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Bloch, I.M.; Caputo, A.; Essig, R.; Redigolo, D.; Sholapurkar, M.; Volansky, T. |
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Exploring new physics with O(keV) electron recoils in direct detection experiments |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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01 |
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1 |
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178 - 63pp |
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Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM |
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Motivated by the recent XENON1T results, we explore various new physics models that can be discovered through searches for electron recoils in O(keV)-threshold direct-detection experiments. First, we consider the absorption of axion-like particles, dark photons, and scalars, either as dark matter relics or being produced directly in the Sun. In the latter case, we find that keV mass bosons produced in the Sun provide an adequate fit to the data but are excluded by stellar cooling constraints. We address this tension by introducing a novel Chameleon-like axion model, which can explain the excess while evading the stellar bounds. We find that absorption of bosonic dark matter provides a viable explanation for the excess only if the dark matter is a dark photon or an axion. In the latter case, photophobic axion couplings are necessary to avoid X-ray constraints. Second, we analyze models of dark matter-electron scattering to determine which models might explain the excess. Standard scattering of dark matter with electrons is generically in conflict with data from lower-threshold experiments. Momentum-dependent interactions with a heavy mediator can fit the data with dark matter mass heavier than a GeV but are generically in tension with collider constraints. Next, we consider dark matter consisting of two (or more) states that have a small mass splitting. The exothermic (down)scattering of the heavier state to the lighter state can fit the data for keV mass splittings. Finally, we consider a subcomponent of dark matter that is accelerated by scattering off cosmic rays, finding that dark matter interacting though an O(100 keV)-mass mediator can fit the data. The cross sections required in this scenario are, however, typically challenged by complementary probes of the light mediator. Throughout our study, we implement an unbinned Monte Carlo analysis and use an improved energy reconstruction of the XENON1T events. |
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[Bloch, Itay M.; Volansky, Tomer] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel, Email: itay.bloch.m@gmail.com; |
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1029-8479 |
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WOS:000616257000001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4713 |
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Heidari, N.; Hassanabadi, H.; Araujo, A.A.; Kriz, J. |
Title |
Exploring non-commutativity as a perturbation in the Schwarzschild black hole: quasinormal modes, scattering, and shadows |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2024 |
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European Physical Journal C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Eur. Phys. J. C |
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84 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
566 - 11pp |
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In this work, by a novel approach to studying the scattering of a Schwarzschild black hole, the non-commutativity is introduced as perturbation. We begin by reformulating the Klein-Gordon equation for the scalar field in a new form that takes into account the deformed non-commutative spacetime. Using this formulation, an effective potential for the scattering process is derived. To calculate the quasinormal modes, we employ the WKB method and also utilize fitting techniques to investigate the impact of non-commutativity on the scalar quasinormal modes. We thoroughly analyze the results obtained from these different methods. Moreover, the greybody factor and absorption cross section are investigated. Additionally, we explore the behavior of null geodesics in the presence of non-commutativity. Specifically, we examine the photonic, and shadow radius as well as the light trajectories for different non-commutative parameters. Therefore, by addressing these various aspects, we aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the influence of non-commutativity on the scattering of a Schwarzschild-like black hole and its implications for the behavior of scalar fields and light trajectories. |
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[Heidari, N.; Hassanabadi, H.] Shahrood Univ Technol, Fac Phys, Shahrood, Iran, Email: heidari.n@gmail.com |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:001239390500007 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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6191 |
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Cieri, L.; Sborlini, G.F.R. |
Title |
Exploring QED Effects to Diphoton Production at Hadron Colliders |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Symmetry-Basel |
Abbreviated Journal |
Symmetry-Basel |
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13 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
994 - 17pp |
Keywords |
diphoton production; QCD corrections; NLO calculations; QED effects |
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In this article, we report phenomenological studies about the impact of O(alpha) corrections to diphoton production at hadron colliders. We explore the application of the Abelianized version of the qT-subtraction method to efficiently compute NLO QED contributions, taking advantage of the symmetries relating QCD and QED corrections. We analyze the experimental consequences due to the selection criteria and we find percent-level deviations for M-gamma gamma > 1TeV. An accurate description of the tail of the invariant mass distribution is very important for new physics searches which have the diphoton process as one of their main backgrounds. Moreover, we emphasize the importance of properly dealing with the observable photons by reproducing the experimental conditions applied to the event reconstruction. |
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[Cieri, Leandro] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, Email: cieri@fi.infn.it; |
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Mdpi |
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WOS:000666940900001 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4898 |
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Aguilar, A.C.; Ferreira, M.N.; Papavassiliou, J. |
Title |
Exploring smoking-gun signals of the Schwinger mechanism in QCD |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
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105 |
Issue |
1 |
Pages |
014030 - 26pp |
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In Quantum Chromodynamics, the Schwinger mechanism endows the gluons with an effective mass through the dynamical formation of massless bound-state poles that are longitudinally coupled. The presence of these poles affects profoundly the infrared properties of the interaction vertices, inducing crucial modifications to their fundamental Ward identities. Within this general framework, we present a detailed derivation of the non-Abelian Ward identity obeyed by the pole-free part of the three-gluon vertex in the softgluon limit, and determine the smoking-gun displacement that the onset of the Schwinger mechanism produces to the standard result. Quite importantly, the quantity that describes this distinctive feature coincides formally with the bound-state wave function that controls the massless pole formation. Consequently, this signal may be computed in two independent ways: by solving an approximate version of the pertinent BetheSalpeter integral equation, or by appropriately combining the elements that enter in the aforementioned Ward identity. For the implementation of both methods we employ two- and three-point correlation functions obtained from recent lattice simulations, and a partial derivative of the ghost-gluon kernel, which is computed from the corresponding Schwinger-Dyson equation. Our analysis reveals an excellent coincidence between the results obtained through either method, providing a highly nontrivial self-consistency check for the entire approach. When compared to the null hypothesis, where the Schwinger mechanism is assumed to be inactive, the statistical significance of the resulting signal is estimated to be 3 standard deviations. |
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[Aguilar, A. C.; Ferreira, M. N.] Univ Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Phys Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083859 Campinas, SP, Brazil |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:000748623100001 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5091 |
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Barenboim, G.; Masud, M.; Ternes, C.A.; Tortola, M. |
Title |
Exploring the intrinsic Lorentz-violating parameters at DUNE |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
Volume |
788 |
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308-315 |
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Neutrinos can push our search for new physics to a whole new level. What makes them so hard to be detected, what allows them to travel humongous distances without being stopped or deflected allows to amplify Planck suppressed effects (or effects of comparable size) to a level that we can measure or bound in DUNE. In this work we analyze the sensitivity of DUNE to CPT and Lorentz-violating interactions in a framework that allows a straightforward extrapolation of the bounds obtained to any phenomenological modification of the dispersion relation of neutrinos. |
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[Barenboim, Gabriela] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000455364400041 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3878 |
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Muñoz, V.; Takhistov, V.; Witte, S.J.; Fuller, G.M. |
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Exploring the origin of supermassive black holes with coherent neutrino scattering |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2021 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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11 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
020 - 16pp |
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dark matter detectors; massive stars; neutrino astronomy; neutrino detectors |
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Collapsing supermassive stars (M greater than or similar to 3 x 10(4) M-circle dot) at high redshifts can naturally provide seeds and explain the origin of the supermassive black holes observed in the centers of nearly all galaxies. During the collapse of supermassive stars, a burst of non-thermal neutrinos is generated with a luminosity that could greatly exceed that of a conventional core collapse supernova explosion. In this work, we investigate the extent to which the neutrinos produced in these explosions can be observed via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS). Large scale direct dark matter detection experiments provide particularly favorable targets. We find that upcoming O(100) tonne-scale experiments will be sensitive to the collapse of individual supermassive stars at distances as large as O(10) Mpc. |
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[Munoz, Victor; Witte, Samuel J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: victor.manuel.munoz@ific.uv.es; |
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IOP Publishing Ltd |
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1475-7516 |
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WOS:000765985200009 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5159 |
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Folgado, M.G.; Sanz, V. |
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Exploring the political pulse of a country using data science tools |
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Journal Article |
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2022 |
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Journal of Computational Social Science |
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J. Comput. Soc. Sci. |
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5 |
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987-1000 |
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Politics; Spain; Sentiment analysis; Artificial Intelligence; Machine learning; Neural networks; Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
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In this paper we illustrate the use of Data Science techniques to analyse complex human communication. In particular, we consider tweets from leaders of political parties as a dynamical proxy to political programmes and ideas. We also study the temporal evolution of their contents as a reaction to specific events. We analyse levels of positive and negative sentiment in the tweets using new tools adapted to social media. We also train a Fully-Connected Neural Network (FCNN) to recognise the political affiliation of a tweet. The FCNN is able to predict the origin of the tweet with a precision in the range of 71-75%, and the political leaning (left or right) with a precision of around 90%. This study is meant to be viewed as an example of how to use Twitter data and different types of Data Science tools for a political analysis. |
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[Folgado, Miguel G.; Sanz, Veronica] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, CSIC, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: migarfol@upvnet.upv.es; |
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2432-2717 |
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WOS:000742263500002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5077 |
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de Azcarraga, J.A.; Gutiez, D.; Izquierdo, J.M. |
Title |
Extended D=3 Bargmann supergravity from a Lie algebra expansion |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Nuclear Physics B |
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Nucl. Phys. B |
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946 |
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114706 - 14pp |
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In this paper we show how the method of Lie algebra expansions may be used to obtain, in a simple way, both the extended Bargmann Lie superalgebra and the Chern-Simons action associated to it in three dimensions, starting from D = 3, N = 2 superPoincare and its corresponding Chern-Simons supergravity. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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[de Azcarraga, J. A.] CSIC UVEG, Dept Fis Teor, Valencia 46100, Spain, Email: azcarrag@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:000487935600012 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4156 |
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Alves, J.M.; Botella, F.J.; Branco, G.C.; Nebot, M. |
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Extending trinity to the scalar sector through discrete flavoured symmetries |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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80 |
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8 |
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710 - 14pp |
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We conjecture the existence of a relation between elementary scalars and fermions, making it plausible the existence of three Higgs doublets. We introduce a Trinity Principle (TP) which, given the fact that there are no massless quarks, requires the existence of a minimum of three Higgs doublets. The TP states that each row of the mass matrix of a quark of a given charge should receive the contribution from one and only one scalar doublet and furthermore a given scalar doublet should contribute to one and only one row of the mass matrix of a quark of a given charge. This principle is analogous to the Natural Flavour Conservation (NFC) of Glashow and Weinberg with the key distinction that NFC required the introduction of a flavour blind symmetry, while the TP requires a flavoured symmetry, to be implemented in a natural way. We provide two examples which satisfy the Trinity Principle based on Z(3) and Z(2) x Z(2)' flavoured symmetries, and show that they are the minimal multi-Higgs extensions of the Standard Model where CP can be imposed as a symmetry of the full Lagrangian and broken by the vacuum, without requiring soft-breaking terms. We show that the vacuum phases are sufficient to generate a complex CKM matrix, in agreement with experiment. The above mentioned flavoured symmetries lead to a strong reduction in the number of parameters in the Yukawa interactions, enabling a control of the Scalar Flavour Changing Neutral Couplings (SFCNC). We analyse some of the other physical implications of the two models, including an estimate of the enhancement of the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe provided by the new sources of CP violation, and a discussion of the strength of their tree-level SFCNC. |
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[Alves, Joao M.; Branco, Gustavo C.; Nebot, Miguel] Univ Lisboa UL, Inst Super Tecn IST, Dept Fis, Ave Rovisco Pais 1, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal, Email: j.magalhaes.alves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt; |
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WOS:000561119300002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Amerio, A.; Cuoco, A.; Fornengo, N. |
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Extracting the gamma-ray source-count distribution below the Fermi-LAT detection limit with deep learning |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
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J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. |
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09 |
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9 |
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029 - 39pp |
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gamma ray theory; Machine learning |
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We reconstruct the extra-galactic gamma-ray source-count distribution, or dN/dS, of resolved and unresolved sources by adopting machine learning techniques. Specifically, we train a convolutional neural network on synthetic 2-dimensional sky-maps, which are built by varying parameters of underlying source-counts models and incorporate the FermiLAT instrumental response functions. The trained neural network is then applied to the Fermi-LAT data, from which we estimate the source count distribution down to flux levels a factor of 50 below the Fermi-LAT threshold. We perform our analysis using 14 years of data collected in the (1, 10) GeV energy range. The results we obtain show a source count distribution which, in the resolved regime, is in excellent agreement with the one derived from cataloged sources, and then extends as dN/dS " S-2 in the unresolved regime, down to fluxes of 5 center dot 10-12 cm-2 s-1. The neural network architecture and the devised methodology have the flexibility to enable future analyses to study the energy dependence of the source-count distribution. |
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[Amerio, A.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Calle Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Paterna 46980, Spain, Email: aurelio.amerio@ific.uv.es; |
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WOS:001097055700001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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