Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector

A Achterberg; M Ackermann; J Adams; J Ahrens; K Andeen; D W Atlee; J N Bahcall; X Bai; B Baret; M Bartelt; S W Barwick; R Bay; K Beattie; T Becka; J K Becker; K-H Becker; P Berghaus; D Berley; E Bernardini; D Bertrand; D Z Besson; E Blaufuss; D J Boersma; C Bohm; J Bolmont; S Böser; O Botner; A Bouchta; J Braun; C Burgess; T Burgess; T Castermans; D Chirkin; B Christy; J Clem; D F Cowen; M V D'Agostino; A Davour; C T Day; C De Clercq; L Demirörs; F Descamps; P Desiati; T Deyoung; J C Diaz-Velez; J Dreyer; J P Dumm; M R Duvoort; W R Edwards; R Ehrlich; J Eisch; R W Ellsworth; P A Evenson; O Fadiran; A R Fazely; T Feser; K Filimonov; B D Fox; T K Gaisser; J Gallagher; R Ganugapati; H Geenen; L Gerhardt; A Goldschmidt; J A Goodman; R Gozzini; S Grullon; A Gross; R M Gunasingha; M Gurtner; A Hallgren; F Halzen; K Han; K Hanson; D Hardtke; R Hardtke; T Harenberg; J E Hart; T Hauschildt; D Hays; J Heise; K Helbing; M Hellwig; P Herquet; G C Hill; J Hodges; K D Hoffman; B Hommez; K Hoshina; D Hubert; B Hughey; P O Hulth; K Hultqvist; S Hundertmark; J-P Hülss; A Ishihara; J Jacobsen; G S Japaridze; A Jones; J M Joseph; K-H Kampert; A Karle; H Kawai; J L Kelley; M Kestel; N Kitamura; S R Klein; S Klepser; G Kohnen; H Kolanoski; L Köpke; M Krasberg; K Kuehn; H Landsman; H Leich; I Liubarsky; J Lundberg; J Madsen; K Mase; H S Matis; T McCauley; C P McParland; A Meli; T Messarius; P Mészáros; H Miyamoto; A Mokhtarani; T Montaruli; A Morey; R Morse; S M Movit; K Münich; R Nahnhauer; J W Nam; P Niessen; D R Nygren; H Ogelman; Ph Olbrechts; A Olivas; S Patton; C Peña-Garay; C Pérez de Los Heros; A Piegsa; D Pieloth; A C Pohl; R Porrata; J Pretz; P B Price; G T Przybylski; K Rawlins; S Razzaque; F Refflinghaus; E Resconi; W Rhode; M Ribordy; A Rizzo; S Robbins; P Roth; C Rott; D Rutledge; D Ryckbosch; H-G Sander; S Sarkar; S Schlenstedt; T Schmidt; D Schneider; D Seckel; S H Seo; S Seunarine; A Silvestri; A J Smith; M Solarz; C Song; J E Sopher; G M Spiczak; C Spiering; M Stamatikos; T Stanev; P Steffen; T Stezelberger; R G Stokstad; M C Stoufer; S Stoyanov; E A Strahler; T Straszheim; K-H Sulanke; G W Sullivan; T J Sumner; I Taboada; O Tarasova; A Tepe; L Thollander; S Tilav; P A Toale; D Turcan; N van Eijndhoven; J Vandenbroucke; A Van Overloop; B Voigt; W Wagner; C Walck; H Waldmann; M Walter; Y-R Wang; C Wendt; C H Wiebusch; G Wikström; D R Williams; R Wischnewski; H Wissing; K Woschnagg; X W Xu; G Yodh; S Yoshida; J D Zornoza; IceCube Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.221101

Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Dec 1;97(22):221101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.221101. Epub 2006 Nov 28.

Authors

A Achterberg¹, M Ackermann, J Adams, J Ahrens, K Andeen, D W Atlee, J N Bahcall, X Bai, B Baret, M Bartelt, S W Barwick, R Bay, K Beattie, T Becka, J K Becker, K-H Becker, P Berghaus, D Berley, E Bernardini, D Bertrand, D Z Besson, E Blaufuss, D J Boersma, C Bohm, J Bolmont, S Böser, O Botner, A Bouchta, J Braun, C Burgess, T Burgess, T Castermans, D Chirkin, B Christy, J Clem, D F Cowen, M V D'Agostino, A Davour, C T Day, C De Clercq, L Demirörs, F Descamps, P Desiati, T Deyoung, J C Diaz-Velez, J Dreyer, J P Dumm, M R Duvoort, W R Edwards, R Ehrlich, J Eisch, R W Ellsworth, P A Evenson, O Fadiran, A R Fazely, T Feser, K Filimonov, B D Fox, T K Gaisser, J Gallagher, R Ganugapati, H Geenen, L Gerhardt, A Goldschmidt, J A Goodman, R Gozzini, S Grullon, A Gross, R M Gunasingha, M Gurtner, A Hallgren, F Halzen, K Han, K Hanson, D Hardtke, R Hardtke, T Harenberg, J E Hart, T Hauschildt, D Hays, J Heise, K Helbing, M Hellwig, P Herquet, G C Hill, J Hodges, K D Hoffman, B Hommez, K Hoshina, D Hubert, B Hughey, P O Hulth, K Hultqvist, S Hundertmark, J-P Hülss, A Ishihara, J Jacobsen, G S Japaridze, A Jones, J M Joseph, K-H Kampert, A Karle, H Kawai, J L Kelley, M Kestel, N Kitamura, S R Klein, S Klepser, G Kohnen, H Kolanoski, L Köpke, M Krasberg, K Kuehn, H Landsman, H Leich, I Liubarsky, J Lundberg, J Madsen, K Mase, H S Matis, T McCauley, C P McParland, A Meli, T Messarius, P Mészáros, H Miyamoto, A Mokhtarani, T Montaruli, A Morey, R Morse, S M Movit, K Münich, R Nahnhauer, J W Nam, P Niessen, D R Nygren, H Ogelman, Ph Olbrechts, A Olivas, S Patton, C Peña-Garay, C Pérez de Los Heros, A Piegsa, D Pieloth, A C Pohl, R Porrata, J Pretz, P B Price, G T Przybylski, K Rawlins, S Razzaque, F Refflinghaus, E Resconi, W Rhode, M Ribordy, A Rizzo, S Robbins, P Roth, C Rott, D Rutledge, D Ryckbosch, H-G Sander, S Sarkar, S Schlenstedt, T Schmidt, D Schneider, D Seckel, S H Seo, S Seunarine, A Silvestri, A J Smith, M Solarz, C Song, J E Sopher, G M Spiczak, C Spiering, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, P Steffen, T Stezelberger, R G Stokstad, M C Stoufer, S Stoyanov, E A Strahler, T Straszheim, K-H Sulanke, G W Sullivan, T J Sumner, I Taboada, O Tarasova, A Tepe, L Thollander, S Tilav, P A Toale, D Turcan, N van Eijndhoven, J Vandenbroucke, A Van Overloop, B Voigt, W Wagner, C Walck, H Waldmann, M Walter, Y-R Wang, C Wendt, C H Wiebusch, G Wikström, D R Williams, R Wischnewski, H Wissing, K Woschnagg, X W Xu, G Yodh, S Yoshida, J D Zornoza; IceCube Collaboration

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University/SRON, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 17155787
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.221101

Abstract

On 27 December 2004, a giant gamma flare from the Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater 1806-20 saturated many satellite gamma-ray detectors, being the brightest transient event ever observed in the Galaxy. AMANDA-II was used to search for down-going muons indicative of high-energy gammas and/or neutrinos from this object. The data revealed no significant signal, so upper limits (at 90% C.L.) on the normalization constant were set: 0.05(0.5) TeV-1 m;{-2} s;{-1} for gamma=-1.47 (-2) in the gamma flux and 0.4(6.1) TeV-1 m;{-2} s;{-1} for gamma=-1.47 (-2) in the high-energy neutrino flux.