2006 TeV Particle Astrophysics II - TeV Presenter Detailed Abstract

First Name:Brennan
Last Name:Hughey
Working Group Presenter
Title:Searching for Neutrinos From GRBs with the AMANDA
Presentation Type:Poster
Presentation Work Group:Neutrino Astronomy
Abstract:The hadronic fireball model predicts a neutrino flux in the TeV to several PeV range simultaneous with the prompt photon emission of GRBs. The discovery of high energy neutrinos in coincidence with a gamma ray burst would help confirm the role of GRBs as accelerators of high energy cosmic rays. We summarize the methods employed by the AMANDA experiment in the search for neutrinos from GRBs and present results from several analyses. We also discuss prospects for GRB detection with IceCube, which will have an instrumented volume of approximately 1 cubic kilometer, nearly two orders of magnitude larger than AMANDA.