Low- and High-energy Neutrinos from SN 2023ixf in M101

Dafne Guetta, Aurora Langella, Silvia Gagliardini, Massimo Della Valle

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Abstract

Supernova (SN) 2023ixf in M101 is the closest SN explosion observed in the last decade. Therefore, it is a suitable test bed to study the role of jets in powering the SN ejecta. With this aim, we explored the idea that high-energy neutrinos could be produced during the interaction between the jets and the intense radiation field produced in the SN explosion and eventually be observed by the IceCube neutrino telescope. The lack of detection of such neutrinos has significantly constrained both the fraction of stellar collapses that produce jets and/or the theoretical models for neutrino production. Finally, we investigated the possibility of detecting low-energy neutrinos from SN 2023ixf with the Super- and Hyper-Kamiokande experiments, obtaining, in both cases, subthreshold estimates.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL9
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume955
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2023

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