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View article: Antihelium-3 Sensitivity for the GRAMS Experiment
Antihelium-3 Sensitivity for the GRAMS Experiment Open
The Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) is a next-generation balloon/satellite mission utilizing a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector to measure both MeV gamma rays and antinuclei produced by dark matter annihilatio…
View article: Towards a Robust Exclusion of the Sterile-Neutrino Explanation of Short-Baseline Anomalies
Towards a Robust Exclusion of the Sterile-Neutrino Explanation of Short-Baseline Anomalies Open
The sterile neutrino interpretation of the LSND and MiniBooNE neutrino anomalies is currently being tested at three Liquid Argon detectors: MicroBooNE, SBND, and ICARUS. It has been argued that a degeneracy between $ν_μ\to ν_e$ and $ν_e \t…
View article: First Operation of a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) in the Stratosphere as an Engineering Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) Balloon Flight (eGRAMS)
First Operation of a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) in the Stratosphere as an Engineering Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) Balloon Flight (eGRAMS) Open
Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) is a next-generation balloon/satellite experiment utilizing a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC), to simultaneously target astrophysical observations of cosmic MeV gamma rays and conduct a…
View article: The design and construction of the Chips water Cherenkov neutrino detector
The design and construction of the Chips water Cherenkov neutrino detector Open
CHIPS (CHerenkov detectors In mine PitS) was a prototype large-scale water Cherenkov detector located in northern Minnesota. The main aim of the R&D project was to demonstrate that construction costs of neutrino oscillation detectors could…
View article: First operation of LArTPC in the stratosphere as an engineering GRAMS balloon flight (eGRAMS)
First operation of LArTPC in the stratosphere as an engineering GRAMS balloon flight (eGRAMS) Open
GRAMS (Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey) is a next-generation balloon/satellite experiment utilizing a LArTPC (Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber), to simultaneously target astrophysical observations of cosmic MeV gamma-rays and conduct a…
View article: Dark Matter - Neutrino Scattering at the Galactic Center
Dark Matter - Neutrino Scattering at the Galactic Center Open
Parallel Talk presented at the XX International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes - Venice 23-27 October 2023 Abstract: Evidence for the existence of dark matter strongly motivates the efforts to study its unknown properties. Additionally, t…
View article: The Design and Construction of the Chips Water Cherenkov Neutrino Detector
The Design and Construction of the Chips Water Cherenkov Neutrino Detector Open
CHIPS (CHerenkov detectors In mine PitS) was a prototype large-scale water Cherenkov detector located in northern Minnesota. The main aim of the R&D project was to demonstrate that construction costs of neutrino oscillation detectors could…
View article: Dark matter decay to neutrinos
Dark matter decay to neutrinos Open
It is possible that the strongest interactions between dark matter and the Standard Model occur via the neutrino sector. Unlike gamma rays and charged particles, neutrinos provide a unique avenue to probe for astrophysical sources of dark …
View article: TAMBO: Searching for Tau Neutrinos in the Peruvian Andes
TAMBO: Searching for Tau Neutrinos in the Peruvian Andes Open
The detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube has opened a new window on our Universe. While IceCube has measured the flux of these neutrinos at energies up to several PeV, much remains to be discovered regarding their or…
View article: TAMBO: Searching for Astrophysical Tau Neutrinos in the Andes
TAMBO: Searching for Astrophysical Tau Neutrinos in the Andes Open
IceCube’s discovery of astrophysical neutrinos, and subsequent characterization of their energy spectrum up to a few PeV, has provided a new window into the high-energy Universe. However, many opportunities for discovery remain; low sample…
View article: Dark Matter Decay to Neutrinos
Dark Matter Decay to Neutrinos Open
Dark matter (DM) particles are predicted to decay into Standard Model particles which would\nproduce signals of neutrinos, gamma-rays, and other secondary particles. Neutrinos provide an\navenue to probe astrophysical sources of DM particl…
View article: Tau neutrinos in the next decade: from GeV to EeV
Tau neutrinos in the next decade: from GeV to EeV Open
Tau neutrinos are the least studied particle in the standard model. This whitepaper discusses the current and expected upcoming status of tau neutrino physics with attention to the broad experimental and theoretical landscape spanning long…
View article: Tau depolarization at very high energies for neutrino telescopes
Tau depolarization at very high energies for neutrino telescopes Open
The neutrino interaction length scales with energy, and becomes comparable to\nEarth's diameter above 10's of TeV energies. Over terrestrial distances, the\ntau's short lifetime leads to an energetic regenerated tau neutrino flux, tau\nneu…
View article: Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions
Tau Appearance from High-Energy Neutrino Interactions Open
High-energy muon and electron neutrinos yield a non-negligible flux of tau neutrinos as they propagate through Earth. In this Letter, we address the impact of this additional component in the PeV and EeV energy regimes for the first time. …
View article: PeV Tau Neutrinos to Unveil Ultra-High-Energy Sources
PeV Tau Neutrinos to Unveil Ultra-High-Energy Sources Open
The observation of ultra-high-energy EeV-energy cosmogenic neutrinos provides a direct path to identifying the sources of the highest energy cosmic rays; searches have so far resulted in only upper limits on their flux. However, with the r…
View article: Tau Neutrinos in the Next Decade: from GeV to EeV
Tau Neutrinos in the Next Decade: from GeV to EeV Open
Tau neutrinos are the least studied particle in the Standard Model. This whitepaper discusses the current and expected upcoming status of tau neutrino physics with attention to the broad experimental and theoretical landscape spanning long…
View article: Dark matter annihilation to neutrinos
Dark matter annihilation to neutrinos Open
We review the annihilation of dark matter into neutrinos over a range of dark\nmatter masses from MeV$/c^2$ to ZeV$/c^2$. Thermally-produced models of dark\nmatter are expected to self-annihilate to standard model products. As no such\nsig…
View article: Dark Matter Annihilation to Neutrinos: Current Limits and Future Prospects
Dark Matter Annihilation to Neutrinos: Current Limits and Future Prospects Open
Neutrinos can escape dense environments, otherwise opaque to photons, and travel cosmic distances unscathed by background radiation or magnetic fields. While ideal cosmic messengers, they present a unique opportunity to test physics beyond…
View article: TauRunner: A Monte Carlo for Very-High-Energy Tau Neutrino Propagation
TauRunner: A Monte Carlo for Very-High-Energy Tau Neutrino Propagation Open
The hunt for cosmogenic neutrinos is a target of next generation observatories: IceCube-Gen2, RNO, GRAND, POEMMA, and CHANT. In a recent publication, a novel detection strategy for these neutrinos has been put forward. This new technique r…
View article: IceCube Search for Earth-traversing ultra-high energy Neutrinos
IceCube Search for Earth-traversing ultra-high energy Neutrinos Open
The search for ultra-high energy neutrinos is more than half a century old. While the hunt for these neutrinos has led to major leaps in neutrino physics, including the detection of astrophysical neutrinos, neutrinos at the EeV energy scal…
View article: New opportunities at the next-generation neutrino experiments I: BSM neutrino physics and dark matter
New opportunities at the next-generation neutrino experiments I: BSM neutrino physics and dark matter Open
The combination of the high intensity proton beam facilities and massive detectors for precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters including the charge-parity violating (CPV) phase will open the door to help make beyond the s…
View article: Constraining anomalous EeV ANITA detections with PeV neutrinos
Constraining anomalous EeV ANITA detections with PeV neutrinos Open
The ANtarctic Impulsive Transinet Antenna (ANITA) recently reported two $\sim$EeV showers which, at first glance, could be interpreted as emerging tau neutrinos. Their emergence angle was shown to be in tension with the expected angular di…
View article: White Paper on New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments (Part 1: BSM Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter)
White Paper on New Opportunities at the Next-Generation Neutrino Experiments (Part 1: BSM Neutrino Physics and Dark Matter) Open
With the advent of a new generation of neutrino experiments which leverage high-intensity neutrino beams for precision measurements, it is timely to explore physics topics beyond the standard neutrino-related physics. Given that the realm …
View article: Probing the Neutrino Mass Ordering with Atmospheric Neutrinos from Three Years of IceCube DeepCore Data
Probing the Neutrino Mass Ordering with Atmospheric Neutrinos from Three Years of IceCube DeepCore Data Open
The Neutrino Mass Ordering (NMO) remains one of the outstanding questions in the field of neutrino physics. One strategy to measure the NMO is to observe matter effects in the oscillation pattern of atmospheric neutrinos above $\sim 1\,\ma…