹ ✫ ✪ ✧✬ ✩ ✧❂ ✩ ❃ ➁ í ❄ ❘ ✤ ✗ P ✒ ✓ ✌ ✤ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✏ ✌ ❅ ✤ ☞ ✣ P ò ➑ ✦ ☛ ð ✜ ✏ ✌ → ✚ ✣ ð Ó ✣ ✕ → Ó ➐ ✔ ◗ ✜ ➐ ➁ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ❇ ✘ ❅ ➑ ✒ ✓ ✌ ✤ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✏ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ✣ ✏ ❅ ✓
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Diffuse Flux

  • Generally 103 larger

than point fluxes

  • Atm. ν backgrounds

103 worse

  • E2Φν < 1.0x10-6

GeV cm-2s-1sr-1

❅ ❆❇ ❈ ❉ ❊ ❋● ❍ ■ ❏ ❑▲ ▼ ◆❖ ❖ P◗ P❘❙ P
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  • Highly rel. Outflow:

– coalescence neutron star bin. – collapse of a supermass. star

  • Cosmological dist.
  • Timescale: msec - min,

– E γ typ :300 keV

  • Shock accel. (int. or ext.)

– e: sync. + IC – p: pγ, pp ν

Gamma Ray Bursts

Visible image in April 97 s erg L

51

10 ≈

in thermal 5 MeV ν

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High energy neutrinos from GRB ‘s ?

Off source GRB search bin GRB Position

1 hour 1 hour 16 s

BKG - off time BKG - off time

  • n time

GRB burst

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No evidence for GRB neutrino emission …

10-10 1000 Gamma-factor

Waxman and Bahcall

10-16 Fluence (TeVcm-2s-1)

➓ ✕ ✔ ❆ ✖ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✜ ✘ ▲ ✒ ✕ ✔ ❑ → ❾ ❅ ☞ ✖ ❑ ▼ ✙ ✒ ☞ ✏ ✔ ✥ ✕ ✤ ✢ ✒ ✢ ✖ ✘ ✖ ✓ ❚ ❇ ✤ ✕ ❆ ✖ ❇ ❇✑✔ ✕ ✔ ☞ ✓ ▼ ❅ ✓ ✣ ❊ ↕❚ ✢ ❅ ✕ ✣ ✓ ✣ ■✑✍ ➆ ✒ ❂ ✔ ✣ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✏ ✙ ✔ ✣
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Supernovae

  • Photo-desintegration:
  • Electron capture:
  • Thermal cooling:

n He Fe 4 134

56

+ →

e

n p e ν + → +

− e Z Z

A A e ν + → +

− − 1

τ τ µ µ

ν ν ν ν ν ν γ , ,

e e

e e → →

− +

erg E MeV E

53

10 3 , 50

⋅ ≈ <

ν ν

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Burst detection

✚ ☛ ❾ ✔ ◗ ✔ ❯ ❘ ✤ ➇ ☞ ✤ ✖ ✣ ✔ ❊ ➔☛ ☛ → ✦ ☛ ☛ ☛ ❱ ❑ ■ ✌ ✒ ❂ ✔ ✣ ✜ ❾ ✜ ➁ ❼ ✜ ✒ ✘ ✤ ➇ ✔ ☞ ✔ ✕ ✗ ❚ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ❆ ✔ ✓ ✔ ✏ ✓ ✤ ✕ ❆ ✔ ✓ ✔ ✏ ✓ ✣ ✖ ✌ ❅ ✘ ✓ ✒ ☞ ✔ ✤ ❅ ✣ ✕ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✖ ☞ ✏ ✕ ✔ ✒ ✣ ✔ ✖ ☞ ✒ ✘ ✘ ➓ ❾ ❖ ✣ ✍ ❲ ➝ ➻ ➡ ❳ ➧ ➨ ➡ ❨ ❩ ❬ ❭ ❪ ❫ ❴ ❩ ❵ ❛ ✓ ✖ ✌ ✔
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Supernova detection

✜ ✌ ✒ ☞ ❆ ✒ ❙ ✦ ☛ ✍ ↕ ☛ ❿ ✤ ❇ ✗ ✒ ✘ ✒ ➑ ❚ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ↔ ☛ ❿ ✔ ❇ ❇ ✖ ✏ ✖ ✔ ☞ ✏ ❚ ó ✦ ❇ ✒ ❂ ✔ ❽ ❚ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✜ ❾ ✜ ➁ ❼ ✜❜ ❜ ❊ ✚ ☛ ☛ ✦ ■✑✍ ☞ ✔ ➇ ✕ ✔ ✒ ❆ ✤ ❅ ✓ ❋ ✌ ✤ ✕ ✔ ➓ ❾ ❖❝ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✓ ✖ ✌ ✖ ❑ ✔ ❆ ✒ ✕ ✓ ✖ ❇ ✖ ✏ ✖ ✒ ✘ ❆ ✔ ✒ ❆ ✓ ✖ ✌ ✔ ✓ ✤ ✣ ❅ ✥ ✥ ✕ ✔ ✣ ✣ ☞ ✤ ☞ → ➓ ✤ ✖ ✣ ✣✤ ☞ ✖ ✒ ☞ ☞ ✤ ✖ ✣ ✔ ❍ ❍ ❍ ↔ ☛ ❿ ❊ ↔↕ ❿ ■ ✤ ❇ ✗ ✒ ✘ ✒ ➑ ❚ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ↔ ☛ ❿ ✔ ❇ ❇ ✖ ✏ ✖ ✔ ☞ ✏ ❚ ó ✦ ❇ ✒ ❂ ✔ ❽ ❚ ✔ ✒ ✕ ☞ ❍ ✢ ❍ ✍ ✗ ✒ ✘ ✒ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✏ ✣ ❅ ✥ ✔ ✕ ☞ ✤ ▲ ✒ ✔ ✔ ▲ ✔ ✕ ❚ ✦ ✛ → ✦ ☛ ☛ ❚ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✣ ✎ ✔ ☞ ✣ ✖ ✓ ✖ ▲ ✖ ✓ ❚ ✍ ✜ ❾ ✜ ➁ ❼ ✜ ✚ ☛ ☛ ✦
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WIMPs from Sun/Earth

WIMP Analysis by AMANDA Stockholm...

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Angular Spread of WIMP signal

  • Angular spread

decreases as WIMP mass increases, reducing atm. ν background

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Neutralino search in AMANDA

❍ ❍ ✙ ✔ ✒ ▲ ❚ ❋ ✣ ✘ ✤ ➇ ✘ ❚ ✌ ✤ ▲ ✖ ☞✗

χ

➙ ✣ ✓ ✕ ✒ ✥ ✥ ✔ ❆ ✖ ☞ ✗ ✕ ✒ ▲ ✖ ✓ ✒ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✒ ✘ ❇ ✖ ✔ ✘ ❆ ✤ ❇ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✓✙ ❞ ✜ ✣ ✣ ❅ ✌ ✥ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✤ ☞ ❆ ✒ ✕ ❂ ✌ ✒ ✓ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✍ ❆ ❅ ✔ ✓ ✤ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✒ ✘ ✖ ☞ ✤ ✣ ❋ ✔ ☞ ✔ ✕ ✗ ❚ ❆ ✔ ☞ ✣ ✖ ✓ ❚ ☛ ❍ ➔ ➐ ✔ ◗ ❽ ✏ ✌ ✣ ✦ ➏ ❍ ➏ ✔ ▲ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✣ ✣ ✔ ✔ ☞ ✦ ✛ ✔ ➑ ✥ ✔ ✏ ✓ ✔ ❆ ❍ ❍ ❍ ➆ ✕ ✤ ✌ ✏ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✤ ❇ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✓✙ ✍ ❚ → ✦ ☛ ❚ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✣ ✦ ➔☛ ❆ ✒❚ ✣ ❡ ❢
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SLIDE 40

Monopole and Muon Light Yield

  • Due to n2(g/e) ~ 8300

the light production is enhanced compared to muons.

Monopole Analysis by AMANDA Zeuthen...

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SLIDE 41

Monte Carlo: Monopole

  • Early photons are red, late

photons are blue. More photons are larger circles

  • Bottom of array is toward

center of earth

  • Upgoing Monopole
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SLIDE 42
  • Sensitive to relativistic

Monopoles

  • at β ~ 0.8 comparable

to other experiments

  • slight improvement

towards β=1.0

AMANDA Monopole Limits

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SLIDE 43

GUT-scale-sensitivity

  • Φ ∼ Λ3
  • m = Λ/α
  • β = β (E=gBL,m)
  • Maximal GUT scale

~ 1020 eV

  • sensitive to Weiler-

Monopoles of m < 1011 GeV

Baikal AMANDA ICE3

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SLIDE 44

AMANDA II

❯ ✉ ❩ ❧ ✜ ❾ ✜ ➁ ❼ ✜❜ ❜ ✍ ✦ ↔ ✣ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞✗ ➇ ✖ ✓✙ ➏↕ ↕ ➓ ❾ ➙ ✣ P ▲ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✕ ✔ ✏ ✤ ☞ ✣ ✓ ✕ ❅ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✒ ☞ ❆ ✣ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ❅ ☞ ❆ ✔ ✕ ➇ ✒❚ ✒ ✓❣ ✔ ❅ ✓✙ ✔ ☞ ❊ ✚ ☛ ☛ ☛ ❆ ✒ ✓ ✒ ■ ✎ ✖ ☞ ✏ ✔ ➆ ✔ ✢ ❍ ✚ ☛ ☛ ☛ ✍ ❏ ☞ ✘ ✖ ☞ ✔ ✕ ✔ ✏ ✤ ☞ ✣ ✓ ✕ ❅ ✏ ✓ ✖ ✤ ☞ ✒ ✓ ➓ ✤ ✘ ✔ ✤ ❇ ✚ ☛ ☛ ✦ ❆ ✒ ✓ ✒ ❊ ❾ ✒ ✖ ☞ ❑ ■
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SLIDE 45

AMANDA II, first look at data

ý ❤✐ ❥❦❧ ❤ ♠ ✄ ✏ ✤ ✣

θ

➁ ✤ ✕ ✌ ✒ ✘ ✖ ❑ ✔ ❆ ✓ ✤ ▲ ✔ ✕ ✓ ✖ ✏ ✒ ✘ ✓ ✕ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✣ ✜ ✓ ✌ ✤ ✣ ✥ ✙ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✏ ☞ ✔ ❅ ✓ ✕ ✖ ☞ ✤ ✔ ▲ ✔ ☞ ✓ ✣ ✓ ✕ ✖ ✗ ✗ ✔ ✕ ✔ ❆ ✥ ✔ ✕ ❚ ✔ ✒ ✕ ✍

νµ:

✦ ✦ ☛ ☛ ☛ ❊ ▼ ▼ ■ ❋ ✦ ➔☛ ❊ ➁ ▼ ■

ν

ì

:

✦ ➏ ☛ ❊ ▼ ▼ ■ ❋ ↔ ❊ ➁ ▼ ■ ✡

νµ

✥ ✔ ✕ ❆ ✒❚ ✏ ❅ ✓ ✔ ❇ ❇ ✖ ✏ ✖ ✔ ☞ ✏ ❚ ✖ ✌ ✥ ✕ ✤ ▲ ✔ ❆ ➑ ✚ → ✛ ➣ ❊ ✖ ☞ ✥ ✒ ✕ ✓ ✖ ✏ ❅ ✘ ✒ ✕ ❇ ✤ ✕ ✙ ✤ ✕ ✖ ❑ ✤ ☞ ✓ ✒ ✘ ✓ ✕ ✒ ✏ ❂ ✣ ■
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SLIDE 46

2002 improvements:

➅ ♥ ✻ ✭ ✧ ♦ ♦ ✾ ✬ ✩ ✩ ✾ ✬ ✧ ✷ ✾ ✬ ✭ ✯ ✫ ✻✦♣ ✧ q ✤r ❂ ✾ ♦ ✩ ✼ ✯ ✬ ✧ ➅ ➧ ➻s ➸ ➢t ➳ ➞ ➳ ➟ ➞ ➥ ➧ ➻ ➳ ✉ ➸ ➳ ➟ ➞ ➢ ➼ ➥ ➢ ➤ ➡ ➳ t ➳ ➸ ➟ ➺ s ➟ ➸ ➟ ➺ ➺ ➳ ➺ ➡ ➠➡ ➥ ➳ ➻ ➅ ♥ ✻ ✭ ✧ ♦ ♦ ✾ ✬ ✩ ✩ ✾ ✬ ✧ ✪ ✹ ✥ ✧ ✧ ✺ ✧ ✥ ✩ ✬ ✾ ✫ ✻ ✥ ❂ ✫ ✾ ✻ ❂ ✧ ➅ ➧ ➨✈ ➸ ➳ ➟ ➡ ➳ ➳ ➤ ➤ ➧ ✈ ➧ ➳ ➨✈ ➠ Ú ➠ ➺ ➢✇ ➳ ➸ ➞ ➧ ➡ ✈ ➸ ➧ ➻ ➧ ➨ ➟ ➥ ➢➸ ➥➾ ➸ ➳ ➡ ➾ ➢ ➺ ➞ ➡ ➅ ① ✫ ❂ ✩ ✯ ✺ ✺ ✯ ✩ ✻ ✾ ✫ ✾ ♦ ✼ ✯ ❁ ✧ ♦ ✾ ✬ ✸ ✪ ✻ ✭ ✻ ✩ ✻✦♣ ✻ ✫ ✭ ❂ ✮ ❂ ✩ ✧ ✸ ➅ ➟ Ú ➢ ➼ ➥② ➝ ✈ ➾ ➟ ➨ ➨ ➳ ➺ ➡ ③ ➡ ➼ ➤ ➤ ➧ ✈ ➧ ➳ ➨ ➥ ➤ ➢➸ s ➾ ➠➡ ➧ ✈ ➡ ✉ ➡ ➥ ➼ ➞ ➠ ➳ ➽ ➥ ➸ ➳ ➻ ➳ ➺ ➠ ➾ ➧ ➩ ➾ ➳ ➨ ➳ ➸ ➩ ➠ ➳ t ➳ ➨ ➥ ➡ ✉ ➺ ➳ ➟ ➸ ➨ ➾ ➢✇ ➥ ➢ ➧ ➨ ➥ ➳ ➩ ➸ ➟ ➥ ➳ ④⑤ ④⑥ ➲ ④ ➟ ➨ ➞⑦ ⑧⑨ ⑧⑩ ❳⑨
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SLIDE 47