In 2013 the IceCube collaboration reported the first detection of a diffuse flux of astrophysical neutrinos. However their sources remain unknown. The fact that no distinct sources have been identified could be because there is a large population of weak sources, either steady or transient. The IceCube real-time program is motivated by the second possibility. Taking advantage of its continuous full-sky sensitivity, IceCube has established several alert channels in order to trigger observations from more sensitive instruments with smaller fields of view. A coincident observation of an enhanced electromagnetic flux or gravitational wave could provide strong evidence for a potential neutrino source. In this proceedings we discuss the technical aspects and science goals of the IceCube real-time alert program, concentrating on the channels most interesting for the gamma-ray community: the Gamma-ray Follow Up, Extremely High Energy and High Energy Starting Events. For completeness we also discuss the X-ray/Optical Follow-up channel.
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4 January 2017
HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY: 6th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
11–15 July 2016
Heidelberg, Germany
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January 04 2017
IceCube real-time alert system
K. Satalecka;
K. Satalecka
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1792, 070018 (2017)
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K. Satalecka, for the IceCube Collaboration; IceCube real-time alert system. AIP Conf. Proc. 4 January 2017; 1792 (1): 070018. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4969015
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