IceCube Fast Response Analysis (FRA)¶
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The Fast Response Analysis is a tool for rapid response to astrophysical transients with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. It uses a transient maximum likelihood method to rapidly respond to astrophysical events in real time.
The current implementation houses the code for responding to:
Generic externally triggered transients (eg. bright GRBs, AGN flares, novae, etc)
IceCube alert events
Gravitational Wave events
This documentation describes the Fast Response Package. For a description of the physics, see R. Abbasi et al 2021 ApJ 910 4 (for external transients), R. Abbasi et al 2023 ApJ 951 45 (for alert events), and R. Abbasi et al 2023 ApJ 944 80 (for gravitational wave events).
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