[vsnet-grb-info 19929] IceCube-171015A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate event

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22016
SUBJECT: IceCube-171015A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate event
DATE:    17/10/15 14:30:35 GMT
FROM:    Erik Blaufuss at U. Maryland/IceCube  <blaufuss at icecube.umd.edu>

The IceCube Collaboration (http://icecube.wisc.edu/) reports:

On 15 October, 2017 IceCube detected a track-like, very-high-energy 
event with a high probability of being of astrophysical origin. The 
event was identified by the High Energy Starting Event (HESE) selection. 
The IceCube detector was in a normal operating state. HESE events have a 
neutrino vertex inside of the detector (to reduce background) and have a 
high light level (a proxy for energy).

After the initial automated alert 
(https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_amon/56068624_130126.amon), more 
sophisticated reconstruction algorithms have been applied offline, with 
the direction refined to:

Date: 2017-10-15
Time: 01:34:30.06 UT
RA: 162.86 deg (-1.70 deg / +2.60 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000
Dec: -15.44 deg (-2.00 deg / +1.60 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000

We encourage follow-up by ground and space-based instruments to help 
identify a possible astrophysical source for the candidate neutrino.

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector 
operating at the geographic South Pole, Antarctica. The IceCube realtime 
alert point of contact can be reached at roc at icecube.wisc.edu