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    Aartsen, M. G.; Abraham, K.; Ackermann, M.; Adams, J.; Aguilar, J. A.; Ansseau, I.; Ahlers, M.; Ahrens, M.; Altmann, D.; Anton, G.; Andeen, K.; Anderson, T.; Archinger, M.; Baum, V.; Argüelles, C.; Axani, S.; Auffenberg, J.; Bai, X.; Barwick, S. W.; Bay, R.; Collaboration: IceCube Collaboration); others, and

    The Astrophysical journal, 02/2017, Letnik: 835, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    Since the recent detection of an astrophysical flux of high-energy neutrinos, the question of its origin has not yet fully been answered. Much of what is known about this flux comes from a small event sample of high neutrino purity, good energy resolution, but large angular uncertainties. In searches for point-like sources, on the other hand, the best performance is given by using large statistics and good angular reconstructions. Track-like muon events produced in neutrino interactions satisfy these requirements. We present here the results of searches for point-like sources with neutrinos using data acquired by the IceCube detector over 7 yr from 2008 to 2015. The discovery potential of the analysis in the northern sky is now significantly below E{sub ν}{sup 2}dϕ/dE{sub ν} = 10{sup −12} TeV cm{sup −2} s{sup −1}, on average 38% lower than the sensitivity of the previously published analysis of 4 yr exposure. No significant clustering of neutrinos above background expectation was observed, and implications for prominent neutrino source candidates are discussed.