Results from the AMANDA high-energy neutrino detector

This paper briefly summarizes the search for astronomical sources of high-energy neutrinos using the AMANDA-B10 detector. The complete data set from 1997 was analyzed. For E_mu>10 TeV, the detector exceeds 10,000 m^2 in effective area between declinations of 25 and 90 degrees. Neutrinos generated in the atmosphere by cosmic ray interactions were used to verify the overall sensitivity of the detector. The absolute pointing accuracy and angular resolution has been confirmed by the analysis of coincident events between the SPASE air shower array and the AMANDA detector. Preliminary flux limits from point source candidates are presented. For declinations larger than +45 degrees, our results compare favorably to existing limits for sources in the Southern sky. We also present the current status of the searches for high energy neutrino emission from diffusely distributed sources, GRBs, and WIMPs from the center of the earth.

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8 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Int. Conf. Neut. Phys. Astro. (Neutrino 2000), Corresponding Author: Steven W. Barwick

talk: Sudbury 2000/06/16
neutrino: cosmic radiation
astrophysics: particle source
neutrino: flux
upper limit
gamma ray: burst
dark matter
WIMP: annihilation
Cherenkov counter: water
AMANDA

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