{
  "id": "0908.4209",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-08-28T13:31:08.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-08-28T13:31:08.000Z",
  "title": "Search for neutrino flares from point sources with IceCube",
  "authors": [
    "J. L. Bazo Alba",
    "E. Bernardini",
    "R. Lauer",
    "for the IceCube Collaboration"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 2009. This version includes the results presented at the conference and supersedes the version previously submitted to the conference",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "A time-dependent search for neutrino flares from pre-defined directions in the whole sky is presented. The analysis uses a time clustering algorithm combined with an unbinned likelihood method. This algorithm provides a search for significant neutrino flares over time-scales that are not fixed a-priori and that are not triggered by multiwavelength observations. The event selection is optimized to maximize the discovery potential, taking into account different time-scales of source activity and background rates. The method is applied to a pre-defined list of bright and variable astrophysical sources using 22-string IceCube data. No significant excess is found.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-08-28T13:31:08.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "point sources",
      "significant neutrino flares",
      "unbinned likelihood method",
      "significant excess",
      "time-dependent search"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 829723,
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0908.4209B"
    }
  }
}