Constraining the neutrino emission of gravitationally lensed Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars with ANTARES data

Adrián Martínez, S.; Albert, A.; André, M.; Anton, G.; Ardid, M.; Aubert, J. J.; Baret, B.; Barrios Martí, J.; Basa, S.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, Simone; Bogazzi, C.; Bormuth, R.; Bou Cabo, M.; Bouwhuis, M. C.; Bruijn, R.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Capone, A.; Caramete, L.; Carr, J.; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Coniglione, R.; Core, L.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Creusot, A.; De Rosa, G.; Dekeyser, I.; Deschamps, A.; De Bonis, G.; Distefano, C.; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Dorosti, Q.; Drouhin, D.; Dumas, A.; Eberl, T.; Elsässer, D.; Enzenhöfer, A.; Escoffier, S.; Fehn, K.; Felis, I.; Fermani, P.; Folger, F.; Fusco, LUIGI ANTONIO; Galatà, S.; Gay, P.; Geißelsöder, S.; Geyer, K.; Giordano, V.; Gleixner, A.; Gómez González, J. P.; Graf, K.; Guillard, G.; van Haren, H.; Heijboer, A. J.; Hello, Y.; Hernández Rey, J. J.; Herold, B.; Herrero, A.; Hößl, J.; Hofestädt, J.; Hugon, C.; James, C. W.; de Jong, M.; Kadler, M.; Kalekin, O.; Kappes, A.; Katz, U.; Kießling, D.; Kooijman, P.; Kouchner, A.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lahmann, R.; Lambard, E.; Lambard, G.; Lefèvre, D.; Leonora, E.; Loehner, H.; Loucatos, S.; Mangano, S.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, Annarita; Martínez Mora, J. A.; Martini, S.; Mathieu, A.; Michael, T.; Migliozzi, P.; Müller, C.; Neff, M.; Nezri, E.; Palioselitis, D.; Păvălaš, G. E.; Perrina, C.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Racca, C.; Riccobene, G.; Richter, R.; Roensch, K.; Rostovtsev, A.; Saldaña, M.; Samtleben, D. F. E.; Sánchez Losa, A.; Sanguineti, M.; Schmid, J.; Schnabel, J.; Schulte, S.; Schüssler, F.; Seitz, T.; Sieger, C.; Spies, A.; Spurio, Maurizio; Steijger, J. J. M.; Stolarczyk, T. h.; Taiuti, M.; Tamburini, C.; Tayalati, Y.; Trovato, A.; Tselengidou, M.; Tönnis, C.; Vallage, B.; Vallée, C.; Van Elewyck, V.; Visser, E.; Vivolo, D.; Wagner, S.; Wilms, J.; de Wolf, E.; Yatkin, K.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zúñiga, J.; Falco, E. E.

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/11/017

This paper proposes to exploit gravitational lensing eects 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 magnication factor is estimated for each system assuming a singular isothermal prole 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 1046 erg s1. 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.

Constraining the neutrino emission of gravitationally lensed Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasars with ANTARES data / 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. - In: JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 1475-7516. - STAMPA. - 2014:(2014), pp. 017-017. [10.1088/1475-7516/2014/11/017]