PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - search for dark matter with bubble chambers

Autor: Amole C., Ardid M., Asner D. M., Baxter D., Behnke E., Bhattacharjee P., Borsodi H., Bou-Cabo M., Brice S. J., Broemmelsiek D., Clark K., Collar J. I., Cooper P. S., Crisler M., Dahl C. E., Das M., Debris F., Dhungana N., Farine J., Felis I., Filgas R., Fines-Neuschild M., Girard F., Giroux G., Hai M., Hall J., Harris O., Jackson C. M., Jin M., Krauss C., Lafrenière M., Laurin M., Lawson I., Levine I., Lippincott W. H., Mann E., Martin J. P., Maurya D., Mitra P., Neilson R., Noble A. J., Plante A., Podviyanuk R., Priya S., Robinson A. E., Ruschman M., Scallon O., Seth S., Sonnenschein A., Starinski N., Štekl I., Vázquez-Jáuregui E., Wells J., Wichoski U., Zacek V., Zhang J.

Publikováno v: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 95, p 04020 (2015)

The PICASSO and COUPP collaborations use superheated liquid detectors to search for cold dark matter through the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). These experiments, located in the underground laboratory of SNOLAB, Can

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/38c974e257b540a784f5d5e8fecdf1d8

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

Autor: Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Campion, P., Cao, G., Chen, C. J., Chowdhury, U., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Crowder, G., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jin, M., Krauss, C. B., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mamedov, F., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Nania, T., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Olson, S., Ortega, A., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Roeder, A., Rucinski, R., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Tardif, F., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Yan, Y., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 251301 (2017)

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ exhibits excellent

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.07666

Improved dark matter search results from PICO-2L Run 2

Autor: Amole, C., Ardid, M., Arnquist, I. J., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Brice, S. J., Broemmelsiek, D., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Debris, F., Fallows, S., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Fines-Neuschild, M., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hall, J., Harris, O., Hoppe, E. W., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C. B., Lafrenière, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Leblanc, A., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mann, E., Martin, J. P., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Olson, S., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Plante, A., Podviianiuk, R. B., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Ruschman, M., Scallon, O., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. D 93, 061101 (2016)

New data are reported from a second run of the 2-liter PICO-2L C$_3$F$_8$ bubble chamber with a total exposure of 129$\,$kg-days at a thermodynamic threshold energy of 3.3$\,$keV. These data show that measures taken to control particulate contaminati

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03729

Optical and X-ray early follow-up of ANTARES neutrino alerts

Autor: Adrian-Martinez, S., Ageron, M., Albert, A., Samarai, I. Al, Andre, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Barrios-Marti, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bogazzi, C., Bormuth, R., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., De Bonis, G., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Elsasser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fermani, P., Folger, F., Fusco, L. A., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geißelsoder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Graf, K., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herrero, A., Hoßl, J., Hofestadt, J., Hugon, C., James, C. W, de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Kießling, D., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Lattuada, D., Lefevre, D., Leonora, E., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Mueller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Pavalas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Saldana, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sanchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Tselengidou, M., Tonnis, C., Turpin, D., Vallage, B., Vallee, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vecchi, M., Visser, E., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., Zornoza, J. D., Zuniga, J., Klotz, A., Boer, M., Van Suu, A. Le, Akerlof, C., Zheng, W., Evans, P., Gehrels, N., Kennea, J., Osborne, J. P., Coward, D. M.

High-energy neutrinos could be produced in the interaction of charged cosmic rays with matter or radiation surrounding astrophysical sources. Even with the recent detection of extraterrestrial high-energy neutrinos by the IceCube experiment, no astro

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.01180

Search for muon-neutrino emission from GeV and TeV gamma-ray flaring blazars using five years of data of the ANTARES telescope

Autor: Adrián-Martínez, S., Albert, A., André, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Barrios-Martí, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bogazzi, C., Bormuth, R., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., De Bonis, G., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Elsässer, D., Enzenhöfer, A., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fermani, P., Folger, F., Fusco, L. A., Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geißelsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Graf, K., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Herrero, A., Hößl, J., Hofestädt, J., Hugon, C., James, C. W, de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Kießling, D., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, G., Lattuada, D., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Margiotta, A., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Mueller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Păvălaş, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Saldaña, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sánchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Tselengidou, M., Tönnis, C., Turpin, D., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Van Elewyck, V., Visser, E., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga, J.

The ANTARES telescope is well-suited for detecting astrophysical transient neutrino sources as it can observe a full hemisphere of the sky at all times with a high duty cycle. The background due to atmospheric particles can be drastically reduced, an

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.07354