Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

R. Abbasi; Y. Abdou; M. Ackermann; J. Adams; M. Ahlers; K. Andeen; J. Auffenberg; X. Bai; M. Baker; S. W. Barwick; R. Bay; J. L. Bazo Alba; K. Beattie; S. Bechet; J. K. Becker; K. H. Becker; M. L. Benabderrahmane; J. Berdermann; P. Berghaus; D. Berley; E. Bernardini; D. Bertrand; D. Z. Besson; M. Bissok; E. Blaufuss; D. J. Boersma; C. Bohm; J. Bolmont; S. Böser; O. Botner; L. Bradley; J. Braun; D. Breder; T. Burgess; T. Castermans; D. Chirkin; B. Christy; J. Clem; S. Cohen; D. F. Cowen; M. V. D'Agostino; M. Danninger; C. T. Day; C. De Clercq; L. Demirörs; O. Depaepe; F. Descamps; P. Desiati; G. De Vries-Uiterweerd; T. Deyoung; J. C. Diaz-Velez; J. Dreyer; J. P. Dumm; M. R. Duvoort; W. R. Edwards; R. Ehrlich; J. Eisch; R. W. Ellsworth; O. Engdegård; S. Euler; P. A. Evenson; O. Fadiran; A. R. Fazely; T. Feusels; K. Filimonov; C. Finley; M. M. Foerster; B. D. Fox; A. Franckowiak; R. Franke; T. K. Gaisser; J. Gallagher; R. Ganugapati; L. Gerhardt; L. Gladstone; A. Goldschmidt; J. A. Goodman; R. Gozzini; D. Grant; T. Griesel; A. Groß; S. Grullon; R. M. Gunasingha; M. Gurtner; C. Ha; A. Hallgren; F. Halzen; K. Han; K. Hanson; Y. Hasegawa; J. Heise; K. Helbing; P. Herquet; S. Hickford; G. C. Hill; K. D. Hoffman; K. Hoshina; D. Hubert; W. Huelsnitz; J. P. Hülß; P. O. Hulth; K. Hultqvist; S. Hussain; R. L. Imlay; M. Inaba; A. Ishihara; J. Jacobsen; G. S. Japaridze; H. Johansson; J. M. Joseph; K. H. Kampert; A. Kappes; T. Karg; A. Karle; J. L. Kelley; P. Kenny; J. Kiryluk; F. Kislat; S. R. Klein; S. Klepser; S. Knops; G. Kohnen; H. Kolanoski; L. Köpke; M. Kowalski; T. Kowarik; M. Krasberg; K. Kuehn; T. Kuwabara; M. Labare; K. Laihem; H. Landsman; R. Lauer; H. Leich; D. Lennarz; A. Lucke; J. Lundberg; J. Lünemann; J. Madsen; P. Majumdar; R. Maruyama; K. Mase; H. S. Matis; C. P. McParland; K. Meagher; M. Merck; P. Mészáros; E. Middell; N. Milke; H. Miyamoto; A. Mohr; T. Montaruli; R. Morse; S. M. Movit; K. Münich; R. Nahnhauer; J. W. Nam; P. Nießen; D. R. Nygren; S. Odrowski; A. Olivas; M. Olivo; M. Ono; S. Panknin; S. Patton; C. Pérez De Los Heros; J. Petrovic; A. Piegsa; D. Pieloth; A. C. Pohl; R. Porrata; N. Potthoff; P. B. Price; M. Prikockis; G. T. Przybylski; K. Rawlins; P. Redl; E. Resconi; W. Rhode; M. Ribordy; A. Rizzo; J. P. Rodrigues; P. Roth; F. Rothmaier; C. Rott; C. Roucelle; D. Rutledge; D. Ryckbosch; H. G. Sander; S. Sarkar; K. Satalecka; S. Schlenstedt; T. Schmidt; D. Schneider; A. Schukraft; O. Schulz; M. Schunck; D. Seckel; B. Semburg; S. H. Seo; Y. Sestayo; S. Seunarine; A. Silvestri; A. Slipak; G. M. Spiczak; C. Spiering; T. Stanev; G. Stephens; T. Stezelberger; R. G. Stokstad; M. C. Stoufer; S. Stoyanov; E. A. Strahler; T. Straszheim; K. H. Sulanke; G. W. Sullivan; Q. Swillens; I. Taboada; O. Tarasova; A. Tepe; S. Ter-Antonyan; C. Terranova; S. Tilav; M. Tluczykont; P. A. Toale; D. Tosi; D. Turčan; N. Van Eijndhoven; J. Vandenbroucke; A. Van Overloop; B. Voigt; C. Walck; T. Waldenmaier; M. Walter; C. Wendt; S. Westerhoff; N. Whitehorn; C. H. Wiebusch; A. Wiedemann; G. Wikström; D. R. Williams; R. Wischnewski; H. Wissing; K. Woschnagg; X. W. Xu; G. Yodh; S. Yoshida

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005

Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K. H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. BerleyE. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, S. Böser, O. Botner, L. Bradley, J. Braun, D. Breder, T. Burgess, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, S. Cohen, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D'Agostino, M. Danninger, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. De Vries-Uiterweerd, T. Deyoung, J. C. Diaz-Velez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, Y. Hasegawa, J. Heise, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J. P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, R. L. Imlay, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K. H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, S. Klepser, S. Knops, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, H. Leich, D. Lennarz, A. Lucke, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, E. Middell, N. Milke, H. Miyamoto, A. Mohr, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, K. Münich, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, M. Ono, S. Panknin, S. Patton, C. Pérez De Los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, N. Potthoff, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, C. Roucelle, D. Rutledge, D. Ryckbosch, H. G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Satalecka, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, A. Schukraft, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K. H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, I. Taboada, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, C. Terranova, S. Tilav, M. Tluczykont, P. A. Toale, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. Van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Walter, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, C. H. Wiebusch, A. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, S. Yoshida

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Abstract

The AMANDA-II detector, operating since 2000 in the deep ice at the geographic South Pole, has accumulated a large sample of atmospheric muon neutrinos in the 100GeV to 10TeV energy range. The zenith angle and energy distribution of these events can be used to search for various phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity in the neutrino sector, such as violation of Lorentz invariance or quantum decoherence. Analyzing a set of 5511 candidate neutrino events collected during 1387 days of livetime from 2000 to 2006, we find no evidence for such effects and set upper limits on violation of Lorentz invariance and quantum decoherence parameters using a maximum likelihood method. Given the absence of evidence for new flavor-changing physics, we use the same methodology to determine the conventional atmospheric muon neutrino flux above 100GeV.

Original language	English
Article number	102005
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	79
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005
State	Published - 1 May 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahlers, M., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Bay, R., Bazo Alba, J. L., Beattie, K., Bechet, S., Becker, J. K., Becker, K. H., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., ... Yoshida, S. (2009). Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 79(10), Article 102005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005

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AU - Bay, R.

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AU - Berdermann, J.

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AU - Bolmont, J.

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AU - Botner, O.

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AU - Braun, J.

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AU - Burgess, T.

AU - Castermans, T.

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AU - Depaepe, O.

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AU - Desiati, P.

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AU - Deyoung, T.

AU - Diaz-Velez, J. C.

AU - Dreyer, J.

AU - Dumm, J. P.

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AU - Edwards, W. R.

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AU - Eisch, J.

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AU - Finley, C.

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AU - Fox, B. D.

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AU - Franke, R.

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AU - Gallagher, J.

AU - Ganugapati, R.

AU - Gerhardt, L.

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AU - Groß, A.

AU - Grullon, S.

AU - Gunasingha, R. M.

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AU - Ha, C.

AU - Hallgren, A.

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AU - Han, K.

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AU - Hasegawa, Y.

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AU - Hülß, J. P.

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AU - Hussain, S.

AU - Imlay, R. L.

AU - Inaba, M.

AU - Ishihara, A.

AU - Jacobsen, J.

AU - Japaridze, G. S.

AU - Johansson, H.

AU - Joseph, J. M.

AU - Kampert, K. H.

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AU - Kelley, J. L.

AU - Kenny, P.

AU - Kiryluk, J.

AU - Kislat, F.

AU - Klein, S. R.

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PY - 2009/5/1

Y1 - 2009/5/1

N2 - The AMANDA-II detector, operating since 2000 in the deep ice at the geographic South Pole, has accumulated a large sample of atmospheric muon neutrinos in the 100GeV to 10TeV energy range. The zenith angle and energy distribution of these events can be used to search for various phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity in the neutrino sector, such as violation of Lorentz invariance or quantum decoherence. Analyzing a set of 5511 candidate neutrino events collected during 1387 days of livetime from 2000 to 2006, we find no evidence for such effects and set upper limits on violation of Lorentz invariance and quantum decoherence parameters using a maximum likelihood method. Given the absence of evidence for new flavor-changing physics, we use the same methodology to determine the conventional atmospheric muon neutrino flux above 100GeV.

AB - The AMANDA-II detector, operating since 2000 in the deep ice at the geographic South Pole, has accumulated a large sample of atmospheric muon neutrinos in the 100GeV to 10TeV energy range. The zenith angle and energy distribution of these events can be used to search for various phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity in the neutrino sector, such as violation of Lorentz invariance or quantum decoherence. Analyzing a set of 5511 candidate neutrino events collected during 1387 days of livetime from 2000 to 2006, we find no evidence for such effects and set upper limits on violation of Lorentz invariance and quantum decoherence parameters using a maximum likelihood method. Given the absence of evidence for new flavor-changing physics, we use the same methodology to determine the conventional atmospheric muon neutrino flux above 100GeV.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649438962&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102005

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:67649438962

SN - 1550-7998

VL - 79

JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

IS - 10

M1 - 102005

ER -

Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

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