GCN Circular 33204
Subject
IceCube-230122A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate track-like event
Date
2023-01-22T05:24:48Z (2 years ago)
From
Erik Blaufuss at U. Maryland/IceCube <blaufuss@umd.edu>
The IceCube Collaboration (http://icecube.wisc.edu/) reports:
On 2023-01-22 03:50:02.00 UT IceCube detected a track-like event with a moderate probability of being of astrophysical origin. The event was selected by the ICECUBE_Astrotrack_Bronze alert stream. The average astrophysical neutrino purity for Bronze alerts is 30%. This alert has an estimated false alarm rate of 3.62 events per year due to atmospheric backgrounds. The IceCube detector was in a normal operating state at the time of detection.
After the initial automated alert (https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_amon_g_b/137571_16496893.amon), more
sophisticated reconstruction algorithms have been applied offline, with the direction refined to:
Date: 2023-01-22
Time: 03:50:02.00 UT
RA:16.79 (+3.17 / -2.56 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000
Dec: +7.78 (+3.44 / -3.26 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000
We encourage follow-up by ground and space-based instruments to help identify a possible astrophysical source for the candidate neutrino.
There are four known gamma-ray sources listed in the Fermi 4FGL catalog within the 90% uncertainty region of the event. The nearest one is 4FGL J0100.3+0745 (RA: 15.09 deg, Dec: 7.76 deg in J2000 coordinates), 1.68 deg away from the best-fit event position.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector operating at the geographic South Pole, Antarctica. The IceCube realtime alert point of contact can be reached at roc@icecube.wisc.edu