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. 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

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Polish Academy of Sciences
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Universidad de Guadalajara
The University of Tokyo
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Michigan Technological University
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Chulalongkorn University
National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
University of Utah
Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
University of New Mexico
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo
Stanford University
Michigan State University
University of Seoul
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	102670
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670
State	Published - Apr 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Earth-skimming
Muons
Neutrinos

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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, Article 102670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670

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AU - Nellen, L.

AU - Noriega-Papaqui, R.

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AU - Serna-Franco, J.

AU - Springer, R. W.

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