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Observation of Seasonal Variations of the Flux of High-Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube
arXiv (Cornell University)
08 Mar 2023
Abstract
Eur.Phys.J.C 83 (2023) 9, 777 Atmospheric muon neutrinos are produced by meson decays in cosmic-ray-induced
air showers. The flux depends on meteorological quantities such as the air
temperature, which affects the density of air. Competition between decay and
re-interaction of those mesons in the first particle production generations
gives rise to a higher neutrino flux when the air density in the stratosphere
is lower, corresponding to a higher temperature. A measurement of a temperature
dependence of the atmospheric $\nu_{\mu}$ flux provides a novel method for
constraining hadro\-nic interaction models of air showers. It is particularly
sensitive to the production of kaons. Studying this temperature dependence for
the first time requires a large sample of high-energy neutrinos as well as a
detailed understanding of atmospheric properties. We report the significant ($>
10 \sigma$) observation of a correlation between the rate of more than 260,000
neutrinos, detected by IceCube between 2012 and 2018, and atmospheric
temperatures of the stratosphere, measured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
(AIRS) instrument aboard NASA's AQUA satellite. For the observed 10$\%$
seasonal change of effective atmospheric temperature we measure a 3.5(3)$\%$
change in the muon neutrino flux. This observed correlation deviates by about
2-3 standard deviations from the expected correlation of 4.3$\%$ as obtained
from theoretical predictions under the assumption of various hadronic
interaction models
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- Title
- Observation of Seasonal Variations of the Flux of High-Energy Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube
- Creators
- R AbbasiM AckermannJ AdamsS. K AgarwallaJ. A AguilarM AhlersJ. M AlameddineN. M AminK AndeenG AntonC ArgüellesY AshidaS AthanasiadouS. N AxaniX BaiA. Balagopal VM BaricevicS. W BarwickV BasuR BayJ. J BeattyK. -H BeckerJ. Becker TjusJ BeiseC BellenghiS BenZviD BerleyE BernardiniD. Z BessonG BinderD BindigE BlaufussS BlotF BontempoJ. Y BookC. Boscolo MeneguoloS BöserO BotnerJ BöttcherE BourbeauJ BraunB BrinsonJ Brostean-KaiserR. T BurleyR. S BusseD ButterfieldM. A CampanaK CarloniE. G Carnie-BroncaS ChattopadhyayC ChenZ ChenD ChirkinS ChoiB. A ClarkL ClassenA ColemanG. H CollinA ConnollyJ. M ConradP CoppinP CorreaS CountrymanD. F CowenP DaveC De ClercqJ. J DeLaunayD. Delgado LópezH DembinskiS DengK DeoskarA DesaiP DesiatiK. D de VriesG de WasseigeT DeYoungA DiazJ. C Díaz-VélezM DittmerA DomiH DujmovicM. A DuVernoisT EhrhardtP EllerR EngelH ErpenbeckJ EvansP. A EvensonK. L FanK FangA. R FazelyA FedynitchN FeiglS FiedlschusterC FinleyL FischerD FoxA FranckowiakE FriedmanA FritzP FürstT. K GaisserJ GallagherE GansterA GarciaS GarrappaL GerhardtA GhadimiC GlaserT GlauchT GlüsenkampN GoehlkeJ. G GonzalezS GoswamiD GrantS. J GrayS GriffinS GriswoldC GüntherP GutjahrC HaackA HallgrenR HallidayL HalveF HalzenH HamdaouiM. Ha MinhK HansonJ HardinA. A HarnischP HatchA HaungsS HauserK HelbingJ HellrungF HenningsenL HeuermannS HickfordA HidvegiC HillG. C HillK. D HoffmanK HoshinaW HouT HuberK HultqvistM HünnefeldR HussainK HymonS InN IovineA IshiharaM JacquartM JanssonG. S JaparidzeK JayakumarM JeongM JinB. J. P JonesD KangW KangX KangA KappesD KappesserL KardumT KargM KarlA KarleU KatzM KauerJ. L KelleyA. Khatee ZathulA KheirandishK KinJ KirylukS. R KleinA KochockiR KoiralaH KolanoskiT KontrimasL KöpkeC KopperD. J KoskinenP KoundalM KovacevichM KowalskiT KozynetsK KruiswijkE KrupczakA KumarE KunN KurahashiN LadC. Lagunas GualdaM LamoureuxM. J LarsonF LauberJ. P LazarJ. W LeeK. Leonard DeHoltonA LeszczyńskaM LincettoQ. R LiuM LiubarskaE LohfinkC LoveC. J. Lozano MariscalL LuF LucarelliA LudwigW LuszczakY LyuW. Y MaJ MadsenK. B. M MahnY MakinoS MancinaW. Marie SainteI. C MarişS MarkaZ MarkaM MarseeI Martinez-SolerR MaruyamaF MayhewT McElroyF McNallyJ. V MeadK MeagherS MechbalA MedinaM MeierS Meighen-BergerY MerckxL MertenJ MicallefD MocklerT MontaruliR. W MooreY MoriiR MorseM MoulaiT MukherjeeR NaabR NagaiM NakosU NaumannJ NeckerM NeumannH NiederhausenM. U NisaA NoellS. C NowickiA. Obertacke PollmannM OehlerB OeyenA OlivasR OrsoeJ OsbornE O'SullivanH PandyaN ParkG. K ParkerE. N PaudelL PaulC. Pérez de los HerosJ PetersonS PhilippenS PieperA PizzutoM PlumY PopovychM. Prado RodriguezB PriesR Procter-MurphyG. T PrzybylskiC RaabJ Rack-HelleisK RawlinsZ RechavA RehmanP ReichherzerG RenziE ResconiS ReuschW RhodeM RichmanB RiedelE. J RobertsS RobertsonS RodanG RoellinghoffM RongenC RottT RuheL RuohanD RyckboschI SafaJ SafferD Salazar-GallegosP SampathkumarS. E. Sanchez HerreraA SandrockM SantanderS SarkarJ SavelbergP SavinaM SchaufelH SchielerS SchindlerB SchlüterT SchmidtJ SchneiderF. G SchröderL SchumacherG SchweferS SclafaniD SeckelS SeunarineA SharmaS ShefaliN ShimizuM SilvaB SkrzypekB SmithersR SnihurJ SoedingreksoA SøgaardD SoldinG SommaniC SpannfellnerG. M SpiczakC SpieringM StamatikosT StanevR SteinT StezelbergerT StürwaldT StuttardG. W SullivanI TaboadaS Ter-AntonyanW. G ThompsonJ ThwaitesS TilavK TollefsonC TönnisS ToscanoD TosiA TrettinC. F TungR TurcotteJ. P TwagirayezuB TyM. A. Unland ElorrietaA. K UpadhyayK UpshawN Valtonen-MattilaJ VandenbrouckeN van EijndhovenD VanneromJ van SantenJ VaraJ Veitch-MichaelisM VenugopalS VerpoestD VeskeC WalckT. B WatsonC WeaverP WeigelA WeindlJ WeldertC WendtJ WerthebachM WeyrauchN WhitehornC. H WiebuschN WilleyD. R WilliamsM WolfG WredeJ WulffX. W XuJ. P YanezE YildizciS YoshidaF YuS YuT YuanZ ZhangP Zhelnin
- Publication Details
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Other Identifier
- 991021863200404721