Related papers: Atmospheric Lepton Fluxes

Observation of Seasonal Variations of the Flux of High-Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube

Atmospheric muon neutrinos are produced by meson decays in cosmic-ray-induced air showers. The flux depends on meteorological quantities such as the air temperature, which affects the density of air. Competition between decay and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-19 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , M. Baricevic , S. W. Barwick , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , J. Braun , B. Brinson , J. Brostean-Kaiser , R. T. Burley , R. S. Busse , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , K. Carloni , E. G. Carnie-Bronca , S. Chattopadhyay , C. Chen , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , S. Countryman , D. F. Cowen , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado López , H. Dembinski , S. Deng , K. Deoskar , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , H. Dujmovic , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , S. Fiedlschuster , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , P. Fürst , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , N. Goehlke , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , H. Hamdaoui , M. Ha Minh , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , S. Hauser , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , F. Henningsen , L. Heuermann , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , K. Hoshina , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , M. Jacquart , M. Jansson , G. S. Japaridze , K. Jayakumar , M. Jeong , M. Jin , B. J. P. Jones , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , K. Kin , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kovacevich , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , J. W. Lee , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , M. Lincetto , Q. R. Liu , M. Liubarska , E. Lohfink , C. Love , C. J. Lozano Mariscal , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , A. Ludwig , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , W. Y. Ma , J. Madsen , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , S. Mancina , W. Marie Sainte , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , M. Marsee , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , F. Mayhew , T. McElroy , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , R. Morse , M. Moulai , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , R. Nagai , M. Nakos , U. Naumann , J. Necker , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , A. Noell , S. C. Nowicki , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , B. Oeyen , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , H. Pandya , N. Park , G. K. Parker , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , J. Peterson , S. Philippen , S. Pieper , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , P. Reichherzer , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , S. Rodan , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , S. Athanasiadou , I. Safa , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , P. Savina , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , B. Schlüter , T. Schmidt , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , G. Schwefer , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , G. Sommani , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , W. G. Thompson , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , C. F. Tung , R. Turcotte , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , J. Vara , J. Veitch-Michaelis , M. Venugopal , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , C. Walck , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , N. Willey , D. R. Williams , M. Wolf , G. Wrede , J. Wulff , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , F. Yu , S. Yu , T. Yuan , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin

Comparison of Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Calculations at Low Energies

We compare several different calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux in the energy range relevant for contained neutrino interactions, and we identify the major sources of difference among the calculations. We find nothing that would…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 T. K. Gaisser , M. Honda , K. Kasahara , H. Lee , S. Midorikawa , V. Naumov , Todor Stanev

Phenomenology of atmospheric neutrinos

The relevance of the data concerning upward--going muons for the solution of the atmospheric neutrino problem is stressed. In particular, their inclusion in the analysis confirms the goodness of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Maurizio Lusignoli , Paolo Lipari

Atmospheric muons: experimental aspects

We present a review of atmospheric muon flux and energy spectrum measurements over almost six decades of muon momentum. Sea-level and underground/water/ice experiments are considered. Possible sources of systematic errors in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-16 Stefano Cecchini , Maurizio Spurio

High-energy fluxes of atmospheric neutrinos

High-energy neutrinos from decays of mesons, produced in collisions of cosmic ray particles with air nuclei, form unavoidable background for detection of astrophysical neutrinos. More precise calculations of the high-energy neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-28 T. S. Sinegovskaya , E. V. Ogorodnikova , S. I. Sinegovsky

Atmospheric Neutrinos

The atmospheric neutrino-flux is calculated over the wide energy range from 1 GeV to 3,000 GeV for the study of neutrino-physics using the data from underground neutrino-detectors. The uncertainty of atmospheric neutrino-flux is also…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-15 M. Honda , T. Kajita , K. Kasahara , S. Midorikawa

The influence of the geomagnetic field and of the uncertainties in the primary spectrum on the development of the muon flux in the atmosphere

In this paper we study the sensitivity of the flux of atmospheric muons to uncertainties in the primary cosmic ray spectrum and to the treatment of the geomagnetic field in a calculation. We use the air shower simulation program AIRES to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Hansen , T. K. Gaisser , T. Stanev , S. J. Sciutto

High-energy neutrino fluxes and flavor ratio in the Earth's atmosphere

We calculate the atmospheric neutrino fluxes in the energy range $100$ GeV -- $10$ PeV with the use of several known hadronic models and a few parametrizations of the cosmic ray spectra which take into account the knee. The calculations are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-02 T. S. Sinegovskaya , A. D. Morozova , S. I. Sinegovsky

Uncertainties in Atmospheric Muon-Neutrino Fluxes Arising from Cosmic-Ray Primaries

We present an updated calculation of the uncertainties on the atmospheric muon-neutrino flux arising from cosmic-ray primaries. For the first time, we include recent measurements of the cosmic-ray primaries collected since 2005. We apply a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 Justin Evans , Diego Garcia Gamez , Salvatore Davide Porzio , Stefan Söldner-Rembold , Steven Wren

Reduction of the Uncertainty in the Atmospheric Neutrino Flux Prediction Below 1 GeV Using Accurately Measured Atmospheric Muon Flux

We examine the uncertainty of the calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux and present a way to reduce it using accurately measured atmospheric muon flux. Considering the difference of the hadronic interaction model and the real one as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 M. Honda , M. Sajjad Athar , T. Kajita , K. Kasahara , S. Midorikawa

Fluxes of Atmospheric Neutrinos and Related Cosmic Rays

The atmospheric neutrino beam simultaneously spans a range of pathlengths from ten to ten thousand kilometers, which correspond respectively to downward- and upward-going neutrinos. As with any neutrino oscillation experiment, also in this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-12 Thomas K. Gaisser

In Search for Extraterrestrial High Energy Neutrinos

In this paper we review the search for astrophysical neutrinos. We begin by summarizing the various theoretical predictions which correlate the expected neutrino flux with data from other messengers, specifically gammas and ultra-high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-02-18 Luis A. Anchordoqui , Teresa Montaruli

Muons in IceCube

The IceCube detector allows for the first time a measurement of atmospheric muon and neutrino energy spectra from tens of GeV up to the PeV range. The lepton flux in the highest energy region depends on both the primary cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 P. Berghaus

Search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos with the IceCube 59-string configuration

A search for high-energy neutrinos was performed using data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory from May 2009 to May 2010, when the array was running in its 59-string configuration. The data sample was optimized to contain muon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-04-02 The IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , D. Altmann , C. Arguelles , T. C. Arlen , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , S. BenZvi , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , A. M. Brown , R. Bruijn , J. Casey , M. Casier , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , B. Christy , K. Clark , L. Classen , F. Clevermann , S. Coenders , S. Cohen , D. F. Cowen , A. H. Cruz Silva , M. Danninger , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , M. Day , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dunkman , R. Eagan , B. Eberhardt , B. Eichmann , J. Eisch , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , O. Fadiran , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , J. Feintzeig , T. Feusels , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , T. Fischer-Wasels , S. Flis , A. Franckowiak , K. Frantzen , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , L. Gladstone , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , G. Golup , J. G. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , D. Góra , D. T. Grandmont , D. Grant , P. Gretskov , J. C. Groh , A. Groß , C. Ha , A. Haj Ismail , P. Hallen , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , W. Huelsnitz , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. Hussain , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , J. Jacobsen , K. Jagielski , G. S. Japaridze , K. Jero , O. Jlelati , B. Kaminsky , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , J. Kiryluk , J. Kläs , S. R. Klein , J. -H. Köhne , G. Kohnen , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , M. Krasberg , A. Kriesten , K. Krings , G. Kroll , J. Kunnen , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , H. Landsman , M. J. Larson , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , M. Leuermann , J. Leute , J. Lünemann , O. Macías , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Merck , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , E. Middell , N. Milke , J. Miller , L. Mohrmann , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke , S. Odrowski , A. Olivas , A. Omairat , A. O'Murchadha , T. Palczewski , L. Paul , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pfendner , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , M. Quinnan , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , R. Reimann , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , M. Richman , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , J. P. Rodrigues , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , S. M. Saba , H. -G. Sander , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , F. Scheriau , T. Schmidt , M. Schmitz , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , A. Schönwald , A. Schukraft , L. Schulte , O. Schulz , D. Seckel , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , R. Shanidze , C. Sheremata , M. W. E. Smith , D. Soldin , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , N. A. Stanisha , A. Stasik , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , E. A. Strahler , R. Ström , N. L. Strotjohann , G. W. Sullivan , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , A. Tepe , S. Ter-Antonyan , G. Tešić , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , M. N. Tobin , S. Toscano , M. Tselengidou , E. Unger , M. Usner , S. Vallecorsa , N. van Eijndhoven , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , Ch. Weaver , M. Wellons , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , B. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky , J. Ziemann , S. Zierke , M. Zoll

Atmospheric lepton fluxes at ultrahigh energies

In order to estimate the possibility to observe exotic physics in a neutrino telescope, it is essential to first understand the flux of atmospheric neutrinos, muons and dimuons. We study the production of these leptons by high-energy cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-28 J. I. Illana , M. Masip , D. Meloni

Cosmic Ray Muon Physics

We present a review of atmospheric and underground muon flux measurements. The relevance of these data for the atmospheric neutrino flux computation is emphasized. Possible sources of systematic errors in the measurements are discussed,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Cecchini , M. Sioli

Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions

High-energy muon- and electron-neutrinos yield a non-negligible flux of tau neutrinos as they propagate through Earth. In this letter, we address the impact of this additional component in the PeV and EeV energy regimes for the first time.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-04-28 Alfonso Garcia Soto , Pavel Zhelnin , Ibrahim Safa , Carlos A. Argüelles

A Three-Dimensional Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes

We present a three-dimensional calculation of atmospheric neutrino fluxes using accurate models of the geomagnetic field, hadronic interactions, tracking and decays. Results are presented for the Super-Kamiokande (SK) and Sudbury Neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-24 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Robert Komar , Christian Nally , Chris Waltham

Impact of high-energy hadron interactions on the atmospheric neutrino flux predictions

We study the influence of hadron interaction features on the high-energy atmospheric neutrino spectrum. The 1D calculation is performed with use of the known high-energy hadronic models, SIBYLL 2.1, QGSJET-II, Kimel and Mokhov, for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-16 A. A. Kochanov , T. S. Sinegovskaya , S. I. Sinegovsky

High-energy cosmic ray fluxes in the Earth atmosphere: calculations vs experiments

A new calculation of the atmospheric fluxes of cosmic-ray hadrons and muons in the energy range 10-10^5 GeV has been performed for the set of hadron production models, EPOS 1.6, QGSJET II-03, SIBYLL 2.1, and others that are of interest to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-16 A. A. Kochanov , T. S. Sinegovskaya , S. I. Sinegovsky