11. Constraints on the diffuse photon flux with energies above 10^18 eV using the surface detector of the Telescope Array experimentR.U. Abbasi, Jon Paul Lundquist, 2018, original scientific article Abstract: We present the results of the search for ultra-high-energy photons with nine years of data from the Telescope Array surface detector. A multivariate classifier is built upon 16 reconstructed parameters of the extensive air shower. These parameters are related to the curvature and the width of the shower front, the steepness of the lateral distribution function, and the timing parameters of the waveforms sensitive to the shower muon content. A total number of two photon candidates found in the search is fully compatible with the expected background. The 95% CL limits on the diffuse flux of the photons with energies greater than 10^18.0, 10^18.5, 10^19.0, 10^19.5 and 10^20.0 eV are set at the level of 0.067, 0.012, 0.0036, 0.0013, correspondingly.
Keywords: Ultra-high-energy photons, Telescope array experiment, Extensive air showers
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12. Multi-Messenger Physics With the Pierre Auger ObservatoryKarl-Heinz Kampert, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, Lukas Zehrer, 2019, original scientific article Keywords: Pierre Auger Observatory, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, photons, neutrinos, protons, multi-messenger physics and astrophysics
Published in RUNG: 06.05.2019; Views: 3304; Downloads: 107
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13. Diffuse and targeted searches for ultra-high-energy photons using the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger ObservatoryMarcus Niechciol, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Ahmed Saleh, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, 2017, published scientific conference contribution Keywords: ultra-high-energy photons, Pierre Auger Observatory, hybrid detector
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14. Update of the neutrino and photon limits from the Pierre Auger ObservatoryCarla Bleve, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Ahmed Saleh, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Darko Veberič, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, 2015, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: Ultra-high energy neutrinos and photons, with energies above
1 EeV and 10 EeV respectively, can be detected with the Surface
Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Downward-
going neutrinos of all flavours interacting in the atmosphere
at zenith angles θ > 60◦, upward-going tau neutrinos (“Earth-
skimming”), as well as photons in the zenith range 30◦ − 60◦
can be identified through the broad time-structure of the
signals expected to be induced in the SD stations. An
additional signature for photon-induced air showers is the
steeper lateral distribution of secondary particles at ground
with respect to the nucleonic showers. Stringent limits are set
to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos and
photons, using data collected between 2004 and mid-2013, under
the hypothesis of an E[sup]−2 spectrum for signal primaries.
Keywords: ultra-high energy neutrinos, ultra-high energy photons, cosmic rays, elemental composition, Pierre Auger Observatory
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