Published in PRL: Evidence for Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos from the Northern Sky

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This album has been created to be distributed with the press release announcing the publication in PRL of a paper by the IceCube Collaboration about the confirmation of the astrophysical nature of high-energy neutrinos with an independent search in the Northern Hemisphere. Press release link.

The ICL and a high-energy muon neutrino (day)
The ICL and a high-energy muon neutrino (night)
Sky map of the highest-energy events in IceCube
IceCube Event ID 116357,6324295. Most probable neutrino energy: 1.7 PeV, August 13, 2010 (black)
Video, IceCube Event ID 116357,6324295. Most probable neutrino energy: 1.7 PeV, August 13, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116807,9493609. Most probable neutrino energy: 880 TeV, October 28, 2010 (black)
Video, IceCube Event ID 116807,9493609. Most probable neutrino energy: 880 TeV, October 28, 2010
IceCube Event ID 119136,66932419. Most probable neutrino energy: 713 TeV, December 16, 2011 (black)
Video, IceCube Event ID 119136,66932419. Most probable neutrino energy: 713 TeV, December 16, 2011
IceCube Event ID 116701,6581938. Most probable neutrino energy: 466 TeV, October 9, 2010 (black)
Video, IceCube Event ID 116701,6581938. Most probable neutrino energy: 466 TeV, October 9, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116883,17395151. Most probable neutrino energy: 709 TeV, November 13, 2010 (black)
Video, IceCube Event ID 116883,17395151. Most probable neutrino energy: 709 TeV, November 13, 2010
Best fit per-flavor astrophysical neutrino flux
Distribution of the reconstructed muon energy
Distribution of the reconstructed zenith angles
Likelihood profile of the astrophysical flux power law index
IceCube Event ID 116357,6324295. Most probable neutrino energy: 1.7 PeV, August 13, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116807,9493609. Most probable neutrino energy: 880 TeV, October 28, 2010
IceCube Event ID 119136,66932419. Most probable neutrino energy: 713 TeV, December 16, 2011
IceCube Event ID 116883,17395151. Most probable neutrino energy: 709 TeV, November 13, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116701,6581938. Most probable neutrino energy: 466 TeV, October 9, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116026,44241207. Most probable neutrino energy: 442 TeV, June 8, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116574,20123342. Most probable neutrino energy: 400 TeV, September 25, 2010
IceCube Event ID 119739,41603205. Most probable neutrino energy: 394 TeV, March 1, 2012
IceCube Event ID 118210,47538807. Most probable neutrino energy: 393 TeV, May 21, 2011
IceCube Event ID 118719,53077538. Most probable neutrino energy: 198 TeV, September 25, 2011
IceCube Event ID 116269,59516168. Most probable neutrino energy: 193 TeV, July 28, 2010
IceCube Event ID 116876,63208734. Most probable neutrino energy: 206 TeV, November 12, 2010
IceCube Event ID 118631,36844560. Most probable neutrino energy: 179 TeV, September 2, 2011
IceCube Event ID 117927,15766169. Most probable neutrino energy: 185 TeV, March 22, 2011
IceCube Event ID 118475,52691508. Most probable neutrino energy: 156 TeV, July 26, 2011
IceCube Event ID 116147,14170716. Most probable neutrino energy: 178 TeV, July 10, 2010
IceCube Event ID 117639,30571557. Most probable neutrino energy: 184 TeV, January 28, 2011
IceCube Event ID 118741,43101116. Most probable neutrino energy: 191 TeV, September 30, 2011
IceCube Event ID 119037,60175569. Most probable neutrino energy: 158 TeV, December 1, 2011
IceCube Event ID 116082,62251639. Most probable neutrino energy: 189 TeV, June 23, 2010
IceCube Event ID 118615,37865356. Most probable neutrino energy: 190 TeV, August 30, 2011