Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory

A. Albert; R. Alfaro; C. Alvarez; J. R. Angeles Camacho; J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez; K. P. Arunbabu; E. Belmont-Moreno; K. S. Caballero-Mora; T. Capistrán; A. Carramiñana; S. Casanova; U. Cotti; J. Cotzomi; S. Coutiño de León; E. De la Fuente; R. Diaz Hernandez; M. A. DuVernois; M. Durocher; C. Espinoza; K. L. Fan; N. Fraija; D. Garcia; J. A. García-González; F. Garfias; M. M. González; J. A. Goodman; D. Huang; F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla; P. Hüntemeyer; A. Iriarte; A. Jardin-Blicq; D. Kieda; A. Lara; W. H. Lee; H. León Vargas; A. L. Longinotti; G. Luis-Raya; K. Malone; J. Martínez-Castro; J. A. Matthews; P. Miranda-Romagnoli; J. A. Morales-Soto; E. Moreno; A. Nayerhoda; L. Nellen; R. Noriega-Papaqui; N. Omodei; A. Peisker; E. G. Pérez-Pérez; C. D. Rho; D. Rosa-González; A. Sandoval; J. Serna-Franco; R. W. Springer; K. Tollefson; I. Torres; R. Torres-Escobedo; F. Ureña-Mena; L. Villaseñor; H. Zhou; C. de León

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670

Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory

A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, E. Belmont-Moreno, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistrán, A. Carramiñana, S. Casanova, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutiño de León, E. De la Fuente, R. Diaz Hernandez, M. A. DuVernois, M. Durocher, C. Espinoza, K. L. FanN. Fraija, D. Garcia, J. A. García-González, F. Garfias, M. M. González, J. A. Goodman, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, P. Hüntemeyer, A. Iriarte, A. Jardin-Blicq, D. Kieda, A. Lara, W. H. Lee, H. León Vargas, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, K. Malone, J. Martínez-Castro, J. A. Matthews, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, R. Noriega-Papaqui, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, E. G. Pérez-Pérez, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-González, A. Sandoval, J. Serna-Franco, R. W. Springer, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, F. Ureña-Mena, L. Villaseñor, H. Zhou, C. de León

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The close location of the HAWC observatory to the largest volcano in Mexico allows to perform a search for neutrino-induced horizontal muon and tau charged leptons. The section of the volcano located at the horizon reaches values of slant depth larger than 8 km of rock, making it an excellent shield for the cosmic ray horizontal background. We report the search method and background suppression technique developed for the detection of Earth-skimming neutrinos with HAWC, as well as a model that describes the remaining background produced by scattered muons. We show that by increasing the detection energy threshold we could use HAWC to search for neutrino-induced charged leptons.

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Publicación	Astroparticle Physics
Volumen	137
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670
Estado	Publicada - abr. 2022

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Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C., Angeles Camacho, J. R., Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C., Arunbabu, K. P., Belmont-Moreno, E., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Capistrán, T., Carramiñana, A., Casanova, S., Cotti, U., Cotzomi, J., Coutiño de León, S., De la Fuente, E., Diaz Hernandez, R., DuVernois, M. A., Durocher, M., Espinoza, C., ... de León, C. (2022). Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory. Astroparticle Physics, 137, Artículo 102670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670

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AU - Rho, C. D.

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AU - Sandoval, A.

AU - Serna-Franco, J.

AU - Springer, R. W.

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