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An advanced leakage scheme for neutrino treatment in astrophysical simulations

We present an Advanced Spectral Leakage (ASL) scheme to model neutrinos in the context of core-collapse supernovae and compact binary mergers. Based on previous gray leakage schemes, the ASL scheme computes the neutrino cooling rates by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Albino Perego , Ruben Cabezón , Roger Käppeli

New p+C data in fixed target experiments and the muon component in extensive air showers

The interpretation of extensive air shower (EAS) measurements is strongly dependent on the hadronic interaction models used for simulating reference showers. We study the importance of low-energy hadronic interactions in simulated air…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Christine Meurer , J. Bluemer , R. Engel , A. Haungs , M. Roth , the HARP collaboration

Improving Neutrino Oscillation Measurements through Event Classification

Precise neutrino energy reconstruction is essential for next-generation long-baseline oscillation experiments, yet current methods remain limited by large uncertainties in neutrino-nucleus interaction modeling. Even so, it is well…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-14 Sebastian A. R. Ellis , Daniel C. Hackett , Shirley Weishi Li , Pedro A. N. Machado , Karla Tame-Narvaez

The gamma-ray spectrometer HORUS and its applications for nuclear astrophysics

A dedicated setup for the in-beam measurement of absolute cross sections of astrophysically relevant charged-particle induced reactions is presented. These, usually very low, cross sections at energies of astrophysical interest are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-05-13 L. Netterdon , V. Derya , J. Endres , C. Fransen , A. Hennig , J. Mayer , C. Müller-Gatermann , A. Sauerwein , P. Scholz , M. Spieker , A. Zilges

Detection of thermal neutrons with the PRISMA-YBJ array in Extensive Air Showers selected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment

We report on a measurement of thermal neutrons, generated by the hadronic component of extensive air showers (EAS), by means of a small array of EN-detectors developed for the PRISMA project (PRImary Spectrum Measurement Array), novel…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-19 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , Z. Cao , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D'Amone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , . Yu. V. Stenkin , V. V. Alekseenko , V. Aynutdinov , Z. Y. Cai , X. W. Guo , Y. Liu , V. Rulev , O. B. Shchegolev , V. Stepanov , V. Volchenko , H. Zhang

KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope

The observation of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos is one of the most promising future options to increase our knowledge on non-thermal processes in the universe. Neutrinos are e.g. unavoidably produced in environments where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ulrich F. Katz

Geometry reconstruction of fluorescence detectors revisited

The experimental technique of fluorescence light observation is used in current and planned air shower experiments that aim at understanding the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In the fluorescence technique, the geometry of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 D. Kuempel , K. -H. Kampert , M. Risse

Optimization of the Orbiting Wide-angle Light Collectors (OWL) Mission for Charged-Particle and Neutrino Astronomy

OWL uses the Earth's atmosphere as a vast calorimeter to fully enable the emerging field of charged-particle astronomy with high-statistics measurements of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) and a search for sources of UHE neutrinos and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-16 John F. Krizmanic , John W. Mitchell , Robert E. Streitmatter

LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories

We present a high-energy neutrino event generator, called LeptonInjector, alongside an event weighter, called LeptonWeighter. Both are designed for large-volume Cherenkov neutrino telescopes such as IceCube. The neutrino event generator…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-15 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , C. Alispach , A. A. Alves , N. M. Amin , R. An , K. Andeen , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , G. Anton , C. Argüelles , S. Axani , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , A. Barbano , S. W. Barwick , B. Bastian , V. Basu , V. Baum , S. Baur , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , K. -H. Becker , J. Becker Tjus , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , E. Blaufuss , S. Blot , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , E. Bourbeau , J. Bourbeau , F. Bradascio , J. Braun , S. Bron , J. Brostean-Kaiser , A. Burgman , R. S. Busse , M. A. Campana , C. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , K. Clark , L. Classen , A. Coleman , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , P. Coppin , P. Correa , D. F. Cowen , R. Cross , P. Dave , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , H. Dembinski , K. Deoskar , S. De Ridder , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , S. Dharani , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , H. Dujmovic , M. Dunkman , M. A. DuVernois , E. Dvorak , T. Ehrhardt , P. Eller , R. Engel , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , S. Fiedlschuster , A. T. Fienberg , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , E. Friedman , A. Fritz , P. Fürst , T. K. Gaisser , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , S. Garrappa , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Glaser , T. Glauch , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , D. Grant , T. Grégoire , Z. Griffith , S. Griswold , M. Gündüz , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , R. Halliday , L. Halve , F. Halzen , M. Ha Minh , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , A. Haungs , S. Hauser , D. Hebecker , K. Helbing , F. Henningsen , E. C. Hettinger , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , T. Hoinka , B. Hokanson-Fasig , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , S. In , N. Iovine , A. Ishihara , M. Jansson , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , B. J. P. Jones , R. Joppe , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , U. Katz , M. Kauer , M. Kellermann , J. L. Kelley , A. Kheirandish , J. Kim , K. Kin , T. Kintscher , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kovacevich , M. Kowalski , K. Krings , G. Krückl , N. Kurahashi , A. Kyriacou , C. Lagunas Gualda , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , K. Leonard , A. Leszczyńska , Y. Li , Q. R. Liu , E. Lohfink , 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 , P. Mallik , S. Mancina , I. C. Mariş , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , F. McNally , K. Meagher , A. Medina , M. Meier , S. Meighen-Berger , J. Merz , J. Micallef , D. Mockler , G. Momenté , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , R. Morse , M. Moulai , R. Naab , R. Nagai , U. Naumann , J. Necker , L. V. Nguyen , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , M. Oehler , A. Olivas , E. O'Sullivan , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , N. Park , G. K. Parker , E. N. Paudel , P. Peiffer , C. Pérez de los Heros , S. Philippen , D. Pieloth , S. Pieper , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , Y. Popovych , A. Porcelli , M. Prado Rodriguez , P. B. Price , B. Pries , G. T. Przybylski , C. Raab , A. Raissi , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , I. C. Rea , A. Rehman , R. Reimann , M. Renschler , G. Renzi , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , M. Richman , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , D. Rysewyk Cantu , I. Safa , S. E. Sanchez Herrera , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , K. Satalecka , M. Scharf , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , P. Schlunder , T. Schmidt , A. Schneider , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , A. Sharma , S. Shefali , M. Silva , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , D. Soldin , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , R. Stein , J. Stettner , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , F. Tenholt , S. Ter-Antonyan , S. Tilav , F. Tischbein , K. Tollefson , L. Tomankova , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , M. Tselengidou , C. F. Tung , A. Turcati , R. Turcotte , C. F. Turley , J. P. Twagirayezu , B. Ty , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , D. van Eijk , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , S. Verpoest , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , T. B. Watson , C. Weaver , A. Weindl , M. J. Weiss , J. Weldert , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , B. J. Whelan , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , M. Wolf , K. Woschnagg , G. Wrede , J. Wulff , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , S. Yoshida , T. Yuan , Z. Zhang

Development of simulation package 'ELSES' for extra-large-scale electronic-structure calculation

An early-stage version of simulation package ' ELSES' (Extra-Large-Scale Electronic-Structure calculation) is developed for electronic structure and dynamics of large systems, particularly, nm-scale or 10nm-scale systems (www.elses.jp).…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-06-16 Takeo Hoshi , Takeo Fujiwara

EASpy: Fast simulation of fluorescence and Cherenkov light from extended air showers at large zenith angles

The detailed simulation of extended air showers (EAS) and their emission of Cherenkov and fluorescence light requires increasing computation time and storage volume with increasing energy of the primary particle. Given these limitations, it…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-28 Ali Baktash , Dieter Horns

EOS: a demonstrator of hybrid optical detector technology

EOS is a technology demonstrator, designed to explore the capabilities of hybrid event detection technology, leveraging both Cherenkov and scintillation light simultaneously. With a fiducial mass of four tons, EOS is designed to operate in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-22 T. Anderson , E. Anderssen , M. Askins , A. J. Bacon , Z. Bagdasarian , A. Baldoni , N. Barros , L. Bartoszek , M. Bergevin , A. Bernstein , E. Blucher , J. Boissevain , R. Bonventre , D. Brown , E. J. Callaghan , D. F. Cowen , S. Dazeley , M. Diwan , M. Duce , D. Fleming , K. Frankiewicz , D. M. Gooding , C. Grant , J. Juechter , T. Kaptanoglu , T. Kim , J. R. Klein , C. Kraus , T. Kroupová , B. Land , L. Lebanowski , V. Lozza , A. Marino , A. Mastbaum , C. Mauger , G. Mayers , J. Minock , S. Naugle , M. Newcomer , A. Nikolica , G. D. Orebi Gann , L. Pickard , L. Ren , A. Rincon , N. Rowe , J. Saba , S. Schoppmann , J. Sensenig , M. Smiley , H. Song , H. Steiger , R. Svoboda , E. Tiras , W. H. To , W. H. Trzaska , R. Van Berg , V. Veeraraghavan , J. Wallig , G. Wendel , M. Wetstein , M. Wurm , G. Yang , M. Yeh , E. D. Zimmerman

Stereograph: Stereoscopic event reconstruction using graph neural networks applied to CTAO

The CTAO (Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory) is an international observatory currently under construction. With more than sixty telescopes, it will eventually be the largest and most sensitive ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTAO…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-12 Hana Ali Messaoud , Thomas Vuillaume , Tom François

The Time Structure of Hadronic Showers in highly granular Calorimeters with Tungsten and Steel Absorbers

The intrinsic time structure of hadronic showers influences the timing capability and the required integration time of hadronic calorimeters in particle physics experiments, and depends on the active medium and on the absorber of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-07-22 C. Adloff , J. -J. Blaising , M. Chefdeville , C. Drancourt , R. Gaglione , N. Geffroy , Y. Karyotakis , I. Koletsou , J. Prast , G. Vouters J. Repond , J. Schlereth , L. Xia E. Baldolemar , J. Li , S. T. Park , M. Sosebee , A. P. White , J. Yu , G. Eigen , M. A. Thomson , D. R. Ward , D. Benchekroun , A. Hoummada , Y. Khoulaki J. Apostolakis , S. Arfaoui , M. Benoit , D. Dannheim , K. Elsener , G. Folger , C. Grefe , V. Ivantchenko , M. Killenberg , W. Klempt , E. van der Kraaij , L. Linssen , A. -I. Lucaci-Timoce , A. Münnich , S. Poss , A. Ribon , P. Roloff , A. Sailer , D. Schlatter , E. Sicking , J. Strube , V. Uzhinskiy , C. Carloganu , P. Gay , S. Manen , L. Royer , U. Cornett , D. David , A. Ebrahimi , G. Falley , N. Feege , K. Gadow , P. Göttlicher , C. Günter , O. Hartbrich , B. Hermberg , S. Karstensen , F. Krivan , K. Krüger , S. Lu , B. Lutz , S. Morozov , V. Morgunov , C. Neubüser , M. Reinecke , F. Sefkow , P. Smirnov , M. Terwort , A. Fagot , M. Tytgat , N. Zaganidis , J. -Y. Hostachy , L. Morin , E. Garutti , S. Laurien , I. Marchesini , M. Matysek , M. Ramilli , K. Briggl , P. Eckert , T. Harion , H. -Ch. Schultz-Coulon , W. Shen , R. Stamen , S. Chang , A. Khan , D. H. Kim , D. J. Kong , Y. D. Oh , B. Bilki , E. Norbeck , D. Northacker , Y. Onel , G. W. Wilson , K. Kawagoe , Y. Miyazaki , Y. Sudo , H. Ueno , T. Yoshioka , P. D. Dauncey , E. Cortina Gil , S. Mannai , G. Baulieu , P. Calabria , L. Caponetto , C. Combaret , R. Della Negra , R. Ete , G. Grenier , R. Han , J-C. Ianigro , R. Kieffer , I. Laktineh , N. Lumb , H. Mathez , L. Mirabito , A. Petrukhin , A. Steen , W. Tromeur , M. Vander Donckt , Y. Zoccarato J. Berenguer Antequera , E. Calvo Alamillo , M. -C. Fouz , J. Puerta-Pelayo , F. Corriveau , B. Bobchenko , M. Chadeeva , M. Danilov , A. Epifantsev , O. Markin , R. Mizuk , E. Novikov , V. Rusinov , E. Tarkovsky , V. Kozlov , Y. Soloviev , D. Besson , P. Buzhan , A. Ilyin , V. Kantserov , V. Kaplin , E. Popova , V. Tikhomirov , M. Gabriel , C. Kiesling , K. Seidel , F. Simon , C. Soldner , M. Szalay , M. Tesar , L. Weuste , M. S. Amjad , J. Bonis , S. Conforti di Lorenzo , P. Cornebise , J. Fleury , T. Frisson , N. van der Kolk , F. Richard , R. Pöschl , J. Rouene , M. Anduze , V. Balagura , E. Becheva , V. Boudry , J-C. Brient , R. Cornat , M. Frotin , F. Gastaldi , E. Guliyev , Y. Haddad , F. Magniette , M. Ruan , T. H. Tran , H. Videau , S. Callier , F. Dulucq , G. Martin-Chassard , Ch. de la Taille , L. Raux , N. Seguin-Moreau , J. Zacek , J. Cvach , P. Gallus , M. Havranek , M. Janata , J. Kvasnicka , D. Lednicky , M. Marcisovsky , I. Polak , J. Popule , L. Tomasek , M. Tomasek , P. Ruzicka , P. Sicho , J. Smolik , V. Vrba , J. Zalesak , . Belhorma , H. Ghazlane , K. Kotera , H. Ono , T. Takeshita , S. Uozumi , J. S. Chai , H. S. Song , S. H. Lee , M. Götze , J. Sauer , S. Weber , C. Zeitnitz

Thermal Neutrons in Eas: A New Dimension in Eas Study

A new method to study Extensive Air Shower (EAS) hadronic component is proposed. It is shown that addition of specific detectors for thermal neutron detection to a standard array for EAS study can significantly improve its performance.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Yuri V. Stenkin

Neutrino Telescope Array Letter of Intent: A Large Array of High Resolution Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov and Fluorescence Detectors for Survey of Air-showers from Cosmic Tau Neutrinos in the PeV-EeV Energy Range

This Letter of Intent (LoI) describes the outline and plan for the Neutrino Telescope Array (NTA) project. High-energy neutrinos provide unique and indisputable evidence for hadronic acceleration. Recently, IceCube has reported astronomical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-29 Makoto Sasaki , George Wei-Shu Hou

Angular reconstruction of high energy air showers using the radio signal spectrum

The Hellenic Open University extensive air shower array (also known as Astroneu array) is a small scale hybrid detection system operating in an area with high levels of electromagnetic noise from anthropogenic activity. In the present study…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-01-18 S. Nonis , A. Leisos , A. Tsirigotis , G. Bourlis , K. Papageorgiou , I. Gkialas , I. Manthos , S. Tzamarias

Space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic-Ray Experiments

Space-based experiments, either orbiting the Earth or from scientific balloon altitudes, measure high-energy cosmic rays by measuring from above the atmosphere the optical and radio signals generated by extensive air showers (EAS). These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-13 John F. Krizmanic

Ultra High Energy Particle Astronomy, Neutrino Masses and Tau Airshowers

Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino Astronomy and relic Neutrino masses may play a key role in solving the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) puzzle within the Z-Showering model. Tau air-shower originated by UHE neutrino in matter may probe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 D. Fargion , M. Khlopov , R. Konoplich , P. G. De Sanctis Lucentini , M. De Santis , B. Mele

The observation of Extensive Air Showers from an Earth-Orbiting Satellite

In this paper we review the main issues that are relevant for the detection of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) from space. EAS are produced by the interaction of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Particles (UHECP) with the atmosphere and can be observed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-15 M. Pallavicini , R. Pesce , A. Petrolini , A. Thea