This report describes the search for astronomical point sources of high energy neutrinos using the AMANDA detector. The results described here represent a significant advance over previous work [
1]. The complete 1997 data that was processed through the LBNL filter (approximately 138 live days) analyzed. No point source candidates have been found, although the re-optimization of the cuts improved the flux limits by factors between 3 and 9, depending on zenith angle. For
E-2 spectra, the detector achieves
10,000
m2 in average muon effective area between declinations of 50 to 90 degrees, a slight improvement in sensitivity relative to previous work. It is also shown that there is significant sensitivity to sources with softer energy spectra. This document presents the average effective area, integrated over energy spectra with spectral indices from 2 to 3. Flux limits are computed as a function of zenith angle. We calculate the number of predicted events and flux limits, for several sources with specific theoretical predictions for neutrino flux.
