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The study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays represents one of the most challenging topic in the Cosmic Rays and in the Astroparticle Physics fields. The interaction of primary particles with atmospheric nuclei produces a huge Extensive Air…

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector that is deployed deep in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole. A square kilometer companion surface detector, IceTop, located directly above in the in-ice array,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-10 Donghwa Kang

Heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) are constrained by requirements of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) as their decays significantly impact the formation of the primordial elements. We propose here a model where the primary decay channel for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-26 Frank F. Deppisch , Tomás E. Gonzalo , Chayan Majumdar , Zhong Zhang

In this paper, the possibility to exploit a high energy beta beam without massive detectors is discussed. The radioactive ions are boosted up to very high $\gamma$ with the neutrino beam pointing towards an instrumented surface located at a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Terranova , A. Marotta , P. Migliozzi , M. Spinetti

Beam-dump experiments offer an opportunity to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. In this work, we explore the use of a high-energy photon beam on a fixed target. Such photons can be produced via Compton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-28 Ivo Schulthess , Federico Meloni

The atmosphere is an intrinsic part of any ground based Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope, and the telescope response is therefore sensitive to unpredictable changes in the atmospheric transparency which are difficult to measure and interpret…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. LeBohec , J. Holder

We discuss the potential of using detectors aimed for searching long-lived particles~(LLP) at the high-luminosity LHC run, to probe the neutrino dipole models. This is achieved by taking the heavy neutral leptons~(HNL) of the models as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-26 Wei Liu , Yu Zhang

So far, cosmic ray air showers have been detected using scintillation counter arrays on the ground widely. And also air Cherenkov detection method, which is limited its observation period in moonless nights, has been adopted. The detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 Yoshitaka Kawashima

The current status of the proposed SHiP experiment at the CERN Beam Dump Facility is presented. SHiP is a general-purpose fixed-target experiment. The 400 GeV/$c$ proton beam extracted from the SPS will be dumped on a heavy target to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-15 Markus Cristinziani

The Standard Model (SM) describes particle physics with great precision. However, it does not account for the generation of neutrino masses, whose nature we do not understand. Both a Dirac and a Majorana mass term could intervene, leading…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-23 Elena Graverini

Radio emission from Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) showers detected after specular reflection off the Antarctic ice surface has been recently demonstrated by the ANITA balloon-borne experiment. An antenna observing a large area of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Motloch , N. Hollon , P. Privitera

We present a new design for the water Cherenkov detectors that are in use in various cosmic ray observatories. This novel design can provide a significant improvement in the independent measurement of the muonic and electromagnetic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Antoine Letessier-Selvon , Pierre Billoir , Miguel Blanco , Ioana C. Maris , Mariangela Settimo

The existing and in development devices at Basic Environmental Observatory (BEO) Moussala are presented, precisely the experiments connected with space weather and astroparticle studies. The recent results of the secondary cosmic ray…

Space Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Mishev

We present here a study of the impact of a heavy neutrino (or heavy neutral lepton) on leptonic and semileptonic kaon decays. We used a simplified model consisting of 3 light neutrinos responsible for neutrino oscillations and a heavy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-07-07 C. Weiland

The first optical modules of the Baikal high energy neutrino telescope have recently been deployed. Commissioning of the AMANDA, DUMAND and NESTOR detectors will follow soon. Before discussing the detectors we review the arguments that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

Searches for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics are performed at accelerators worldwide. Although having poorer detection capabilities and large beam uncertainties, ultra high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) experiments present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 V. Cardoso , M. C. Espirito Santo , A. Onofre , M. Paulos , M. Pimenta , J. C. Romao , B. Tome

The origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays (CRs) and the possibility of Supernova Remnants (SNRs) being potential CR accelerators is still an open debate. The charged CRs can be detected indirectly by the {\gamma}-ray observatories through the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-21 Pooja Sharma , Ziwei Ou , Charles Henry-Cadrot , Coline Dubos , Tiina Suomijärvi

The China Jinping underground Laboratory (CJPL) is an excellent location for studying solar, terrestrial, and supernova neutrinos due to its 2400-meter vertical rock overburden. Its unparalleled depth gives an opportunity to investigate the…

The field of astroparticle physics is currently developing rapidly, since new experiments challenge our understanding of the investigated processes. Three messengers can be used to extract information on the properties of astrophysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Julia K. Becker

Neutrinoless double beta decays in liquid xenon produce a significant amount of Cherenkov light, with a photon number and angular distribution that distinguishes these events from common backgrounds. A GEANT4 simulation was used to simulate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-20 Jason Philip Brodsky , Samuele Sangiorgio , Michael Heffner , Tyana Stiegler