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No, that is purely the chance that they correctly identified the event as being signal, it doesn't take into account known sources. Given that the background i
by SiempreViernes 8y ago
No, that is purely the chance that they correctly identified the event as being signal, it doesn't take into account known sources.
Given that the background is basically isotropic, I doubt adding in a source catalogue will move the probability much.
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- perl4ever 8y agoYou're saying there are blazars everywhere, such that no matter the trajectory, it would match to something? That doesn't sound right.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoNo, I'm saying cosmic rays come from anywhere (as the get deflected by magnetic fields) and when hitting the atmosphere they can create high energy neutrinos that can look like they are from space despite actually being from the atmosphere.