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Author ANTARES and IceCube Collaborations (Albert, A. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Coleiro, A.; Colomer, M.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Illuminati, G.; Khan-Chowdhury, N.R.; Lotze, M.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J.
Title Joint Constraints on Galactic Diffuse Neutrino Emission from the ANTARES and IceCube Neutrino Telescopes Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Astrophysical Journal Letters Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J. Lett.
Volume 868 Issue 2 Pages L20 - 7pp
Keywords (up) cosmic rays; diffusion; Galaxy: disk; gamma rays: diffuse background; neutrinos
Abstract The existence of diffuse Galactic neutrino production is expected from cosmic-ray interactions with Galactic gas and radiation fields. Thus, neutrinos are a unique messenger offering the opportunity to test the products of Galactic cosmic-ray interactions up to energies of hundreds of TeV. Here we present a search for this production using ten years of Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch (ANTARES) track and shower data, as well as seven years of IceCube track data. The data are combined into a joint likelihood test for neutrino emission according to the KRA(gamma) model assuming a 5 PeV per nucleon Galactic cosmic-ray cutoff. No significant excess is found. As a consequence, the limits presented in this Letter start constraining the model parameter space for Galactic cosmic-ray production and transport.
Address [Albert, A.; Drouhin, D.; Ruiz, R. Gracia; Organokov, M.; Pradier, T.] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Email: antares.spokeperson@in2p3.fr;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2041-8205 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000450844500004 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 3807
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abraham, J. et al); Pastor, S.
Title A study of the effect of molecular and aerosol conditions in the atmosphere on air fluorescence measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal Astropart Phys.
Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 108-129
Keywords (up) Cosmic rays; Extensive air showers; Air fluorescence method; Atmosphere; Aerosols; Lidar; Bi-static lidar
Abstract The air fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is designed to perforin calorimetric measurements of extensive air showers created by Cosmic rays of above 10(18) eV. To correct these measurements for the effects introduced by atmospheric fluctuations, the Observatory contains a group Of monitoring instruments to record atmospheric conditions across the detector site, ail area exceeding 3000 km(2). The atmospheric data are used extensively in the reconstruction of air showers, and are particularly important for the correct determination of shower energies and the depths of shower maxima. This paper contains a summary of the molecular and aerosol conditions measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory since the start of regular operations in 2004, and includes a discussion of the impact of these measurements oil air shower reconstructions. Between 10(18) and 10(20) eV, the systematic Uncertainties due to all atmospheric effects increase from 4% to 8% in measurements of shower energy, and 4 g cm(-2) to 8 g cm(-2) in measurements of the shower maximum.
Address [BenZvi, S.; Pfendner, C.; Westerhoff, S.] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA, Email: sybenzvi@icecube.wisc.cdu
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Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0927-6505 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000275514800007 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 486
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S.
Title Description of atmospheric conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Astroparticle Physics Abbreviated Journal Astropart Phys.
Volume 35 Issue 9 Pages 591-607
Keywords (up) Cosmic rays; Extensive air showers; Atmospheric monitoring; Atmospheric models
Abstract Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is a global atmospheric model predicated on meteorological measurements and numerical weather predictions. GDAS provides altitude-dependent profiles of the main state variables of the atmosphere like temperature, pressure, and humidity. The original data and their application to the air shower reconstruction of the Pierre Auger Observatory are described. By comparisons with radiosonde and weather station measurements obtained on-site in Malargue and averaged monthly models, the utility of the GDAS data is shown.
Address [Baeuml, J.; Bluemer, H.; Daumiller, K.; Engel, R.; Gonzalez, J. G.; Haungs, A.; Heck, D.; Huege, T.; Keilhauer, B.; Klages, H. O.; Kleinfeller, J.; Mathes, H. J.; Maurel, D.; Oehlschlaeger, J.; Pierog, T.; Porcelli, A.; Roth, M.; Schieler, H.; Schroeder, F.; Smida, R.; Szuba, M.; Ulrich, R.; Unger, M.; Weindl, A.; Werner, F.; Will, M.; Wommer, M.] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Kernphys, Karlsruhe, Germany, Email: bianca.keilhauer@kit.edu
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0927-6505 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000302109200006 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 965
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abraham, J. et al); Pastor, S.
Title The fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 620 Issue 2-3 Pages 227-251
Keywords (up) Cosmic rays; Fluorescence detector
Abstract The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluorescence detector to measure the development of air showers in the atmosphere above the array. The fluorescence detector comprises 24 large telescopes specialized for measuring the nitrogen fluorescence caused by charged particles of cosmic ray air showers. In this paper we describe the components of the fluorescence detector including its optical system, the design of the camera, the electronics, and the systems for relative and absolute calibration. We also discuss the operation and the monitoring of the detector. Finally, we evaluate the detector performance and precision of shower reconstructions.
Address [Bohacova, M.; Chudoba, J.; Grygar, J.; Hrabovsky, M.; Karova, T.; Mandat, D.; Necesal, P.; Nozka, L.; Nyklicek, M.; Palatka, M.; Pech, M.; Prouza, M.; Ridky, J.; Schovancova, J.; Schovanek, P.; Travnicek, P.] Acad Sci Czech Republic, Inst Phys, Prague, Czech Republic, Email: prouza@fzu.cz
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000280601700018 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 400
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S.
Title A search for point sources of EeV neutrons Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Astrophysical Journal Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J.
Volume 760 Issue 2 Pages 148 - 11pp
Keywords (up) cosmic rays; Galaxy: disk; methods: data analysis
Abstract A thorough search of the sky exposed at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory reveals no statistically significant excess of events in any small solid angle that would be indicative of a flux of neutral particles from a discrete source. The search covers from -90 degrees to +15 degrees in declination using four different energy ranges above 1 EeV (10(18) eV). The method used in this search is more sensitive to neutrons than to photons. The upper limit on a neutron flux is derived for a dense grid of directions for each of the four energy ranges. These results constrain scenarios for the production of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays in the Galaxy.
Address [Abreu, P.; Andringa, S.; Assis, P.; Brogueira, P.; Cazon, L.; Conceicao, R.; Diogo, F.; Espadanal, J.; Goncalves, P.; Pimenta, M.; Santo, C. E.; Santos, E.; Tome, B.] Univ Tecn Lisboa, LIP, Lisbon, Portugal
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0004-637x ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000311217000052 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1218
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Aab, A. et al); Pastor, S.
Title A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons Type Journal Article
Year 2014 Publication Astrophysical Journal Letters Abbreviated Journal Astrophys. J. Lett.
Volume 789 Issue 2 Pages L34 - 7pp
Keywords (up) cosmic rays; Galaxy: disk; methods: data analysis
Abstract A flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of the source. To avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials, classes of objects are tested in combinations as nine “target sets,” in addition to the search for a neutron flux from the Galactic center or from the Galactic plane. Within a target set, each candidate source is weighted in proportion to its electromagnetic flux, its exposure to the Auger Observatory, and its flux attenuation factor due to neutron decay. These searches do not find evidence for a neutron flux from any class of candidate sources. Tabulated results give the combined p-value for each class, with and without the weights, and also the flux upper limit for the most significant candidate source within each class. These limits on fluxes of neutrons significantly constrain models of EeV proton emission from non-transient discrete sources in the Galaxy.
Address [Aab, A.; Buchholz, P.; Erfani, M.; Frohlich, U.; Heimann, P.; Homola, P.; Niechciol, M.; Ochilo, L.; Risse, M.; Yushkov, A.; Ziolkowski, M.] Univ Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
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Publisher Iop Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 2041-8205 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000339876800009 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 1885
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Author Jueid, A.; Kip, J.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Skands, P.
Title The Strong Force meets the Dark Sector: a robust estimate of QCD uncertainties for anti-matter dark matter searches Type Journal Article
Year 2024 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 02 Issue 2 Pages 119 - 48pp
Keywords (up) Cosmic Rays; Particle Nature of Dark Matter; Specific QCD Phenomenology
Abstract In dark-matter annihilation channels to hadronic final states, stable particles – such as positrons, photons, antiprotons, and antineutrinos – are produced via complex sequences of phenomena including QED/QCD radiation, hadronisation, and hadron decays. These processes are normally modelled by Monte Carlo (MC) event generators whose limited accuracy imply intrinsic QCD uncertainties on the predictions for indirect-detection experiments like Fermi-LAT, Pamela, IceCube or Ams-02. In this article, we perform a comprehensive analysis of QCD uncertainties, meaning both perturbative and nonperturbative sources of uncertainty are included – estimated via variations of MC renormalization-scale and fragmentation-function parameters, respectively – in antimatter spectra from dark-matter annihilation, based on parametric variations of the Pythia 8 event generator. After performing several retunings of light-quark fragmentation functions, we define a set of variations that span a conservative estimate of the QCD uncertainties. We estimate the effects on antimatter spectra for various annihilation channels and final-state particle species, and discuss their impact on fitted values for the dark-matter mass and thermally-averaged annihilation cross section. We find dramatic impacts which can go up to O(10%) for the annihilation cross section. We provide the spectra in tabulated form including QCD uncertainties and code snippets to perform fast dark-matter fits, in this github repository.
Address [Jueid, Adil] Inst Basic Sci IBS, Ctr Theoret Phys Universe, Particle Theory & Cosmol Grp, Daejeon 34126, South Korea, Email: adiljueid@ibs.re.kr;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001165531600003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5956
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Author Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S.
Title Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory Type Journal Article
Year 2011 Publication Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A Abbreviated Journal Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
Volume 635 Issue 1 Pages 92-102
Keywords (up) Cosmic rays; Radio detection; Analysis software; Detector simulation
Abstract The advent of the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) necessitates the development of a powerful framework for the analysis of radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers. As AERA performs “radio-hybrid” measurements of air shower radio emission in coincidence with the surface particle detectors and fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory, the radio analysis functionality had to be incorporated in the existing hybrid analysis solutions for fluorescence and surface detector data. This goal has been achieved in a natural way by extending the existing Auger Offline software framework with radio functionality. In this article, we lay out the design, highlights and features of the radio extension implemented in the Auger Offline framework. Its functionality has achieved a high degree of sophistication and offers advanced features such as vectorial reconstruction of the electric field, advanced signal processing algorithms, a transparent and efficient handling of FFTs, a very detailed simulation of detector effects, and the read-in of multiple data formats including data from various radio simulation codes. The source code of this radio functionality can be made available to interested parties on request.
Address [Becker, K. H.; Bleve, C.; Kampert, K. H.; Krohm, N.; Kruppke-Hansen, D.; Kuempel, D.; Nierstenhoefer, N.; Oliva, P.; Rautenberg, J.; Szadkowski, Z.; Tascau, O.] Berg Univ Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, Email: auger_pc@fnal.gov
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Elsevier Science Bv Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 0168-9002 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000289317100017 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 606
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Author Bertolez-Martinez, T.; Arguelles, C.; Esteban, I.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Martinez-Soler, I.; Salvado, J.
Title IceCube and the origin of ANITA-IV events Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 005 - 24pp
Keywords (up) Cosmic Rays; Specific BSM Phenomenology
Abstract Recently, the ANITA collaboration announced the detection of new, unsettling upgoing Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) events. Understanding their origin is pressing to ensure success of the incoming UHE neutrino program. In this work, we study their internal consistency and the implications of the lack of similar events in IceCube. We introduce a generic, simple parametrization to study the compatibility between these two observatories in Standard Model-like and Beyond Standard Model scenarios: an incoming flux of particles that interact with Earth nucleons with cross section sigma, producing particle showers along with long-lived particles that decay with lifetime iota and generate a shower that explains ANITA observations. We find that the ANITA angular distribution imposes significant constraints, and when including null observations from IceCube only iota similar to 10(-3)-10(-2) s and sigma similar to 10(-33) -10(-32) cm(2) can explain the data. This hypothesis is testable with future IceCube data. Finally, we discuss a specific model that can realize this scenario. Our analysis highlights the importance of simultaneous observations by high-energy optical neutrino telescopes and new UHE radio detectors to uncover cosmogenic neutrinos or discover new physics.
Address [Bertolez-Martinez, Toni; Salvado, Jordi] Univ Barcelona, Dept Fis Quant & Astrofis, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain, Email: antoni.bertolez@fqa.ub.edu;
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001021483800005 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5589
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Author Fischer, O.; Pattnaik, B.; Zurita, J.
Title Testing Heavy Neutral Leptons in Cosmic Ray Beam Dump experiments Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 07 Issue 7 Pages 193 - 24pp
Keywords (up) Cosmic Rays; Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos; New Light Particles
Abstract In this work, we discuss the possibility to test Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs) using “Cosmic Ray Beam Dump” experiments. In analogy with terrestrial beam dump experiments, where a beam first hits a target and is then absorbed by a shield, we consider high-energy incident cosmic rays impinging on the Earth's atmosphere and then the Earth's surface. We focus here on HNL production from atmospherically produced kaon, pion and D-meson decays, and discuss the possible explanation of the appearing Cherenkov showers observed by the SHALON Cherenkov telescope and the ultra-high energy events detected by the neutrino experiment ANITA. We show that these observations can not be explained with a long-lived HNL, as the relevant parameter space is excluded by existing constraints. Then we propose two new experimental setups that are inspired by these experiments, namely a Cherenkov telescope pointing at a sub-horizontal angle and shielded by the mountain cliff at Mount Thor, and a geostationary satellite that observes part of the Sahara desert. We show that the Cherenkov telescope at Mount Thor can probe currently untested HNL parameter space for masses below the kaon mass. We also show that the geostationary satellite experiment can significantly increase the HNL parameter space coverage in the whole mass range from 10 MeV up to 2 GeV and test neutrino mixing |U-& alpha;4|(2) down to 10(-11) for masses around 300 MeV.
Address [Fischer, Oliver] Univ Liverpool, Dept Math Sci, Liverpool L69 3BX, England, Email: Oliver.Fischer@liverpool.ac.uk;
Corporate Author Thesis
Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001037689200008 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5615
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