TAPIR Seminar
Cahill 370
What is the contribution of blazars to the IceCube neutrino flux?
Maria Petropoulou,
Einstein Post Doctoral Fellow,
Physics and Astronomy,
Purdue University,
The discovery of 0.1 – 2 PeV neutrinos of astrophysical origin by IceCube has opened a new window in the high-energy Universe. There are various astrophysical candidate sources, including active galactic nuclei (AGN) and starburst galaxies. Although a firm association of the detected neutrinos with one (or more) of them is still lacking, IceCube has started constraining various theoretical models. In this talk, I will present our model predictions for (i) the blazar contribution to the diffuse neutrino flux and (ii) for the possibility of detecting individual blazars as neutrino point sources. I will discuss the implications of the latest IceCube searches on the theoretical models for blazar emission.
For more information, please contact Sheri Stoll by phone at 626-395-6608 or by email at [email protected] or visit TAPIR at Caltech.
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