The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Avgitas T, Baret B, Barrios-Martit J, Basa S, Belhorma B, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bormuth R, Boumaaza J, Bourret S, Bouwhuis MC, Branzas H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Celli S, Chabab M, Cherkaoui El Moursli R, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coelho JAB, Coleiro A, Colomer M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Diaz AF, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Di Palma I, Domi A, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, El Bojaddaini I, El Khayati N, Elsaesser D, Enzenhöfer A, Ettahiri A, Fassi F, Felis I, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Fusco LA, Gay P, Glotin H, Gregoire T, Gracia Ruiz R, Graf K, Hallmann S, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Illuminati G, De Jong M, Jongen M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Khan-Chowdhury NR, Kouchner A, Kreter M, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lachaud C, Lahmann R, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Lotze M, Loucatos S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martinez-Mora JA, Mele R, Melis K, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Navas S, Nezri E, Nunez A, Organokov M, Pavalas GE, Pellegrino C, Piattelli P, Popa V, Pradier T, Quinn L, Racca C, Randazzo N, Riccobene G, Sanchez-Losa A, Saldana M, Salvadori I, Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schussler F, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Trovato A, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Versari F, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2018)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Publisher: SPRINGER

Book Volume: 78

Article Number: ARTN 1006

Journal Issue: 12

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6451-3

Abstract

One of the main objectives of the ANTARES telescope is the search for point- like neutrino sources. Both the pointing accuracy and the angular resolution of the detector are important in this context and a reliableway to evaluate this performance is needed. In order to measure the pointing accuracy of the detector, one possibility is to study the shadow of the Moon, i. e. the deficit of the atmospheric muon flux from the direction of the Moon induced by the absorption of cosmic rays. Analysing the data taken between 2007 and 2016, theMoon shadow is observed with 3.5s statistical significance. The detector angular resolution for downwardgoing muons is 0.73. +/- 0.14.. The resulting pointing performance is consistent with the expectations. An independent check of the telescope pointing accuracy is realised with the data collected by a shower array detector onboard of a ship temporarily moving around the ANTARES location.

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Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Universidad de Cádiz (UCA) Spain (ES) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) / Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña Spain (ES) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) National Center for Energy Science & Nuclear Technology Morocco (MA) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES)

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APA:

Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J.-J.,... Zuniga, J. (2018). The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. European Physical Journal C, 78(12). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6451-3

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope." European Physical Journal C 78.12 (2018).

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