71 research outputs found
The indication for K geo-antineutrino flux with Borexino phase-III data
We provide the indication of high flux of K geo-antineutrino and
geo-neutrino (K-geo-()) with Borexino Phase III data.
This result was obtained by introducing a new source of single events, namely
K-geo-() scattering on electrons, in multivariate fit
analysis of Borexino Phase III data. Simultaneously we obtained the count rates
of events from Be, and CNO solar neutrinos. These count rates are
consistent with the prediction of the Low metallicity Sun model SSM B16-AGSS09.
MC pseudo-experiments showed that the case of High metallicity Sun and absence
of K-geo-() can not imitate the result of multivariate
fit analysis of Borexino Phase III data with introducing
K-geo-() events. We also provide arguments for the high
abundance of potassium in the Earth.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:2202.08531 We have corrected and expanded the section on radiogenic
heat of the Earth. Improved the quality of drawings. The results of the study
are partially described in L. B. Bezrukov, I. S. Karpikov, A. K. Mezhokh, S.
V. Silaeva and V. V. Sinev, Bulletin of the Russian Federation. 87 (7), 972
(2023
Muon lateral distribution function of extensive air showers: results of the Sydney University Giant Air-shower Recorder versus modern Monte-Carlo simulations
The Sydney University Giant Air-shower Recorder (SUGAR) measured the muon
component of extensive air showers with a unique array of muon detectors. The
SUGAR data allow us to reconstruct the empirical dependence of muon density on
the distance from the axis of the shower, the lateral distribution function
(LDF). We compare the shape of this function with the predictions of
hadronic-interaction models, QGSJET-II-04 and EPOS-LHC, in the energy range
10^17.6 - 10^18.6 eV. We find a difference between the observed data and the
simulation: the observed muon density falls faster with the increased core
distance than it is predicted in simulations. This observation may be important
for interpretation of the energy-dependent discrepancies in the simulated and
observed numbers of muons in air showers, known as the "muon excess".Comment: 7 pages revtex, 4 figures (7 panels). V2: discussion of systematic
uncertainties added, results unchanged. Version accepted by Phys. Rev.
Report on Tests and Measurements of Hadronic Interaction Properties with Air Showers
We present a summary of recent tests and measurements of hadronic interaction
properties with air showers. This report has a special focus on muon density
measurements. Several experiments reported deviations between simulated and
recorded muon densities in extensive air showers, while others reported no
discrepancies. We combine data from eight leading air shower experiments to
cover shower energies from PeV to tens of EeV. Data are combined using the
z-scale, a unified reference scale based on simulated air showers.
Energy-scales of experiments are cross-calibrated. Above 10 PeV, we find a muon
deficit in simulated air showers for each of the six considered hadronic
interaction models. The deficit is increasing with shower energy. For the
models EPOS-LHC and QGSJet-II.04, the slope is found significant at 8 sigma.Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of UHECR201
Upper limits on the isotropic diffuse flux of cosmic PeV photons from Carpet-2 observations
Isotropic diffuse gamma-ray flux in the PeV energy band is an important tool
for multimessenger tests of models of the origin of high-energy astrophysical
neutrinos and for new-physics searches. So far, this flux has not yet been
observed. Carpet-2 is an air-shower experiment capable of detecting
astrophysical gamma rays with energies above 0.1 PeV. Here we report the upper
limits on the isotropic gamma-ray flux from Carpet-2 data obtained in 1999-2011
and 2018-2022. These results, obtained with the new statistical method based on
the shape of the muon-number distribution, summarize Carpet-2 observations as
the upgraded installation, Carpet-3, starts its operation.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, JETPL.cls; V2: references added, version accepted
by JETP Letter
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