Constraining the neutrino emission of gravitationally lensed Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars with ANTARES data
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This paper proposes to exploit gravitational lensing effects to improve the sensitivity of neutrino telescopes to the intrinsic neutrino emission of distant blazar populations. This strategy is illustrated with a search for cosmic neutrinos in the direction of four distant and gravitationally lensed Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars. The magnification factor is estimated for each system assuming a singular isothermal profile for the lens. Based on data collected from 2007 to 2012 by the ANTARES neutrino telescope, the strongest constraint is obtained from the lensed quasar B0218+357, providing a limit on the total neutrino luminosity of this source of 1.08 × 10 46 erg s -1 . This limit is about one order of magnitude lower than those previously obtained in the ANTARES standard point source searches with non-lensed Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars.
Authors: S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, C. Bogazzi, R. Bormuth, M. Bou-Cabo, M.C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Coniglione, L. Core, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. De Rosa, I. Dekeyser, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti, D. Drouhin, A. Dumas, T. Eberl, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, S. Escoffier, K. Fehn, I. Felis, P. Fermani, F. Folger, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, J.P. Gómez-González, K. Graf, G. Guillard, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, B. Herold, A. Herrero, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, C.W. James, M. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, A. Kappes, U. Katz, D. Kießling, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, E. Lambard, G. Lambard, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, H. Loehner, S. Loucatos, S. Mangano, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, J.A. Martínez-Mora, S. Martini, A. Mathieu, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, C. Müller, M. Neff, E. Nezri, D. Palioselitis, G.E. Păvălaš, C. Perrina, V. Popa, T. Pradier, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, R. Richter, K. Roensch, A. Rostovtsev, M. Saldaña, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, J. Schmid, J. Schnabel, S. Schulte, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, A. Spies, M. Spurio, J.J.M. Steijger, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, C. Tamburini, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, E. Visser, D. Vivolo, S. Wagner, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, K. Yatkin, H. Yepes, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, E.E. Falco
Institutions: Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituts Universitaires de Technologie, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, Universitat de València, Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Château Gombert, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, University of Bologna, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Leiden University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Sapienza University of Rome, Institute of Space Science - INFLPR Subsidiary, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, University of Naples Federico II, Université de Toulon, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Université Paris-Sud, University of Groningen, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont Auvergne, Université Blaise Pascal, University of Würzburg, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, University of Genoa, Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, University of Catania, CEA Paris-Saclay, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers, Direction des Sciences de la Matière, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Université de Strasbourg, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Mohamed I University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
Funders: European Commission, Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Generalitat Valenciana, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Autoritatea Natională pentru Cercetare Stiintifică, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii, Agence de l'Oriental, Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Conseil Régional d'Alsace, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
OpenAlex ID: W2000798616