A search for neutrino emission from the Fermi bubbles with the ANTARES telescope

Adrián Martínez, S.; Albert, A.; Al Samarai, I.; André, M.; Anton, G.; Anvar, S.; Ardid, M.; Astraatmadja, T.; Aubert, J. J.; Baret, B.; Barrios Martí, J.; Basa, S.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, Simone; Bigongiari, C.; Bogazzi, C.; Bouhou, B.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Caramete, L.; Cârloganu, C.; Carr, J.; Cecchini, S.; Charif, Z.; Charvis, P. h.; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Classen, F.; Coniglione, R.; Core, L.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Creusot, A.; Curtil, C.; Bonis, G.; Dekeyser, I.; Deschamps, A.; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Dorosti, Q.; Drouhin, D.; Dumas, A.; Eberl, T.; Emanuele, U.; Enzenhöfer, A.; Ernenwein, J. P.; Escoffier, S.; Fehn, K.; Fermani, P.; Flaminio, V.; Folger, F.; Fritsch, U.; Fusco, LUIGI ANTONIO; Galatà, S.; Gay, P.; Geißelsöder, S.; Geyer, K.; Giacomelli, GIORGIO MARIA; Giordano, V.; Gleixner, A.; Gómez González, J. P.; Graf, K.; Guillard, G.; Haren, H.; Heijboer, A. J.; Hello, Y.; Hernández Rey, J. J.; Herold, B.; Hößl, J.; Hugon, C.; James, C. W.; Jong, M.; Kadler, M.; Kalekin, O.; Kappes, A.; Katz, U.; Kooijman, P.; Kouchner, A.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lahmann, R.; Lambard, E.; Lambard, G.; Larosa, G.; Lattuada, D.; Lefèvre, D.; Leonora, E.; Lo Presti, D.; Loehner, H.; Loucatos, S.; Louis, F.; Mangano, S.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, Annarita; Martínez Mora, J. A.; Martini, S.; Michael, T.; Montaruli, T.; Morganti, M.; Müller, C.; Neff, M.; Nezri, E.; Palioselitis, D.; Păvălaş, G. E.; Perrina, C.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Racca, C.; Riccobene, G.; Richter, R.; Rivière, C.; Robert, A.; Roensch, K.; Rostovtsev, A.; Samtleben, D. F. E.; Sanguineti, M.; Sapienza, P.; Schmid, J.; Schnabel, J.; Schulte, S.; Schüssler, F.; Seitz, T.; Shanidze, R.; Sieger, C.; Simeone, F.; Spies, A.; Spurio, Maurizio; Steijger, J. J. M.; Stolarczyk, T. h.; Sánchez Losa, A.; Taiuti, M.; Tamburini, C.; Tayalati, Y.; Trovato, A.; Vallage, B.; Vallée, C.; Elewyck, V.; Vecchi, M.; Vernin, P.; Visser, E.; Wagner, S.; Wilms, J.; Wolf, E.; Yatkin, K.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zúñiga, J.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2701-6

Analysis of the Fermi-LAT data has revealed two extended structures above and below the Galactic Centre emitting gamma rays with a hard spectrum, the so-called Fermi bubbles. Hadronic models attempting to explain the origin of the Fermi bubbles predict the emission of highenergy neutrinos and gamma rays with similar fluxes. The ANTARES detector, a neutrino telescope located in the Mediterranean Sea, has a good visibility to the Fermi bubble regions. Using data collected from 2008 to 2011 no statistically significant excess of events is observed and therefore upper limits on the neutrino flux in TeVrange from the Fermi bubbles are derived for various assumed energy cutoffs of the source.

A search for neutrino emission from the Fermi bubbles with the ANTARES telescope / S. Adrián-Martínez;A. Albert;I. Al Samarai;M. André;G. Anton;S. Anvar;M. Ardid;T. Astraatmadja;J.-J. Aubert;B. Baret;J. Barrios-Martí;S. Basa;V. Bertin;S. Biagi;C. Bigongiari;C. Bogazzi;B. Bouhou;M. C. Bouwhuis;J. Brunner;J. Busto;A. Capone;L. Caramete;C. Cârloganu;J. Carr;S. Cecchini;Z. Charif;Ph. Charvis;T. Chiarusi;M. Circella;F. Classen;R. Coniglione;L. Core;H. Costantini;P. Coyle;A. Creusot;C. Curtil;G. Bonis;I. Dekeyser;A. Deschamps;C. Donzaud;D. Dornic;Q. Dorosti;D. Drouhin;A. Dumas;T. Eberl;U. Emanuele;A. Enzenhöfer;J.-P. Ernenwein;S. Escoffier;K. Fehn;P. Fermani;V. Flaminio;F. Folger;U. Fritsch;L. A. Fusco;S. Galatà;P. Gay;S. Geißelsöder;K. Geyer;G. Giacomelli;V. Giordano;A. Gleixner;J. P. Gómez-González;K. Graf;G. Guillard;H. Haren;A. J. Heijboer;Y. Hello;J. J. Hernández-Rey;B. Herold;J. Hößl;C. Hugon;C. W. James;M. Jong;M. Kadler;O. Kalekin;A. Kappes;U. Katz;P. Kooijman;A. Kouchner;I. Kreykenbohm;V. Kulikovskiy;R. Lahmann;E. Lambard;G. Lambard;G. Larosa;D. Lattuada;D. Lefèvre;E. Leonora;D. Lo Presti;H. Loehner;S. Loucatos;F. Louis;S. Mangano;M. Marcelin;A. Margiotta;J. A. Martínez-Mora;S. Martini;T. Michael;T. Montaruli;M. Morganti;C. Müller;M. Neff;E. Nezri;D. Palioselitis;G. E. Păvălaş;C. Perrina;V. Popa;T. Pradier;C. Racca;G. Riccobene;R. Richter;C. Rivière;A. Robert;K. Roensch;A. Rostovtsev;D. F. E. Samtleben;M. Sanguineti;P. Sapienza;J. Schmid;J. Schnabel;S. Schulte;F. Schüssler;T. Seitz;R. Shanidze;C. Sieger;F. Simeone;A. Spies;M. Spurio;J. J. M. Steijger;Th. Stolarczyk;A. Sánchez-Losa;M. Taiuti;C. Tamburini;Y. Tayalati;A. Trovato;B. Vallage;C. Vallée;V. Elewyck;M. Vecchi;P. Vernin;E. Visser;S. Wagner;J. Wilms;E. Wolf;K. Yatkin;H. Yepes;J. D. Zornoza;J. Zúñiga. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - STAMPA. - 74:(2014), pp. 2701-2707. [10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2701-6]