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Denoising radio pulses from air showers using machine-learning methods

The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND) aims to detect radio signals from extensive air showers (EAS) caused by ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic particles. Galactic, hardware-like, and anthropogenic noise are expected to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-10 Aurélien Benoit-Lévy , Zhisen Lai , Oscar Macias , Arsène Ferrière

Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey(GRAMS) experiment

The Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) is a next-generation experiment using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector to measure MeV gamma rays and antiparticles. MeV gamma-ray observations are important for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 J. Zeng , T. Aramaki , D. Ames , K. Aoyama , S. Arai , S. Arai , J. Asaadi , A. Bamba , N. Cannady , P. Coppi , G. De Nolfo , M. Errando , L. Fabris , T. Fujiwara , Y. Fukazawa , P. Ghosh , K. Hagino , T. Hakamata , N. Hiroshima , M. Ichihashi , Y. Ichinohe , Y. Inoue , K. Ishikawa , K. Ishiwata , T. Iwata , G. Karagiorgi , T. Kato , H. Kawamura , D. Khangulyan , J. Krizmanic , J. LeyVa , A. Malige , J. G. Mitchell , J. W. Mitchell , R. Mukherjee , R. Nakajima , K. Nakazawa , H. Odaka , K. Okuma , K. Perez , I. Safa , K. Sakai , M. Sasaki , W. Seligman , J. Sensenig , K. Shirahama , T. Shiraishi , S. Smith , Y. Suda , A. Suraj , H. Takahashi , S. Takashima , T. Tamba , M. Tanaka , S. Tandon , R. Tatsumi , J. Tomsick , N. Tsuji , Y. Uchida , Y. Utsumi , S. Watanabe , Y. Yano , K. Yawata , H. Yoneda , K. Yorita , M. Yoshimoto

Red noise versus planetary interpretations in the microlensing event OGLE-2013-BLG-446

For all exoplanet candidates, the reliability of a claimed detection needs to be assessed through a careful study of systematic errors in the data to minimize the false positives rate. We present a method to investigate such systematics in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-29 E. Bachelet , D. M. Bramich , C. Han , J. Greenhill , R. A. Street , A. Gould , G. D Ago , K. AlSubai , M. Dominik , R. Figuera Jaimes , K. Horne , M. Hundertmark , N. Kains , C. Snodgrass , I. A. Steele , Y. Tsapras , M. D. Albrow , V. Batista , J. -P. Beaulieu , D. P. Bennett , S. Brillant , J. A. R. Caldwell , A. Cassan , A. Cole , C. Coutures , S. Dieters , D. Dominis Prester , J. Donatowicz , P. Fouque , K. Hill , J. -B. Marquette , J. Menzies , C. Pere , C. Ranc , J. Wambsganss , D. Warren , L. Andrade de Almeida , J. -Y. Choi , D. L. DePoy , Subo Dong , L. -W. Hung , K. H. Hwang , F. Jablonski , Y. K. Jung , S. Kaspi , N. Klein , C. -U. Lee , D. Maoz , J. A. Munoz , D. Nataf , H. Park , R. W. Pogge , D. Polishook , I. -G. Shin , A. Shporer , J. C. Yee F. Abe , A. Bhattacharya , I. A. Bond , C. S. Botzler , M. Freeman , A. Fukui , Y. Itow , N. Koshimoto , C. H. Ling , K. Masuda , Y. Matsubara , Y. Muraki , K. Ohnishi , L. C. Philpott , N. Rattenbury , To. Saito , D. J. Sullivan , T. Sumi , D. Suzuki , P. , J. Tristram , A. Yonehara , V. Bozza , S. Calchi Novati , S. Ciceri , P. Galianni , S. H. Gu , K. Harpsoe , T. C. Hinse , U. G. Jorgensen , D. Juncher , H. Korhonen , L. Mancini , C. Melchiorre , A. Popovas , A. Postiglione , M. Rabus , S. Rahvar , R. W. Schmidt , G. Scarpetta , J. Skottfelt , John Southworth , An. Stabile , J. Surdej , X. -B. Wang , O. Wertz

The effect of foreground subtraction on cosmological measurements from Intensity Mapping

We model a 21 cm intensity mapping survey in the redshift range 0.01<z<1.5 designed to simulate the skies as seen by future radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), including instrumental noise and Galactic foregrounds. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-27 L. Wolz , F. B. Abdalla , C. Blake , J. R. Shaw , E. Chapman , S. Rawlings

MINOS Observations of Shadowing in the Muon Flux Underground

A high significance observation of two muon signals, the shadow of the sun and moon, have been seen by the \unit[5.4]{kt} MINOS Far Detector, at a depth of \unit[2070]{mwe}. The distribution of angular separation of muons near the moon was…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-10-09 MINOS Collaboration , E. W. Grashorn

Observation of the cosmic ray shadow of the Sun with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

ANTARES is the largest undersea neutrino telescope and it has been taking data in its final configuration for more than ten years. On their journey to the Earth, cosmic rays can be absorbed by celestial objects, like the Sun, leading to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 A. Romanov , M. Sanguineti

Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector

A sample of 1.53$\times$10$^{9}$ cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-12 P. Adamson , I. Anghel , A. Aurisano , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , C. M. Castromonte , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , J. K. de Jong , A. V. Devan , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , T. H. Fields , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , S. R. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Holin , J. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , C. McGivern , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , S. Moed Sher , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. O. Connor , M. Orchanian , S. Osprey , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , A. Perch , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , N. Poonthottathil , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , X. Tian , A. Timmons , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , D. Torretta , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , L. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , R. Zwaska

Comparisons of annual modulations in MINOS with the event rate modulation in CoGeNT

The CoGeNT collaboration has recently published results from a fifteen month data set which indicate an annual modulation in the event rate similar to what is expected from weakly interacting massive particle interactions. It has been…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-03-14 MINOS Collaboration

Status of the GRAND project

GRAND (the Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection) is a proposed next-generation observatory targetting primarily the detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos, with energies exceeding about 100 PeV. GRAND is envisioned as a collection of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-11 Olivier Martineau-Huynh

Implications of MAX for CDM

We analyze the Gamma Ursae Minoris (GUM) and Mu Pegasii (MuP) scans of the Millimeter-wave Anisotropy eXperiment in the context of cold dark matter (CDM) models of structure formation, paying particular attention to the two-dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark Srednicki , Martin White , Douglas Scott , Emory T. Bunn

A method for detection of muon induced electromagnetic showers with the ANTARES detector

The primary aim of ANTARES is neutrino astronomy with upward going muons created in charged current muon neutrino interactions in the detector and its surroundings. Downward going muons are background for neutrino searches. These muons are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-14 J. A. Aguilar , I. Al. Samarai , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J. J. Aubert , B. Baret , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , A. Bigi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Carloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , P. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhöfer , J. P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J. L. Fuda , S. Galatà , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. P. Gómez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , J. Hartman , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefèvre , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martinez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J. P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , T. Stolarczyk , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

CMS: Cosmic muons in simulation and measured data

A dedicated cosmic muon Monte-Carlo event generator CMSCGEN has been developed for the CMS experiment. The simulation relies on parameterisations of the muon energy and the incidence angle, based on measured and simulated data of the cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-05 Lars Sonnenschein

The Search for Muon Neutrinos from Northern Hemisphere Gamma-Ray Bursts with AMANDA

We present the results of the analysis of neutrino observations by the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) correlated with photon observations of more than 400 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the Northern Hemisphere from 1997 to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The IceCube Collaboration , A. Achterberg , the IPN Collaboration , : , K. Hurley

Observation of Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Multiple Angular Scales with IceCube

Between May 2009 and May 2010, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20 TeV. With a data set of this size, it is possible to probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-22 IceCube Collaboration , R. Abbasi , Y. Abdou , T. Abu-Zayyad , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , D. Altmann , K. Andeen , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , R. Bay , J. L. Bazo Alba , K. Beattie , J. J. Beatty , S. Bechet , J. K. Becker , K. -H. Becker , M. L. Benabderrahmane , S. BenZvi , J. Berdermann , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Bertrand , D. Z. Besson , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , A. M. Brown , S. Buitink , K. S. Caballero-Mora , M. Carson , D. Chirkin , B. Christy , J. Clem , F. Clevermann , S. Cohen , C. Colnard , D. F. Cowen , M. V. D'Agostino , M. Danninger , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , C. De Clercq , L. Demirörs , T. Denger , O. Depaepe , F. Descamps , P. Desiati , G. de Vries-Uiterweerd , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dierckxsens , J. Dreyer , J. P. Dumm , R. Ehrlich , J. Eisch , R. W. Ellsworth , O. Engdegård , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , O. Fadiran , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , J. Feintzeig , T. Feusels , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , T. Fischer-Wasels , M. M. Foerster , B. D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , R. Franke , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , L. Gladstone , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. A. Goodman , D. Gora , D. Grant , T. Griesel , A. Groß , S. Grullon , M. Gurtner , C. Ha , A. Hajismail , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Han , K. Hanson , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , P. Herquet , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , D. Hubert , W. Huelsnitz , J. -P. Hülß , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. Hussain , A. Ishihara , J. Jacobsen , G. S. Japaridze , H. Johansson , J. M. Joseph , K. -H. Kampert , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , P. Kenny , J. Kiryluk , F. Kislat , S. R. Klein , J. -H. Köhne , G. Kohnen , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , T. Kowarik , M. Krasberg , T. Krings , G. Kroll , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , S. Lafebre , K. Laihem , H. Landsman , M. J. Larson , R. Lauer , J. Lünemann , B. Madajczyk , J. Madsen , P. Majumdar , A. Marotta , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , K. Meagher , M. Merck , P. Mészáros , T. Meures , E. Middell , N. Milke , J. Miller , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , S. M. Movit , R. Nahnhauer , J. W. Nam , U. Naumann , P. Nießen , D. R. Nygren , S. Odrowski , A. Olivas , M. Olivo , A. O'Murchadha , M. Ono , S. Panknin , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Petrovic , A. Piegsa , D. Pieloth , R. Porrata , J. Posselt , C. C. Price , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , A. Rizzo , J. P. Rodrigues , P. Roth , F. Rothmaier , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Rutledge , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , H. -G. Sander , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , T. Schmidt , A. Schönwald , A. Schukraft , A. Schultes , O. Schulz , M. Schunck , D. Seckel , B. Semburg , S. H. Seo , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , A. Silvestri , A. Slipak , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , G. Stephens , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stössl , S. Stoyanov , E. A. Strahler , T. Straszheim , M. Stür , G. W. Sullivan , Q. Swillens , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , A. Tepe , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , D. Turčan , N. van Eijndhoven , J. Vandenbroucke , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , M. Walter , Ch. Weaver , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , R. Wischnewski , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , C. Xu , X. W. Xu , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky , M. Zoll

Effective Solid Angle Model and Monte Carlo Method: Improved Estimations to Measure Cosmic Muon Intensity at Sea Level in All Zenith Angles

Cosmic muons are highly energetic and penetrative particles and these figures are used for imaging of large and dense objects such as spent nuclear fuels in casks and special nuclear materials in cargo. Cosmic muon intensity depends on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-28 Junghyun Bae , Stylianos Chatzidakis , Robert Bean

Maps of the Cosmos: The Cosmic Microwave Background

Since the IAU XXIV meeting in 2000, the CMB anisotropy has matured from being one of a number of cosmological probes to forming the bedrock foundation for what is now the standard model of cosmology. The large advances over the past three…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Lyman Page

Proposal and Analysis of the Experiment for the Precise Measurement of the Muon Lifetime and the Fermi Constant

An experiment is proposed for a record-breaking measurement of the world Fermi constant during the decay of a positive muon. Using the GEANT programs, an analysis of all systematic errors was performed. It is shown that the experimental…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-22 A. M. Bakalyarov , A. I. Klimov , I. N. Machulin , E. A. Meleshko , V. I. Selivanov

Analysis of the ground level enhancements on 14 July 2000 and on 13 December 2006 using neutron monitor data

On the basis of neutron monitor data we estimate the energy spectrum, anisotropy axis direction and pitch-angle distribution of solar energetic particles during two major ground level enhancements (GLE 59 on 14 July 2000 and GLE 70 on 13…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-03-31 Alexander Mishev , Ilya Usoskin

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

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-26 A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , J. Aublin , T. Avgitas , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Martít , S. Basa , B. Belhorma , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , R. Bormuth , J. Boumaaza , S. Bourret , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Brânza , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , J. Carr , S. Celli , M. Chabab , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , M. Colomer , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Dìaz , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , A. Domi , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , I. El Bojaddaini , N. El Khayati , D. Elsässer , A. Enzenhöfer , A. Ettahiri , F. Fassi , I. Felis , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , L. A. Fusco , P. Gay , H. Glotin , T. Grégoire , R. Gracia Ruiz , K. Graf , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Hößl , J. Hofestädt , G. Illuminati , M. de Jong , M. Jongen , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , N. R. Khan-Chowdhury , A. Kouchner , M. Kreter , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , C. Lachaud , R. Lahmann , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , M. Lotze , S. Loucatos , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martínez-Mora , R. Mele , K. Melis , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , S. Navas , E. Nezri , A. Nuñez , M. Organokov , G. E. Păvălaş , C. Pellegrino , P. Piattelli , V. Popa , T. Pradier , L. Quinn , C. Racca , N. Randazzo , G. Riccobene , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Saldaña , I. Salvadori , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , F. Schüssler , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , A. Trovato , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , F. Versari , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

Estimating the carbon footprint of the GRAND Project, a multi-decade astrophysics experiment

We present a pioneering estimate of the global yearly greenhouse gas emissions of a large-scale Astrophysics experiment over several decades: the Giant Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND). The project aims at detecting ultra-high energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Clarisse Aujoux , Kumiko Kotera , Odile Blanchard