Detecting neutrino-transients with optical follow-up observations

Details Detecting neutrino-transients with optical follow-up observations Detecting neutrino-transients with optical follow-up observations

2007-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701618v2

Astropart.Phys.27:533-538,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 3 figures, consistent with version published in Astropart. Phys

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.03.

A novel method is presented which will enhance the sensitivity of neutrino telescopes to identify transient sources such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and core-collapse Supernovae (SNe). Triggered by the detection of high energy neutrino events from IceCube or other large scale neutrino telescopes, an optical follow-up program will allow the identification of the transient neutrino source. We show that once the follow-up program is implemented, the achievable sensitivity of IceCube to neutrinos from SNe and GRBs would increase by a factor of 2-3. The program can be realized with a small network of automated 1-2 meter telescopes and has rather modest observing time requirements.

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