Speaker
Dr
Azadeh Keivani
(The Pennsylvania State University)
Description
The IceCube high-energy neutrino observatory has reported a 6.5$\sigma$ discovery of the first high-energy astrophysical neutrino candidates. However, the nature of the sources responsible for these neutrinos -- potentially also the sources of the highest-energy cosmic rays -- is still unknown and no high-confidence counterparts to any of the neutrino events have been yet identified. If the sources producing these highest-energy cosmic neutrinos are transient, they may be identifiable in rapid-response observations at Swift. We will present our proposed program that carries out prompt searches for X-ray and UV/optical counterparts to IceCube neutrinos with Swift.
Primary author
Dr
Azadeh Keivani
(The Pennsylvania State University)
