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1. The impact of virtual mirroring on customer satisfaction

Author: Gloor, P., Colladon, A. Fronzetti, Giacomelli, G., Saran, T., and Grippa, F.
Subjects: Computer Science - Social and Information Networks, Computer Science - Computation and Language, Physics - Physics and Society, J.4, I.2.7
Abstract: We investigate the impact of a novel method called "virtual mirroring" to promote employee self-reflection and impact customer satisfaction. The method is based on measuring communication patterns, through social network and semantic analysis, and mirroring them back to the individual. Our goal is to demonstrate that self-reflection can trigger a change in communication behaviors, which lead to increased customer satisfaction. We illustrate and test our approach analyzing e-mails of a large global services company by comparing changes in customer satisfaction associated with team leaders exposed to virtual mirroring (the experimental group). We find an increase in customer satisfaction in the experimental group and a decrease in the control group (team leaders not involved in the virtual mirroring process). With regard to the individual communication indicators, we find that customer satisfaction is higher when employees are more responsive, use a simpler language, are embedded in less centralized communication networks, and show more stable leadership patterns.
Published: 2021
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2. Forecasting managerial turnover through e-mail based social network analysis

Author: Gloor, P. A., Colladon, A. Fronzetti, Grippa, F., and Giacomelli, G.
Subjects: Computer Science - Social and Information Networks, Computer Science - Computation and Language, Physics - Physics and Society, J.4, I.2.7, H.4.0
Abstract: In this study we propose a method based on e-mail social network analysis to compare the communication behavior of managers who voluntarily quit their job and managers who decide to stay. Collecting 18 months of e-mail, we analyzed the communication behavior of 866 managers, out of which 111 left a large global service company. We compared differences in communication patterns by computing social network metrics, such as betweenness and closeness centrality, and content analysis indicators, such as emotionality and complexity of the language used. To study the emergence of managers' disengagement, we made a distinction based on the period of e-mail data examined. We observed communications during months 5 and 4 before managers left, and found significant variations in both their network structure and use of language. Results indicate that on average managers who quit had lower closeness centrality and less engaged conversations. In addition, managers who chose to quit tended to shift their communication behavior starting from 5 months before leaving, by increasing their degree and closeness centrality, the complexity of their language, as well as their oscillations in betweenness centrality and the number of "nudges" they need to send to peers before getting an answer.
Published: 2021
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3. Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC

Author: MoEDAL Collaboration, Acharya, B., Alexandre, J., Bendtz, K., Benes, P., Bernabéu, J., Campbell, M., Cecchini, S., Chwastowski, J., Chatterjee, A., de Montigny, M., Derendarz, D., De Roeck, A., Ellis, J. R., Fairbairn, M., Felea, D., Frank, M., Frekers, D., Garcia, C., Giacomelli, G., Haşegan, D., Kalliokoski, M., Katre, A., Kim, D. -W., King, M. G. L., Kinoshita, K., Lacarrère, D. H., Lee, S. C., Leroy, C., Lionti, A., Margiotta, A., Mauri, N., Mavromatos, N. E., Mermod, P., Milstead, D., Mitsou, V. A., Orava, R., Parker, B., Pasqualini, L., Patrizii, L., Păvălaş, G. E., Pinfold, J. L., Platkevič, M., Popa, V., Pozzato, M., Pospisil, S., Rajantie, A., Sahnoun, Z., Sakellariadou, M., Sarkar, S., Semenoff, G., Sirri, G., Sliwa, K., Soluk, R., Spurio, M., Srivastava, Y. N., Staszewski, R., Suk, M., Swain, J., Tenti, M., Togo, V., Trzebinski, M., Tuszyński, J. A., Vento, V., Vives, O., Vykydal, Z., Whyntie, T., Widom, A., and Yoon, J. H.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, relies on two dedicated direct detection techniques. The first technique is based on stacks of nuclear-track detectors with surface area $\sim$18 m$^2$, sensitive to particle ionisation exceeding a high threshold. These detectors are analysed offline by optical scanning microscopes. The second technique is based on the trapping of charged particles in an array of roughly 800 kg of aluminium samples. These samples are monitored offline for the presence of trapped magnetic charge at a remote superconducting magnetometer facility. We present here the results of a search for magnetic monopoles using a 160 kg prototype MoEDAL trapping detector exposed to 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, for an integrated luminosity of 0.75 fb$^{-1}$. No magnetic charge exceeding $0.5g_{\rm D}$ (where $g_{\rm D}$ is the Dirac magnetic charge) is measured in any of the exposed samples, allowing limits to be placed on monopole production in the mass range 100 GeV$\leq m \leq$ 3500 GeV. Model-independent cross-section limits are presented in fiducial regions of monopole energy and direction for $1g_{\rm D}\leq|g|\leq 6g_{\rm D}$, and model-dependent cross-section limits are obtained for Drell-Yan pair production of spin-1/2 and spin-0 monopoles for $1g_{\rm D}\leq|g|\leq 4g_{\rm D}$. Under the assumption of Drell-Yan cross sections, mass limits are derived for $|g|=2g_{\rm D}$ and $|g|=3g_{\rm D}$ for the first time at the LHC, surpassing the results from previous collider experiments., Comment: 25 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables, under review by JHEP
Published: 2016
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4. GESTÃO PÚBLICA PARA A EQUIDADE EM SAÚDE: CONCEITOS E DETERMINANTES SOCIAIS DA SAÚDE COMO ORIENTADORES DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS

Author: GIACOMELLI, G. S., primary, MATHEIS, T. K., additional, and VIEIRA, K. M., additional
Published: 2022
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5. Observation of nu_tau appearance in the CNGS beam with the OPERA experiment

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buttne, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawada, J., Kawahara, H., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malenica, M., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Mikado, S., Miyanishi, M., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Umemoto, A., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yaguchi, I., Yoshimoto, M., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment is searching for nu_mu -> nu_tau oscillations in appearance mode i.e. via the direct detection of tau leptons in nu_tau charged current interactions. The evidence of nu_mu -> nu_tau appearance has been previously reported with three nu_tau candidate events using a sub-sample of data from the 2008-2012 runs. We report here a fourth nu_tau candidate event, with the tau decaying into a hadron, found after adding the 2012 run events without any muon in the final state to the data sample. Given the number of analysed events and the low background, nu_mu -> nu_tau oscillations are established with a significance of 4.2sigma., Comment: Submitted to Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP)
Published: 2014
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6. The Physics Programme Of The MoEDAL Experiment At The LHC

Author: Acharya, B., Alexandre, J., Bernabéu, J., Campbell, M., Cecchini, S., Chwastowski, J., De Montigny, M., Derendarz, D., De Roeck, A., Ellis, J. R., Fairbairn, M., Felea, D., Frank, M., Frekers, D., Garcia, C., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., HaŞegan, D., Hott, T., Jakůbek, J., Katre, A., Kim, D-W, King, M. G. L., Kinoshita, K., Lacarrere, D., Lee, S. C., Leroy, C., Margiotta, A., Mauri, N., Mavromatos, N. E., Mermod, P., Mitsou, V. A., Orava, R., Pasqualini, L., Patrizii, L., Păvălaş, G. E., Pinfold, J. L., Platkevč, M., Popa, V., Pozzato, M., Pospisil, S., Rajantie, A., Sahnoun, Z., Sakellariadou, M., Sarkar, S., Semenoff, G., Sirri, G., Sliwa, K., Soluk, R., Spurio, M., Srivastava, Y. N., Staszewski, R., Swain, J., Tenti, M., Togo, V., Trzebinski, M., Tuszyński, J. A., Vento, V., Vives, O., Vykydal, Z., Widom, A., and Yoon, J. H.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The MoEDAL experiment at Point 8 of the LHC ring is the seventh and newest LHC experiment. It is dedicated to the search for highly ionizing particle avatars of physics beyond the Standard Model, extending significantly the discovery horizon of the LHC. A MoEDAL discovery would have revolutionary implications for our fundamental understanding of the Microcosm. MoEDAL is an unconventional and largely passive LHC detector comprised of the largest array of Nuclear Track Detector stacks ever deployed at an accelerator, surrounding the intersection region at Point 8 on the LHC ring. Another novel feature is the use of paramagnetic trapping volumes to capture both electrically and magnetically charged highly-ionizing particles predicted in new physics scenarios. It includes an array of TimePix pixel devices for monitoring highly-ionizing particle backgrounds. The main passive elements of the MoEDAL detector do not require a trigger system, electronic readout, or online computerized data acquisition. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the MoEDAL physics reach, which is largely complementary to the programs of the large multi-purpose LHC detectors ATLAS and CMS.
Published: 2014
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7. Determination of the muon charge sign with the dipolar spectrometers of the OPERA experiment

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Büttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Goloubkov, D., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Meyer, M., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of $\nu_\tau$ in the CNGS $\nu_\mu$ beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identify muons produced in the $\tau$ leptonic decay and in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions by measuring their charge and momentum. Besides the kinematic analysis of the $\tau$ decays, background resulting from the decay of charmed particles produced in $\nu_\mu^{CC}$ interactions is reduced by efficiently identifying the muon track. A new method for the charge sign determination has been applied, via a weighted angular matching of the straight track-segments reconstructed in the different parts of the dipole magnets. Results obtained for Monte Carlo and real data are presented. Comparison with a method where no matching is used shows a significant reduction of up to 40\% of the fraction of wrongly determined charges., Comment: 10 pages. Improvements in the text
Published: 2014

8. Procedure for short-lived particle detection in the OPERA experiment and its application to charm decays

Author: Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buttner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Gollnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA experiment, designed to perform the first observation of $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_\tau$ oscillations in appearance mode through the detection of the $\tau$ leptons produced in $\nu_\tau$ charged current interactions, has collected data from 2008 to 2012. In the present paper, the procedure developed to detect $\tau$ particle decays, occurring over distances of the order of 1 mm from the neutrino interaction point, is described in detail. The results of its application to the search for charmed hadrons are then presented as a validation of the methods for $\nu_\tau$ appearance detection.
Published: 2014
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9. Measurement of TeV atmospheric muon charge ratio with the full OPERA data

Author: Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buettner, B., Chernyavsky, M., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hara, T., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Malenica, M., Mandrioli, G., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pasqualini, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Schembri, A., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA detector, designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in the CNGS beam, is located in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory, a privileged location to study TeV-scale cosmic rays. For the analysis here presented, the detector was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV region. OPERA collected charge-separated cosmic ray data between 2008 and 2012. More than 3 million atmospheric muon events were detected and reconstructed, among which about 110000 multiple muon bundles. The charge ratio $R_{\mu} \equiv N_{\mu^+}/N_{\mu^-}$ was measured separately for single and for multiple muon events. The analysis exploited the inversion of the magnet polarity which was performed on purpose during the 2012 Run. The combination of the two data sets with opposite magnet polarities allowed minimizing systematic uncertainties and reaching an accurate determination of the muon charge ratio. Data were fitted to obtain relevant parameters on the composition of primary cosmic rays and the associated kaon production in the forward fragmentation region. In the surface energy range 1-20 TeV investigated by OPERA, $R_{\mu}$ is well described by a parametric model including only pion and kaon contributions to the muon flux, showing no significant contribution of the prompt component. The energy independence supports the validity of Feynman scaling in the fragmentation region up to $200$ TeV/nucleon primary energy., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2014
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10. Evidence for $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ appearance in the CNGS neutrino beam with the OPERA experiment

Author: Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Autiero, D., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Badertscher, A., Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buonaura, A., Buontempo, S., Buettner, B., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Ferber, T., Ferone, G., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hakamata, K., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Ishikawa, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawada, J., Kawahara, H., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Miyanishi, M., Miyashita, E., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Rokujo, H., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefal, W., Shakiryanova, I., Shchedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA experiment is designed to search for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in appearance mode i.e. through the direct observation of the $\tau$ lepton in $\nu_{\tau}$ charged current interactions. The experiment has taken data for five years, since 2008, with the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam. Previously, two $\nu_{\tau}$ candidates with a $\tau$ decaying into hadrons were observed in a sub-sample of data of the 2008-2011 runs. Here we report the observation of a third $\nu_\tau$ candidate in the $\tau^-\to\mu^-$ decay channel coming from the analysis of a sub-sample of the 2012 run. Taking into account the estimated background, the absence of $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations is excluded at the 3.4 $\sigma$ level., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 1 tables
Published: 2014
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11. The NESSiE Concept for Sterile Neutrinos

Author: Stanco, L., Anokhina, A., Bagulya, A., Benettoni, M., Bernardini, P., Bertolin, A., Brugnera, R., Calabrese, M., Cecchetti, A., Cecchini, S., Chernyavskiy, M., Collazuol, G., Creti, P., Corso, F. Dal, Dalkarov, O., Del Prete, A., De Mitri, I., De Robertis, G., De Serio, M., Esposti, L. Degli, Di Ferdinando, D., Dore, U., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Fanin, C., Fini, R. A., Fiore, G., Galati, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Golovanov, S., Guandalin, C., Guerzoni, M., Klicek, B., Kose, U., Jakovcic, K., Laurenti, G., Laveder, M., Lippi, I., Loddo, F., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malenica, M., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, G., Margiotta, A., Marsella, G., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Mengucci, A., Mezzetto, M., Michinelli, R., Mingazheva, R., Morgunova, O., Muciaccia, M. T., Orecchini, D., Paoloni, A., Papadia, G., Paparella, L., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rosa, G., Sahnoun, Z., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spurio, M., Starkov, N., Stipcevic, M., Surdo, A., Tenti, M., Togo, V., Ventura, M., Vladymyrov, M., and Zago, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Neutrino physics is nowadays receiving more and more attention as a possible source of information for the long-standing problem of new physics beyond the Standard Model. The recent measurement of the third mixing angle theta13 in the standard mixing oscillation scenario encourages us to pursue the still missing results on leptonic CP violation and absolute neutrino masses. However, several puzzling measurements exist, which deserve an exhaustive evaluation. The NESSiE Collaboration has been setup to undertake a definitive experiment to clarify the muon disappearance measurements at small L/E, which will be able to put severe constraints to any model with more than the three-standard neutrinos, or even to robustly measure the presence of a new kind of neutrino oscillation for the first time. Within the context of the current CERN project, aimed to revitalize the neutrino field in Europe, we will illustrate the achievements that can be obtained by a double muon-spectrometer system, with emphasis on the search for sterile neutrinos., Comment: 13 pages, Proceedings of XV Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, 11-15 March 2013, Venice, Italy
Published: 2013

12. A Search for Neutrino Emission from the Fermi Bubbles with the ANTARES Telescope

Author: ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Albert, A., Samarai, I. Al, André, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Barrios-Martí, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Cârloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, F., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fusco, L. A., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geißelsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hugon, C., James, C. W., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, E., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Michael, T., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Müller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Perrina, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Sieger, C., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tayalati, Y., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yatkin, K., Yepes, H., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Analysis of the Fermi-LAT data has revealed two extended structures above and below the Galactic Centre emitting gamma rays with a hard spectrum, the so-called Fermi bubbles. Hadronic models attempting to explain the origin of the Fermi bubbles predict the emission of high-energy neutrinos and gamma rays with similar fluxes. The ANTARES detector, a neutrino telescope located in the Mediterranean Sea, has a good visibility to the Fermi bubble regions. Using data collected from 2008 to 2011 no statistically significant excess of events is observed and therefore upper limits on the neutrino flux in TeV range from the Fermi bubbles are derived for various assumed energy cutoffs of the source., Comment: Accepted for publication to EPJ C
Published: 2013
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13. New results on $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ appearance with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Asada, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Bender, D., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buettner, B., Buontempo, S., Chaussard, L., Chernyavskiy, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., Sanchez, P. Del Amo, De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Favier, J., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hakamata, K., Hara, T., Hayakawa, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Ishikawa, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Katsuragawa, T., Kawahara, H., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Minotti, A., Miyanishi, M., Miyashita, E., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olshevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Shakiryanova, I., Schcedrina, T., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The OPERA neutrino experiment is designed to perform the first observation of neutrino oscillations in direct appearance mode in the $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ channel, via the detection of the $\tau$-leptons created in charged current $\nu_\tau$ interactions. The detector, located in the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory, consists of an emulsion/lead target with an average mass of about 1.2 kt, complemented by electronic detectors. It is exposed to the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso beam, with a baseline of 730 km and a mean energy of 17 GeV. The observation of the first $\nu_\tau$ candidate event and the analysis of the 2008-2009 neutrino sample have been reported in previous publications. This work describes substantial improvements in the analysis and in the evaluation of the detection efficiencies and backgrounds using new simulation tools. The analysis is extended to a sub-sample of 2010 and 2011 data, resulting from an electronic detector-based pre-selection, in which an additional $\nu_\tau$ candidate has been observed. The significance of the two events in terms of a $\nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillation signal is of 2.40 $\sigma$., Comment: 33 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables. Prepared for submission to JHEP
Published: 2013

14. Measurement of the atmospheric $\nu_\mu$ energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope

Author: The ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Albert, A., Samarai, I. Al, André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Barrios-Martí, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, F., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fusco, L. A., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geisselsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hössl, J., James, C. W., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, E., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Michael, T., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Motz, H., Mueller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Sieger, C., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tayalati, Y., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yatkin, K., Yepes, H., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: Atmospheric neutrinos are produced during cascades initiated by the interaction of primary cosmic rays with air nuclei. In this paper, a measurement of the atmospheric \nu_\mu + \bar{\nu}_\mu energy spectrum in the energy range 0.1 - 200 TeV is presented, using data collected by the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope from 2008 to 2011. Overall, the measured flux is ~25% higher than predicted by the conventional neutrino flux, and compatible with the measurements reported in ice. The flux is compatible with a single power-law dependence with spectral index \gamma_{meas}=3.58\pm 0.12. With the present statistics the contribution of prompt neutrinos cannot be established., Comment: preprint submitted to EPJ C
Published: 2013
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15. Search for muon neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino telescope using 2008 to 2011 data

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Albert, A., Samarai, I. Al, André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Barrios-Marti, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Cârloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, F., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fusco, L. A., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geißelsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., James, C. W., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, E., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Michael, T., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Müller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Sieger, C., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tayalati, Y., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yatkin, K., Yepes, H., Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga, J., and Baerwald, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: A search for muon neutrinos in coincidence with gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino detector using data from the end of 2007 to 2011 is performed. Expected neutrino fluxes are calculated for each burst individually. The most recent numerical calculations of the spectra using the NeuCosmA code are employed, which include Monte Carlo simulations of the full underlying photohadronic interaction processes. The discovery probability for a selection of 296 gamma-ray bursts in the given period is optimised using an extended maximum-likelihood strategy. No significant excess over background is found in the data, and 90% confidence level upper limits are placed on the total expected flux according to the model., Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures; added Fig. 1 with effective area, updated Fig. 8 (b) according to arXiv:1204.4219
Published: 2013
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16. Search for $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ oscillations with the OPERA experiment in the CNGS beam

Author: OPERA collaboration, Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buettner, B., Buontempo, S., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Consiglio, L., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Hosseini, B., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Juget, F., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Malgin, A., Mancini-Terracciano, C., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F. W., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Minotti, A., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Muciaccia, M. T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Naumov, D., Niwa, K., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olchevsky, A., Omura, T., Ozaki, K., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schchedrina, T., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Shakiryanova, I., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shiraishi, T., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Suzuki, K., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. -L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A first result of the search for \numu $\rightarrow$ \nue oscillations in the OPERA experiment, located at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory, is presented. The experiment looked for the appearance of \nue in the CNGS neutrino beam using the data collected in 2008 and 2009. Data are compatible with the non-oscillation hypothesis in the three-flavour mixing model. A further analysis of the same data constrains the non-standard oscillation parameters $\theta_{new}$ and $\Delta m^2_{new}$ suggested by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments. For large $\Delta m^{2}_{new}$ values ($>$0.1 eV$^{2}$), the OPERA 90% C.L. upper limit on sin$^{2}(2\theta_{new})$ based on a Bayesian statistical method reaches the value $7.2 \times 10^{-3}$.
Published: 2013

17. First search for neutrinos in correlation with gamma-ray bursts with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payet, K., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sánchez-Losa, A., Sapienza, P., Schnabel, J., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúniga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: A search for neutrino-induced muons in correlation with a selection of 40 gamma-ray bursts that occurred in 2007 has been performed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. During that period, the detector consisted of 5 detection lines. The ANTARES neutrino telescope is sensitive to TeV--PeV neutrinos that are predicted from gamma-ray bursts. No events were found in correlation with the prompt photon emission of the gamma-ray bursts and upper limits have been placed on the flux and fluence of neutrinos for different models., Comment: Accepted for publication in JCAP
Published: 2013

18. First Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in the Sun Using the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martinez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anton, L., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadjaote, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brünner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, F., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geisselsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hössl, J., Hsu, C. C., James, C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappesote, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambardote, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Montaruli, T., Morgantiote, M., Motz, H., Mueller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Rujoiu, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sánchez-Losa, A., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yatkin, K., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: A search for high-energy neutrinos coming from the direction of the Sun has been performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope during 2007 and 2008. The neutrino selection criteria have been chosen to maximize the selection of possible signals produced by the self-annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles accumulated in the centre of the Sun with respect to the atmospheric background. After data unblinding, the number of neutrinos observed towards the Sun was found to be compatible with background expectations. The $90\%$ CL upper limits in terms of spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-proton cross-sections are derived and compared to predictions of two supersymmetric models, CMSSM and MSSM-7. The ANTARES limits are competitive with those obtained by other neutrino observatories and are more stringent than those obtained by direct search experiments for the spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross-section.
Published: 2013
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19. Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam using the 2012 dedicated data

Author: The OPERA Collaboration, Adam, T., Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Beretta, M., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buettner, B., Buontempo, S., Carlus, B., Cavanna, F., Cazes, A., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Esposito, L. S., Favier, J., Felici, G., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Girerd, C., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Golubkov, D., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guerin, C., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Kamiscioglu, C., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lauria, A., Lazzaro, C., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Mancini-Terracciano, C., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Monacelli, P., Montesi, M. C., Morishima, K., Moser, U., Muciaccia, M. T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Naumov, D., Nikitina, V., Ogawa, S., Olchevsky, A., Ozaki, K., Palamara, O., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Podgrudkov, D., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roda, M., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Schmidt-Parzefall, W., Schuler, J., Shakiryanova, I., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Song, J. S., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S. M., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Wurtz, J., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., Zghiche, A., and Zimmermann, R.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: In spring 2012 CERN provided two weeks of a short bunch proton beam dedicated to the neutrino velocity measurement over a distance of 730 km. The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory used an upgraded setup compared to the 2011 measurements, improving the measurement time accuracy. An independent timing system based on the Resistive Plate Chambers was exploited providing a time accuracy of $\sim$1 ns. Neutrino and anti-neutrino contributions were separated using the information provided by the OPERA magnetic spectrometers. The new analysis profited from the precision geodesy measurements of the neutrino baseline and of the CNGS/LNGS clock synchronization. The neutrino arrival time with respect to the one computed assuming the speed of light in vacuum is found to be $\delta t_\nu \equiv TOF_c - TOF_\nu= (0.6 \pm 0.4\ (stat.) \pm 3.0\ (syst.))$ ns and $\delta t_{\bar{\nu}} \equiv TOF_c - TOF_{\bar{\nu}} = (1.7 \pm 1.4\ (stat.) \pm 3.1\ (syst.))$ ns for $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$, respectively. This corresponds to a limit on the muon neutrino velocity with respect to the speed of light of $-1.8 \times 10^{-6} < (v_{\nu}-c)/c < 2.3 \times 10^{-6}$ at 90% C.L. This new measurement confirms with higher accuracy the revised OPERA result., Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2012
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20. Nuclear power for energy and for scientific progress

Author: Giacomelli, G. and Maltoni, G.
Subjects: Physics - Physics and Society, Physics - Popular Physics
Abstract: The Introduction in this paper underlines the present general situation for energy and the environment using the words of the US Secretary of Energy. A short presentation is made of some major nuclear power plants used to study one fundamental parameter for neutrino oscillations. The nuclear power status in some Far East Nations is summarized. The 4th generation of nuclear power stations, with emphasis on Fast Neutron Reactors, is recollected. The world consumptions of all forms of energies is recalled, fuel reserves are considered and the opportunities for a sustainable energy future is discussed. These considerations are applied to the italian situation, which is rather peculiar, also due to the many consequencies of the strong Nimby effects in Italy., Comment: 10 pages
Published: 2012

21. Early work on pion-nucleon scattering at Rochester

Author: Giacomelli, G.
Subjects: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: In 1956 when I was a graduate student at the University of Rochester, the post doc Herman Winick arrived there, joined the group and we worked together with colleagues from different countries on low energy pion-proton elastic scattering at the cyclotron. The small experiment was highly successful and was the beginning of a long research life and of friendship., Comment: 6 pages,6 figures
Published: 2012

22. Search for anomalies in the neutrino sector with muon spectrometers and large LArTPC imaging detectors at CERN

Author: Antonello, M., Bagliani, D., Baibussinov, B., Bilokon, H., Boffelli, F., Bonesini, M., Calligarich, E., Canci, N., Centro, S., Cesana, A., Cieslik, K., Cline, D. B., Cocco, A. G., Dequal, D., Dermenev, A., Dolfini, R., De Gerone, M., Dussoni, S., Farnese, C., Fava, A., Ferrari, A., Fiorillo, G., Garvey, G. T., Gatti, F., Gibin, D., Gninenko, S., Guber, F., Guglielmi, A., Haranczyk, M., Holeczek, J., Ivashkin, A., Kirsanov, M., Kisiel, J., Kochanek, I., Kurepin, A., Lagoda, J., Lucchini, G., Louis, W. C., Mania, S., Mannocchi, G., Marchini, S., Matveev, V., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Mills, G. B., Montanari, C., Nicoletto, M., Otwinowski, S., Palczewki, T. J., Passardi, G., Perfetto, F., Picchi, P., Pietropaolo, F., Plonski, P., Rappoldi, A., Raselli, G. L., Rossella, M., Rubbia, C., Sala, P., Scaramelli, A., Segreto, E., Stefan, D., Stepaniak, J., Sulej, R., Suvorova, O., Terrani, M., Tlisov, D., Van de Water, R. G., Trinchero, G., Turcato, M., Varanini, F., Ventura, S., Vignoli, C., Wang, H. G., Yang, X., Zani, A., Zaremba, K, Benettoni, M., Bernardini, P., Bertolin, A., Brugnera, R., Calabrese, M., Cecchetti, A., Cecchini, S., Collazuol, G., Creti, P., Corso, F. Dal, Del Prete, A., De Mitri, I., De Robertis, G., De Serio, M., Esposti, L. Degli, Di Ferdinando, D., Dore, U., Dusini, S., Fabbricatore, P., Fanin, C., Fini, R. A., Fiore, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Guandalini, C., Guerzoni, M., Kose, U., Laurenti, G., Laveder, M., Lippi, I., Loddo, F., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, G., Margiotta, A., Marsella, G., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Mengucci, A., Mezzetto, M., Michinelli, R., Muciaccia, M. T., Orecchini, D., Paoloni, A., Papadia, G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pozzato, M., Rosa, G., Sahnounm, Z., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Spurio, M., Stanco, L., Surdo, A., Tenti, M., Togo, V., Ventura, M., and Zago, M.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: A new experiment with an intense ~2 GeV neutrino beam at CERN SPS is proposed in order to definitely clarify the possible existence of additional neutrino states, as pointed out by neutrino calibration source experiments, reactor and accelerator experiments and measure the corresponding oscillation parameters. The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPCs complemented by magnetized spectrometers detecting electron and muon neutrino events at Far and Near positions, 1600 m and 300 m from the proton target, respectively. The ICARUS T600 detector, the largest LAr-TPC ever built with a size of about 600 ton of imaging mass, now running in the LNGS underground laboratory, will be moved at the CERN Far position. An additional 1/4 of the T600 detector (T150) will be constructed and located in the Near position. Two large area spectrometers will be placed downstream of the two LAr-TPC detectors to perform charge identification and muon momentum measurements from sub-GeV to several GeV energy range, greatly complementing the physics capabilities. This experiment will offer remarkable discovery potentialities, collecting a very large number of unbiased events both in the neutrino and antineutrino channels, largely adequate to definitely settle the origin of the observed neutrino-related anomalies., Comment: Contribution to the European Strategy for Particle Physics - Open Symposium Preparatory Group, Kracow 10-12 September 2012
Published: 2012

23. Search for Cosmic Neutrino Point Sources with Four Years of Data from the ANTARES Telescope

Author: ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. -L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Leonora, E., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schuller, J. -P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: In this paper, a time integrated search for point sources of cosmic neutrinos is presented using the data collected from 2007 to 2010 by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. No statistically significant signal has been found and upper limits on the neutrino flux have been obtained. Assuming an $E_{\nu}^{-2}$ spectrum, these flux limits are at $1-10\times10^{-8}$ GeV cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ for declinations ranging from $-90^{\circ}$ to 40$^{\circ}$. Limits for specific models of RX J1713.7-3946 and Vela X, which include information on the source morphology and spectrum, are also given., Comment: 30 pages, 13 figures, submitted to ApJ
Published: 2012
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24. Determination of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up using high energy horizontal muons in the LVD and OPERA detectors

Author: Agafonova, N. Yu., Antonioli, P., Ashikhmin, V. V., Bari, G., Bressan, E., Evans, L., Garbini, M., Giusti, P., Malguin, A. S., Persiani, R., Ryasny, V. G., Ryazhskaya, O. G., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Selvi, M., Shakirianova, I. R., Votano, L., Wenninger, H., Yakushev, V. F., Zichichi, A., Agafonova, N., Alexandrov, A., Bertolin, A., Brugnera, R., Buttner, B., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Ereditato, A., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Göllnitz, C., Gornushkin, Y., Grianti, F., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Jakovcic, K., Jollet-Meregaglia, C., Klicek, B., Kose, U., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meregaglia, A., Muciaccia, M. T., Naumov, D., Olshevsky, A., Paoloni, A., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pozzato, M., Pupilli, F., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Russo, A., Ryazhskaya, O., Schembri, A., Shakirianova, I., Sheshukov, A., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Stipcevic, M., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tioukov, V., Wonsak, B., Yakushev, V., Zaitsev, Y., and Zemskova, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The purpose of this work is to report the measurement of a time-shift in the OPERA set-up in a totally independent way from Time Of Flight (TOF) measurements of CNGS neutrino events. The LVD and OPERA experiments are both installed in the same laboratory: LNGS. The relative position of the two detectors, separated by an average distance of ~ 160 m, allows the use of very high energy horizontal muons to cross-calibrate the timing systems of the two detectors, using a TOF technique which is totally independent from TOF of CNGS neutrino events. Indeed, the OPERA-LVD direction lies along the so-called "Teramo anomaly", a region in the Gran Sasso massif where LVD has established, many years ago, the existence of an anomaly in the mountain structure, which exhibits a low m. w. e. thickness for horizontal directions. The "abundant" high-energy horizontal muons (nearly 100 per year) going through LVD and OPERA exist because of this anomaly in the mountain orography. The total live time of the data in coincidence correspond to 1200 days from mid 2007 until March 2012. The time coincidence study of LVD and OPERA detectors is based on 306 cosmic horizontal muon events and shows the existence of a negative time shift in the OPERA set-up of the order of deltaT(AB) = - (73 \pm 9) ns when two calendar periods, A and B, are compared. This result shows a systematic effect in the OPERA timing system from August 2008 until December 2011. The size of the effect is comparable with the neutrino velocity excess recently measured by OPERA. It is probably interesting not to forget that with the MRPC technology developed by the ALICE Bologna group the TOF world record accuracy of 20 ps was reached. That technology can be implemented at LNGS for a high precision determination of TOF with the CNGS neutrino beams of an order of magnitude smaller than the value of the OPERA systematic effect.
Published: 2012

25. Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: ANTARES collaboration, Adrian-Martinez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhoefer, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. -L., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hoessl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefevre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payet, K., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Riviere, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanchez-Losa, A., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schoeck, F., Schuller, J. -P., Schuessler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallee, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zuniga, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2010, a total live time of 863 days, are used to measure the oscillation parameters of atmospheric neutrinos. Muon tracks are reconstructed with energies as low as 20 GeV. Neutrino oscillations will cause a suppression of vertical upgoing muon neutrinos of such energies crossing the Earth. The parameters determining the oscillation of atmospheric neutrinos are extracted by fitting the event rate as a function of the ratio of the estimated neutrino energy and reconstructed flight path through the Earth. Measurement contours of the oscillation parameters in a two-flavour approximation are derived. Assuming maximum mixing, a mass difference of $\Delta m_{32}^2=(3.1\pm 0.9)\cdot 10^{-3}$ eV$^2$ is obtained, in good agreement with the world average value., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2012
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26. A First Search for coincident Gravitational Waves and High Energy Neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

Author: The ANTARES Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Hallewell, G., Hamal, M., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Samtleben, D. F. 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W., Herrera, V., Heurs, M., Hewitson, M., Hild, S., Hoak, D., Hodge, K. A., Holt, K., Holtrop, M., Hong, T., Hooper, S., Hough, J., Howell, E. J., Hughey, B., Husa, S., Huttner, S. H., Huynh-Dinh, T., Ingram, D. R., Inta, R., Isogai, T., Ivanov, A., Izumi, K., Jacobson, M., James, E., Jang, Y. J., Jaranowski, P., Jesse, E., Johnson, W. W., Jones, D. I., Jones, R., Jonker, R. J. G., Ju, L., Kalmus, P., Kalogera, V., Kandhasamy, S., Kang, G., Kanner, J. B., Kasprzack, M., Kasturi, R., Katsavounidis, E., Katzman, W., Kaufer, H., Kaufman, K., Kawabe, K., Kawamura, S., Kawazoe, F., Keitel, D., Kelley, D., Kells, W., Keppel, D. G., Keresztes, Z., Khalaidovski, A., Khalili, F. Y., Khazanov, E. A., Kim, B. K., Kim, C., Kim, H., Kim, K., Kim, N., Kim, Y. M., King, P. J., Kinzel, D. L., Kissel, J. S., Klimenko, S., Kline, J., Kokeyama, K., Kondrashov, V., Koranda, S., Korth, W. 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G., O'Reilly, B., O'Shaughnessy, R., Osthelder, C., Ott, C. D., Ottaway, D. J., Ottens, R. S., Overmier, H., Owen, B. J., Page, A., Palladino, L., Palomba, C., Pan, Y., Pankow, C., Paoletti, F., Paoletti, R., Papa, M. A., Parisi, M., Pasqualetti, A., Passaquieti, R., Passuello, D., Pedraza, M., Penn, S., Perreca, A., Persichetti, G., Phelps, M., Pichot, M., Pickenpack, M., Piergiovanni, F., Pierro, V., Pihlaja, M., Pinard, L., Pinto, I. M., Pitkin, M., Pletsch, H. J., Plissi, M. V., Poggiani, R., Pöld, J., Postiglione, F., Poux, C., Prato, M., Predoi, V., Prestegard, T., Price, L. R., Prijatelj, M., Principe, M., Privitera, S., Prix, R., Prodi, G. A., Prokhorov, L. G., Puncken, O., Punturo, M., Puppo, P., Quetschke, V., Quitzow-James, R., Raab, F. J., Rabeling, D. S., Rácz, I., Radkins, H., Raffai, P., Rakhmanov, M., Ramet, C., Rankins, B., Rapagnani, P., Raymond, V., Re, V., Reed, C. M., Reed, T., Regimbau, T., Reid, S., Reitze, D. 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P., Wade, A., Wade, L., Wade, M., Waldman, S. J., Wallace, L., Wan, Y., Wang, M., Wang, X., Wanner, A., Ward, R. L., Was, M., Weinert, M., Weinstein, A. J., Weiss, R., Welborn, T., Wen, L., Wessels, P., West, M., Westphal, T., Wette, K., Whelan, J. T., Whitcomb, S. E., White, D. J., Whiting, B. F., Wiesner, K., Wilkinson, C., Willems, P. A., Williams, L., Williams, R., Willke, B., Wimmer, M., Winkelmann, L., Winkler, W., Wipf, C. C., Wiseman, A. G., Wittel, H., Woan, G., Wooley, R., Worden, J., Yablon, J., Yakushin, I., Yamamoto, H., Yamamoto, K., Yancey, C. C., Yang, H., Yeaton-Massey, D., Yoshida, S., Yvert, M., Zadroźny, A., Zanolin, M., Zendri, J. -P., Zhang, F., Zhang, L., Zhao, C., Zotov, N., Zucker, M. E., and Zweizig, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts associated with high energy neutrinos. Together, these messengers could reveal new, hidden sources that are not observed by conventional photon astronomy, particularly at high energy. Our search uses neutrinos detected by the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES in its 5 line configuration during the period January - September 2007, which coincided with the fifth and first science runs of LIGO and Virgo, respectively. The LIGO-Virgo data were analysed for candidate gravitational-wave signals coincident in time and direction with the neutrino events. No significant coincident events were observed. We place limits on the density of joint high energy neutrino - gravitational wave emission events in the local universe, and compare them with densities of merger and core-collapse events., Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, science summary page at http://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-S5LV_ANTARES/index.php. Public access area to figures, tables at https://dcc.ligo.org/cgi-bin/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=p1200006
Published: 2012
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27. Search for 'anomalies' from neutrino and anti-neutrino oscillations at Delta_m^2 ~ 1eV^2 with muon spectrometers and large LAr-TPC imaging detectors

Author: Antonello, M., Bagliani, D., Baibussinov, B., Bilokon, H., Boffelli, F., Bonesini, M., Calligarich, E., Canci, N., Centro, S., Cesana, A., Cieslik, K., Cline, D. B., Cocco, A. G., Dequal, D., Dermenev, A., Dolfini, R., De Gerone, M., Dussoni, S., Farnese, C., Fava, A., Ferrari, A., Fiorillo, G., Garvey, G. T., Gatti, F., Gibin, D., Gninenko, S., Guber, F., Guglielmi, A., Haranczyk, M., Holeczek, J., Ivashkin, A., Kirsanov, M., Kisiel, J., Kochanek, I., Kurepin, A., Łagoda, J., Lucchini, G., Louis, W. C., Mania, S., Mannocchi, G., Marchini, S., Matveev, V., Menegolli, A., Meng, G., Mills, G. B., Montanari, C., Nicoletto, M., Otwinowski, S., Palczewski, T. J., Passardi, G., Perfetto, F., Picchi, P., Pietropaolo, F., Płoński, P., Rappoldi, A., Raselli, G. L., Rossella, M., Rubbia, C., Sala, P., Scaramelli, A., Segreto, E., Stefan, D., Stepaniak, J., Sulej, R., Suvorova, O., Terrani, M., Tlisov, D., Van de Water, R. G., Trinchero, G., Turcato, M., Varanini, F., Ventura, S., Vignoli, C., Wang, H. G., Yang, X., Zani, A., Zaremba, K., Benettoni, M., Bernardini, P., Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugnera, R., Cecchetti, A., Cecchini, S., Collazuol, G., Creti, P., Corso, F. Dal, De Mitri, I., De Robertis, G., De Serio, M., Esposti, L. Degli, Di Ferdinando, D., Dore, U., Dusini, S., Fabbricatore, P., Fanin, C., Fini, R. A., Fiore, G., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Grelli, G., Guandalini, C., Guerzoni, M., Kose, U., Laurenti, G., Laveder, M., Lippi, I., Loddo, F., Longhin, A., Loverre, P., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, G., Margiotta, A., Marsella, G., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Mengucci, A., Mezzetto, M., Michinelli, R., Muciaccia, M. T., Orecchini, D., Paoloni, A., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pozzato, M., Rescigno, R., Rosa, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Spurio, M., Stanco, L., Stellacci, S., Surdo, A., Tenti, M., Togo, V., Ventura, M., and Zago, M.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This proposal describes an experimental search for sterile neutrinos beyond the Standard Model with a new CERN-SPS neutrino beam. The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPC's followed by magnetized spectrometers, observing the electron and muon neutrino events at 1600 and 300 m from the proton target. This project will exploit the ICARUS T600, moved from LNGS to the CERN "Far" position. An additional 1/4 of the T600 detector will be constructed and located in the "Near" position. Two spectrometers will be placed downstream of the two LAr-TPC detectors to greatly complement the physics capabilities. Spectrometers will exploit a classical dipole magnetic field with iron slabs, and a new concept air-magnet, to perform charge identification and muon momentum measurements in a wide energy range over a large transverse area. In the two positions, the radial and energy spectra of the nu_e beam are practically identical. Comparing the two detectors, in absence of oscillations, all cross sections and experimental biases cancel out, and the two experimentally observed event distributions must be identical. Any difference of the event distributions at the locations of the two detectors might be attributed to the possible existence of {\nu}-oscillations, presumably due to additional neutrinos with a mixing angle sin^2(2theta_new) and a larger mass difference Delta_m^2_new. The superior quality of the LAr imaging TPC, in particular its unique electron-pi_zero discrimination allows full rejection of backgrounds and offers a lossless nu_e detection capability. The determination of the muon charge with the spectrometers allows the full separation of nu_mu from anti-nu_mu and therefore controlling systematics from muon mis-identification largely at high momenta., Comment: Experiment proposal
Published: 2012

28. The Positioning System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Ageron, M., Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. -L., Galatá, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Keller, P., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefévre, D., Van Suu, A. Le, Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Niess, V., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Real, D., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Schöck, F., Schuller, J. -P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located 40km off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea at a mooring depth of about 2475m, consists of twelve detection lines equipped typically with 25 storeys. Every storey carries three optical modules that detect Cherenkov light induced by charged secondary particles (typically muons) coming from neutrino interactions. As these lines are flexible structures fixed to the sea bed and held taut by a buoy, sea currents cause the lines to move and the storeys to rotate. The knowledge of the position of the optical modules with a precision better than 10cm is essential for a good reconstruction of particle tracks. In this paper the ANTARES positioning system is described. It consists of an acoustic positioning system, for distance triangulation, and a compass-tiltmeter system, for the measurement of the orientation and inclination of the storeys. Necessary corrections are discussed and the results of the detector alignment procedure are described.
Published: 2012
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29. Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011) by the ANTARES collaboration

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusto, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The ANTARES detector, completed in 2008, is the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere. It is located at a depth of 2.5 km in the Mediterranean Sea, 40 km off the Toulon shore. The scientific scope of the experiment is very broad, being the search for astrophysical neutrinos the main goal. In this paper we collect the 22 contributions of the ANTARES collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011). At this stage of the experiment the scientific output is very rich and the contributions included in these proceedings cover the main physics results (steady point sources, correlations with GRBs, diffuse fluxes, target of opportunity programs, dark matter, exotic physics, oscillations, etc.) and some relevant detector studies (water optical properties, energy reconstruction, moon shadow, accoustic detection, etc.), Comment: 93 pages, collection of proceedings to ICRC2011 by ANTARES collaboration
Published: 2011
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30. Acoustic and optical variations during rapid downward motion episodes in the deep north-western Mediterranean Sea

Author: van Haren, H., Taupier-Letage, I., Aguilar, J. A., Albert, A., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Auer, R., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bazzotti, M., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bou-Cabof, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brown, A., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Castel, D., Castorina, E., Cavasinni, V., Cecchini, S., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Cottini, N., Coyleh, P., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehr, F., Flaminio, V., Fratini, K., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. -L., Giacomelli, G., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Hößl, J., de Jong, M., Kalantar-Nayestanakia, N., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kretschmer, W., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Lambard, G., Laros, G., Laschinsky, H., Lefèvre, D., Lelaizant, G., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Lucarelli, F., Lyons, K., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Maurin, G., Mazure, A., Melissas, M., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Naumann, C., Neff, M., Ostasch, R., Palioselitis, G., Păvălaş, G. E., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Picqu, C., Pillet, R., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Radu, A., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Sales, F., Schoeck, F., Schuller, J. -P., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Tamburini, C., Tasca, L., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Physics - Geophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was moored at the deep-sea site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope near Toulon, France, thus providing a unique opportunity to compare high-resolution acoustic and optical observations between 70 and 170 m above the sea bed at 2475 m. The ADCP measured downward vertical currents of magnitudes up to 0.03 m s-1 in late winter and early spring 2006. In the same period, observations were made of enhanced levels of acoustic reflection, interpreted as suspended particles including zooplankton, by a factor of about 10 and of horizontal currents reaching 0.35 m s-1. These observations coincided with high light levels detected by the telescope, interpreted as increased bioluminescence. During winter 2006 deep dense-water formation occurred in the Ligurian subbasin, thus providing a possible explanation for these observations. However, the 10-20 days quasi-periodic episodes of high levels of acoustic reflection, light and large vertical currents continuing into the summer are not direct evidence of this process. It is hypothesized that the main process allowing for suspended material to be moved vertically later in the year is local advection, linked with topographic boundary current instabilities along the rim of the 'Northern Current'., Comment: 30 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2011
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31. Search for Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Flaring Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Ferry, S., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, N., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The ANTARES telescope is well-suited to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources as it can observe a full hemisphere of the sky at all times with a high duty cycle. Radio-loud active galactic nuclei with jets pointing almost directly towards the observer, the so-called blazars, are particularly attractive potential neutrino point sources. The all-sky monitor LAT on board the Fermi satellite probes the variability of any given gamma-ray bright blazar in the sky on time scales of hours to months. Assuming hadronic models, a strong correlation between the gamma-ray and the neutrino fluxes is expected. Selecting a narrow time window on the assumed neutrino production period can significantly reduce the background. An unbinned method based on the minimization of a likelihood ratio was applied to a subsample of data collected in 2008 (61 days live time). By searching for neutrinos during the high state periods of the AGN light curve, the sensitivity to these sources was improved by about a factor of two with respect to a standard time-integrated point source search. First results on the search for neutrinos associated with ten bright and variable Fermi sources are presented., Comment: Submitted to Astroparticle Physics 16 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2011
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32. Measurement of the Group Velocity of Light in Sea Water at the ANTARES Site

Author: Adrián-Martínez, S., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatá, S., Gay, P., Geyer, K., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefévre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., McMillan, J. E., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Riviére, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Thompson, L. F., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The group velocity of light has been measured at eight different wavelengths between 385 nm and 532 nm in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of about 2.2 km with the ANTARES optical beacon systems. A parametrisation of the dependence of the refractive index on wavelength based on the salinity, pressure and temperature of the sea water at the ANTARES site is in good agreement with these measurements., Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2011
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33. Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: ANTARES Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Magnetic monopoles are predicted in various unified gauge models and could be produced at intermediate mass scales. Their detection in a neutrino telescope is facilitated by the large amount of light emitted compared to that from muons. This paper reports on a search for upgoing relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope using a data set of 116 days of live time taken from December 2007 to December 2008. The one observed event is consistent with the expected atmospheric neutrino and muon background, leading to a 90% C.L. upper limit on the monopole flux between 1.3E-17 and 8.9E-17 cm-2.s-1.sr-1 for monopoles with velocity beta greater than 0.625.
Published: 2011
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34. Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam

Author: The OPERA Collaboration, Adam, T., Agafonova, N., Aleksandrov, A., Altinok, O., Sanchez, P. Alvarez, Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Dhahbi, A. Ben, Bertolin, A., Bozza, C., Brugiere, T., Brugnera, R., Brunet, F., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., Carlus, B., Cavanna, F., Cazes, A., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chukanov, A., Colosimo, G., Crespi, M., D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., De Serio, M., Declais, Y., Sanchez, P. del Amo, Di Capua, F., Di Crescenzo, A., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievsky, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Dzhatdoev, T., Ebert, J., Efthymiopoulos, I., Egorov, O., Ereditato, A., Esposito, L. S., Favier, J., Ferber, T., Fini, R. A., Fukuda, T., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Giovannozzi, M., Girerd, C., Goldberg, J., Gollnitz, C., Golubkov, D., Goncharova, L., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Gschwendtner, E., Guerin, C., Guler, A. M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Enikeev, R., Hierholzer, M., Hollnagel, A., Ieva, M., Ishida, H., Ishiguro, K., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Jones, M., Juget, F., Kamiscioglu, M., Kawada, J., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Kiritsis, E., Kitagawa, N., Klicek, B., Knuesel, J., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Lazzaro, C., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Mazzoni, A., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Missiaen, D., Monacelli, P., Morishima, K., Moser, U., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Nakatsuka, Y., Naumov, D., Nikitina, V., Nitti, F., Ogawa, S., Okateva, N., Olchevsky, A., Palamara, O., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pistillo, C., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Riguzzi, F., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryasny, V., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Sahnoun, Z., Schembri, A., Schuler, J., Lavina, L. Scotto, Serrano, J., Shakiryanova, I., Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Shoziyoev, G., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Song, J. S., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stellacci, S., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tezuka, I., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tran, N. T., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. -L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Wurtz, J., Yakushev, V., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., and Zghiche, A.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory has measured the velocity of neutrinos from the CERN CNGS beam over a baseline of about 730 km. The measurement is based on data taken by OPERA in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Dedicated upgrades of the CNGS timing system and of the OPERA detector, as well as a high precision geodesy campaign for the measurement of the neutrino baseline, allowed reaching comparable systematic and statistical accuracies. An arrival time of CNGS muon neutrinos with respect to the one computed assuming the speed of light in vacuum of (6.5 +/- 7.4(stat.)((+8.3)(-8.0)sys.))ns was measured corresponding to a relative difference of the muon neutrino velocity with respect to the speed of light (v-c)/c =(2.7 +/-3.1(stat.)((+3.4)(-3.3)(sys.))x10^(-6). The above result, obtained by comparing the time distributions of neutrino interactions and of protons hitting the CNGS target in 10.5 microseconds long extractions, was confirmed by a test performed at the end of 2011 using a short bunch beam allowing to measure the neutrino time of flight at the single interaction level., Comment: 34 pages, 22 figures This version replaces all previous ones
Published: 2011
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35. First Search for Point Sources of High Energy Cosmic Neutrinos with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: Antares Collaboration, Adrián-Martínez, S., Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wagner, S., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Results are presented of a search for cosmic sources of high energy neutrinos with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The data were collected during 2007 and 2008 using detector configurations containing between 5 and 12 detection lines. The integrated live time of the analyzed data is 304 days. Muon tracks are reconstructed using a likelihood-based algorithm. Studies of the detector timing indicate a median angular resolution of 0.5 +/- 0.1 degrees. The neutrino flux sensitivity is 7.5 x 10-8 ~ (E/GeV)^-2 GeV^-1 s^-1 cm^-2 for the part of the sky that is always visible (declination < -48 degrees), which is better than limits obtained by previous experiments. No cosmic neutrino sources have been observed., Comment: 4 figures, submitted to ApJL
Published: 2011
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36. A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector

Author: Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al., Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, P., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J. P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J. P., Schüssler, F., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, T., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are the decay products of cosmic-ray collisions in the Earth's atmosphere far above the detector. This paper presents a method to identify and count electromagnetic showers induced along atmospheric muon tracks with the ANTARES detector. The method is applied to both cosmic muon data and simulations and its applicability to the reconstruction of muon event energies is demonstrated., Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2011
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37. Magnetic Monopole Bibliography-II

Author: Balestra, S., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Patrizii, L., Popa, V., Sahnoun, Z., and Togo, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The bibliography compilation on magnetic monopoles is updated to include references from 2000 till mid 2011. It is intended to contain all experimental papers on the subject and only the theoretical papers which have specific experimental implications., Comment: 32 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2011

38. A Fast Algorithm for Muon Track Reconstruction and its Application to the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: ANTARES collaboration, Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Auer, R., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bazzotti, M., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brown, A. M., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Cottini, N., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehr, F., Flaminio, V., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galata, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lefevre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Lucarelli, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Mazure, A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Naumann, C., Neff, M., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Picot-Clemente, N., Picq, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rostovtsev, A., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spiess, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tasca, L., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zuniga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract: An algorithm is presented, that provides a fast and robust reconstruction of neutrino induced upward-going muons and a discrimination of these events from downward-going atmospheric muon background in data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The algorithm consists of a hit merging and hit selection procedure followed by fitting steps for a track hypothesis and a point-like light source. It is particularly well-suited for real time applications such as online monitoring and fast triggering of optical follow-up observations for multi-messenger studies. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated with Monte Carlo simulations and various distributions are compared with that obtained in ANTARES data.
Published: 2011
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39. Searches for Magnetic Monopoles and ... beyond

Author: Giacomelli, G., Patrizii, L., and Sahnoun, Z.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The searches for classical Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) at accelerators, for GUT Superheavy MMs in the penetrating cosmic radiation and for Intermediate Mass MMs at high altitudes are discussed. The status of the search for other massive exotic particles such as nuclearites and Q-balls is briefly reviewed., Comment: Invited paper at the 5th International Conference on "Beyond the Standard Models of Particle Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics", Cape Town, South Africa, 1 - 6 February 2010
Published: 2011

40. The ANTARES Telescope Neutrino Alert System

Author: Ageron, M., Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigi, A., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Enzenöfer, A., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fermani, P., Ferri, M., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Giordano, V., Gòmez-González, J., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Hartman, J., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamar, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Păvălaş, G. E., Payet, K., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Rivière, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Ruiz-Rivas, J., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J-P., Schüssler, F., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spuriol, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sànchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zùñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The ANTARES telescope has the capability to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. Potential sources include gamma-ray bursts, core collapse supernovae, and flaring active galactic nuclei. To enhance the sensitivity of ANTARES to such sources, a new detection method based on coincident observations of neutrinos and optical signals has been developed. A fast online muon track reconstruction is used to trigger a network of small automatic optical telescopes. Such alerts are generated for special events, such as two or more neutrinos, coincident in time and direction, or single neutrinos of very high energy., Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures submitted to Astroparticle Physics
Published: 2011
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41. Time Calibration of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Author: The ANTARES Collaboration, Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. J., Auer, R., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bazzotti, M., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brown, A. M., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Costantini, H., Cottini, N., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Ernenwein, J. P., Escoffier, S., Fehr, F., Flaminio, V., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. L., Galata, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hössl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Lucarelli, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Mazure, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Naumann, C., Neff, M., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Picq, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J. P., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tasca, L., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The ANTARES deep-sea neutrino telescope comprises a three-dimensional array of photomultipliers to detect the Cherenkov light induced by upgoing relativistic charged particles originating from neutrino interactions in the vicinity of the detector. The large scattering length of light in the deep sea facilitates an angular resolution of a few tenths of a degree for neutrino energies exceeding 10 TeV. In order to achieve this optimal performance, the time calibration procedures should ensure a relative time calibration between the photomultipliers at the level of about 1ns. The methods developed to attain this level of precision are described., Comment: 23 pages, 20 figures, accepted by Astropart. Phys
Published: 2010
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42. Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy $\nu_\mu$ with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author: ANTARES Collaboration, Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J-J., Auer, R., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bazzotti, M., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brown, A. M., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Carloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Cottini, N., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Ernenwein, J-P., Escoffier, S., Fehr, F., Flaminio, V., Folger, F., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J-L., Galata, S., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hossl, J., Hsu, C. C., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lefèvre, D., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Lucarelli, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Mazure, A., Meli, A., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Naumann, C., Neff, M., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Picot-Clemente, N., Picq, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Rujoiu, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schock, F., Schuller, J-P., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tasca, L., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zuniga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: A search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos, using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. A $(0.83\times 2\pi)$ sr sky was monitored for a total of 334 days of equivalent live time. The searched signal corresponds to an excess of events, produced by astrophysical sources, over the expected atmospheric neutrino background. The observed number of events is found compatible with the background expectation. Assuming an $E^{-2}$ flux spectrum, a 90% c.l. upper limit on the diffuse $\nu_\mu$ flux of $E^2\Phi_{90%} = 5.3 \times 10^{-8} \ \mathrm{GeV\ cm^{-2}\ s^{-1}\ sr^{-1}} $ in the energy range 20 TeV - 2.5 PeV is obtained. Other signal models with different energy spectra are also tested and some rejected., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2010
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43. AMADEUS - The Acoustic Neutrino Detection Test System of the ANTARES Deep-Sea Neutrino Telescope

Author: ANTARES collaboration, Aguilar, J. A., Samarai, I. Al, Albert, A., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Jesus, A. C. Assis, Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Auer, R., Barbarito, E., Baret, B., Basa, S., Bazzotti, M., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brown, A., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Cassano, B., Castorina, E., Cavasinni, V., Cecchini, S., Ceres, A., Charvis, Ph., Chiarusi, T., Sen, N. Chon, Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Cottini, N., Coyle, P., Curtil, C., De Bonis, G., Decowski, M. P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Emanuele, U., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehr, F., Fiorello, C., Flaminio, V., Fritsch, U., Fuda, J. -L., Gay, P., Giacomelli, G., Gómez-González, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., Halladjian, G., Hallewell, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Heine, E., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hößl, J., de Jong, M., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Keller, P., Kooijman, P., Kopper, C., Kouchner, A., Kretschmer, W., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Laschinsky, H., Provost, H. Le, Lefèvre, D., Lelaizant, G., Lim, G., Presti, D. Lo, Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Lucarelli, F., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Mazure, A., Mongelli, M., Montaruli, T., Morganti, M., Moscoso, L., Motz, H., Naumann, C., Neff, M., Ostasch, R., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Payre, P., Petrovic, J., Picot-Clemente, N., Picq, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Presani, E., Racca, C., Radu, A., Reed, C., Riccobene, G., Richardt, C., Rujoiu, M., Ruppi, M., Russo, G. V., Salesa, F., Sapienza, P., Schöck, F., Schuller, J. -P., Shanidze, R., Simeone, F., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tasca, L., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoni, G., Vecchi, M., Vernin, P., Wijnker, G., de Wolf, E., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Zornoza, J. D., and Zúñiga, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The AMADEUS (ANTARES Modules for the Acoustic Detection Under the Sea) system which is described in this article aims at the investigation of techniques for acoustic detection of neutrinos in the deep sea. It is integrated into the ANTARES neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. Its acoustic sensors, installed at water depths between 2050 and 2300 m, employ piezo-electric elements for the broad-band recording of signals with frequencies ranging up to 125 kHz. The typical sensitivity of the sensors is around -145 dB re 1V/muPa (including preamplifier). Completed in May 2008, AMADEUS consists of six "acoustic clusters", each comprising six acoustic sensors that are arranged at distances of roughly 1 m from each other. Two vertical mechanical structures (so-called lines) of the ANTARES detector host three acoustic clusters each. Spacings between the clusters range from 14.5 to 340 m. Each cluster contains custom-designed electronics boards to amplify and digitise the acoustic signals from the sensors. An on-shore computer cluster is used to process and filter the data stream and store the selected events. The daily volume of recorded data is about 10 GB. The system is operating continuously and automatically, requiring only little human intervention. AMADEUS allows for extensive studies of both transient signals and ambient noise in the deep sea, as well as signal correlations on several length scales and localisation of acoustic point sources. Thus the system is excellently suited to assess the background conditions for the measurement of the bipolar pulses expected to originate from neutrino interactions., Comment: 36 pages, 19 figures; v3: Line numbers removed (no changes to text)
Published: 2010
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44. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio with the OPERA detector

Author: OPERA Collaboration, Agafonova, N., Anokhina, A., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Bagulya, A., Bertolin, A., Besnier, M., Bick, D., Boyarkin, V., Bozza, C., Brugière, T., Brugnera, R., Brunetti, G., Buontempo, S., Cazes, A., Chaussard, L., Chernyavsky, M., Chiarella, V., Chon-Sen, N., Chukanov, A., Cozzi, M., D'Amato, G., Corso, F. Dal, D'Ambrosio, N., De Lellis, G., D'eclais, Y., De Serio, M., Di Capua, F., Di Ferdinando, D., Di Giovanni, A., Di Marco, N., Dmitrievski, S., Dracos, M., Duchesneau, D., Dusini, S., Ebert, J., Egorov, O., Enikeev, R., Ereditato, A., Esposito, L. S., Favier, J., Felici, G., Ferber, T., Fini, R., Frekers, D., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, C., Galkin, V. I., Garfagnini, A., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Goellnitz, C., Goldberg, J., Golubkov, D., Goncharova, L., Gornushkin, Y., Grella, G., Grianti, F., Guler, M., Gustavino, C., Hagner, C., Hamada, K., Hara, T., Hierholzer, M., Hoshino, K., Ieva, M., Jakovcic, K., Jollet, C., Juget, F., Kazuyama, M., Kim, S. H., Kimura, M., Klicek, B., Knuesel, J., Kodama, K., Komatsu, M., Kose, U., Kreslo, I., Kubota, H., Lazzaro, C., Lenkeit, J., Ljubicic, A., Longhin, A., Lutter, G., Malgin, A., Mandrioli, G., Marotta, A., Marteau, J., Matsuo, T., Matveev, V., Mauri, N., Medinaceli, E., Meisel, F., Meregaglia, A., Migliozzi, P., Mikado, S., Miyamoto, S., Monacelli, P., Morishima, K., Moser, U., Muciaccia, M. T., Naganawa, N., Naka, T., Nakamura, M., Nakano, T., Naumov, D., Nikitina, V., Niwa, K., Nonoyama, Y., Ogawa, S., Olchevski, A., Oldorf, C., Orlova, G., Osedlo, V., Paniccia, M., Paoloni, A., Park, B. D., Park, I. G., Pastore, A., Patrizii, L., Pennacchio, E., Pessard, H., Pilipenko, V., Pistillo, C., Policastro, G., Polukhina, N., Pozzato, M., Pretzl, K., Publichenko, P., Pupilli, F., Rescigno, R., Roganova, T., Rokujo, H., Romano, G., Rosa, G., Rostovtseva, I., Rubbia, A., Russo, A., Ryasny, V., Ryazhskaya, O., Sato, O., Sato, Y., Schembri, A., Parzefall, W. Schmidt, Schroeder, H., Lavina, L. Scotto, Sheshukov, A., Shibuya, H., Simone, S., Sioli, M., Sirignano, C., Sirri, G., Song, J. S., Spinetti, M., Stanco, L., Starkov, N., Stipcevic, M., Strauss, T., Strolin, P., Takahashi, S., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Tezuka, I., Tioukov, V., Tolun, P., Tran, T., Tufanli, S., Vilain, P., Vladimirov, M., Votano, L., Vuilleumier, J. L., Wilquet, G., Wonsak, B., Yakushev, V., Yoon, C. S., Yoshioka, T., Yoshida, J., Zaitsev, Y., Zemskova, S., Zghiche, A., and Zimmermann, R.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The OPERA detector at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) was used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio in the TeV energy region. We analyzed 403069 atmospheric muons corresponding to 113.4 days of livetime during the 2008 CNGS run. We computed separately the muon charge ratio for single and for multiple muon events in order to select different energy regions of the primary cosmic ray spectrum and to test the charge ratio dependence on the primary composition. The measured charge ratio values were corrected taking into account the charge-misidentification errors. Data have also been grouped in five bins of the "vertical surface energy". A fit to a simplified model of muon production in the atmosphere allowed the determination of the pion and kaon charge ratios weighted by the cosmic ray energy spectrum., Comment: 14 pages, 10 figures
Published: 2010

45. Enzo Flaminio and neutrinos

Author: Giacomelli, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The research activities in collaboration with Enzo Flaminio are summarized and discussed., Comment: 4 pages, 8 eps figures. Lecture given at Enzo's Festa, Pisa (Italy) 11-12-2009
Published: 2010

46. New Lower Limits on the Lifetime of Heavy Neutrino Radiative Decay

Author: Cecchini, S., Centomo, D., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., Patrizii, L., Popa, V., and Serbanuut, C. G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The data collected during the 2006 total solar eclipse are analyzed in the search for signals produced by a hypothetical radiative decay of massive neutrinos. In the absence of the expected light pattern, we set lower limits for the massive neutrino components proper lifetime. The reached sensitivity indicates thet these are the best limits obtainable with this method., Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures
Published: 2009
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47. Meaurement of Cosmic Ray elemental composition from the CAKE balloon experiment

Author: Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Giacomelli, G., Medinaceli, E., Patrizii, L., Sirri, G., and Togo, V.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: CAKE (Cosmic Abundances below Knee Energies) was a prototype balloon experiment for the determination of the charge spectra and of abundances of the primary cosmic-rays (CR) with Z$>$10. It was a passive instrument made of layers of CR39 and Lexan nuclear track detectors; it had a geometric acceptance of $\sim$0.7 m$^2$sr for Fe nuclei. Here, the scanning and analysis strategies, the algorithms used for the off-line filtering and for the tracking in automated mode of the primary cosmic rays are presented, together with the resulting CR charge distribution and their abundances., Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2009
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48. A parameterisation of the flux and energy spectrum of single and multiple muons in deep water/ice

Author: Bazzotti, M., Biagi, S., Carminati, G., Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Giacomelli, G., Margiotta, A., Sioli, M., and Spurio, M.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: In this paper parametric formulas are presented to evaluate the flux of atmospheric muons in the range of vertical depth between 1.5 to 5 km of water equivalent (km w.e.) and up to 85^o for the zenith angle. We take into account their arrival in bundles with different muon multiplicities. The energy of muons inside bundles is then computed considering the muon distance from the bundle axis. This parameterisation relies on a full Monte Carlo simulation of primary Cosmic Ray (CR) interactions, shower propagation in the atmosphere and muon transport in deep water [1]. The primary CR flux and interaction models, in the range in which they can produce muons which may reach 1.5 km w.e., suffer from large experimental uncertainties. We used a primary CR flux and an interaction model able to correctly reproduce the flux, the multiplicity distribution, the spatial distance between muons as measured by the underground MACRO experiment., Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, Presented (contribution 738) to the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, 2009
Published: 2009

49. Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with the NEMO Phase-1 detector

Author: Aiello, S., Ameli, F., Amore, I., Anghinolfi, M., Anzalone, A., Barbarino, G., Battaglieri, M., Bazzotti, M., Bersani, A., Beverini, N., Biagi, S., Bonori, M., Bouhadef, B., Brunoldi, M., Cacopardo, G., Capone, A., Caponetto, L., Carminati, G., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Cocimano, R., Coniglione, R., Cordelli, M., Costa, M., D'Amico, A., De Bonis, G., De Marzo, C., De Rosa, G., De Ruvo, G., De Vita, R., Distefano, C., Falchini, E., Flaminio, V., Fratini, K., Gabrielli, A., Galatà, S., Gandolfi, E., Giacomelli, G., Giorgi, F., Giovanetti, G., Grimaldi, A., Habel, R., Imbesi, M., Kulikovsky, V., Lattuada, D., Leonora, E., Lonardo, A., Presti, D. Lo, Lucarelli, F., Marinelli, A., Margiotta, A., Martini, A., Masullo, R., Migneco, E., Minutoli, S., Morganti, M., Musico, P., Musumeci, M., Nicolau, C. A., Orlando, A., Osipenko, M., Papaleo, R., Pappalardo, V., Piattelli, P., Piombo, D., Raia, G., Randazzo, N., Reito, S., Ricco, G., Riccobene, G., Ripani, M., Rovelli, A., Ruppi, M., Russo, G. V., Russo, S., Sapienza, P., Sciliberto, D., Sedita, M., Shirokov, E., Simeone, F., Sipala, V., Spurio, M., Taiuti, M., Trasatti, L., Urso, S., Vecchi, M., Vicini, P., and Wischnewski, R.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The NEMO Collaboration installed and operated an underwater detector including prototypes of the critical elements of a possible underwater km3 neutrino telescope: a four-floor tower (called Mini-Tower) and a Junction Box. The detector was developed to test some of the main systems of the km3 detector, including the data transmission, the power distribution, the timing calibration and the acoustic positioning systems as well as to verify the capabilities of a single tridimensional detection structure to reconstruct muon tracks. We present results of the analysis of the data collected with the NEMO Mini-Tower. The position of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) is determined through the acoustic position system. Signals detected with PMTs are used to reconstruct the tracks of atmospheric muons. The angular distribution of atmospheric muons was measured and results compared with Monte Carlo simulations., Comment: Astrop. Phys., accepted
Published: 2009
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50. Time variations in the deep underground muon flux

Author: Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Dekhissi, H., Derkaoui, J., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Maaroufi, F., Mandrioli, G., Margiotta, A., Moussa, A., Patrizii, L., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Spurio, M., and Togo, V.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: More than 35 million high-energy muons collected with the MACRO detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory have been used to search for flux variations of different nature. Two kinds of studies were carried out: a search for the occurrence of clusters of events and a search for periodic variations. Different analysis methods, including the Scan Statistics test and the Lomb-Scargle spectral analysis have been applied to the data., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, accepted by EPL
Published: 2009
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