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The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Authors :
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada
A*Midex Foundation
Region Ile-de-France
Generalitat Valenciana
Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Université Sorbonne Paris Cité
Institut Universitaire de France
European Regional Development Fund
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia
National Authority for Scientific Research, Rumanía
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia
Laboratoire d'Excellence OCEVU (Origines, Constituants & ÉVolution de l'Univers)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Marruecos
Albert, A.
Andre, M.
Anghinolfi, M.
Anton, G.
Ardid Ramírez, Miguel
Aubert, J. -J.
Aublin, J.
Avgitas, T.
Baret, B.
Barrios-Martit, J.
Basa, S.
Belhorma, B.
Bertin, V.
Biagi, S.
Bormuth, R.
Felis-Enguix, Iván
Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
Saldaña-Coscollar, María
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Física Aplicada - Departament de Física Aplicada
A*Midex Foundation
Region Ile-de-France
Generalitat Valenciana
Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Université Sorbonne Paris Cité
Institut Universitaire de France
European Regional Development Fund
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Alemania
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Francia
National Authority for Scientific Research, Rumanía
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Francia
Laboratoire d'Excellence OCEVU (Origines, Constituants & ÉVolution de l'Univers)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Marruecos
Albert, A.
Andre, M.
Anghinolfi, M.
Anton, G.
Ardid Ramírez, Miguel
Aubert, J. -J.
Aublin, J.
Avgitas, T.
Baret, B.
Barrios-Martit, J.
Basa, S.
Belhorma, B.
Bertin, V.
Biagi, S.
Bormuth, R.
Felis-Enguix, Iván
Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
Saldaña-Coscollar, María
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

[EN] One of the main objectives of the ANTARES telescope is the search for point-like neutrino sources. Both the pointing accuracy and the angular resolution of the detector are important in this context and a reliable way to evaluate this performance is needed. In order to measure the pointing accuracy of the detector, one possibility is to study the shadow of the Moon, i.e. the de¿cit of the atmospheric muon ¿ux from the direction of the Moon induced by the absorption of cosmic rays. Analysing the data taken between 2007 and 2016, the Moon shadow is observed with 3.5¿ statistical signi¿cance. The detector angular resolution for downward-going muons is 0.73¿ ±0.14¿. The resulting pointing performance is consistent with the expectations. An independent check of the telescope pointing accuracy is realised with the data collected by a shower array detector onboard of a ship temporarily moving around the ANTARES location.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
TEXT, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1258888586
Document Type :
Electronic Resource