Characteristics of Four Upward-pointing Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed with ANITA
We report on four radio-detected cosmic-ray (CR) or CR-like events observed with the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload. Two of the four were previously identified as stratospheric CR air showers during the ANITA-I flight. A third stratosphe...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1603.05218 2023-05-15T13:44:05+02:00 Characteristics of Four Upward-pointing Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed with ANITA Gorham, P. W. Nam, J. Romero-Wolf, A. Hoover, S. Allison, P. Banerjee, O. Beatty, J. J. Belov, K. Besson, D. Z. Binns, W. R. Bugaev, V. Cao, P. Chen, C. Chen, P. Clem, J. M. Connolly, A. Dailey, B. Deaconu, C. Cremonesi, L. Dowkonnt, P. F. Duvernois, M. A. Field, R. C. Fox, B. D. Goldstein, D. Gordon, J. Hast, C. Hebert, C. L. Hill, B. Hughes, K. Hupe, R. Israel, M. H. Javaid, A. Kowalski, J. Lam, J. Learned, J. G. Liewer, K. M. Liu, T. C. Link, J. T. Lusczek, E. Matsuno, S. Mercurio, B. C. Miki, C. Miocinovic, P. Mottram, M. Mulrey, K. Naudet, C. J. Ng, J. Nichol, R. J. Palladino, K. Rauch, B. F. Reil, K. Roberts, J. Rosen, M. Rotter, B. Russell, J. Ruckman, L. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, D. Schoorlemmer, H. Stafford, S. Stockham, J. Stockham, M. Strutt, B. Tatem, K. Varner, G. S. Vieregg, A. G. Walz, D. Wissel, S. A. Wu, F. 2016 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1603.05218 https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05218 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.071101 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2016 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1603.05218 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.071101 2022-04-01T11:41:24Z We report on four radio-detected cosmic-ray (CR) or CR-like events observed with the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload. Two of the four were previously identified as stratospheric CR air showers during the ANITA-I flight. A third stratospheric CR was detected during the ANITA-II flight. Here we report on characteristics these three unusual CR events, which develop nearly horizontally, 20-30~km above the surface of the Earth. In addition, we report on a fourth steeply upward-pointing ANITA-I CR-like radio event which has characteristics consistent with a primary that emerged from the surface of the ice. This suggests a possible $τ$-lepton decay as the origin of this event, but such an interpretation would require significant suppression of the Standard Model $τ$-neutrino cross section. : 5pp,4 figures, referees' comments addressed, this version accepted to Phys. Rev. Letters. Supplemental PDF material available; see source files Text Antarc* Antarctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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We report on four radio-detected cosmic-ray (CR) or CR-like events observed with the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload. Two of the four were previously identified as stratospheric CR air showers during the ANITA-I flight. A third stratospheric CR was detected during the ANITA-II flight. Here we report on characteristics these three unusual CR events, which develop nearly horizontally, 20-30~km above the surface of the Earth. In addition, we report on a fourth steeply upward-pointing ANITA-I CR-like radio event which has characteristics consistent with a primary that emerged from the surface of the ice. This suggests a possible $τ$-lepton decay as the origin of this event, but such an interpretation would require significant suppression of the Standard Model $τ$-neutrino cross section. : 5pp,4 figures, referees' comments addressed, this version accepted to Phys. Rev. Letters. Supplemental PDF material available; see source files |
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Gorham, P. W. Nam, J. Romero-Wolf, A. Hoover, S. Allison, P. Banerjee, O. Beatty, J. J. Belov, K. Besson, D. Z. Binns, W. R. Bugaev, V. Cao, P. Chen, C. Chen, P. Clem, J. M. Connolly, A. Dailey, B. Deaconu, C. Cremonesi, L. Dowkonnt, P. F. Duvernois, M. A. Field, R. C. Fox, B. D. Goldstein, D. Gordon, J. Hast, C. Hebert, C. L. Hill, B. Hughes, K. Hupe, R. Israel, M. H. Javaid, A. Kowalski, J. Lam, J. Learned, J. G. Liewer, K. M. Liu, T. C. Link, J. T. Lusczek, E. Matsuno, S. Mercurio, B. C. Miki, C. Miocinovic, P. Mottram, M. Mulrey, K. Naudet, C. J. Ng, J. Nichol, R. J. Palladino, K. Rauch, B. F. Reil, K. Roberts, J. Rosen, M. Rotter, B. Russell, J. Ruckman, L. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, D. Schoorlemmer, H. Stafford, S. Stockham, J. Stockham, M. Strutt, B. Tatem, K. Varner, G. S. Vieregg, A. G. Walz, D. Wissel, S. A. Wu, F. |
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Gorham, P. W. Nam, J. Romero-Wolf, A. Hoover, S. Allison, P. Banerjee, O. Beatty, J. J. Belov, K. Besson, D. Z. Binns, W. R. Bugaev, V. Cao, P. Chen, C. Chen, P. Clem, J. M. Connolly, A. Dailey, B. Deaconu, C. Cremonesi, L. Dowkonnt, P. F. Duvernois, M. A. Field, R. C. Fox, B. D. Goldstein, D. Gordon, J. Hast, C. Hebert, C. L. Hill, B. Hughes, K. Hupe, R. Israel, M. H. Javaid, A. Kowalski, J. Lam, J. Learned, J. G. Liewer, K. M. Liu, T. C. Link, J. T. Lusczek, E. Matsuno, S. Mercurio, B. C. Miki, C. Miocinovic, P. Mottram, M. Mulrey, K. Naudet, C. J. Ng, J. Nichol, R. J. Palladino, K. Rauch, B. F. Reil, K. Roberts, J. Rosen, M. Rotter, B. Russell, J. Ruckman, L. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, D. Schoorlemmer, H. Stafford, S. Stockham, J. Stockham, M. Strutt, B. Tatem, K. Varner, G. S. Vieregg, A. G. Walz, D. Wissel, S. A. Wu, F. |
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Characteristics of Four Upward-pointing Cosmic-ray-like Events Observed with ANITA |
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