Multi-messenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A

Individual astrophysical sources previously detected in neutrinos are limited to the Sun and the supernova 1987A, whereas the origins of the diffuse flux of high-energy cosmic neutrinos remain unidentified. On 22 September 2017 we detected a high-energy neutrino, IceCube-170922A, with an energy of a...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-07
Main Authors: The IceCube, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, AGILE, ASAS-SN, HAWC, H E S S, INTEGRAL, Kanata, Kiso, Kapteyn, Liverpool telescope, Subaru, Swift/NuSTAR, VERITAS, VLA/17B-403 teams
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blazars
Energy
Gamma rays
High energy astronomy
Neutrinos
Radio frequency
Supernova 1987A
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Summary:Individual astrophysical sources previously detected in neutrinos are limited to the Sun and the supernova 1987A, whereas the origins of the diffuse flux of high-energy cosmic neutrinos remain unidentified. On 22 September 2017 we detected a high-energy neutrino, IceCube-170922A, with an energy of approximately 290 TeV. Its arrival direction was consistent with the location of a known gamma-ray blazar TXS 0506+056, observed to be in a flaring state. An extensive multi-wavelength campaign followed, ranging from radio frequencies to gamma-rays. These observations characterize the variability and energetics of the blazar and include the first detection of TXS 0506+056 in very-high-energy gamma-rays. This observation of a neutrino in spatial coincidence with a gamma-ray emitting blazar during an active phase suggests that blazars may be a source of high-energy neutrinos.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1807.08816