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Folgado, M.G.; Gomez-Vargas, G.A.; Rius, N.; Ruiz de Austri, R. |
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Probing the sterile neutrino portal to Dark Matter with gamma rays |
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2018 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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08 |
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8 |
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002 - 20pp |
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dark matter theory; particle physics – cosmology connection; neutrino theory |
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Sterile neutrinos could provide a link between the Standard Model particles and a dark sector, besides generating active neutrino masses via the seesaw mechanism type I. We show that, if dark matter annihilation into sterile neutrinos determines its observed relic abundance, it is possible to explain the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess reported by the Fermi-LAT Collaboration as due to an astrophysical component plus dark matter annihilations. We observe that sterile neutrino portal to dark matter provides an impressively good fit, with a p-value of 0.78 in the best fit point, to the Galactic Center gamma-ray flux, for DM masses in the range (40-80) GeV and sterile neutrino masses 20 GeV less than or similar to M-N < M-DM. Such values are compatible with the limits from Fermi-LAT observations of the dwarfs spheroidal galaxies in the Milky Way halo, which rule out dark matter masses below similar to 50 GeV ( 90 GeV), for sterile neutrino masses M-N less than or similar to MDM ( M-N << M-DM). We also estimate the impact of AMS-02 anti-proton data on this scenario. |
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[Folgado, Miguel G.; Rius, Nuria; Ruiz de Austri, Roberto] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, C-Catedratico Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Spain, Email: migarfol@ific.uv.es; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Alcaide, J.; Salvado, J.; Santamaria, A. |
Title |
Fitting flavour symmetries: the case of two-zero neutrino mass textures |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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164 - 18pp |
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Neutrino Physics; Quark Masses and SM Parameters |
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We present a numeric method for the analysis of the fermion mass matrices predicted in flavour models. The method does not require any previous algebraic work, it offers a chi(2) comparison test and an easy estimate of confidence intervals. It can also be used to study the stability of the results when the predictions are disturbed by small perturbations. We have applied the method to the case of two-zero neutrino mass textures using the latest available fits on neutrino oscillations, derived the available parameter space for each texture and compared them. Textures A(1) and A(2) seem favoured because they give a small chi(2), allow for large regions in parameter space and give neutrino masses compatible with Cosmology limits. The other “allowed” textures remain allowed although with a very constrained parameter space, which, in some cases, could be in conflict with Cosmology. We have also revisited the “forbidden” textures and studied the stability of the results when the texture zeroes are not exact. Most of the forbidden textures remain forbidden, but textures F-1 and F-3 are particularly sensitive to small perturbations and could become allowed. |
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[Alcaide, Julien; Santamaria, Arcadi] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, Dr Moliner 50, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: julien.alcaide@uv.es; |
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WOS:000440091700010 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Arguelles, C.A.; Palomares-Ruiz, S.; Schneider, A.; Wille, L.; Yuan, T.L. |
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Unified atmospheric neutrino passing fractions for large-scale neutrino telescopes |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
Publication |
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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047 - 41pp |
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neutrino detectors; neutrino experiments; ultra high energy photons and neutrinos |
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The atmospheric neutrino passing fraction, or self-veto, is defined as the probability for an atmospheric neutrino not to be accompanied by a detectable muon from the same cosmic-ray air shower. Building upon previous work, we propose a redefinition of the passing fractions by unifying the treatment for muon and electron neutrinos. Several approximations have also been removed. This enables performing detailed estimations of the uncertainties in the passing fractions from several inputs: muon losses, cosmic-ray spectrum, hadronic-interaction models and atmosphere-density profiles. We also study the passing fractions under variations of the detector configuration: depth, surrounding medium and muon veto trigger probability. The calculation exhibits excellent agreement with passing fractions obtained from Monte Carlo simulations. Finally, we provide a general software framework to implement this veto technique for all large-scale neutrino observatories. |
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[Arguelle, Carlos A.] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA, Email: caad@mit.edu; |
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WOS:000439590200003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3677 |
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de Salas, P.F.; Forero, D.V.; Ternes, C.A.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
Title |
Status of neutrino oscillations 2018: 3 sigma hint for normal mass ordering and improved CP sensitivity |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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782 |
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633-640 |
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Neutrino mass and mixing; Neutrino oscillation; Solar and atmospheric neutrinos; Reactor and accelerator neutrinos; Neutrino telescopes |
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We present a new global fit of neutrino oscillation parameters within the simplest three-neutrino picture, including new data which appeared since our previous analysis[1]. In this update we include new long-baseline neutrino data involving the antineutrino channel in T2K, as well as new data in the neutrino channel, data from NO nu A, as well as new reactor data, such as the Daya Bay 1230 days electron antineutrino disappearance spectrum data and the 1500 live days prompt spectrum from RENO, as well as new Double Chooz data. We also include atmospheric neutrino data from the IceCube DeepCore and ANTARES neutrino telescopes and from Super-Kamiokande. Finally, we also update our solar oscillation analysis by including the 2055-day day/night spectrum from the fourth phase of the Super-Kamiokande experiment. With the new data we find a preference for the atmospheric angle in the upper octant for both neutrino mass orderings, with maximal mixing allowed at Delta chi(2)= 1.6 (3.2) for normal (inverted) ordering. We also obtain a strong preference for values of the CP phase delta in the range [pi, 2 pi], excluding values close to pi/2at more than 4 sigma. More remarkably, our global analysis shows a hint in favorof the normal mass ordering over the inverted one at more than 3 sigma. We discuss in detail the status of the mass ordering, CP violation and octant sensitivities, analyzing the interplay among the different neutrino data samples. |
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[de Salas, P. F.; Ternes, C. A.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J. W. F.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, AHEP Grp, Parc Cient Paterna,C Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, E-46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain, Email: pabferde@ific.uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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WOS:000438486900094 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3665 |
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Chen, P.; Centelles Chulia, S.; Ding, G.J.; Srivastava, R.; Valle, J.W.F. |
Title |
Neutrino predictions from generalized CP symmetries of charged leptons |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2018 |
Publication |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
Issue |
7 |
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077 - 26pp |
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Neutrino Physics; CP violation |
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We study the implications of generalized CP transformations acting on the mass matrices of charged leptons in a model-independent way. Generalized e – mu, e – tau and μ- tau symmetries are considered in detail. In all cases the physical parameters of the lepton mixing matrix, three mixing angles and three CP phases can be expressed in terms of a restricted set of independent “theory parameters” that characterize a given choice of CP transformation. This leads to implications for neutrino oscillations as well as neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. |
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[Chen, Peng] Ocean Univ China, Coll Informat Sci & Engn, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China, Email: pche@mail.ustc.edu.cn; |
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WOS:000438620700007 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3659 |
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Helo, J.C.; Hirsch, M.; Wang, Z.S. |
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Heavy neutral fermions at the high-luminosity LHC |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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7 |
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056 - 23pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics; Supersymmetric Standard Model |
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Long-lived light particles (LLLPs) appear in many extensions of the standard model. LLLPs are usually motivated by the observed small neutrino masses, by dark matter or both. Typical examples for fermionic LLLPs (a.k.a. heavy neutral fermions, HNFs) are sterile neutrinos or the lightest neutralino in R-parity violating supersymmetry. The high luminosity LHC is expected to deliver up to 3/ab of data. Searches for LLLPs in dedicated experiments at the LHC could then probe the parameter space of LLLP models with unprecedented sensitivity. Here, we compare the prospects of several recent experimental proposals, FASER, CODEX-b and MATHUSLA, to search for HNFs and discuss their relative merits.s |
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[Helo, Juan Carlos] Univ La Serena, Fac Ciencias, Dept Fis, Ave Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile, Email: jchelo@userena.cl; |
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WOS:000438141500008 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3656 |
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Barenboim, G.; Ternes, C.A.; Tortola, M. |
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Neutrinos, DUNE and the world best bound on CPT invariance |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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780 |
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631-637 |
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Neutrino mass and mixing; Neutrino oscillation; CPT |
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CPT symmetry, the combination of Charge Conjugation, Parity and Time reversal, is a cornerstone of our model building strategy and therefore the repercussions of its potential violation will severely threaten the most extended tool we currently use to describe physics, i.e. local relativistic quantum fields. However, limits on its conservation from the Kaon system look indeed imposing. In this work we will show that neutrino oscillation experiments can improve this limit by several orders of magnitude and therefore are an ideal tool to explore the foundations of our approach to Nature. Strictly speaking testing CPT violation would require an explicit model for how CPT is broken and its effects on physics. Instead, what is presented in this paper is a test of one of the predictions of CPT conservation, i.e., the same mass and mixing parameters in neutrinos and antineutrinos. In order to do that we calculate the current CPT bound on all the neutrino mixing parameters and study the sensitivity of the DUNE experiment to such an observable. After deriving the most updated bound on CPT from neutrino oscillation data, we show that, if the recent T2K results turn out to be the true values of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations, DUNE would measure the fallout of CPT conservation at more than 3 sigma. Then, we study the sensitivity of the experiment to measure CPT invariance in general, finding that DUNE will be able to improve the current bounds on Delta(Delta m(31)(2)) by at least one order of magnitude. We also study the sensitivity to the other oscillation parameters. Finally we show that, if CPT is violated in nature, combining neutrino with antineutrino data in oscillation analysis will produce imposter solutions. |
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[Barenboim, G.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es; |
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WOS:000432187800085 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3620 |
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Jeong, Y.S.; Palomares-Ruiz, S.; Reno, M.H.; Sarcevic, I. |
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Probing secret interactions of eV-scale sterile neutrinos with the diffuse supernova neutrino background |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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06 |
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6 |
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019 - 43pp |
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cosmological neutrinos; neutrino theory; supernova neutrinos |
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Sterile neutrinos with mass in the eV-scale and large mixings of order theta(0) similar or equal to 0.1 could explain some anomalies found in short-baseline neutrino oscillation data. Here, we revisit a neutrino portal scenario in which eV-scale sterile neutrinos have self-interactions via a new gauge vector boson phi. Their production in the early Universe via mixing with active neutrinos can be suppressed by the induced effective potential in the sterile sector. We study how different cosmological observations can constrain this model, in terms of the mass of the new gauge boson, M-phi, and its coupling to sterile neutrinos, g(s). Then, we explore how to probe part of the allowed parameter space of this particular model with future observations of the diffuse supernova neutrino background by the Hyper-Kamiokande and DUNE detectors. For M-phi similar to 5 – 10 keV and g(s) similar to 10-(4) – 10(-2), as allowed by cosmological constraints, we find that interactions of diffuse supernova neutrinos with relic sterile neutrinos on their way to the Earth would result in significant dips in the neutrino spectrum which would produce unique features in the event spectra observed in these detectors. |
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[Jeong, Yu Seon; Sarcevic, Ina] Univ Arizona, Dept Phys, 1118 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85704 USA, Email: ysjeong@email.arizona.edu; |
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WOS:000434991300006 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Helo, J.C.; Hirsch, M.; Ota, T. |
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Proton decay and light sterile neutrinos |
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2018 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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06 |
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6 |
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047 - 15pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Neutrino Physics |
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Within the standard model, non-renormalizable operators at dimension six (d = 6) violate baryon and lepton number by one unit and thus lead to proton decay. Here, we point out that the proton decay mode with a charged pion and missing energy can be a characteristic signature of d = 6 operators containing a light sterile neutrino, if it is not accompanied by the standard pi(0)e(+) final state. We discuss this effect first at the level of effective operators and then provide a concrete model with new physics at the TeV scale, in which the lightness of the active neutrinos and the stability of the proton are related. |
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[Helo, Juan C.] Univ La Serena, Fac Ciencias, Dept Fis, Ave Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile, Email: jchelo@userena.cl; |
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WOS:000435023100004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3610 |
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KM3NeT Collaboration (Aiello, S. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Calvo, D.; Coleiro, A.; Colomer, M.; Gozzini, S.R.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Illuminati, G.; Khan-Chowdhury, N.R.; Lotze, M.; Perez Romero, J.; Real, D.; Thakore, T.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Characterisation of the Hamamatsu photomultipliers for the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
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J. Instrum. |
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13 |
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P05035 - 17pp |
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Cherenkov detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Neutrino detectors; Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum) |
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The Hamamatsu R12199-023-inch photomultiplier tube is the photodetector chosen for the first phase of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope. About 7000 photomultipliers have been characterised for dark count rate, timing spread and spurious pulses. The quantum efficiency, the gain and the peak-to-valley ratio have also been measured for a sub-sample in order to determine parameter values needed as input to numerical simulations of the detector. |
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[Morganti, M.] Accademia Navale Livorno, Viale Italia 72, I-57100 Livorno, Italy, Email: oleg.kalekin@physik.uni-erlangen.de; |
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WOS:000433886900001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3601 |
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