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1. Search for $hep$ solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Blucher, E., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Krüger, A., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Labe, K., Land, B. J., Lange, R., LaTorre, A., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tešić, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A search has been performed for neutrinos from two sources, the $hep$ reaction in the solar $pp$ fusion chain and the $\nu_e$ component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), using the full dataset of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with a total exposure of 2.47 kton-years after fiducialization. The $hep$ search is performed using both a single-bin counting analysis and a likelihood fit. We find a best-fit flux that is compatible with solar model predictions while remaining consistent with zero flux, and set a one-sided upper limit of $\Phi_{hep} < 30\times10^{3}~\mathrm{cm}^{-2}~\mathrm{s}^{-1}$ [90% credible interval (CI)]. No events are observed in the DSNB search region, and we set an improved upper bound on the $\nu_e$ component of the DSNB flux of $\Phi^\mathrm{DSNB}_{\nu_e} < 19~\textrm{cm}^{-2}~\textrm{s}^{-1}$ (90% CI) in the energy range $22.9 < E_\nu < 36.9$~MeV., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures

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2020
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3. Cosmogenic Neutron Production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Curley, R., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Kéfélian, C., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kr\u, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Land, B. J., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Teš, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to deeper sites is not well understood. Here we report results from an analysis of cosmogenically produced neutrons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A specific set of observables are presented, which can be used to benchmark the validity of GEANT4 physics models. In addition, the cosmogenic neutron yield, in units of $10^{-4}\;\text{cm}^{2}/\left(\text{g}\cdot\mu\right)$, is measured to be $7.28 \pm 0.09\;\text{stat.} ^{+1.59}_{-1.12}\;\text{syst.}$ in pure heavy water and $7.30 \pm 0.07\;\text{stat.} ^{+1.40}_{-1.02}\;\text{syst.}$ in NaCl-loaded heavy water. These results provide unique insights into this potential background source for experiments at SNOLAB.

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2019
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4. Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kruger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Land, B. J., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Singh, J., Skensved, P., Smiley, M., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tesic, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Neutron production in GeV-scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studied process. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment and compared them to the prediction of a Monte Carlo simulation using GENIE and a minimally modified version of GEANT4. We analyzed 837 days of exposure corresponding to Phase I, using pure heavy water, and Phase II, using a mixture of Cl in heavy water. Neutrons produced in atmospheric neutrino interactions were identified with an efficiency of $15.3\%$ and $44.3\%$, for Phase I and II respectively. The neutron production is measured as a function of the visible energy of the neutrino interaction and, for charged current quasi-elastic interaction candidates, also as a function of the neutrino energy. This study is also performed classifying the complete sample into two pairs of event categories: charged current quasi-elastic and non charged current quasi-elastic, and $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\nu_e$. Results show good overall agreement between data and Monte Carlo for both phases, with some small tension with a statistical significance below $2\sigma$ for some intermediate energies.

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2019
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5. Constraints on Neutrino Lifetime from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Kéfélian, C., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Krüger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Land, B. J., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tešić, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The long baseline between the Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-dependent distortion of the traditional survival probability which can be fit for using well-developed and high precision analysis methods. Here a model including neutrino decay is fit to all three phases of $^8$B solar neutrino data taken by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. This fit constrains the lifetime of neutrino mass state $\nu_2$ to be ${>8.08\times10^{-5}}$ s/eV at $90\%$ confidence. An analysis combining this SNO result with those from other solar neutrino experiments results in a combined limit for the lifetime of mass state $\nu_2$ of ${>1.04\times10^{-3}}$ s/eV at $99\%$ confidence.

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2018
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6. Tests of Lorentz invariance at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Blucher, E., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Kefelian, C., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kruger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Labe, K., Land, B. J., Lange, R., LaTorre, A., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tesic, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Winchester, T., Wilson, J. R., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Experimental tests of Lorentz symmetry in systems of all types are critical for ensuring that the basic assumptions of physics are well-founded. Data from all phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a kiloton-scale heavy water Cherenkov detector, are analyzed for possible violations of Lorentz symmetry in the neutrino sector. Such violations would appear as one of eight possible signal types in the detector: six seasonal variations in the solar electron neutrino survival probability differing in energy and time dependence, and two shape changes to the oscillated solar neutrino energy spectrum. No evidence for such signals is observed, and limits on the size of such effects are established in the framework of the Standard Model Extension, including 40 limits on perviously unconstrained operators and improved limits on 15 additional operators. This makes limits on all minimal, Dirac-type Lorentz violating operators in the neutrino sector available for the first time.

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2018
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7. The search for neutron-antineutron oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Duncan, F. A., Dunford, M., Earle, E. D., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kruger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., OrebiGann, G. D., Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Simpson, J. J., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tesic, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

Tests on $B-L$ symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with $\Delta(B-L)=2$ involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron. In this paper a new limit on this process is derived for the data acquired from all three operational phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The search was concentrated in oscillations occurring within the deuteron, and 23 events are observed against a background expectation of 30.5 events. These translate to a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime of $1.48\times 10^{31}$ years at 90% confidence level (CL) when no restriction is placed on the signal likelihood space (unbounded). Alternatively, a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime was found to be $1.18\times 10^{31}$ years at 90% CL when the signal was forced into a positive likelihood space (bounded). Values for the free oscillation time derived from various models are also provided in this article. This is the first search for neutron-antineutron oscillation with the deuteron as a target., Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures

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2017
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8. OGLE-2005-BLG-153: Microlensing Discovery and Characterization of A Very Low Mass Binary

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Hwang, K. -H., Udalski, A., Han, C., Ryu, Y. -H., Bond, I. A., Beaulieu, J. -P., Dominik, M., Horne, K., Gould, A., Gaudi, B. S., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., Soszynski, I., Szewczyk, O., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, L., Abe, F., Botzler, C. S., Hearnshaw, J. B., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Motomura, M., Muraki, Y., Nakamura, S., Ohnishi, K., Okada, C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Sako, T., Sasaki, M., Sullivan, D. J., Sumi, T., Tristram, P. J., Wood, J. N., Yock, P. C. M., Yoshioka, T., Albrow, M., Bennett, D. P., Bramich, D. M., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Calitz, J. J., Cassan, A., Cook, K. H., Corrales, E., Coutures, C., Desort, M., Dieters, S., Dominis, D., Donatowicz, J., Fouque, P., Greenhill, J., Harpsoe, K., Hill, K., Hoffman, M., Jorgensen, U. G., Kane, S., Kubas, D., Martin, R., Marquette, J. -B., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pollard, K., Sahu, K., Steele, I., Vinter, C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Woller, K., Burgdorf, M., Snodgrass, C., Bode, M., Depoy, D. L., Lee, C. -U., Park, B. -G., and Pogge, R. W.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

The mass function and statistics of binaries provide important diagnostics of the star formation process. Despite this importance, the mass function at low masses remains poorly known due to observational difficulties caused by the faintness of the objects. Here we report the microlensing discovery and characterization of a binary lens composed of very low-mass stars just above the hydrogen-burning limit. From the combined measurements of the Einstein radius and microlens parallax, we measure the masses of the binary components of $0.10\pm 0.01\ M_\odot$ and $0.09\pm 0.01\ M_\odot$. This discovery demonstrates that microlensing will provide a method to measure the mass function of all Galactic populations of very low mass binaries that is independent of the biases caused by the luminosity of the population., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

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2010
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9. OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion?

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Dong, Subo, Gould, Andrew, Udalski, Andrzej, Anderson, Jay, Christie, G. W., Gaudi, B. S., Jaroszynski, M., Kubiak, M., Szymanski, M. K., Pietrzynski, G., Soszynski, I., Szewczyk, O., Ulaczyk, K., Wyrzykowski, L., DePoy, D. L., Fox, D. B., Gal-Yam, A., Han, C., Lepine, S., McCormick, J., Ofek, E., Park, B. -G., Pogge, R. W., Abe, F., Bennett, D. P., Bond, I. A., Britton, T. R., Gilmore, A. C., Hearnshaw, J. B., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Motomura, M., Muraki, Y., Nakamura, S., Ohnishi, K., Okada, C., Rattenbury, N., Saito, To., Sako, T., Sasaki, M., Sullivan, D., Sumi, T., Tristram, P. J., Yanagisawa, T., Yock, P. C. M., Yoshoika, T., Albrow, M. D., Beaulieu, J. P., Brillant, S., Calitz, H., Cassan, A., Cook, K. H., Coutures, Ch., Dieters, S., Prester, D. Dominis, Donatowicz, J., Fouque, P., Greenhill, J., Hill, K., Hoffman, M., Horne, K., Jorgensen, U. G., Kane, S., Kubas, D., Marquette, J. B., Martin, R., Meintjes, P., Menzies, J., Pollard, K. R., Sahu, K. C., Vinter, C., Wambsganss, J., Williams, A., Bode, M., Bramich, D. M., Burgdorf, M., Snodgrass, C., Steele, I., Doublier, Vanessa, and Foellmi, Cedric

Subjects
Astrophysics
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We combine all available information to constrain the nature of OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the second planet discovered by microlensing and the first in a high-magnification event. These include photometric and astrometric measurements from Hubble Space Telescope, as well as constraints from higher order effects extracted from the ground-based light curve, such as microlens parallax, planetary orbital motion and finite-source effects. Our primary analysis leads to the conclusion that the host of Jovian planet OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb is an M dwarf in the foreground disk with mass M= 0.46 +/- 0.04 Msun, distance D_l = 3.3 +/- 0.4 kpc, and thick-disk kinematics v_LSR ~ 103 km/s. From the best-fit model, the planet has mass M_p = 3.8 +/- 0.4 M_Jup, lies at a projected separation r_perp = 3.6 +/- 0.2 AU from its host and so has an equilibrium temperature of T ~ 55 K, i.e., similar to Neptune. A degenerate model less favored by \Delta\chi^2 = 2.1 (or 2.2, depending on the sign of the impact parameter) gives similar planetary mass M_p = 3.4 +/- 0.4 M_Jup with a smaller projected separation, r_\perp = 2.1 +/- 0.1 AU, and higher equilibrium temperature T ~ 71 K. These results from the primary analysis suggest that OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb is likely to be the most massive planet yet discovered that is hosted by an M dwarf. However, the formation of such high-mass planetary companions in the outer regions of M-dwarf planetary systems is predicted to be unlikely within the core-accretion scenario. There are a number of caveats to this primary analysis, which assumes (based on real but limited evidence) that the unlensed light coincident with the source is actually due to the lens, that is, the planetary host. However, these caveats could mostly be resolved by a single astrometric measurement a few years after the event., Comment: 51 pages, 12 figures, 3 tables, Published in ApJ

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2008
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10. The MOA 1.8-metre alt-az wide-field survey telescope and the MOA project

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Hearnshaw, J. B., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Gilmore, A. C., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Muraki, Y., Okada, C., Rattenbury, N. J., Sako, T., Sasaki, M., Sullivan, D. J., and Yock, P. C. M.

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Astrophysics
Abstract

A new 1.8-m wide-field alt-az survey telescope was installed at Mt John University Observatory in New Zealand in October 2004. The telescope will be dedicated to the MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics) project. The instrument is equipped with a large 10-chip mosaic CCD camera with 80 Mpixels covering about 2 square degrees of sky. It is mounted at the f/3 prime focus. The telescope will be used for finding and following microlensing events in the galactic bulge and elsewhere, with an emphasis on the analysis of microlensing light curves for the detection of extrasolar planets. The MOA project is a Japan-New Zealand collaboration, with the participation of Nagoya University and four universities in New Zealand., Comment: 2 pages no figs

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2005

11. Development and verification of signal processing system of avalanche photo diode for the active shields onboard ASTRO-H

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Ohno, M., Kawano, T., Edahiro, I., Shirakawa, H., Ohashi, N., Okada, C., Habata, S., Katsuta, J., Tanaka, Y., Takahashi, H., Mizuno, T., Fukazawa, Y., Murakami, H., Kobayashi, S., Miyake, K., Ono, K., Kato, Y., Furuta, Y., Murota, Y., Okuda, K., Wada, Y., Nakazawa, K., Mimura, T., Kataoka, J., Ichinohe, Y., Uchida, Y., Katsuragawa, M., Yoneda, H., Sato, G., Sato, R., Kawaharada, M., Harayama, A., Odaka, H., Hayashi, K., Ohta, M., Watanabe, S., Kokubun, M., Takahashi, T., Takeda, S., Kinoshita, M., Yamaoka, K., Tajima, H., Yatsu, Y., Uchiyama, H., Saito, S., Yuasa, T., and Makishima, K.

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2016
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14. Nrf2 (A510Y)-MafG heterodimer bound with CsMBE2

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Sengoku, T., primary, Shiina, M., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Hamada, K., additional, Sato, K., additional, Uchiyama, A., additional, Okada, C., additional, Baba, S., additional, Ohta, T., additional, Motohashi, H., additional, Yamamoto, M., additional, and Ogata, K., additional

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2022
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15. Nrf2-MafG heterodimer bound with CsMBE1

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Sengoku, T., primary, Shiina, M., additional, Suzuki, K., additional, Hamada, K., additional, Sato, K., additional, Uchiyama, A., additional, Okada, C., additional, Baba, S., additional, Ohta, T., additional, Motohashi, H., additional, Yamamoto, M., additional, and Ogata, K., additional

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2022
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19. FXIIa-cMCoFx1 complex

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Sengoku, T., primary, Liu, W., additional, de Veer, S.J., additional, Huang, Y.H., additional, Okada, C., additional, Zdenek, C.N., additional, Fry, B.G., additional, Swedberg, J.E., additional, Passioura, T., additional, Craik, D.J., additional, Suga, H., additional, and Ogata, K., additional

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2021
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20. Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P. -L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. TM., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Kruger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Land, B. J., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Singh, J., Skensved, P., Smiley, M., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tesic, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Tseung, H. Wan Chan, Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
Heavy water, Physics, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Visible energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, ddc:530, Neutron, Production (computer science), Atmospheric neutrino, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, QC
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Author(s): Aharmim, B; Ahmed, SN; Anthony, AE; Barros, N; Beier, EW; Bellerive, A; Beltran, B; Bergevin, M; Biller, SD; Bonventre, R; Boudjemline, K; Boulay, MG; Cai, B; Callaghan, EJ; Caravaca, J; Chan, YD; Chauhan, D; Chen, M; Cleveland, BT; Cox, GA; Dai, X; Deng, H; Descamps, FB; Detwiler, JA; Doe, PJ; Doucas, G; Drouin, P-L; Dunford, M; Elliott, SR; Evans, HC; Ewan, GT; Farine, J; Fergani, H; Fleurot, F; Ford, RJ; Formaggio, JA; Gagnon, N; Gilje, K; Goon, JTM; Graham, K; Guillian, E; Habib, S; Hahn, RL; Hallin, AL; Hallman, ED; Harvey, PJ; Hazama, R; Heintzelman, WJ; Heise, J; Helmer, RL; Hime, A; Howard, C; Huang, M; Jagam, P; Jamieson, B; Jelley, NA; Jerkins, M; Keeter, KJ; Klein, JR; Kormos, LL; Kos, M; Kruger, A; Kraus, C; Krauss, CB; Kutter, T; Kyba, CCM; Land, BJ; Lange, R; Law, J; Lawson, IT; Lesko, KT; Leslie, JR; Levine, I; Loach, JC; MacLellan, R; Majerus, S; Mak, HB; Maneira, J; Martin, RD; Mastbaum, A; McCauley, N; McDonald, AB; McGee, SR; Miller, ML; Monreal, B | Abstract: Neutron production in GeV-scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studied process. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment and compared them to the prediction of a Monte Carlo simulation using GENIE and a minimally modified version of GEANT4. We analyzed 837 days of exposure corresponding to Phase I, using pure heavy water, and Phase II, using a mixture of Cl in heavy water. Neutrons produced in atmospheric neutrino interactions were identified with an efficiency of $15.3\%$ and $44.3\%$, for Phase I and II respectively. The neutron production is measured as a function of the visible energy of the neutrino interaction and, for charged current quasi-elastic interaction candidates, also as a function of the neutrino energy. This study is also performed classifying the complete sample into two pairs of event categories: charged current quasi-elastic and non charged current quasi-elastic, and $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\nu_e$. Results show good overall agreement between data and Monte Carlo for both phases, with some small tension with a statistical significance below $2\sigma$ for some intermediate energies.

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2020
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22. Cosmogenic neutron production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

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SNO Collaboration, Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S. N., Anthony, A. E., Barros, N., Beier, E. W., Bellerive, A., Beltran, B., Bergevin, M., Biller, S. D., Bonventre, R., Boudjemline, K., Boulay, M. G., Cai, B., Callaghan, E. J., Caravaca, J., Chan, Y. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Cleveland, B. T., Cox, G. A., Curley, R., Dai, X., Deng, H., Descamps, F. B., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Doucas, G., Drouin, P.-L., Dunford, M., Elliott, S. R., Evans, H. C., Ewan, G. T., Farine, J., Fergani, H., Fleurot, F., Ford, R. J., Formaggio, J. A., Gagnon, N., Gilje, K., Goon, J. T. M., Graham, K., Guillian, E., Habib, S., Hahn, R. L., Hallin, A. L., Hallman, E. D., Harvey, P. J., Hazama, R., Heintzelman, W. J., Heise, J., Helmer, R. L., Hime, A., Howard, C., Huang, M., Jagam, P., Jamieson, B., Jelley, N. A., Jerkins, M., Kéfélian, C., Keeter, K. J., Klein, J. R., Kormos, L. L., Kos, M., Krüger, A., Kraus, C., Krauss, C. B., Kutter, T., Kyba, C. C. M., Land, B. J., Lange, R., Law, J., Lawson, I. T., Lesko, K. T., Leslie, J. R., Levine, I., Loach, J. C., MacLellan, R., Majerus, S., Mak, H. B., Maneira, J., Martin, R. D., Mastbaum, A., McCauley, N., McDonald, A. B., McGee, S. R., Miller, M. L., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Nickel, B. G., Noble, A. J., O’Keeffe, H. M., Oblath, N. S., Okada, C. E., Ollerhead, R. W., Orebi Gann, G. D., Oser, S. M., Ott, R. A., Peeters, S. J. M., Poon, A. W. P., Prior, G., Reitzner, S. D., Rielage, K., Robertson, B. C., Robertson, R. G. H., Schwendener, M. H., Secrest, J. A., Seibert, S. R., Simard, O., Sinclair, D., Skensved, P., Sonley, T. J., Stonehill, L. C., Tešić, G., Tolich, N., Tsui, T., Van Berg, R., VanDevender, B. A., Virtue, C. J., Wall, B. L., Waller, D., Wan Chan Tseung, H., Wark, D. L., Wendland, J., West, N., Wilkerson, J. F., Wilson, J. R., Winchester, T., Wright, A., Yeh, M., Zhang, F., and Zuber, K.

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extrapolation, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), chemistry.chemical_compound, Neutron yield, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Neutron, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, QC, Heavy water, Physics, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Observable, chemistry, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to deeper sites is not well understood. Here we report results from an analysis of cosmogenically produced neutrons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A specific set of observables are presented, which can be used to benchmark the validity of geant4 physics models. In addition, the cosmogenic neutron yield, in units of 10−4 cm2/(g·μ), is measured to be 7.28±0.09(stat)−1.12+1.59(syst) in pure heavy water and 7.30±0.07(stat)−1.02+1.40(syst) in NaCl-loaded heavy water. These results provide unique insights into this potential background source for experiments at SNOLAB.

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2019
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23. Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing

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Beaulieu, J.-P., Bennett, D. P., Fouque, P., Williams, A., Dominik, M., Jorgensen, U. G., Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Coutures, C., Greenhill, J., Hill, K., Menzies, J., Sackett, P. D., Albrow, M., Brillant, S., Caldwell, J. A. R., Calitz, J. J., Cook, K. H., Corrales, E., Desort, M., Dieters, S., Dominis, D., Donatowicz, J., Hoffman, M., Kane, S., Marquette, J.-B., Martin, R., Meintjes, P., Pollard, K., Sahu, K., Vinter, C., Wambsganss, J., Woller, K., Horne, K., Steele, I., Bramich, D. M., Burgdorf, M., Snodgrass, C., Bode, M., Udalski, A., Szymański, M. K., Kubiak, M., Wi[??]ckowski, T., Pietrzyński, G., Soszyński, I., Szewczyk, O., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Paczyński, B., Abe, F., Bond, I. A., Britton, T. R., Gilmore, A. C., Hearnshaw, J. B., Itow, Y., Kamiya, K., Kilmartin, P. M., Korpela, A. V., Masuda, K., Matsubara, Y., Motomura, M., Muraki, Y., Nakamura, S., Okada, C., Ohnishi, K., Rattenbury, N. J., Sako, T., Sato, S., Sasaki, M., Sekiguchi, T., Sullivan, D. J., Tristram, P. J., Yock, P. C. M., and Yoshioka, T.

Subjects
Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Author(s): J.-P. Beaulieu (corresponding author) [1, 4]; D. P. Bennett [1, 3, 5]; P. Fouqué [1, 6]; A. Williams [1, 7]; M. Dominik [1, 8]; U. G. Jørgensen [1, 9]; [...]

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2006
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30. Search for Spectral Irregularities due to Photon-Axionlike-Particle Oscillations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

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Ajello, M., Albert, A., Anderson, B., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., CARAVEO, PATRIZIA, Cecchi, C., Chekhtman, A., Ciprini, S., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Conrad, J., Costanza, F., D'AMMANDO, FILIPPO, de Angelis, A., de Palma, F., Desiante, R., Di Mauro, M., Di Venere, L., Domínguez, A., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Focke, W. B., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Glanzman, T., Godfrey, G., Guiriec, S., Horan, D., Jóhannesson, G., Katsuragawa, M., Kensei, S., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., Madejski, G. M., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Meyer, M., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Okada, C., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Zaharijas, G., Zimmer, S., Fermi-LAT Collaboration, ITA, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fermi-LAT, Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Ajello M, Albert A, Anderson B, Baldini L, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Bellazzini R, Bissaldi E, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bonino R, Bottacini E, Bregeon J, Bruel P, Buehler R, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caragiulo M, Caraveo PA, Cecchi C, Chekhtman A, Ciprini S, Cohen-Tanugi J, Conrad J, Costanza F, DAmmando F, de Angelis A, de Palma F, Desiante R, Di Mauro M, Di Venere L, Dominguez A, Drell PS, Favuzzi C, Focke WB, Franckowiak A, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Giglietto N, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Guiriec S, Horan D, Johannesson G, Katsuragawa M, Kensei S, Kuss M, Larsson S, Latronico L, Li J, Li L, Longo F, Loparco F, Lubrano P, Madejski GM, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Mayer M, Mazziotta MN, Meyer M, Michelson PF, Mirabal N, Mizuno T, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Negro M, Nuss E, Okada C, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Perkins JS, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Pivato G, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Reimer A, Sanchez-Conde M, Sgro C, Simone D, Siskind EJ, Spada F, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Takahashi H, Thayer JB, Torres DF, Tosti G, Troja E, Uchiyama Y, Wood KS, Wood M, Zaharijas G, Zimmer S, Ajello, M., Albert, A., Anderson, B., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cecchi, C., Chekhtman, A., Ciprini, S., Cohen Tanugi, J., Conrad, J., Costanza, F., D'Ammando, F., De Angelis, A., De Palma, F., Desiante, R., Di Mauro, M., Di Venere, L., Domínguez, A., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Focke, W. B., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Glanzman, T., Godfrey, G., Guiriec, S., Horan, D., Jóhannesson, G., Katsuragawa, M., Kensei, S., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, Francesco, Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., Madejski, G. M., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Meyer, M., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Okada, C., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Perkins, J. S., Pesce Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Sánchez Conde, M., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Zaharijas, G., and Zimmer, S.

Subjects
Photon, Opacity, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, General Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics, Photon–Axionlike-Particle Oscillations, Fermi Large Area Telescope, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, particle: oscillation, GLAST, law.invention, Physics::Geophysics, Telescope, Physics and Astronomy (all), Apparent magnitude, law, 0103 physical sciences, Axion Like Particles, ddc:550, 010306 general physics, cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Gamma Ray, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, photon, Gamma ray, Astronomy, opacity, sensitivity, Galaxy, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], axion-like particles, spectral, S029IAG, galaxy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

Physical review letters 116(16), 161101(2016). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161101, e report on the search for spectral irregularities induced by oscillations between photons and axionlike-particles (ALPs) in the γ-ray spectrum of NGC 1275, the central galaxy of the Perseus cluster. Using 6 years of Fermi Large Area Telescope data, we find no evidence for ALPs and exclude couplings above 5×10$^{−12}$ GeV$^{−1}$ for ALP masses 0.5≲m$_a$≲5 neV at 95% confidence. The limits are competitive with the sensitivity of planned laboratory experiments, and, together with other bounds, strongly constrain the possibility that ALPs can reduce the γ-ray opacity of the Universe., Published by APS, College Park, Md.

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2016
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31. Development and verification of signal processing system of avalanche photo diode for the active shields onboard ASTRO-H

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Shirakawa, H., Ohashi, N., Okada, C., Miyake, K., Ono, K., Kato, Y., Furuta, Y., Murota, Y., Okuda, K., Wada, Y., Kinoshita, M., Uchiyama, H., Ohno, Masanori, Kawano, Takafumi, Edahiro, Ikumi, Habata, Sho, Katsuta, Junichiro, Tanaka, Yasuyuki, Takahashi, Hiromitsu, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Murakami, Hiroaki, Kobayashi, Shogo, Miyake, Katsuma, Nakazawa, Kazuhiro, Mimura, Taketo, Kataoka, Jun, Ichinohe, Yuto, Uchida, Yusuke, Katsuragawa, Miho, Yoneda, Hiroki, Sato, Goro, Sato, Rie, Kawaharada, Madoka, Harayama, Atsushi, Odaka, Hirokazu, Hayashi, Katsuhiro, Ohta, Masayuki, Watanabe, Shin, Kokubun, Motohide, Takahashi, Tadayuki, Takeda, Shin'ichiro, Yamaoka, Kazutaka, Tajima, Hiroyasu, Yatsu, Yoichi, Saito, Shinya, Yuasa, Takayuki, and Makishima, Kazuo

Subjects
Signal processing, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Shields, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Shielded cable, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, ASTRO-H, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, APD, Avalanche photodiode, business, Active shield, Sensitivity (electronics), Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

著者人数: 47名, Accepted: 2016-04-18, 資料番号: SA1160285000

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2016
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32. The MACRO detector at Gran Sasso

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Assiro, R., Auriemma, G., Bakari, D., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.C., Barbarito, E., Barish, B.C., Battistoni, G., Becherini, Y., Bellotti, R., Bemporad, C., Bernardini, P., Bilokon, H., Bisi, V., Bloise, C., Bottazzi, E., Bower, C., Brigida, M., Bussino, S., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, M., Campana, D., Candela, A., Carboni, M., Cecchini, S., Cei, F., Ceres, A., Chiarella, V., Choudhary, B.C., Coutu, S., Cozzi, M., Creti, P., De Cataldo, G., Esposti, L.Degli, Dekhissi, H., Marzo, C.De, Mitri, I.De, Derkaoui, J., Vincenzi, M.De, Credico, A.Di, Ferdinando, D.Di, Diotallevi, R., Erriquez, O., Favuzzi, C., Forti, C., Fusco, P., Gebhard, M., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giannini, G., Giglietto, N., Giorgini, M., Giuliani, R., Goretti, M., Grassi, M., Grau, H., Gray, L., Grillo, A., Guarino, F., Gustavino, C., Habig, A., Hanson, J., Hanson, K., Hawthorne, A., Heinz, R., Hong, J.T., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidis, E., Katsavounidis, I., Kearns, E., Kim, H., Kyriazopoulou, S., Lamanna, E., Lane, C., Leone, A., Levin, D.S., Lipari, P., Liu, G., Liu, R., Longley, N.P., Longo, M.J., Loparco, F., Maaroufi, F., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, G., Manzoor, S., Marrelli, V., Margiotta, A., Marini, A., Martello, D., Marzari-Chiesa, A., Mazziotta, M.N., Michael, D.G., Mikheyev, S., Miller, L., Monacelli, P., Mongelli, M., Montaruli, T., Monteno, M., Mossbarger, L., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Nicolò, D., Nolty, R., Okada, C., Orsini, M., Orth, C., Osteria, G., Ouchrif, M., Palamara, O., Parlati, S., Patera, V., Patrizii, L., Pazzi, R., Peck, C.W., Pellizzoni, G., Perchiazzi, M., Perrone, L., Petrakis, J., Petrera, S., Pignatano, N., Pinto, C., Pistilli, P., Popa, V., Rainò, A., Reynoldson, J., Ronga, F., Rrhioua, A., Sacchetti, A., Saggese, P., Satriano, C., Satta, L., Scapparone, E., Scholberg, K., Sciubba, A., Serra, P., Sioli, M., Sirri, G., Sitta, M., Sondergaard, S., Spinelli, P., Spinetti, M., Spurio, M., Stalio, S., Steinberg, R., Stone, J.L., Sulak, L.R., Surdo, A., Tarlè, G., Togo, V., Vakili, M., Valieri, C., Walter, C.W., Webb, R., and Zaccheo, N.

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2002
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35. MACRO results on atmospheric neutrinos

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Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Assiro R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barbarito E, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bottazzi E, Bower C, Brigida M, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Candela A, Carboni M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Ceres A, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, Creti P, De Cataldo G, Degli Esposti L, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Di Ferdinando D, Diotallevi R, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Gebhard M, Giacomelli G, Giacomelli R, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Giuliani R, Goretti M, Grassi M, Grau H, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson J, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Hong JT, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Leone A, Levin DS, Lipari P, Liu G, Liu R, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Marrelli V, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Mongelli M, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mossbarger L, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orsini M, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Parlati S, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Pellizzoni G, Perchiazzi M, Perrone L, Petrakis J, Petrera S, Pignatano N, Pinto C, Pistilli P, Popa V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Sacchetti A, Saggese P, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M, Sirri G, Sitta M, Sondergaard S, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Stalio S, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Vakili M, Valieri C, Walter CW, Webb R, Zaccheo N., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, G. GIACOMELLI, A.MARGIOTTA, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Assiro, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barbarito, E, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bottazzi, E, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Candela, A, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Ceres, A, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, Creti, P, De Cataldo, G, Degli Esposti, L, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Diotallevi, R, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Gebhard, M, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Giuliani, R, Goretti, M, Grassi, M, Grau, H, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, J, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Hong, Jt, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Leone, A, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Liu, G, Liu, R, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marrelli, V, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Mongelli, M, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mossbarger, L, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orsini, M, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Parlati, S, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Pellizzoni, G, Perchiazzi, M, Perrone, L, Petrakis, J, Petrera, S, Pignatano, N, Pinto, C, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Sacchetti, A, Saggese, P, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Sondergaard, S, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Stalio, S, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Valieri, C, Walter, Cw, Webb, R, and Zaccheo, N.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, MACRO, Solar neutrino problem, Lorentz covariance, Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Atmospheric Neutrino, atmospheric neutrino, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Underground detector, Event (particle physics)
Abstract

We discuss the final results of the MACRO experiment on atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The data concern event topologies with average neutrino energies of ~3 and ~50 GeV. Multiple Coulomb Scattering of the high energy muons was used to estimate the neutrino energy event by event. The angular distributions, the L/E_nu distribution, the particle ratios and the absolute fluxes all favor nu_mu --> nu_tau oscillations with maximal mixing and Delta m^2 ~0.0023 eV^2. Emphasis is given to measured ratios which are not affected by Monte Carlo (MC) absolute normalization; a discussion is made on MC uncertainties. A preliminary search for possible Lorentz invariance violation contributions to atmospheric neutrino oscillations is presented and discussed., 4 pages, 6 figures. Paper presented at the NOW 2004 Workshop, Conca Specchiulla, Otranto, Italy, September 2004

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2005
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36. Study of atmospheric neutrinos with the MACRO detector

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Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Assiro R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barbarito E, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bottazzi E, Bower C, Brigida M, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Candela A, Carboni M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Ceres A, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, Creti P, De Cataldo G, Degli Esposti L, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Di Ferdinando D, Diotallevi R, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Gebhard M, Giacomelli G, Giacomelli R, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Giuliani R, Goretti M, Grassi M, Grau H, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson J, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Hong JT, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Leone A, Levin DS, Lipari P, Liu G, Liu R, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Marrelli V, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Mongelli M, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mossbarger L, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orsini M, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Parlati S, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Pellizzoni G, Perchiazzi M, Perrone L, Petrakis J, Petrera S, Pignatano N, Pinto C, Pistilli P, Popa V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Sacchetti A, Saggese P, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M, Sirri G, Sitta M, Sondergaard S, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Stalio S, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Vakili M, Valieri C, Walter CW, Webb R, Zaccheo N., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Assiro, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barbarito, E, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bottazzi, E, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Candela, A, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Ceres, A, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, Creti, P, De Cataldo, G, Degli Esposti, L, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Diotallevi, R, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Gebhard, M, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Giuliani, R, Goretti, M, Grassi, M, Grau, H, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, J, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Hong, Jt, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Leone, A, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Liu, G, Liu, R, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marrelli, V, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Mongelli, M, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mossbarger, L, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orsini, M, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Parlati, S, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Pellizzoni, G, Perchiazzi, M, Perrone, L, Petrakis, J, Petrera, S, Pignatano, N, Pinto, C, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Sacchetti, A, Saggese, P, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Sondergaard, S, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Stalio, S, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Valieri, C, Walter, Cw, Webb, R, and Zaccheo, N.

Subjects
Normalization (statistics), Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Detector, MACRO, Atmospheric Neutrino, Nuclear physics, Angular distribution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Macro, Atmospheric neutrino, Underground Detectors
Abstract

The MACRO experiment detected different categories of atmospheric muon neutrinos. We describe in this paper the energy estimate of upward throughgoing muons by using the multiple coulomb scattering. Combining the results of such analysis with the upgoing muon angular distribution, both not using the absolute ν flux normalization informations, an evidence above 4σ for atmospheric neutrino oscillation is found.

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2003
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37. Relevance of the hadronic interaction model in the interpretation of multiple muon data as detected with the MACRO experiment

Author

Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Auriemma, G., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G.C., Barish, B.C., Battistoni, G., Bellotti, R., Bemporad, C., Bernardini, P., Bilokon, H., Bisi, V., Bloise, C., Bower, C., Bussino, S., Cafagna, F., Calicchio, M., Campana, D., Carboni, M., Castellano, M., Cecchini, S., Cei, F., Chiarella, V., Coutu, S., De Benedictis, L., De Cataldo, G., Dekhissi, H., De Marzo, C., De Mitri, I., De Vincenzi, M., Di Credico, A., Erriquez, O., Favuzzi, C., Forti, C., Fusco, P., Giacomelli, G., Giannini, G., Giglietto, N., Grassi, M., Gray, L., Grillo, A., Guarino, F., Guarnaccia, P., Gustavino, C., Habig, A., Hanson, K., Hawthorne, A., Heinz, R., Iarocci, E., Katsavounidis, E., Kearns, E., Kyriazopoulou, S., Lamanna, E., Lane, C., Levin, D.S., Lipari, P., Longley, N.P., Longo, M.J., Maaroufi, F., Mancarella, G., Mandrioli, G., Manzoor, S., Margiotta Neri, A., Marini, A., Martello, D., Marzari-Chiesa, A., Mazziotta, M.N., Mazzotta, C., Michael, D.G., Mikheyev, S., Miller, L., Monacelli, P., Montaruli, T., Monteno, M., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Nicoló, D., Nolty, R., Okada, C., Orth, C., Osteria, G., Palamara, O., Patera, V., Patrizii, L., Pazzi, R., Peck, C.W., Petrera, S., Pistilli, P., Popa, V., Rainó, A., Rastelli, A., Reynoldson, J., Ronga, F., Rubizzo, U., Sanzgiri, A., Satriano, C., Satta, L., Scapparone, E., Scholberg, K., Sciubba, A., Serra-Lugaresi, P., Severi, M., Sioli, M., Sitta, M., Spinelli, P., Spinetti, M., Spurio, M., Steinberg, R., Stone, J.L., Sulak, L.R., Surdo, A., Tarlé, G., Togo, V., Walter, C.W., and Webb, R.

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1999
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38. Atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the macro experiment

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Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Assiro R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barbarito E, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bottazzi E, Bower C, Brigida M, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Candela A, Carboni M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Ceres A, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, Creti P, De Cataldo G, Degli Esposti L, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Di Ferdinando D, Diotallevi R, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Gebhard M, Giacomelli G, Giacomelli R, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Giuliani R, Goretti M, Grassi M, Grau H, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson J, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Hong JT, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Leone A, Levin DS, Lipari P, Liu G, Liu R, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Marrelli V, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Mongelli M, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mossbarger L, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orsini M, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Parlati S, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Pellizzoni G, Perchiazzi M, Perrone L, Petrakis J, Petrera S, Pignatano N, Pinto C, Pistilli P, Popa V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Sacchetti A, Saggese P, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M, Sirri G, Sitta M, Sondergaard S, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Stalio S, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Vakili M, Valieri C, Walter CW, Webb R, Zaccheo N., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Assiro, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barbarito, E, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bottazzi, E, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Candela, A, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Ceres, A, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, Creti, P, De Cataldo, G, Degli Esposti, L, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Diotallevi, R, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Gebhard, M, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Giuliani, R, Goretti, M, Grassi, M, Grau, H, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, J, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Hong, Jt, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Leone, A, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Liu, G, Liu, R, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marrelli, V, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Mongelli, M, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mossbarger, L, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orsini, M, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Parlati, S, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Pellizzoni, G, Perchiazzi, M, Perrone, L, Petrakis, J, Petrera, S, Pignatano, N, Pinto, C, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Sacchetti, A, Saggese, P, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Sondergaard, S, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Stalio, S, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Valieri, C, Walter, Cw, Webb, R, and Zaccheo, N.

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Neutrino oscillation, Oscillation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Atmospheric neutrino, MACRO, Solar neutrino problem, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract

In the MACRO experiment the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos has been studied through the detection of upward-going muons generated in the rock below the detector and also through neutrino interactions inside the apparatus. Several topologies of neutrino events have been detected, which correspond to different neutrino parent energies. The measured flux in the different data sets shows a deficit with respect to the Monte Carlo predictions. Moreover, the upward-throughgoing muon sample (median neutrino energy ∼ 50 GeV ) also shows a distortion in the angular distribution shape. Interpreted in terms of neutrino oscillation, these results favor a ν μ into ν τ oscillation scenario, while the ν μ into ν sterile channel is disfavared at 99% C.L.

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2002
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39. Contemporaneous Broadband Observations of Three High-Redshift BL Lac Objects

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Ackermann, Markus, Ajello, M., An, H., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Britto, R. J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D’Ammando, F., Angelis, A. De, Palma, F. De, Desiante, R., Mauro, M. Di, Venere, L. Di, Domínguez, A., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Fegan, S. J., Ferrara, E. C., Finke, J., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Horan, D., Jóhannesson, G., Katsuragawa, M., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Magill, J., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mayer, Michael, Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Okada, C., Orlando, E., Paneque, D., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, O., Rau, A., Romani, R. W., Schady, P., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Stern, D., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Vianello, G., Wood, K. S., and Wood, M.

Abstract

The astrophysical journal 820(1), 72 - (2016). doi:10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/72, We have collected broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of three BL Lac objects 3FGL J0022.1−1855 (z = 0.689), 3FGL J0630.9−2406 ($z\quad \gtrsim $ 1.239), and 3FGL J0811.2−7529 (z = 0.774), detected by Fermi with relatively flat gigaelectronvolt spectra. By observing simultaneously in the near-infrared to hard X-ray band, we can well characterize the high end of the synchrotron component of the SED. Thus, fitting the SEDs to synchro-Compton models of the dominant emission from the relativistic jet, we can constrain the underlying particle properties and predict the shape of the gigaelectronvolt Compton component. Standard extragalactic background light (EBL) models explain the high-energy absorption well, with poorer fits for high-ultraviolet models. The fits show clear evidence for EBL absorption in the Fermi spectrum of our highest-redshift source 3FGL J0630.9−2406. While synchrotron self-Compton models adequately describe the SEDs, the situation may be complicated by possible external Compton components. For 3FGL J0811.2−7529, we also discover a nearby serendipitous source in the X-ray data, which is almost certainly another lower synchrotron peak frequency (${\nu }_{{\rm{pk}}}^{{\rm{sy}}}$) BL Lac, that may contribute flux in the Fermi band. Since our sources are unusual high-luminosity, moderate ${\nu }_{{\rm{pk}}}^{{\rm{sy}}}$ BL Lacs, we compare these quantities and the Compton dominance, the ratio of peak inverse Compton to peak synchrotron luminosities (${L}_{{\rm{pk}}}^{{\rm{IC}}}/{L}_{{\rm{pk}}}^{{\rm{sy}}}$), with those of the full Fermi BL Lac population., Published by Univ.11032, Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]

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2016
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40. Atmospheric neutrino induced muons in the MACRO detector

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Ronga F, Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Aramo C, Auriemma G, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bower C, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Carboni M, Castellano M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, De Benedictis L, De Cataldo G, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico Alessandra, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Giacomelli G, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Grassi M, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Guarnaccia P, Gustavino C, Habig Alec, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Huang Y, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane Charles E, Levin DS, Lipari P, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Margiotta Neri A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Mazzotta C, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli Piero, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mufson Stuart L, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Petrera S, Pistilli P, Popa V, Pugliese V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Rubizzo U, Sanzgiri A, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra Lugaresi P, Severi M, Sioli M, Sitta M, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Ugolotti D, Vakili M., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Ronga, F, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Auriemma, G, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bower, C, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Carboni, M, Castellano, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, De Benedictis, L, De Cataldo, G, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, Alessandra, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Giacomelli, G, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Grassi, M, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Guarnaccia, P, Gustavino, C, Habig, Alec, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Huang, Y, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane Charles, E, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Margiotta Neri, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Mazzotta, C, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, Piero, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mufson Stuart, L, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Petrera, S, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Pugliese, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Rubizzo, U, Sanzgiri, A, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra Lugaresi, P, Severi, M, Sioli, M, Sitta, M, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Ugolotti, D, Vakili, M., F., Ronga, Guarino, Fausto, Barbarino, Giancarlo, and The MACRO, Collaboration

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, cosmic radiation [neutrino], Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, interaction [neutrino nucleon], Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Bin, High Energy Physics - Experiment, charged current, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Event (particle physics), Particle Physics - Experiment, Zenith
Abstract

A measurement of the flux of neutrino-induced muons using the MACRO detector is presented. Different event topologies, corresponding to different neutrino parent energies can be detected. The upward throughgoing muon sample is the larger event sample. The observed upward-throughgoing muons are 26% fewer than expected and the zenith angle distribution does not fit with the expected one. Assuming neutrino oscillations, both measurements suggest maximum mixing and Dm2 of a few times 10-3 eV2. The other samples are due to the internally produced events and to upward-going stopping muons. These data show a regular deficit of observed events in each angular bin, as expected assuming neutrino oscillations with maximum mixing, in agreement with the analysis of the upward-throughgoing muon sample., Comment: 7 pages 6 figures to appear in the proceedings of XVIII International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Neutrino'98), Takayama, Japan 4-9 June, 1998

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1999
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42. Resolving the Extragalactic gamma-Ray Background above 50 GeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

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Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Albert, A., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bechtol, K., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Britto, R. J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Cominsky, L. R., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D'Ammando, F., de Angelis, A., de Palma, F., Desiante, R., Digel, S. W., Di Mauro, M., Di Venere, L., Dominguez, A., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Fegan, S. J., Ferrara, E. C., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giommi, P., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Godfrey, G., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hays, E., Horan, D., Iafrate, G., Jogler, T., Johannesson, G., Kuss, M., La Mura, G., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lott, B., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Madejski, G. M., Magill, J., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Moiseev, A. A., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Okada, C., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Petrosian, V., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Raino, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Razzaque, S., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Reposeur, T., Romani, R. W., Sanchez-Conde, Miguel, Schmid, J., Schulz, A., Sgro, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Suson, D. J., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Vianello, G., Yassine, M., Zimmer, Stephan, Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Albert, A., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bechtol, K., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Britto, R. J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Cominsky, L. R., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D'Ammando, F., de Angelis, A., de Palma, F., Desiante, R., Digel, S. W., Di Mauro, M., Di Venere, L., Dominguez, A., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Fegan, S. J., Ferrara, E. C., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giommi, P., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Godfrey, G., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hays, E., Horan, D., Iafrate, G., Jogler, T., Johannesson, G., Kuss, M., La Mura, G., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lott, B., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Madejski, G. M., Magill, J., Maldera, S., Manfreda, A., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Moiseev, A. A., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Okada, C., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Petrosian, V., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Raino, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Razzaque, S., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Reposeur, T., Romani, R. W., Sanchez-Conde, Miguel, Schmid, J., Schulz, A., Sgro, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Suson, D. J., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Vianello, G., Yassine, M., and Zimmer, Stephan

Abstract

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Collaboration has recently released a catalog of 360 sources detected above 50 GeV (2FHL). This catalog was obtained using 80 months of data re-processed with Pass 8, the newest event-level analysis, which significantly improves the acceptance and angular resolution of the instrument. Most of the 2FHL sources at high Galactic latitude are blazars. Using detailed Monte Carlo simulations, we measure, for the first time, the source count distribution, dN= dS, of extragalactic.-ray sources at E > 50 GeV and find that it is compatible with a Euclidean distribution down to the lowest measured source flux in the 2FHL (8 x 10(-12) ph cm(-2) s(-1)). We employ a one-point photon fluctuation analysis to constrain the behavior of dN= dS below the source detection threshold. Overall, the source count distribution is constrained over three decades in flux and found compatible with a broken power law with a break flux, Sb, in the range [8 x 10-12; 1.5 x 10-11] ph cm(-2) s(-1) and power-law indices below and above the break of a 2. [1.60; 1.75] and a 1 +/- 2.49 +/- 0.12, respectively. Integration of dN= dS shows that point sources account for at least 86_16 -14 % of the total extragalactic gamma-ray background. The simple form of the derived source count distribution is consistent with a single population (i. e., blazars) dominating the source counts to the minimum flux explored by this analysis. We estimate the density of sources detectable in blind surveys that will be performed in the coming years by the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

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2016
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43. Neutrino Astronomy with MACRO

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Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Assiro R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barbarito E, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bottazzi E, Bower C, Brigida M, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Candela A, Carboni M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Ceres A, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, Creti P, De Cataldo G, Degli Esposti L, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Di Ferdinando D, Diotallevi R, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Gebhard M, Giacomelli G, Giacomelli R, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Giuliani R, Goretti M, Grassi M, Grau H, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson J, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Hong JT, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Leone A, Levin DS, Lipari P, Liu G, Liu R, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Marrelli V, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Mongelli M, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mossbarger L, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orsini M, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Parlati S, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Pellizzoni G, Perchiazzi M, Perrone L, Petrakis J, Petrera S, Pignatano N, Pinto C, Pistilli P, Popa V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Sacchetti A, Saggese P, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M, Sirri G, Sitta M, Sondergaard S, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Stalio S, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Vakili M, Valieri C, Walter CW, Webb R, Zaccheo N., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Perrone, Lorenzo, ON BEHALF OF THE MACRO, Collaboration, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Assiro, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barbarito, E, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bottazzi, E, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Candela, A, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Ceres, A, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, Creti, P, De Cataldo, G, Degli Esposti, L, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Diotallevi, R, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Gebhard, M, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Giuliani, R, Goretti, M, Grassi, M, Grau, H, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, J, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Hong, Jt, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Leone, A, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Liu, G, Liu, R, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marrelli, V, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Mongelli, M, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mossbarger, L, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orsini, M, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Parlati, S, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Pellizzoni, G, Perchiazzi, M, Perrone, L, Petrakis, J, Petrera, S, Pignatano, N, Pinto, C, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Sacchetti, A, Saggese, P, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Sondergaard, S, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Stalio, S, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Valieri, C, Walter, Cw, Webb, R, and Zaccheo, N.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High-energy astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract

High energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources can be detected as upward-going muons produced in charged-current interactions with the matter surrounding the detector. We present the results of a search for either a diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux or a point-like source of neutrinos in the sample of upward-going muons gathered by MACRO. We find no evidence for both signals. The muon flux upper limit for the diffuse signal has been set at the level of 1.7 × 10^-14cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1.

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2002
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44. Cosmic Ray composition around the knee from EAS electromagnetic and muon data

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Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Assiro R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barbarito E, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bisi V, Bloise C, Bottazzi E, Bower C, Brigida M, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Candela A, Carboni M, Cecchini S, Cei F, Ceres A, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, Creti P, De Cataldo G, Degli Esposti L, Dekhissi H, De Marzo C, De Mitri I, Derkaoui J, De Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Di Ferdinando D, Diotallevi R, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Gebhard M, Giacomelli G, Giacomelli R, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Giuliani R, Goretti M, Grassi M, Grau H, Gray L, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson J, Hanson K, Hawthorne A, Heinz R, Hong JT, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Leone A, Levin DS, Lipari P, Liu G, Liu R, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Marrelli V, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Mikheyev S, Miller L, Monacelli P, Mongelli M, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mossbarger L, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolo D, Nolty R, Okada C, Orsini M, Orth C, Osteria G, Ouchrif M, Palamara O, Parlati S, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Pellizzoni G, Perchiazzi M, Perrone L, Petrakis J, Petrera S, Pignatano N, Pinto C, Pistilli P, Popa V, Raino A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Sacchetti A, Saggese P, Satriano C, Satta L, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P, Sioli M, Sirri G, Sitta M, Sondergaard S, Spinelli P, Spinetti M, Spurio M, Stalio S, Steinberg R, Stone JL, Sulak LR, Surdo A, Tarle G, Togo V, Vakili M, Valieri C, Walter CW, Webb R, Zaccheo N., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Ambrosio, M, Antolini, R, Assiro, R, Auriemma, G, Bakari, D, Baldini, A, Barbarino, Gc, Barbarito, E, Barish, Bc, Battistoni, G, Becherini, Y, Bellotti, R, Bemporad, C, Bernardini, P, Bilokon, H, Bisi, V, Bloise, C, Bottazzi, E, Bower, C, Brigida, M, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Cafagna, F, Calicchio, M, Campana, D, Candela, A, Carboni, M, Cecchini, S, Cei, F, Ceres, A, Chiarella, V, Choudhary, Bc, Coutu, S, Cozzi, M, Creti, P, De Cataldo, G, Degli Esposti, L, Dekhissi, H, De Marzo, C, De Mitri, I, Derkaoui, J, De Vincenzi, M, Di Credico, A, Di Ferdinando, D, Diotallevi, R, Erriquez, O, Favuzzi, C, Forti, C, Fusco, P, Gebhard, M, Giacomelli, G, Giacomelli, R, Giannini, G, Giglietto, N, Giorgini, M, Giuliani, R, Goretti, M, Grassi, M, Grau, H, Gray, L, Grillo, A, Guarino, F, Gustavino, C, Habig, A, Hanson, J, Hanson, K, Hawthorne, A, Heinz, R, Hong, Jt, Iarocci, E, Katsavounidis, E, Katsavounidis, I, Kearns, E, Kim, H, Kyriazopoulou, S, Lamanna, E, Lane, C, Leone, A, Levin, D, Lipari, P, Liu, G, Liu, R, Longley, Np, Longo, Mj, Loparco, F, Maaroufi, F, Mancarella, G, Mandrioli, G, Manzoor, S, Marrelli, V, Margiotta, A, Marini, A, Martello, D, Marzari Chiesa, A, Mazziotta, Mn, Michael, Dg, Mikheyev, S, Miller, L, Monacelli, P, Mongelli, M, Montaruli, T, Monteno, M, Mossbarger, L, Mufson, S, Musser, J, Nicolo, D, Nolty, R, Okada, C, Orsini, M, Orth, C, Osteria, G, Ouchrif, M, Palamara, O, Parlati, S, Patera, V, Patrizii, L, Pazzi, R, Peck, Cw, Pellizzoni, G, Perchiazzi, M, Perrone, L, Petrakis, J, Petrera, S, Pignatano, N, Pinto, C, Pistilli, P, Popa, V, Raino, A, Reynoldson, J, Ronga, F, Rrhioua, A, Sacchetti, A, Saggese, P, Satriano, C, Satta, L, Scapparone, E, Scholberg, K, Sciubba, A, Serra, P, Sioli, M, Sirri, G, Sitta, M, Sondergaard, S, Spinelli, P, Spinetti, M, Spurio, M, Stalio, S, Steinberg, R, Stone, Jl, Sulak, Lr, Surdo, A, Tarle, G, Togo, V, Vakili, M, Valieri, C, Walter, Cw, Webb, R, and Zaccheo, N.

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Coincident, EAS-TOP, Cosmic ray, MACRO, Composition (combinatorics), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

We report the analysis of the N ϵ - N μ coincident events collected by the MACRO/EAS-TOP collaboration at the Gran Sasso Laboratories. The result points to a primary composition becoming heavier around the knee of the primary spectrum (in the energy region 10 15 – 10 16 eV). The result is in very good agreement with the measurements of EAS-TOP alone at the surface, wich detects muons with energy E μ > 1 GeV and uses the same (QGSJET) interaction model.

Published
2002
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