Constraining High-Energy Neutrino Emission from Supernovae with IceCube

22 May 2023

IceCube Collaboration (Robert Stein as one of three credited coauthors)

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Today in ApJL, we detail a search for high-energy neutrino emission from core-collapse supernovae with IceCube.

It has been long predicted that supernova should produce high-energy neutrinos, either through CSM interaction or via astrophysical jets.

Though long-predicted, we find no evidence of high-energy neutrino emission in our samples of supernovae. Instead, we set limits on the overall neutrino emission from core-collapse supernovae.

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However, we haven’t given up hope yet! A larger sample of supernova, more years of IceCube data, or a galactic supernova could all lead to a detection of high-energy neutrinos from a supernova.