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Aartsen MG, Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Felde J, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardin J, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merz J, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Nguyen LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zöcklein M. eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:141801. [PMID: 33064514 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.141801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The results of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented. A total of 305 735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in reconstructed energy-zenith space to test for signatures of a matter-enhanced oscillation that would occur given a sterile neutrino state with a mass-squared differences between 0.01 and 100 eV^{2}. The best-fit point is found to be at sin^{2}(2θ_{24})=0.10 and Δm_{41}^{2}=4.5 eV^{2}, which is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8.0%.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Lousiana 70813, USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal V A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Lesiak-Bzdak M, Leszczyńska A, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mallot K, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merino G, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Porcelli A, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zöcklein M. Characteristics of the Diffuse Astrophysical Electron and Tau Neutrino Flux with Six Years of IceCube High Energy Cascade Data. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:121104. [PMID: 33016752 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.121104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first measurement of the astrophysical neutrino flux using particle showers (cascades) in IceCube data from 2010-2015. Assuming standard oscillations, the astrophysical neutrinos in this dedicated cascade sample are dominated (∼90%) by electron and tau flavors. The flux, observed in the sensitive energy range from 16 TeV to 2.6 PeV, is consistent with a single power-law model as expected from Fermi-type acceleration of high energy particles at astrophysical sources. We find the flux spectral index to be γ=2.53±0.07 and a flux normalization for each neutrino flavor of ϕ_{astro}=1.66_{-0.27}^{+0.25} at E_{0}=100 TeV, in agreement with IceCube's complementary muon neutrino results and with all-neutrino flavor fit results. In the measured energy range we reject spectral indices γ≤2.28 at ≥3σ significance level. Because of high neutrino energy resolution and low atmospheric neutrino backgrounds, this analysis provides the most detailed characterization of the neutrino flux at energies below ∼100 TeV compared to previous IceCube results. Results from fits assuming more complex neutrino flux models suggest a flux softening at high energies and a flux hardening at low energies (p value ≥0.06). The sizable and smooth flux measured below ∼100 TeV remains a puzzle. In order to not violate the isotropic diffuse gamma-ray background as measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope, it suggests the existence of astrophysical neutrino sources characterized by dense environments which are opaque to gamma rays.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Ahrens
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
| | - K Andeen
- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
| | - T Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Ansseau
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - G Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - C Argüelles
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J Auffenberg
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - P Backes
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
| | | | - V Baum
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1N2
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia 31207-0001, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Börner M, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Labare M, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mallot K, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Porcelli A, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Steinmüller P, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, van Santen J, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zöcklein M. Time-Integrated Neutrino Source Searches with 10 Years of IceCube Data. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:051103. [PMID: 32083934 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.051103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
This Letter presents the results from pointlike neutrino source searches using ten years of IceCube data collected between April 6, 2008 and July 10, 2018. We evaluate the significance of an astrophysical signal from a pointlike source looking for an excess of clustered neutrino events with energies typically above ∼1 TeV among the background of atmospheric muons and neutrinos. We perform a full-sky scan, a search within a selected source catalog, a catalog population study, and three stacked Galactic catalog searches. The most significant point in the northern hemisphere from scanning the sky is coincident with the Seyfert II galaxy NGC 1068, which was included in the source catalog search. The excess at the coordinates of NGC 1068 is inconsistent with background expectations at the level of 2.9σ after accounting for statistical trials from the entire catalog. The combination of this result along with excesses observed at the coordinates of three other sources, including TXS 0506+056, suggests that, collectively, correlations with sources in the northern catalog are inconsistent with background at 3.3σ significance. The southern catalog is consistent with background. These results, all based on searches for a cumulative neutrino signal integrated over the 10 years of available data, motivate further study of these and similar sources, including time-dependent analyses, multimessenger correlations, and the possibility of stronger evidence with coming upgrades to the detector.
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Affiliation(s)
- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M Ahlers
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates St., Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Lowery CD, Blosser W, Dowless M, Renschler M, Perez LV, Stephens J, Pytowski B, Wasserstrom H, Stancato LF, Falcon B. Anti-VEGFR2 therapy delays growth of preclinical pediatric tumor models and enhances anti-tumor activity of chemotherapy. Oncotarget 2019; 10:5523-5533. [PMID: 31565186 PMCID: PMC6756863 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) is an attractive therapeutic target in solid malignancies due to its central role in tumor angiogenesis. Ramucirumab (Cyramza®, LY3009806) is a human monoclonal antibody specific for VEGFR2 approved for several adult indications and currently in a phase 1 clinical trial for pediatric patients with solid tumors (NCT02564198). Here, we evaluated ramucirumab in vitro and the anti-murine VEGFR2 antibody DC101 in vivo with or without chemotherapy across a range of pediatric cancer models. Ramucirumab abrogated in vitro endothelial cord formation driven by cancer cell lines representing multiple pediatric histologies; this response was independent of the origin of the tumor cell-line. Several pediatric cancer mouse models responded to single agent DC101-mediated VEGFR2 inhibition with tumor growth delay. Preclinical stable disease and partial xenograft regressions were observed in mouse models of Ewing’s sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, neuroblastoma, and desmoplastic small round cell tumor treated with DC101 and cytotoxic chemotherapy. In contrast, DC101 treatment in osteosarcoma models had limited efficacy alone or in combination with chemotherapeutics. Our data indicate differential efficacy of targeting the VEGFR2 pathway in pediatric models and support the continued evaluation of VEGFR2 inhibition in combination with cytotoxic chemotherapy in multiple pediatric indications.
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- Caitlin D Lowery
- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Lowery CD, Dowless M, Renschler M, Blosser W, VanWye AB, Stephens JR, Iversen PW, Lin AB, Beckmann RP, Krytska K, Cole KA, Maris JM, Hawkins DS, Rubin BP, Kurmasheva RT, Houghton PJ, Gorlick R, Kolb EA, Kang MH, Reynolds CP, Erickson SW, Teicher BA, Smith MA, Stancato LF. Broad Spectrum Activity of the Checkpoint Kinase 1 Inhibitor Prexasertib as a Single Agent or Chemopotentiator Across a Range of Preclinical Pediatric Tumor Models. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 25:2278-2289. [PMID: 30563935 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-2728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) inhibitors potentiate the DNA-damaging effects of cytotoxic therapies and/or promote elevated levels of replication stress, leading to tumor cell death. Prexasertib (LY2606368) is a CHK1 small-molecule inhibitor under clinical evaluation in multiple adult and pediatric cancers. In this study, prexasertib was tested in a large panel of preclinical models of pediatric solid malignancies alone or in combination with chemotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN DNA damage and changes in cell signaling following in vitro prexasertib treatment in pediatric sarcoma cell lines were analyzed by Western blot and high content imaging. Antitumor activity of prexasertib as a single agent or in combination with different chemotherapies was explored in cell line-derived (CDX) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models representing nine different pediatric cancer histologies. RESULTS Pediatric sarcoma cell lines were highly sensitive to prexasertib treatment in vitro, resulting in activation of the DNA damage response. Two PDX models of desmoplastic small round cell tumor and one malignant rhabdoid tumor CDX model responded to prexasertib with complete regression. Prexasertib monotherapy also elicited robust responses in mouse models of rhabdomyosarcoma. Concurrent administration with chemotherapy was sufficient to overcome innate resistance or prevent acquired resistance to prexasertib in preclinical models of neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma, or alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Prexasertib has significant antitumor effects as a monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy in multiple preclinical models of pediatric cancer. These findings support further investigation of prexasertib in pediatric malignancies.
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- Caitlin D Lowery
- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Departments of Pathology and Cancer Biology, Robert J Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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- Nemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Wilmington, Delaware
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Dowless M, Lowery C, Renschler M, Blosser W, Stephens J, Flack R, Credille K, Chen M, Dorsey F, Sams L, Ebert P, Olsen J, Shackleford T, Houghton P, Stancato L. Abstract B43: The CDK4 and 6 inhibitor abemaciclib induces both epigenetic and immunogenic responses in preclinical models of Ewing’s sarcoma. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.pedca17-b43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ewing’s sarcoma (ES) is a rare but aggressive cancer typically occurring in the bone or soft tissue of children and adolescents. Current treatment regimens composed of surgery, radiation, and high-dose chemotherapy have improved outcomes for localized disease cases; however, ES continues to present a clinical challenge in the recurrent or metastatic setting. ES is often characterized by a chromosomal translocation that results in a chimeric EWS/ETS transcription factor. This fusion protein may contribute to tumorigenesis through modulation of downstream targets leading to cell cycle dysregulation, due in part to the overexpression of Cyclin D1. In addition, ES also has a high degree of DNA methylation when compared to other tumor types, which can lead to epigenetic silencing of key tumor suppressor genes. Abemaciclib is a small-molecule inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4 and 6) currently under clinical evaluation for metastatic breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and other adult solid tumors. Abemaciclib shows antitumor activity in preclinical models of human adult and pediatric cancer with functional Rb and high cyclin D expression, and has been reported to elicit an immune response in addition to its cell cycle effects in breast cancer. This study was designed to assess abemaciclib-induced antitumor effects, in addition to epigenetic and immunogenic changes, in preclinical ES models.
Six ES cell lines were treated with abemaciclib and the resulting changes in protein expression and methylation were evaluated by Western blot and DNA promoter methylation analysis, respectively. In addition, tumor-secreted factors from conditioned media were measured by ELISA and activation of the interferon (IFN) pathway was assessed through Western blot, qRT-PCR, and RNAseq analysis. In vivo studies of abemaciclib as a single agent or in combination with ES standard-of-care (SOC) in multiple mouse xenograft models were also performed to measure abemaciclib-mediated antitumor effects and epigenetic and immunogenic changes. Single-agent abemaciclib elicited tumor growth delay or tumor stasis, while the combination with SOC was generally superior to either monotherapy arm, often resulting in objective responses. Abemaciclib induced global DNA demethylation through the Rb-E2F-DNMT1 axis, and a ligand-independent type III IFN response. In addition, abemaciclib increased expression of the tumor cell antigen presentation protein MHC-1, and this effect was more durable than abemaciclib-dependent cell cycle effects. These data demonstrate that abemaciclib activity in ES goes beyond cell cycle arrest to include a measurable and durable immunogenic response. Therefore, the multipronged antitumor effects of abemaciclib, namely CDK4/6 inhibition, global DNA demethylation, and resulting immunogenic changes, may be a viable therapeutic option for ES patients when used in combination with appropriate chemotherapy, and additional studies to better understand this unique biology are ongoing.
Citation Format: Michele Dowless, Caitlin Lowery, Matthew Renschler, Wayne Blosser, Jennifer Stephens, Robert Flack, Kelly Credille, Mia Chen, Frank Dorsey, Lillian Sams, Philip Ebert, Jonathan Olsen, Terry Shackleford, Peter Houghton, Louis Stancato. The CDK4 and 6 inhibitor abemaciclib induces both epigenetic and immunogenic responses in preclinical models of Ewing’s sarcoma [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference: Pediatric Cancer Research: From Basic Science to the Clinic; 2017 Dec 3-6; Atlanta, Georgia. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(19 Suppl):Abstract nr B43.
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- 1Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN,
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- 2Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
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- 2Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
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Dowless M, Lowery CD, Shackleford T, Renschler M, Stephens J, Flack R, Blosser W, Gupta S, Stewart J, Webster Y, Dempsey J, VanWye AB, Ebert P, Iversen P, Olsen JB, Gong X, Buchanan S, Houghton P, Stancato L. Abemaciclib Is Active in Preclinical Models of Ewing Sarcoma via Multipronged Regulation of Cell Cycle, DNA Methylation, and Interferon Pathway Signaling. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 24:6028-6039. [PMID: 30131386 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a rare and highly malignant cancer that occurs in the bone and surrounding tissue of children and adolescents. The EWS/ETS fusion transcription factor that drives ES pathobiology was previously demonstrated to modulate cyclin D1 expression. In this study, we evaluated abemaciclib, a small-molecule CDK4 and CDK6 (CDK4 and 6) inhibitor currently under clinical investigation in pediatric solid tumors, in preclinical models of ES. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Using Western blot, high-content imaging, flow cytometry, ELISA, RNA sequencing, and CpG methylation assays, we characterized the in vitro response of ES cell lines to abemaciclib. We then evaluated abemaciclib in vivo in cell line-derived xenograft (CDX) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models of ES as either a monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy. RESULTS Abemaciclib induced quiescence in ES cell lines via a G1 cell-cycle block, characterized by decreased proliferation and reduction of Ki-67 and FOXM1 expression and retinoblastoma protein (RB) phosphorylation. In addition, abemaciclib reduced DNMT1 expression and promoted an inflammatory immune response as measured by cytokine secretion, antigen presentation, and interferon pathway upregulation. Single-agent abemaciclib reduced ES tumor volume in preclinical mouse models and, when given in combination with doxorubicin or temozolomide plus irinotecan, durable disease control was observed. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, our data demonstrate that the antitumor effects of abemaciclib in preclinical ES models are multifaceted and include cell-cycle inhibition, DNA demethylation, and immunogenic changes.
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- Michele Dowless
- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Flemming S, Burkard N, Renschler M, Vielmuth F, Meir M, Schick MA, Wunder C, Germer CT, Spindler V, Waschke J, Schlegel N. Soluble VE-cadherin is involved in endothelial barrier breakdown in systemic inflammation and sepsis. Cardiovasc Res 2015; 107:32-44. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Hirsh V, Owen S, Ko A, Renschler M, Socinski M. Analysis of Outcomes in Diabetic Patients in a Phase 3 Trial of Nab-Paclitaxel (nab-P) Plus Carboplatin (C) in the First-Line Treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.08.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hirsh V, Berger A, Binder G, Langer C, Ong T, Renschler M, Bornheimer R, Whiting S, Oster G. Cost Effectiveness of Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin (nab-PC) Relative to Bevacizumab Plus Solvent-Based Paclitaxel and Carboplatin (B+sb-PC) in Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.08.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pawel JV, Jotte R, Spigel DR, Socinski MA, O'Brien MER, Paschold E, Mezger J, Steins M, Bosquée L, Bubis J, Nackaerts K, Trigo JM, Clingan P, Schuette W, Lorigan P, Reck M, Domine M, Shepherd F, McNally R, Renschler M. Randomized phase 3 trial of amrubicin versus topotecan as second-line treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Pneumologie 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1302561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Grecula J, Grever M, McGregor J, Barth R, Lo S, Nguyen P, Radawski J, Thelen J, Renschler M, Christoforidis G. Long-term Follow-up of Patients Treated on Phase I Trial of Conformal Radiotherapy followed by Gamma Knife Boost with Concurrent Motexafin Gadolinium. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Jotte R, Conkling P, Reynolds C, Shah C, Galsky M, Klein L, Fitzgibbons J, McNally R, Oliver J, Renschler M. 9120 Second-line amrubicin vs topotecan in extensive-disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) sensitive to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy: updated results of a randomized phase 2 trial. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71833-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Ettinger D, Jotte R, Lorigan P, Gupta V, Garbo L, Spigel D, Dudek A, Salgia R, McNally R, Renschler M. 9121 Amrubicin monotherapy in patients with extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) refractory to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy: final results of a phase 2 trial. EJC Suppl 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(09)71834-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Ettinger DS, Jotte R, Lorigan P, Gupta V, Garbo L, Conkling P, Spigel D, McNally R, Renschler M, Oliver J. Results of a phase II trial of single-agent amrubicin (AMR) in patients with extensive disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) refractory to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy: An update. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.8103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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8103 Background: Amrubicin (AMR), a third-generation synthetic anthracycline and potent topoisomerase II inhibitor, is approved in Japan for the treatment of lung cancer. Patients (pts) with SCLC, who are refractory to first-line chemotherapy or progress within 3 months (mos) of treatment completion, are less likely to respond to additional chemotherapy and have an expected median survival of 3–5 mos. Here, we investigate the efficacy and safety of single-agent AMR in the treatment of Western pts with refractory ED-SCLC. Methods: In this phase II trial, pts with ED-SCLC refractory to prior 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy (defined as progression (PD) while on therapy or relapse within 90 days of treatment completion) and ECOG performance status (PS) ≤2 were eligible. Patients were treated with intravenous AMR 40 mg/m2/day x 3 days every 21 days until PD or intolerable toxicity. The primary endpoint was response rate (ORR, by RECIST), with a goal to demonstrate an ORR ≥18% (point estimate). Secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results: In all, 75 pts were enrolled with a median age of 63 years (range 43–88), 52% female, 17% PS 2. Response to 1st-line therapy was 5% complete remission (CR), 36% partial remission (PR) and 28% PD. Median time from completion of 1st-line therapy to PD was 1.3 mos. Sixty-nine pts received AMR for a median of 4 cycles (range 1–12). Six pts died or discontinued before receiving treatment. The primary endpoint was met with an ORR of 21% (16/75, 95% confidence interval [CI] 13.6% - 31.9%), including CR in 1 pt (1%) and PR in 15 pts (20%). Stable disease was achieved in 40% of pts. Two pts with PD as best response to 1st line chemotherapy achieved a PR. Median OS was 6.0 mos (95% CI 4.8–7.1 mos). Median PFS was 3.2 mos (95% CI 2.4–4.0 mos). The most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events were neutropenia (65%), thrombocytopenia (39%), and leukopenia (35%). Seven (10%) patients experienced febrile neutropenia. Dose reductions were required in 26 patients (38%). Conclusions: AMR shows promising activity, with an ORR of 21%, and an acceptable safety profile in patients with refractory ED-SCLC, and warrants further study in these pts. [Table: see text]
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- D. S. Ettinger
- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; St Joseph Oncology, St. Joseph, MO; New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, NY; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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Spigel DR, Shah C, Lorigan P, McNally R, Renschler M, Oliver J. Amrubicin (AMR) and cardiotoxicity in second-line treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC): A pooled analysis of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in two phase II trials. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.e19019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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e19019 Background: Amrubicin (AMR) is a third-generation synthetic anthracycline and a potent topoisomerase II inhibitor approved in Japan for the treatment of lung cancer. In Japanese pre and postmarking studies, AMR treatment was not associated with cardiotoxicity. The purpose of this analysis was to determine if AMR treatment of Western patients (pts) is associated with anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy. Methods: To evaluate risk of cardiomyopathy, LVEF was measured by echocardiogram or by multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) scan and pooled from pts enrolled in 2 trials of IV AMR, 40 mg/m2/day x 3 days q 21 days for second-line treatment of sensitive or refractory SCLC. Pts with measurable disease, ECOG PS 0–2, LVEF ≥50%, and prior platinum-based treatment were assessed at baseline (BL), cycles 3, 6, then every 2 cycles, and end of treatment. Pts were to be assessed by the same method (ECHO or MUGA) throughout the study. Pts with a persistent ≥20% decrease in LVEF during treatment were to be removed from the study. Results: 112 patients were treated (sensitive n=43, median 6 cycles; refractory, n=69, median 5 cycles) and had at least 1 LVEF assessment. Median age was 63 years and median BL LVEF was 60%. Changes in LVEF from baseline were minimal ( Table ) and similar across cumulative dosing groups including 15 pts who received a cumulative dose of >1,000 mg/m2 AMR. Two refractory pts (1.8%) experienced drops in LVEF >20%. One had BL LVEF of 85%, then 60% at cycle 3, and 70% subsequently with ongoing therapy. The second, with a history of cardiomegaly, had LVEF of 55% at BL, cycle 3, and 5 by ECHO, and 29% at the time of progression after cycle 9 (cumulative AMR dose 840 mg/m2) by MUGA. The patient died due to progressive disease with no evidence of CHF. Conclusions: In this pooled analysis of SCLC pts, LVEF remained stable even in pts with cumulative AMR dosing >1,000 mg/m2. AMR for second-line treatment of SCLC does not appear to cause anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy. [Table: see text] [Table: see text]
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- D. R. Spigel
- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, TN; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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Jotte R, Conkling P, Reynolds C, Klein L, Fitzgibbons JF, McNally R, Renschler M, Oliver JW. Results of a randomized phase II trial of amrubicin (AMR) versus topotecan (Topo) in patients with extensive-disease small cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC) sensitive to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol 2009. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.8028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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8028 Background: SCLC presents as ED-SCLC in 60%-70% of patients (pts). AMR, a synthetic anthracycline, is approved for these pts in Japan. We compare the efficacy and safety of single-agent AMR vs topotecan in non-Japanese pts with 2nd-line ED-SCLC sensitive to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Methods: This phase II, open-label, multicenter study enrolled pts with ED-SCLC sensitive to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy (recurrence or progression ≥90 days from 1st-line treatment). Pts aged ≥18 years with ECOG performance status (PS) ≤2 and only 1 prior therapy were eligible. Pts were randomized (2:1) to receive IV AMR 40 mg/m2/d (d, 1–3) or IV topotecan 1.5 mg/m2/d (d 1–5) and treated every 21 days until progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal. The primary endpoint, overall response rate (ORR, complete + partial response), used RECIST criteria. Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety. Results: In all, 76 pts were randomized to AMR (n=50) or topotecan (n=26) with AMR given for a median of 6 cycles (range 1–16) and topotecan 3 cycles (1–16). AMR significantly improved ORR rates vs topotecan (p<0.012; Table ). Median PFS/OS was 4.3 months (95% CI 2.0, 6.1)/9.3 months (95% CI 5.7, 12.0) with AMR vs 3.5 months (95% CI 2.1, 6.3)/8.9 months (95% CI 4.8, 13.8) with topotecan. There was a higher proportion of ECOG PS 2 pts in the AMR group (n=6) vs the topotecan group (n=2). A trend towards improved OS was observed in the ECOG 0–1 subgroup of 68 pts: median OS was 10.5 months with AMR vs 9.7 months with topotecan. The most common grade ≥3 adverse events with AMR vs topotecan were neutropenia (53% vs 74%), thrombocytopenia (31% vs 52%) and leukopenia (27% vs 30%). Three AMR pts (6%) and 1 topotecan pt (4%) died of neutropenic infection. Conclusions: AMR significantly improves ORR and has acceptable tolerability as 2nd-line treatment in pts with sensitive ED-SCLC. [Table: see text] [Table: see text]
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- R. Jotte
- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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- US Oncology, Lonetree, CO; US Oncology, Norfolk, VA; US Oncology, Ocala, FL; US Oncology, Niles, IL; US Oncology, Eugene, OR; Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
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Li J, Bentzen SM, Renschler M, Mehta MP. Improvement in neurocognitive function (NCF) correlates with tumor regression after whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for brain metastases (BM). J Clin Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.1504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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1504 Background: Few prospective trials have explored the neurocognitive impact of WBRT in BM patients (pts), complicated by competing effects between benefit from WBRT and deterioration due to disease progression. Methods: 208 pts from the WBRT alone arm (30 Gy) of a phase III trial (PCYC-9801) evaluating motexafin gadolinium in BM were analyzed. NCF was assessed by 8 tests of memory, executive function and fine motor coordination, and correlated to BM volume change by MRI, using Spearman’s rank correlation. Pts with tumor shrinkage below and above the median (45%) were compared for survival and NCF deterioration using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Results: 135 pts (65%) were evaluable for BM volume at baseline and 2 months (mo). Pts were divided into “good” and “poor” responders based on % volume reduction at 2 mo above or below the population median of 45%. The uni-directional hypothesis of improved survival in good responders was significant (P = 0.03, median survival (MS) 300±26 days (d) vs 240±19 d). For all 8 tests, the median time to NCF deterioration was longer in good responders than in poor responders. Largest gains were for an executive function test Trailmaking B (131 d gain, P=0.02), fine motor tests Pegboard non-dominant hand (110 d gain, P=0.05) and Pegboard dominant hand (93 d gain, P=0.02). In 15 mo survivors, statistically significant correlation between tumor shrinkage and NCF preservation was seen for 4/8 NCF tests (r = 0.68–0.88), especially for executive function and fine motor coordination. At early follow-up, the population mean NCF scores were dominated by pts with progressive disease, as reflected by a sharp drop in the mean NCF scores at 4 mo. 15-mo survivors had stable or improving scores, associated with greater reduction in BM volume in the 15 versus 4 mo survivors. Conclusions: WBRT-induced tumor shrinkage correlates with better survival and NCF preservation. NCF is stable or improved in long-term BM survivors. The adverse impact of tumor growth on neurocognitive function appears greater than that of WBRT. [Table: see text]
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Pharmacyclics, Sunnyvale, CA
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Viala J, Vanel D, Meingan P, Lartigau E, Carde P, Renschler M. Phases IB and II multidose trial of gadolinium texaphyrin, a radiation sensitizer detectable at MR imaging: preliminary results in brain metastases. Radiology 1999; 212:755-9. [PMID: 10478243 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.3.r99se10755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging results after administration of gadolinium texaphyrin, a tumor-selective radiation sensitizer that is detectable at MR imaging, and to determine an appropriate intravenous dose of gadolinium texaphyrin for repeated injections during radiation therapy, the dose-limiting toxicity of reiterated doses of gadolinium texaphyrin, the maximal tolerated dose, the biolocalization of gadolinium texaphyrin (as assessed at MR examinations), and the response to treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten daily intravenous injections of gadolinium texaphyrin, each followed by whole-brain radiation therapy (total of 10 fractions, 30 Gy), were administered to patients with brain metastases in a multicenter study. At the study institution, 11 patients underwent MR imaging before and after the first injection, after the 10th injection, and 8 weeks after entry into the study. RESULTS MR imaging revealed selective drug uptake in metastases, without enhancement of normal brain tissue. In 10 patients, tumor uptake was higher after the 10th injection than after the first injection, which indicated accumulation of gadolinium texaphyrin in metastases. One lesion was visible only after the 10th injection and not at the pretherapeutic MR examination with injection of conventional gadolinium-based contrast material. Response to treatment was defined as a reduction in the size of the metastases between the preinjection MR study and the last MR study; seven patients achieved partial remission with tumor regression exceeding 50% of the initial size, and four achieved a minor response with less than 50% tumor regression. CONCLUSION These preliminary results indicate that gadolinium texaphyrin is tumor selective and that brain metastases can be depicted at MR imaging long after the administration of gadolinium texaphyrin.
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- J Viala
- Department of Radiology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Timmerman B, Carde P, Koprowski C, Arwood D, Ford J, Mehta M, Tishler R, Larner J, Miller R, Koffler-Horovitz S, Hoth D, Renschler M. Phase IB/II trial of the radiation sensitizer gadolinium texaphyrin (Gd-Tex) for patients with brain metastases: Final results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(98)80248-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kesserling C, Renschler M, Vanel D, Mathews V, Rosenthal D, Carde P, Timmerman B, Koprowski C, Arwood D, Ford J, Miller R, Mehta M. Selective uptake and retention of the radiation sensitizer gadolinium texaphyrin (Gd-Tex) in tumors demonstrated by MRI in phase I and II clinical trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(98)80379-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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