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Pierre Auger Collaboration (Abreu, P. et al); Pastor, S. |
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Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10^18 eV from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the Pierre Auger Observatory |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2013 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astrophys. J. Lett. |
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762 |
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1 |
Pages |
L13 - 8pp |
| Keywords |
astroparticle physics; cosmic rays |
| Abstract |
A thorough search for large-scale anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above 10(18) eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory is reported. For the first time, these large-scale anisotropy searches are performed as a function of both the right ascension and the declination and expressed in terms of dipole and quadrupole moments. Within the systematic uncertainties, no significant deviation from isotropy is revealed. Upper limits on dipole and quadrupole amplitudes are derived under the hypothesis that any cosmic ray anisotropy is dominated by such moments in this energy range. These upper limits provide constraints on the production of cosmic rays above 10(18) eV, since they allow us to challenge an origin from stationary galactic sources densely distributed in the galactic disk and emitting predominantly light particles in all directions. |
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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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2041-8205 |
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WOS:000312488400013 |
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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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1279 |
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Pierre Auger Collaboration (Aab, A. et al); Pastor, S. |
| Title |
A search for point sources of EeV photons |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2014 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astrophys. J. |
| Volume |
789 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
160 - 12pp |
| Keywords |
astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; methods: data analysis |
| Abstract |
Measurements of air showers made using the hybrid technique developed with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for point sources of EeV photons anywhere in the exposed sky. A multivariate analysis reduces the background of hadronic cosmic rays. The search is sensitive to a declination band from -85 degrees to +20 degrees, in an energy range from 10(17.3) eV to 10(18.5) eV. No photon point source has been detected. An upper limit on the photon flux has been derived for every direction. The mean value of the energy flux limit that results from this, assuming a photon spectral index of -2, is 0.06 eV cm(-2) s(-1), and no celestial direction exceeds 0.25 eV cm(-2) s(-1). These upper limits constrain scenarios in which EeV cosmic ray protons are emitted by non-transient sources in the Galaxy. |
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[Aab, A.; Buchholz, P.; Erfani, M.; Froehlich, U.; Heimann, P.; Homola, P.; Kuempel, D.; Niechciol, M.; Ochilo, L.; Risse, M.; Yushkov, A.; Ziolkowski, M.] Univ Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany |
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0004-637x |
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WOS:000338674900069 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1842 |
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Pierre Auger Collaboration (Aab, A. et al); Pastor, S. |
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A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2014 |
Publication |
Astrophysical Journal Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astrophys. J. Lett. |
| Volume |
789 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
L34 - 7pp |
| Keywords |
cosmic rays; Galaxy: disk; methods: data analysis |
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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. |
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[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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2041-8205 |
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WOS:000339876800009 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1885 |
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de Salas, P.F.; Pastor, S.; Ternes, C.A.; Thakore, T.; Tortola, M. |
| Title |
Constraining the invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2019 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
789 |
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472-479 |
| Keywords |
Neutrino masses and mixing; Neutrino oscillations; Neutrino decay; Neutrino telescopes |
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Several theories of particle physics beyond the Standard Model consider that neutrinos can decay. In this work we assume that the standard mechanism of neutrino oscillations is altered by the decay of the heaviest neutrino mass state into a sterile neutrino and, depending on the model, a scalar or a Majoron. We study the sensitivity of the forthcoming KM3NeT-ORCA experiment to this scenario and find that it could improve the current bounds coming from oscillation experiments, where three-neutrino oscillations have been considered, by roughly two orders of magnitude. We also study how the presence of this neutrino decay can affect the determination of the atmospheric oscillation parameters sin(2) theta(23) and Delta m(31)(2), as well as the sensitivity to the neutrino mass ordering. |
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[de Salas, P. F.; Pastor, S.; Ternes, C. A.; Thakore, T.; Tortola, M.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, Parc Cientif UV,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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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000457165400063 |
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no |
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yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3902 |
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de Salas, P.F.; Gariazzo, S.; Martinez-Mirave, P.; Pastor, S.; Tortola, M. |
| Title |
Cosmological radiation density with non-standard neutrino-electron interactions |
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Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
820 |
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136508 - 9pp |
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Neutrino interactions; Non-standard neutrino interactions; Cosmology; Neutrino oscillations |
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Neutrino non-standard interactions (NSI) with electrons are known to alter the picture of neutrino de coupling from the cosmic plasma. NSI modify both flavour oscillations through matter effects, and the annihilation and scattering between neutrinos and electrons and positrons in the thermal plasma. In view of the forthcoming cosmological observations, we perform a precision study of the impact of non universal and flavour-changing NSI on the effective number of neutrinos, Neff. We present the variation of Neff arising from the different NSI parameters and discuss the existing degeneracies among them, from cosmology alone and in relation to the current bounds from terrestrial experiments. Even though cosmology is generally less sensitive to NSI than these experiments, we find that future cosmological data would provide competitive and complementary constraints for some of the couplings and their combinations. |
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[de Salas, Pablo F.] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, Oskar Klein Ctr Cosmoparticle Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden, Email: pablo.fernandez@fysik.su.se; |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000713101800031 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5023 |
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