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1. Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory

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HAWC Collaboration, Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Camacho, J. R. Angeles, Arteaga-Vel��zquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Belmont-Moreno, E., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistr��n, T., Carrami��ana, A., Casanova, S., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de Le��n, S. Couti��o, De la Fuente, E., Hernandez, R. Diaz, DuVernois, M. A., Durocher, M., Espinoza, C., Fan, K. L., Fraija, N., Garcia, D., Garc��a-Gonz��lez, J. A., Garfias, F., Gonz��lez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Huang, D., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., H��ntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Kieda, D., Lara, A., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. Le��n, Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., Malone, K., Mart��nez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Morales-Soto, J. A., Moreno, E., Nayerhoda, A., Nellen, L., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Omodei, N., Peisker, A., P��rez-P��rez, E. G., Rho, C. D., Rosa-Gonz��lez, D., Sandoval, A., Serna-Franco, J., Springer, R. W., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Torres-Escobedo, R., Ure��a-Mena, F., Villase��or, L., Zhou, H., and de Le��n, C.

Subjects
Earth-skimming, Muons, Neutrinos, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The close location of the HAWC observatory to the largest volcano in Mexico allows to perform a search for neutrino-induced horizontal muon and tau charged leptons. The section of the volcano located at the horizon reaches values of slant depth larger than 8 km of rock, making it an excellent shield for the cosmic ray horizontal background. We report the search method and background suppression technique developed for the detection of Earth-skimming neutrinos with HAWC, as well as a model that describes the remaining background produced by scattered muons. We show that by increasing the detection energy threshold we could use HAWC to search for neutrino-induced charged leptons., Comment: Replaced with the accepted version. Added the journal reference and DOI

Published
2021
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2. Very-high-energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433

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HAWC Collaboration, Abeysekara, A. U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., ��lvarez, J. D., Arceo, R., Arteaga-Vel��zquez, J. C., Rojas, D. Avila, Solares, H. A. Ayala, Belmont-Moreno, E., BenZvi, S. Y., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistr��n, T., Carrami��ana, A., Casanova, S., Castillo, M., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de Le��n, S. Couti��o, De Le��n, C., De la Fuente, E., D��az-V��lez, J. C., Dichiara, S., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Ellsworth, R. W., Engel, K., Espinoza, C., Fang, K., Fleischhack, H., Fraija, N., Galv��n-G��mez, A., Garc��a-Gonz��lez, J. A., Garfias, F., Mu��oz, A. Gonz��lez, Gonz��lez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Hampel-Arias, Z., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Hinton, J., Hona, B., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., Hui, C. M., H��ntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Kaufmann, S., Kar, P., Kunde, G. J., Lauer, R. J., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. Le��n, Li, H., Linnemann, J. T., Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., L��pez-Coto, R., Malone, K., Marinelli, S. S., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castellanos, I., Mart��nez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Moreno, E., Mostaf��, M., Nayerhoda, A., Nellen, L., Newbold, M., Nisa, M. U., Noriega-Papaqui, R., P��rez-P��rez, E. G., Pretz, J., Ren, Z., Rho, C. D., Rivi��re, C., Rosa-Gonz��lez, D., Rosenberg, M., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Greus, F. Salesa, Sandoval, A., Schneider, M., Schoorlemmer, H., Arroyo, M. Seglar, Sinnis, G., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Taboada, I., Tibolla, O., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Vianello, G., Villase��or, L., Weisgarber, T., Werner, F., Westerhoff, S., Wood, J., Yapici, T., Yodh, G., Zepeda, A., Zhang, H., and Zhou, H.

Subjects
HAWC - Abteilung Hinton, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Multidisciplinary, High energy particle, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Compact star, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Luminosity, Black hole, Neutron star, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Roche lobe, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Supernova remnant, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

SS 433 is a binary system containing a supergiant star that is overflowing its Roche lobe with matter accreting onto a compact object (either a black hole or neutron star). Two jets of ionized matter with a bulk velocity of $\sim0.26c$ extend from the binary, perpendicular to the line of sight, and terminate inside W50, a supernova remnant that is being distorted by the jets. SS 433 differs from other microquasars in that the accretion is believed to be super-Eddington, and the luminosity of the system is $\sim10^{40}$ erg s$^{-1}$. The lobes of W50 in which the jets terminate, about 40 pc from the central source, are expected to accelerate charged particles, and indeed radio and X-ray emission consistent with electron synchrotron emission in a magnetic field have been observed. At higher energies (>100 GeV), the particle fluxes of $\gamma$ rays from X-ray hotspots around SS 433 have been reported as flux upper limits. In this energy regime, it has been unclear whether the emission is dominated by electrons that are interacting with photons from the cosmic microwave background through inverse-Compton scattering or by protons interacting with the ambient gas. Here we report TeV $\gamma$-ray observations of the SS 433/W50 system where the lobes are spatially resolved. The TeV emission is localized to structures in the lobes, far from the center of the system where the jets are formed. We have measured photon energies of at least 25 TeV, and these are certainly not Doppler boosted, because of the viewing geometry. We conclude that the emission from radio to TeV energies is consistent with a single population of electrons with energies extending to at least hundreds of TeV in a magnetic field of $\sim16$~micro-Gauss., Comment: Preprint version of Nature paper. Contacts: S. BenZvi, B. Dingus, K. Fang, C.D. Rho , H. Zhang, H. Zhou

Published
2018
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3. Constraints on the Emission of Gamma-Rays from M31 with HAWC

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HAWC Collaboration, Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arteaga-Vel��zquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Rojas, D. Avila, Solares, H. A. Ayala, Belmont-Moreno, E., BenZvi, S. Y., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistr��n, T., Carrami��ana, A., Casanova, S., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de Le��n, S. Couti��o, De la Fuente, E., de Le��n, C., Dichiara, S., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Engel, K., Espinoza, C., Fleischhack, H., Fraija, N., Galv��n-G��mez, A., Garc��a-Aguilar, D., Garc��a-Gonz��lez, J. A., Garfias, F., Gonz��lez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Hona, B., Huang, D., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., H��ntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Kieda, D., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. Le��n, Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., Malone, K., Marinelli, S. S., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castellanos, I., Mart��nez-Castro, J., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Morales-Soto, J. A., Moreno, E., Mostaf��, M., Nayerhoda, A., Nellen, L., Newbold, M., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Peisker, A., P��rez-P��rez, E. G., Ren, Z., Rho, C. D., Rosa-Gonz��lez, D., Rosenberg, M., Rubenzahl, R., Salazar, H., Greus, F. Salesa, Sandoval, A., Schneider, M., Sinnis, G., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Tabachnick, E., Tibolla, O., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Villase��or, L., Wood, J., Yapici, T., Zepeda, A., and Zhou, H.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Andromeda Galaxy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Milky Way, Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galactic plane, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Interstellar medium, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

Cosmic rays, along with stellar radiation and magnetic fields, are known to make up a significant fraction of the energy density of galaxies such as the Milky Way. When cosmic rays interact in the interstellar medium, they produce gamma-ray emission which provides an important indication of how the cosmic rays propagate. Gamma rays from the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), located 785 kpc away, provide a unique opportunity to study cosmic-ray acceleration and diffusion in a galaxy with a structure and evolution very similar to the Milky Way. Using 33 months of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, we search for TeV gamma rays from the galactic plane of M31. We also investigate past and present evidence of galactic activity in M31 by searching for Fermi Bubble-like structures above and below the galactic nucleus. No significant gamma-ray emission is observed, so we use the null result to compute upper limits on the energy density of cosmic rays $>10$ TeV in M31. The computed upper limits are approximately ten times higher than expected from the extrapolation of the Fermi LAT results., Accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2020
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4. Constraining the p-/p Ratio in TeV Cosmic Rays with Observations of the Moon Shadow by HAWC

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Abeysekara, A. U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Arceo, R., Arteaga-Vel��zquez, J. C., Rojas, D. Avila, Solares, H. A. Ayala, Belmont-Moreno, E., BenZvi, S. Y., Braun, J., Brisbois, C., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistr��n, T., Carrami��ana, A., Casanova, S., Castillo, M., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., de Le��n, S. Couti��o, De Le��n, C., la Fuentem, E. D, Hernandez, R. Diaz, Dichiara, S., Dingus, B. L., DuVernois, M. A., Ellsworth, R. W., Engels, K., Enr��quez-Rivera, O., Fleischhack, H., Fraija, N., Galv��n-G��mez, A., Garc��a-Gonz��lez, J. A., Mu��oz, A. Gonz��lez, Gonz��lez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Hampel-Arias, Z., Harding, J. P., Hernandez, S., Hona, B., Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F., Hui, C. M., H��ntemeyer, P., Iriarte, A., Jardin-Blicq, A., Joshi, V., Kaufmann, S., Lara, A., Lee, W. H., Vargas, H. Le��n, Linnemann, J. T., Longinotti, A. L., Luis-Raya, G., Luna-Garc��a, R., L��pez-Coto, R., Malone, K., Marinelli, S. S., Martinez, O., Martinez-Castellanos, I., Mart��nez-Castro, J., Mart��nez-Huerta, H., Matthews, J. A., Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Moreno, E., Mostaf��, M., Nayerhoda, A., Nellena, L., Newbold, M., Nisa, M. U., Noriega-Papaqui, R., Pelayo, R., Pretz, J., P��rez-P��rez, E. G., Ren, Z., Rho, C. D., Rivi��re, C., Rosa-Gonz��lez, D., Rosenberg, M., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Greus, F. Salesa, Sandoval, A., Schneider, M., Schoorlemmer, H., Arroyo, M. Seglar, Sinnis, G., Smith, A. J., Springer, R. W., Surajbali, P., Taboada, I., Tibolla, O., Tollefson, K., Torres, I., Villase��or, L., Weisgarber, T., Westerhoff, S., Wood, J., Yapici, T., Yodha, G. B., Zepeda, A., Zhou, H., Alvarez, J. D., and HAWC Collaboartion

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), HAWC - Abteilung Hinton, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

An indirect measurement of the antiproton flux in cosmic rays is possible as the particles undergo deflection by the geomagnetic field. This effect can be measured by studying the deficit in the flux, or shadow, created by the Moon as it absorbs cosmic rays that are headed towards the Earth. The shadow is displaced from the actual position of the Moon due to geomagnetic deflection, which is a function of the energy and charge of the cosmic rays. The displacement provides a natural tool for momentum/charge discrimination that can be used to study the composition of cosmic rays. Using 33 months of data comprising more than 80 billion cosmic rays measured by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, we have analyzed the Moon shadow to search for TeV antiprotons in cosmic rays. We present our first upper limits on the $\bar{p}/p$ fraction, which in the absence of any direct measurements, provide the tightest available constraints of $\sim1\%$ on the antiproton fraction for energies between 1 and 10 TeV., 10 pages, 5 figures. Accepted by Physical Review D

Published
2018

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