Experimental upper limit to the galactic stellar-collapse rate

S. T. Dye; J. Annis; R. Becker-Szendy; C. B. Bratton; D. Casper; R. Claus; M. Crouch; S. Errede; W. Gajewski; M. Goldhaber; T. J. Haines; T. W. Jones; D. Kielczewska; W. R. Kropp; J. G. Learned; J. M. Losecco; C. McGrew; J. Matthews; M. S. Mudan; L. R. Price; F. Reines; J. Schultz; S. Seidel; D. Sinclair; H. W. Sobel; J. L. Stone; L. R. Sulak; R. Svoboda; G. Thornton; J. C. Van Der Velde

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2069

Experimental upper limit to the galactic stellar-collapse rate

S. T. Dye
, J. Annis
, R. Becker-Szendy
, C. B. Bratton
, D. Casper
, R. Claus
, M. Crouch
, S. Errede
, W. Gajewski
, M. Goldhaber
, T. J. Haines
, T. W. Jones
, D. Kielczewska
, W. R. Kropp
, J. G. Learned
, J. M. Losecco
, C. McGrew
, J. Matthews
, M. S. Mudan
, L. R. Price

F. Reines, J. Schultz, S. Seidel, D. Sinclair, H. W. Sobel, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, R. Svoboda, G. Thornton, J. C. Van Der Velde

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A search is made for bursts of low-energy (20-60 MeV) neutrino interactions, signaling stellar core collapse, in a large underground water-Cerenkov detector. Over a period of 5.6 years (2.1 live years) no bursts were observed. A 90%-confidence-level (C.L.) upper limit to the rate of stellar collapse in the Galaxy is set at <1.5 yr-1. A limit of <1.1 stellar collapses per year (90% C.L.) is set for a smaller volume of the Galaxy (10 kpc radius) which includes the Galactic center and >50% of the stars in the Milky Way.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2069-2072
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	62
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2069
State	Published - 1989

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Dye, S. T., Annis, J., Becker-Szendy, R., Bratton, C. B., Casper, D., Claus, R., Crouch, M., Errede, S., Gajewski, W., Goldhaber, M., Haines, T. J., Jones, T. W., Kielczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., Losecco, J. M., McGrew, C., Matthews, J., Mudan, M. S., ... Van Der Velde, J. C. (1989). Experimental upper limit to the galactic stellar-collapse rate. Physical review letters, 62(18), 2069-2072. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2069

Dye, ST, Annis, J, Becker-Szendy, R, Bratton, CB, Casper, D, Claus, R, Crouch, M, Errede, S, Gajewski, W, Goldhaber, M, Haines, TJ, Jones, TW, Kielczewska, D, Kropp, WR, Learned, JG, Losecco, JM, McGrew, C, Matthews, J, Mudan, MS, Price, LR, Reines, F, Schultz, J, Seidel, S, Sinclair, D, Sobel, HW, Stone, JL, Sulak, LR, Svoboda, R, Thornton, G & Van Der Velde, JC 1989, 'Experimental upper limit to the galactic stellar-collapse rate', Physical review letters, vol. 62, no. 18, pp. 2069-2072. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2069

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