5–9 Jul 2026
University of Canterbury
Pacific/Auckland timezone

Galactic Neutrino Source Searches with IceCube in the Multi-Messenger Era

6 Jul 2026, 16:20
20m
Room E6 (Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury)

Room E6

Rātā / Engineering Core Building, University of Canterbury

63 Creyke Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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Speaker

Ankur Sharma (University of Canterbury)

Description

Following IceCube’s recent detection of Galactic plane emission, resolving individual Galactic neutrino sources has become an important objective. In this talk, I will present an overview of the current status of Galactic neutrino source searches with IceCube, focusing on the transition from source detection to source identification in the multi-messenger era. I will discuss how observations across different messengers, together with advances in search methodologies and source morphology modelling, can improve our ability to identify the astrophysical origins of Galactic neutrinos.

The presentation will highlight the key challenges in Galactic neutrino source identification, including source confusion, extended emission, and detector limitations, before outlining our group's ongoing work toward morphology-informed searches for neutrino emission from molecular clouds near cosmic-ray accelerators.

Research Area Neutrino Physics

Author

Ankur Sharma (University of Canterbury)

Co-author

Rhia Hewett (University of Canterbury)

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