Neutrinos @ HiRes
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Neutrinos @ HiRes
Kai MartensHigh Energy Astrophysics Institute
Department of Physics, University of Utah
HR1HR2
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The Experiment:
12.6 km apart
HR2: 12/199942 mirrors
3-31 elevation
DugwayProvingGrounds
HR1: 6/199719 mirrors
3-17elevation
Delta
HiRes on DPG:
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HiRes Optics:
Mirror surface 5.1 m2
Field of view: 16 x 14
Camera:16 x 16
PMTeach sees
1o x 1o
in sky
SUN:½o
UV filter !!!(protecting PMTs)
low resolutionhigh speed
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HiRes: Stereo!!!July 11, 1999; Energy: 19 EeV
Light Propagation:Atmosphere
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The Collaboration:S. BenZvi, J. Boyer, B. Connolly, C.B. Finley, B. Knapp, E.J. Mannel, A. O’Neill, M. Seman, S. Westerhoff
Columbia University
J.F. Amman, M.D. Cooper, C.M. Hoffman, M.H. Holzscheiter, C.A. Painter, J.S. Sarracino, G. Sinnis, T.N. Thompson, D. TupaLos Alamos National Laboratory
J. Belz, M. KirnUniversity of Montana
J.A.J. Matthews, M. RobertsUniversity of New Mexico
D.R. Bergman, G. Hughes, D. Ivanov, L. Perera, S.R. Schnetzer, L. Scott, S. Stratton, G.B. Thomson, A. ZechRutgers University
N. Manago, M. Sasaki
University of Tokyo
R.U. Abbasi, T. Abu-Zayyad, G. Archbold, K. Belov, Z. Cao, W. Deng, W. Hanlon, P. Huentemeyer, C.C.H. Jui, E.C. Loh, K. Martens,
J.N. Matthews, K. Reil, J. Smith, P. Sokolsky, R.W. Springer, B.T. Stokes, J.R. Thomas, S.B. Thomas, L. WienckeUniversity of Utah
Z. Cao, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. YangIHEP Bejing
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Highest Energy Cosmogenic
Graph by Semikoz + Sigl
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( Imagine ) a Mountain:
target masscalorimeter
shower
Daniele Fargion - or who’s idea was it?
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Tau Neutrinos ?pion decay:
+
e + e +
flavor counting: 2 + 1 e
neutrino oscillation:2 1 + 1
DELIVERABLES:1 e + 1 + 1
+ + 17% track
e + e + 18% shower hh + 65%
shower
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ANIS (by Gazizov & Kowalski, AMANDA)
But: made for detectors inside a spherical earth…(i.e. underground)
AllNeutrino InteractionSimulation
Incorporates: - cross sections: CC, NC, ee- (resonant)- () energy loss (parameterization)- decay tables- TAUOLA for -decay
weuse
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GTOPO 30 + ANIS:GTOPO30: 30 arcsec 1km
33 tiles; one boundary 22km south of our detectors…
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MC: Topology at WorkNeutrino interaction points (tau decay above ground):
Cedar Mtns
Deep Creek Rng
Stansbury Mtns Oquirrh Mtns
Fish Springs Rng Thomas Rng
Sheeprock Mtns
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Neutrino Injection:
Earth
HiRes:Impact Parameter
< 75km
Zenith:9010 deg
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Neutrinos: Zenith Angle > 90°
Cosmic Rays
MC input:
- triggered events- both detectors- MC generated geometries
Zenith is the discriminator!
Get geometry right !!!
up
shower axis
Cosmic Ray MC distorted:
too many high E
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Finding the good guysand keeping as many as possible!!! efficiency sensitivity
Review reconstruction: First step: SDP
SDP normal uncertainty:
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Event Geometry II: 2-dim 1-dim
in the SDP:
Rp
detector
shower
scanning range for Rp direction
2tan
cR
Tt ip0i
cut edge of Rp scanning range
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Curvature in the Timing Fit:
Rp
detector
shower
longitude =in plane angle
use ratio of tan(/2)and linear fit in longitude
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Well Reconstructed Events:ratio tan(/2) fit to linear fit
> 100
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Another Difference that Matters:
Rp
detector
shower
horizontal CR events: top of atmosphere large Rp
horizontal out of mountain:low in atmosphere small Rp
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Mapping out the lasers
SDP normalvector:
x-component
y-co
mpo
nent
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MC Reduction:ANIS: total of 494,440,080 towards HiRes
4297 trigger HR1, 2496 trigger HR2
MC survivors:Energy: ANIS input: HR1 HR2 stereo
1018 – 1019: 445,425,435 265 169 101019 – 1020: 44,558,618 97 38 111020 – 1021: 4,456,027 4 2 0
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Data Reduction: 152 neutrinos ???
some examples:
conclusion:all lasers!
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Flux Limit for Cosmogenic Neutrinos:
• Efficiency of HiRes to neutrino events from MC.• Zero events found.• Estimate upper limit with Poisson Statistics.• Cosmogenic Neutrino Flux: j(E) =E-2
Φ [ eV s-1 sr-1 cm-2]
max
min
E
E
2-3211 E)ATTT(N dE 32
HiRes-1 HiRes-2 Stereo
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The HiRes Tau Neutrino Limits:
Semikoz+Sigli,max
90% CL, units: eVcm-2 s-1 sr-1
(uncertainty MC statistics only)
1018 – 1019: 420 -20 +251019 – 1020: 1340 -110 +1401020 – 1021: 29400 -8900 +22100
Injection: E-2 spectrum
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(1200m above SL)
Interaction Length in Standard Rock:(Rock??? =2.65 g/cm3…)
Conclusion: NO upward going neutrinos @ 1018eV
(earth diameter)
Int,
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Interpretation of HiRes monocular CR:
Doug Bergman, Rutgers
Fits interpret spectrumin terms of
extragalactic protonsthat traveled from
cosmological sources
changed interpretation ofankle:
galactic/extragalactic transition: composition change vs. slope change
p+ (1232) +N
+
e + e +
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Some Input:
garbage in,
garbage out…
(this is MC!)