Neutrinos @ HiRes

Kai Martens

High Energy Astrophysics Institute

Department of Physics, University of Utah

HR1HR2

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The Experiment:

12.6 km apart

HR2: 12/199942 mirrors

3-31 elevation

DugwayProvingGrounds

HR1: 6/199719 mirrors

3-17elevation

Delta

HiRes on DPG:

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HiRes Optics:

Mirror surface 5.1 m2

Field of view: 16 x 14

Camera:16 x 16

PMTeach sees

1o x 1o

in sky

SUN:½o

UV filter !!!(protecting PMTs)

low resolutionhigh speed

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HiRes: Stereo!!!July 11, 1999; Energy: 19 EeV

Light Propagation:

Atmosphere

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The Collaboration:S. BenZvi, J. Boyer, B. Connolly, C.B. Finley, B. Knapp, E.J. Mannel, A. O’Neill, M. Seman, S. Westerhoff

Columbia University

J.F. Amman, M.D. Cooper, C.M. Hoffman, M.H. Holzscheiter, C.A. Painter, J.S. Sarracino, G. Sinnis, T.N. Thompson, D. Tupa

Los Alamos National Laboratory

J. Belz, M. Kirn

University of Montana

J.A.J. Matthews, M. Roberts

University of New Mexico

D.R. Bergman, G. Hughes, D. Ivanov, L. Perera, S.R. Schnetzer, L. Scott, S. Stratton, G.B. Thomson, A. Zech

Rutgers University

N. Manago, M. Sasaki

University of Tokyo

R.U. Abbasi, T. Abu-Zayyad, G. Archbold, K. Belov, Z. Cao, W. Deng, W. Hanlon, P. Huentemeyer, C.C.H. Jui, E.C. Loh, K. Martens,

J.N. Matthews, K. Reil, J. Smith, P. Sokolsky, R.W. Springer, B.T. Stokes, J.R. Thomas, S.B. Thomas, L. Wiencke

University of Utah

Z. Cao, B. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Yang

IHEP Bejing

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Highest Energy Cosmogenic

Graph by Semikoz + Sigl

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( Imagine ) a Mountain:

target mass

calorimeter

shower

Daniele Fargion - or who’s idea was it?

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Tau Neutrinos ?pion decay:

+

e + e +

flavor counting: 2 + 1 e

neutrino oscillation:2 1 + 1

DELIVERABLES:1 e + 1 + 1

+ + 17% track

e + e + 18% shower hh + 65%

shower

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ANIS (by Gazizov & Kowalski, AMANDA)

But: made for detectors inside a spherical earth…(i.e. underground)

AllNeutrino InteractionSimulation

Incorporates: - cross sections: CC, NC, ee- (resonant)- () energy loss (parameterization)- decay tables- TAUOLA for -decay

weuse

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GTOPO 30 + ANIS:GTOPO30: 30 arcsec 1km

33 tiles; one boundary 22km south of our detectors…

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MC: Topology at WorkNeutrino interaction points (tau decay above ground):

Cedar Mtns

Deep Creek Rng

Stansbury Mtns Oquirrh Mtns

Fish Springs Rng Thomas Rng

Sheeprock Mtns

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Neutrino Injection:

Earth

HiRes:Impact Parameter

< 75km

Zenith:9010 deg

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Neutrinos: Zenith Angle > 90°

Cosmic Rays

MC input:

- triggered events- both detectors- MC generated geometries

Zenith is the discriminator!

Get geometry right !!!

up

shower axis

Cosmic Ray MC distorted:

too many high E

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Finding the good guysand keeping as many as possible!!! efficiency sensitivity

Review reconstruction: First step: SDP

SDP normal uncertainty:

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Event Geometry II: 2-dim 1-dim

in the SDP:

Rp

detector

shower

scanning range for Rp direction

2tan

c

RTt ip

0i

cut edge of Rp scanning range

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Curvature in the Timing Fit:

Rp

detector

shower

longitude =in plane angle

use ratio of tan(/2)and linear fit in longitude

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Well Reconstructed Events:

ratio tan(/2) fit to linear fit> 100

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Another Difference that Matters:

Rp

detector

shower

horizontal CR events: top of atmosphere large Rp

horizontal out of mountain:low in atmosphere small Rp

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Mapping out the lasers

SDP normalvector:

x-component

y-co

mp

on

ent

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MC Reduction:ANIS: total of 494,440,080 towards HiRes

4297 trigger HR1, 2496 trigger HR2

MC survivors:Energy: ANIS input: HR1 HR2 stereo

1018 – 1019: 445,425,435 265 169 101019 – 1020: 44,558,618 97 38 111020 – 1021: 4,456,027 4 2 0

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Data Reduction: 152 neutrinos ???

some examples:

conclusion:all lasers!

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Flux Limit for Cosmogenic Neutrinos:

• Efficiency of HiRes to neutrino events from MC.• Zero events found.• Estimate upper limit with Poisson Statistics.• Cosmogenic Neutrino Flux: j(E) =E-2

Φ [ eV s-1 sr-1 cm-2]

max

min

E

E

2-3211 E)ATTT(N dE 32

HiRes-1 HiRes-2 Stereo

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The HiRes Tau Neutrino Limits:

Semikoz+Sigli,max

90% CL, units: eVcm-2 s-1 sr-1

(uncertainty MC statistics only)

1018 – 1019: 420 -20 +251019 – 1020: 1340 -110 +1401020 – 1021: 29400 -8900 +22100

Injection: E-2 spectrum

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(1200m above SL)

Interaction Length in Standard Rock:(Rock??? =2.65 g/cm3…)

Conclusion: NO upward going neutrinos @ 1018eV

(earth diameter)

Int,

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Interpretation of HiRes monocular CR:

Doug Bergman, Rutgers

Fits interpret spectrumin terms of

extragalactic protonsthat traveled from

cosmological sources

changed interpretation ofankle:

galactic/extragalactic transition: composition change vs. slope change

p+ (1232) +N

+

e + e +

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Some Input:

garbage in,

garbage out…

(this is MC!)