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ANTARES Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Tönnis, C.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Constraints on the neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with the ANTARES telescope |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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760 |
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143-148 |
Keywords |
Neutrino telescope; Diffuse muon neutrino flux; ANTARES |
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A highly significant excess of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been reported by the IceCube Collaboration. Some features of the energy and declination distributions of IceCube events hint at a North/South asymmetry of the neutrino flux. This could be due to the presence of the bulk of our Galaxy in the Southern hemisphere. The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located in the Mediterranean Sea, has been taking data since 2007. It offers the best sensitivity to muon neutrinos produced by galactic cosmic ray interactions in this region of the sky. In this letter a search for an extended neutrino flux from the Galactic Ridge region is presented. Different models of neutrino production by cosmic ray propagation are tested. No excess of events is observed and upper limits for different neutrino flux spectral indices Gamma are set. For Gamma = 2.4 the 90% confidence level flux upper limit at 100 TeV for one neutrino flavour corresponds to phi(1f)(0) (100TeV) = 2.0 . 10(-17) GeV-1 cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1). Under this assumption, at most two events of the IceCube cosmic candidates can originate from the Galactic Ridge. A simple power-law extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT flux to account for IceCube High Energy Starting Events is excluded at 90% confidence level. |
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[Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ardid, M.; Martinez-Mora, J. A.; Saldana, M.] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, Paranimf 1, Gandia 46730, Spain, Email: luigiantonio.fusco@bo.infn.it |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000382890500022 |
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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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2815 |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Barrios-Marti, J.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Illuminati, G.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Tönnis, C.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
Title |
Limits on dark matter annihilation in the sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
Volume |
759 |
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Pages |
69-74 |
Keywords |
Dark matter; WIMP; Neutralino; Indirect detection; Neutrino telescope; Sun |
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A search for muon neutrinos originating from dark matter annihilations in the Sun is performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2012. In order to obtain the best possible sensitivities to dark matter signals, an optimisation of the event selection criteria is performed taking into account the background of atmospheric muons, atmospheric neutrinos and the energy spectra of the expected neutrino signals. No significant excess over the background is observed and 90% C.L. upper limits on the neutrino flux, the spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections are derived for WIMP masses ranging from 50 GeV to 5 TeV for the annihilation channels WIMP + WIMP -> b (b) over bar, W+W- and tau(+)tau(-). |
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[Adrian-Martineza, S.; Ardid, M.; Felis, I.; Martinez-Mora, J. A.; Saldana, M.] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, C Paranimf 1, Gandia 46730, Spain, Email: ctoennis@ific.uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000380409200006 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2879 |
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Addazi, A.; Valle, J.W.F.; Vaquera-Araujo, C.A. |
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String completion of an SU(3)(c) x SU(3)(L) x U(1)(X) electroweak model |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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759 |
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471-478 |
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Unification; Branes; String phenomenology; Neutrino mass; Neutron-antineutron oscillations |
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The extended electroweak SU(3)(c) circle times SU(3)(L) circle times U(1)(X) symmetry framework “explaining” the number of fermion families is revisited. While 331-based schemes can not easily be unified within the conventional field theory sense, we show how to do it within an approach based on D-branes and (un)oriented open strings, on Calabi-Yau singularities. We show how the theory can be UV-completed in a quiver setup, free of gauge and string anomalies. Lepton and baryon numbers are perturbatively conserved, so neutrinos are Dirac-type, and their lightness results from a novel TeV scale seesaw mechanism. Dynamical violation of baryon number by exotic instantons could induce neutron-antineutron oscillations, with proton decay and other dangerous R-parity violating processes strictly forbidden. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. |
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[Addazi, Andrea] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Fis, I-67010 Coppito, AQ, Italy, Email: andrea.addazi@infn.lngs.it; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000380409200063 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2884 |
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Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S. |
Title |
Search for Point-like Sources of Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory and Improved Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Tau Neutrinos |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2012 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal Letters |
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Astrophys. J. Lett. |
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755 |
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1 |
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L4 - 7pp |
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astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; neutrinos; telescopes |
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The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory can detect neutrinos with energy E-nu between 10(17) eV and 10(20) eV from point-like sources across the sky south of +55 degrees and north of -65 degrees declinations. A search has been performed for highly inclined extensive air showers produced by the interaction of neutrinos of all flavors in the atmosphere (downward-going neutrinos), and by the decay of tau leptons originating from tau neutrino interactions in Earth's crust (Earth-skimming neutrinos). No candidate neutrinos have been found in data up to 2010 May 31. This corresponds to an equivalent exposure of similar to 3.5 years of a full surface detector array for the Earth-skimming channel and similar to 2 years for the downward-going channel. An improved upper limit on the diffuse flux of tau neutrinos has been derived. Upper limits on the neutrino flux from point-like sources have been derived as a function of the source declination. Assuming a differential neutrino flux k(PS) . E-nu(-2). from a point-like source, 90% confidence level upper limits for k(PS) at the level of approximate to 5x10(-7) and 2.5x10(-6) GeV cm(-2) s(-1) have been obtained over a broad range of declinations from the searches for Earth-skimming and downward-going neutrinos, respectively. |
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[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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Iop Publishing Ltd |
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2041-8205 |
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WOS:000306930700004 |
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no |
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yes |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
1121 |
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Kosmas, T.S.; Miranda, O.G.; Papoulias, D.K.; Tortola, M.; Valle, J.W.F. |
Title |
Sensitivities to neutrino electromagnetic properties at the TEXONO experiment |
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Journal Article |
Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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750 |
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459-465 |
Keywords |
Reactor neutrinos; Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS); Weak mixing angle; Neutrino magnetic moment; Neutrino charge radius; Quenching factor |
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The possibility of measuring neutral-current coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering (CENNS) at the TEXONO experiment has opened high expectations towards probing exotic neutrino properties. Focusing on low threshold Germanium-based targets with kg-scale mass, we find a remarkable efficiency not only for detecting CENNS events due to the weak interaction, but also for probing novel electromagnetic neutrino interactions. Specifically, we demonstrate that such experiments are complementary in performing precision Standard Model tests as well as in shedding light on sub-leading effects due to neutrino magnetic moment and neutrino charge radius. This work employs realistic nuclear structure calculations based on the quasi-particle random phase approximation (QRPA) and takes into consideration the crucial quenching effect corrections. Such a treatment, in conjunction with a simple statistical analysis, shows that the attainable sensitivities are improved by one order of magnitude as compared to previous studies. |
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[Kosmas, T. S.; Papoulias, D. K.] Univ Ioannina, Div Theoret Phys, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece, Email: hkosmas@uoi.gr; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000364250600075 |
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no |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2472 |
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