Measurement of the atmospheric nu (mu) energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope

Adrian-Martinez S, Albert A, Al Samarai I, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Barrios-Marti J, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carloganu C, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Classen F, Core L, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Curtil C, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, De Bonis G, Decowski MP, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Dumas A, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fehn K, Fermani P, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fusco LA, Galata S, Gay P, Geißelsöder S, Geyer K, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gleixner A, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, James C, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kooijman P, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lambard E, Lambard G, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Louis F, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Martini S, Michael T, Montaruli T, Morganti M, Motz H, Müller C, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Perrina C, Piattelli P, Popa V, Pradier T, Racca C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schmid J, Schnabel J, Schulte S, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Sieger C, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Sanchez-Losa A, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Tayalati Y, Trovato A, Vallage B, Vallee C, Van Elewyck V, Vernin P, Visser E, Wagner S, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yatkin K, Yepes H, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Publisher: SPRINGER

Book Volume: 73

Pages Range: 1-12

Article Number: 2606

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2606-4

Abstract

Atmospheric neutrinos are produced during cascades initiated by the interaction of primary cosmic rays with air nuclei. In this paper, a measurement of the atmospheric energy spectrum in the energy range 0.1-200 TeV is presented, using data collected by the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope from 2008 to 2011. Overall, the measured flux is similar to 25 % higher than predicted by the conventional neutrino flux, and compatible with the measurements reported in ice. The flux is compatible with a single power-law dependence with spectral index gamma (meas)=3.58 +/- 0.12. With the present statistics the contribution of prompt neutrinos cannot be established.

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University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) University of Clermont Auvergne France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Albert, A., Al Samarai, I., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G.,... Zuniga, J. (2013). Measurement of the atmospheric nu (mu) energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope. European Physical Journal C, 73(10), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2606-4

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "Measurement of the atmospheric nu (mu) energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope." European Physical Journal C 73.10 (2013): 1-12.

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