First observation of PeV-energy neutrinos with IceCube

We report on the observation of two neutrino-induced events which have an estimated deposited energy in the IceCube detector of 1.04±0.16 and 1.14±0.17  PeV, respectively, the highest neutrino energies observed so far. These events are consistent with fully contained particle showers induced by neut...

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Main Authors: Aartsen, M., Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S., Baum, V., Bay, R., Beatty, J., Bechet, S., Becker Tjus, J., Becker, K., Bell, M., Benabderrahmane, M., Benzvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bernhard, A., Bertrand, D., Besson, D., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D., Bohaichuk, S., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Brayeur, L., Bretz, H., Brown, A., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Carson, Michael, Casey, J., Casier, M., Chirkin, D., Christov, A., Christy, B., Clark, K., Clevermann, F., Coenders, S., Cohen, S., Cowen, D., Cruz Silva, A., Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J., De Clercq, C., De Ridder, S., Desiati, P., De With, M., Deyoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J., Dunkman, M., Eagan, R., Eberhardt, B., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R., Euler, S., Evenson, P., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Flis, S., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Frantzen, K., Fuchs, T., Gaisser, T., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Golup, G., Gonzalez, J., Goodman, J., Góra, D., Grant, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41159