Speaker
Chiara Bellenghi
(TUM)
Description
The IceCube detection of neutrinos from the X-ray-bright Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068, combined with the lack of a gamma-ray counterpart, suggests that gamma-ray hidden cores of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) could be powerful cosmic-ray accelerators. The X-ray-bright corona, near the AGN supermassive black hole, provides a suitable environment for neutrino production and gamma-ray absorption at the same time. This talk will review recent IceCube results from searches for extragalactic neutrino sources, adding to the growing evidence that X-ray-bright, non-blazar AGN could be the first emerging population of neutrino sources.
