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IceCube All-Sky Point-Source Neutrino Events Catalog (2008-2018)

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

IceCube has performed several searches for point-like sources of neutrinos. The events contained in this release make up the sample used in IceCube's 10-year time-integrated neutrino point source search [1]. Events in the sample are track-like neutrino candidates detected by IceCube between April 2008 and July 2018. The data contained in this release of IceCube's point source sample shows 3.3 sigma evidence of a cumulative excess of events from a catalog of 110 potential sources, primarily driven by four sources (NGC 1068, TXS 0506+056, PKS 1424+240, and GB6 J1542+6129). NGC 1068 gives the largest excess and appears in spatial coincidence with the hottest spot in the full Northern sky search [1]. IceCube's 10-year neutrino point source event sample includes updated processing for events between April 2012 and May 2015, leading to differences in significances of some sources, including TXS 0506+056. For more information, please refer to [2]. This release contains data beginning in 2008 (IC40) until the spring of 2018 (IC86-VII). In order to standardize the release format of IceCube's point source candidate events, this release duplicates and supplants previously released data from 2012 and earlier. Events from this release cannot be combined with other IceCube public data releases. Please note that this dataset is dominated by background events from atmospheric muons and neutrinos detected by IceCube, with a subdominant astrophysical event contribution. Any spatial or temporal correlations should therefore be carefully evaluated on a statistical basis. See [1] and references therein for details regarding the statistical techniques used by IceCube. [1] Time-integrated Neutrino Source Searches with 10 years of IceCube Data, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 051103 (2020) [2] IceCube Data for Neutrino Point-Source Searches: Years 2008-2018, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.09836">https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.09836</a>; For additional questions about this table, please contact the authors: data [AT] icecube.wisc.edu. This database table was ingested by the HEASARC in July 2021 and is based upon files provided by the IceCube Collaboration and available from their <a href="http://doi.org/DOI:10.21234/sxvs-mt83">website</a>. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

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Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

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Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
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