Abstract
With infrared luminosities LIR ≥ 1012L , Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs) are the most luminous objects in the infrared sky. They are predominantly powered by starburst regions with star-formation rates & 100 M yr-1. ULIRGs can also host an active galactic nucleus (AGN). Both the starburst and AGN environments contain plausible hadronic accelerators, making ULIRGs candidate neutrino sources. We present the results of an IceCube stacking analysis searching for high-energy neutrinos from a representative sample of 75 ULIRGs with redshift z ≤ 0.13. While no significant excess of ULIRG neutrinos is found in 7.5 years of IceCube data, upper limits are reported on the neutrino flux from these 75 ULIRGs as well as an extrapolation for the full ULIRG source population. In addition, constraints are provided on models predicting neutrino emission from ULIRGs.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 1115 |
Journal | Proceedings of Science |
Volume | 395 |
State | Published - Mar 18 2022 |
Event | 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 23 2021 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General