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Measurement of the antiproton to proton ratio in cosmic rays using the Moon shadow with the L3+C detector

The observation of the Moon shadow effect with the L3+C detector is reported. The expected offset and elongation of the Moon shadow due to the geomagnetic field are clearly observed. A determination of the angular resolution and pointing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. PARRIAUD

Study of the Shadows of the Moon and the Sun with VHE Cosmic Rays

Milagrito, a prototype for the Milagro detector, operated for 15 months in 1997-8 and collected 8.9 billion events. It was the first extensive air shower (EAS) array sensitive to showers intiated by primaries with energy below 1 TeV. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Atkins , W. Benbow , D. Berley , M. -L. Chen , D. G. Coyne , R. S. Delay , B. L. Dingus , D. E. Dorfan , R. W. Ellsworth , D. Evans , A. Falcone , L. Fleysher , R. Fleysher , G. Gisler , J. A. Goodman , T. J. Haines , C. M. Hoffman , S. Hugenberger , L. A. Kelley , I. Leonor , J. Macri , M. McConnell , J. F. McCullough , J. E. McEnery , R. S. Miller , A. I. Mincer , M. F. Morales , P. Nemethy , J. M. Ryan , M. Schneider , B. Shen , A. Shoup , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , G. W. Sullivan , T. N. Thompson , O. T. Tumer , K. Wang , M. O. Wascko , S. Westerhoff , D. A. Williams , T. Yang , G. B. Yodh

Muon Astronomy with LVD Detector

We analysed the arrival directions of single muons detected by the first LVD tower from November, 1994 till January, 1998. The moon shadowing effect has been observed. To search for point sources of high energy photons we have analysed…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 LVD Collaboration

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

The ANTARES detector is an undersea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. The search for point-like neutrino sources is one of the main goals of the ANTARES telescope, requiring a reliable method to evaluate the detector angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-04 ANTARES Collaboration , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , J. Aublin , B. Baret , S. Basa , B. Belhorma1 , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , M. Bissinger , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Brânzaş , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , J. Carr , S. Celli , M. Chabab , T. N. Chau , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , A. Coleiro , M. Colomer-Molla , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Díaz , G. de Wasseige , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , A. Domi , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eber , N. El Khayati , A. Enzenhöfer , A. Ettahiri , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , F. Filippini , L. Fusco , P. Gay , H. Glotin , R. Gozzini , K. Graf , C. Guidi , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Hößl , J. Hofestädt , F. Huang , G. Illuminati , C. W. James , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , M. Jongen , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , N. R. Khan-Chowdhury , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , R. Le Breton , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , M. Lincetto , D. Lopez-Coto , S. Loucatos , G. Maggi , J. Manczak , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martínez-Mora , R. Mele , K. Melis , P. Migliozzi , M. Moser , A. Moussa , R. Muller , L. Nauta , S. Navas , E. Nezri , C. Nielsen , A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra , B. O'Fearraigh , M. Organokov , G. E. Păvălaş , C. Pellegrino , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , N. Randazzo , S. Reck , G. Riccobene , A. Romanov , A. Sánchez-Losa , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , J. Schnabe , F. Schüssler , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , B. Strandberg , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , T. Thakore , S. J. Tingay , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , F. Versari , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , A. Zegarelli , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

The Search for the Sidereal and Solar Diurnal Modulations in the Total MACRO Muon Data Set

We have analyzed 44.3M single muons collected by MACRO from 1991 through 2000 in 2,145 live days of operation. We have searched for the solar diurnal, apparent sidereal, and pseudo-sidereal modulation of the underground muon rate by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 The MACRO Collaboration , M. Ambrosio

Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment

The MACRO underground detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory recorded 60 million secondary cosmic ray muons from February 1989 until December 2000. Different techniques were used to analyze this sample in search for density excesses from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Ambrosio

Measurement of the antiproton/proton ratio in the few-TeV energy range with ARGO-YBJ

Cosmic ray antiprotons provide an important probe for the study of cosmic ray propagation in the interstellar space and to investigate the existence of Galactic dark matter. The ARGO-YBJ experiment is observing the Moon shadow with high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 G. Di Sciascio , R. Iuppa

Time variations in the deep underground muon flux measured by MACRO

More than 30 million of high-energy muons collected with the MACRO detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory have been used to search for flux variations of different natures. Two kinds of studies were carried out: search for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Y. Becherini , S. Cecchini , M. Cozzi , H. Dekhissi , J. Derkaoui , G. Giacomelli , M. Giorgini , F. Maaroufi , G. Mandrioli , A. Margiotta , S. Manzoor , A. Moussa , L. Patrizii , V. Popa , M. Sioli , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , V. Togo

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

Observing The Cosmic Ray Moon Shadow With VERITAS

The Earth is subjected to a uniform flux of very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) cosmic rays unless they are obscured by an object, such as the Moon, in which case a deficit or shadow is created. Since cosmic rays are charged this deficit is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Ralph Bird

Cosmic-ray propagation around the Sun: investigating the influence of the solar magnetic field on the cosmic-ray Sun shadow

The cosmic-ray Sun shadow, which is caused by high-energy charged cosmic rays being blocked and deflected by the Sun and its magnetic field, has been observed by various experiments, such as Argo-YBJ, HAWC, Tibet, and IceCube. Most notably,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-03 Julia Becker Tjus , Paolo Desiati , Niklas Döpper , Horst Fichtner , Jens Kleimann , Mike Kroll , Frederik Tenholt

Observation of shadowing of the cosmic electrons and positrons by the Moon with IACT

Recent measurements of the cosmic-ray electron (e-) and positron (e+) fluxes show apparent excesses compared to the spectra expected by standard cosmic-ray (CR) propagation models in our galaxy. These excesses may be related to particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 P. Colin , D. Borla Tridon , D. Britzger , E. Lorenz , R. Mirzoyan , T. Schweizer , M. Teshima

Neutrino Physics and Astronomy with MACRO

MACRO experiment operated in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory. Neutrino events collected by this detector are used in order to study the atmospheric neutrino flux. Different measurements in different energy samples are in full…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Bernardini

Observation of the cosmic-ray shadow of the Moon with IceCube

We report on the observation of a significant deficit of cosmic rays from the direction of the Moon with the IceCube detector. The study of this "Moon shadow" is used to characterize the angular resolution and absolute pointing capabilities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-30 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , R. Abbasi , Y. Abdou , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , D. Altmann , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , M. Baker , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , S. Bechet , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , M. Bell , M. L. Benabderrahmane , S. BenZvi , J. Berdermann , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Bertrand , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , S. Bohaichuk , C. Bohm , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , A. M. Brown , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , M. Carson , J. Casey , M. Casier , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , B. Christy , K. Clark , F. Clevermann , S. Coenders , S. Cohen , D. F. Cowen , A. H. Cruz Silva , M. Danninger , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , C. De Clercq , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , M. Dunkman , R. Eagan , B. Eberhardt , J. Eisch , R. W. Ellsworth , 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 , R. Franke , 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 , A. Groß , C. Ha , A. Haj Ismail , P. Hallen , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , K. Hanson , D. Heereman , D. Heinen , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , 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 , J. L. Kelley , J. Kiryluk , F. Kislat , 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 , 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 , J. Madsen , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Merck , P. Mészáros , 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 , M. Olivo , A. O'Murchadha , L. Paul , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pfendner , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , N. Pirk , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , P. Redl , R. Reimann , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Ribordy , M. Richman , B. Riedel , J. P. Rodrigues , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , B. Ruzybayev , D. Ryckbosch , S. M. Saba , T. Salameh , H. -G. Sander , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , M. Scheel , F. Scheriau , T. Schmidt , M. Schmitz , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , A. Schönwald , A. Schukraft , L. Schulte , O. Schulz , D. Seckel , Y. Sestayo , S. Seunarine , C. Sheremata , M. W. E. Smith , D. Soldin , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , E. A. Strahler , R. Ström , G. W. Sullivan , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , A. Tamburro , A. Tepe , S. Ter-Antonyan , G. Tešić , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , S. Toscano , M. Usner , D. van der Drift , N. van Eijndhoven , A. Van Overloop , J. van Santen , M. Vehring , M. Voge , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , T. Waldenmaier , M. Wallraff , R. Wasserman , Ch. Weaver , M. Wellons , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , N. Whitehorn , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , C. Xu , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , P. Zarzhitsky , J. Ziemann , S. Zierke , M. Zoll

The influence of the Sun and Moon on the observation of very high energy gamma-ray sources using EAS arrays

With great advance of ground-based extensive air shower array, such as LHAASO and HAWC, many very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources have been discovered and are been monitored regardless of the day and the night. Hence, the Sun and Moon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-22 Tao Wen , Songzhan Chen , BenZhong Dai

Underground Muon Physics with the MACRO experiment

Underground muon events detected by the MACRO experiment at Gran Sasso have been studied for different purposes. The studies include the vertical muon intensity measurement, multiplicity distribution, lateral and angular muon distribution…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Sioli

Limits to the muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA detector

A search for an excess of muon-neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino detector using data collected in 143.7 days of live-time in 2001. No excess over the expected atmospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 The AMANDA collaboration , M. Ackermann

Time variations in the deep underground muon flux

More than 35 million high-energy muons collected with the MACRO detector at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory have been used to search for flux variations of different nature. Two kinds of studies were carried out: a search for the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-20 S. Cecchini , M. Cozzi , H. Dekhissi , J. Derkaoui , G. Giacomelli , M. Giorgini , F. Maaroufi , G. Mandrioli , A. Margiotta , A. Moussa , L. Patrizii , M. Sioli , G. Sirri , M. Spurio , V. Togo

Mean Interplanetary Magnetic Field Measurement Using the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

The sun blocks cosmic ray particles from outside the solar system, forming a detectable shadow in the sky map of cosmic rays detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in Tibet. Because the cosmic ray particles are positive charged, the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 G. Aielli , C. Bacci , B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , C. Bleve , P. Branchini , A. Budano , S. Bussino , A. K. Calabrese Melcarne , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , A. Cappa , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , C. Cattaneo , P. Celio , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , Y. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , G. D'Alí Staiti , Danzengluobu , M. Dattoli , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , M. De Vincenzi , T. Di Girolamo , X. H. Ding , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Z. Y. Feng , Zhenyong Feng , F. Galeazzi , P. Galeotti , R. Gargana , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , Q. Huang , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , I. James , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , J. Y. Li , X. X. Li , B. Liberti , G. Liguori , C. Liu , C. Q. Liu , M. Y. Liu , J. Liu , H. Lu , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , X. R. Meng , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , A. Pagliaro , M. Panareo , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , X. B. Qu , E. Rossi , F. Ruggieri , L. Saggese , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , C. Stanescu , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , B. Wang , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , Z. G. Yao , B. Xu , L. Xue , Y. X. Yan , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , JiLong Zhang , JianLi Zhang , L. Zhang , P. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Zhaxisangzhu , Zhaxiciren , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi

Out-going Muon Flux from Neutralino Annihilation in the Sun and the Earth in Supergravity Unification

Predictions for the out-going muon fluxes from the annihilation of neutralinos in the center of the Sun and the Earth in supergravity unification are given. Effects of uncertainties of the input data are analysed. It is shown that the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Achille Corsetti , Pran Nath