TY  - JOUR
AU  - ANTARES Collaboration (Aguilar, J. A. et al
AU  - Bigongiari, C.
AU  - Dornic, D.
AU  - Emanuele, U.
AU  - Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P.
AU  - Hernandez-Rey, J. J.
AU  - Mangano, S.
AU  - Salesa, F.
AU  - Toscano, S.
AU  - Yepes, H.
AU  - Zornoza, J. D.
AU  - Zuñiga, J.
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011//
TI  - Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy nu(mu) with the ANTARES neutrino telescope
T2  - Phys. Lett. B
JO  - Physics Letters B
SP  - 16
EP  - 22
VL  - 696
IS  - 1-2
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Neutrino telescope
KW  - Diffuse muon neutrino flux
KW  - ANTARES
AB  - A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A (0.83 x 2 pi) sr sky was monitored for a total of 334 days of equivalent live time. The searched signal corresponds to an excess of events, produced by astrophysical sources, over the expected atmospheric neutrino background. The observed number of events is found compatible with the background expectation. Assuming an E-2 flux spectrum, a 90% c.l. upper limit on the diffuse nu(mu) flux of E-2 Phi(90%) = 5.3 x 10(-8) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) in the energy range 20 TeV-2.5 PeV is obtained. Other signal models with different energy spectra are also tested and some rejected.
SN  - 0370-2693
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1011.3772
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070
DO  - 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.070
LA  - English
N1  - ISI:000286708900004
ID  - ANTARESCollaborationAguilar_etal2011
ER  -