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    Abbasi, R; Abdou, Y; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, J A; Ahlers, M; Altmann, D; ANDEEN, K; Auffenberg, J; Bai, X

    The Astrophysical journal, 01/2013, Letnik: 763, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    We report on searches for neutrino sources at energies above 200 GeV in the Northern sky of the Galactic plane, using the data collected by the South Pole neutrino telescope, Ice Cube, and AMANDA. The Galactic region considered in this work includes the local arm toward the Cygnus region and our closest approach to the Perseus Arm. The searches are based on the data collected between 2007 and 2009. The analysis presented here are a scan for point sources within the Galactic plane, a search optimized for multiple and extended sources in the Cygnus region, which might be below the sensitivity of the point source scan, and studies of seven pre-selected neutrino source candidates. We investigate neutrino spectra proportional to Esup -2 and Esup -3 in order to cover the entire range of possible neutrino spectra. These represent the most stringent upper limits for soft-spectra neutrino sources within the Galaxy reported to date.