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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos between 2 and 200 TeV with the AMANDA-II detector

Laura C. BradleyR. EhrlichA. OlivasO. DepaepeS. StoyanovM. R. DuvoortS. SeunarineA. SlipakS. TilavJ. LünemannPeter MészárosJ. Van SantenR. C. BayD. RutledgeP. NießenH. G. SanderD. Z. BessonJuan Carlos Diaz-velezChun XuP. RothJ. K. BeckerJ. L. KelleyG. StephensMarkus AhlersS. WesterhoffS. BechetJ.-p. HülßJens MadsenO. TarasovaJ. M. JosephM. KrasbergStijn BuitinkK. RawlinsR. PorrataP. RedlC. HaR. MorseH. LandsmanJ. AuffenbergQ. SwillensK. HoshinaS. YoshidaSamvel Ter-antonyanM. M. FoersterJ. C. GallagherH. S. MatisD. TurcanGlenn SpiczakF. RothmaierHenrik J. JohanssonNathan WhitehornMatthias GeislerT. GlüsenkampK. HultqvistM. StamatikosM. V. D'agostinoM. L. BenabderrahmaneA. SchultesA. HomeierAllan HallgrenDarren GrantTeresa MontaruliM. OnoFrancis HalzenP. ZarzhitskyT. Abu-zayyadJ. L. Bazo AlbaPratik MajumdarO. FadiranU. NaumannLarissa PaulA. SilvestriCarsten RottR. GanugapatiM. SchunckPh. HerquetJ. M. ClemJon DummM. PrikockisT. WaldenmaierJoanna KirylukJoanna KirylukKarl-heinz KampertKirill FilimonovT. FeuselsD. F. CowenP. B. PriceChristian SpieringS. GrullonM. J. CarsonT. KringsE. A. StrahlerKaren AndeenJ. E. JacobsenSubir SarkarM. BissokK. MünichF. ClevermannP. BerghausA. GoldschmidtParaic A. KennyJuanan AguilarAlbrecht KarleS. PankninS. KnopsJustin VandenbrouckeN. MilkeGeorge JaparidzeO. EngdegårdT. O. B. SchmidtTakao KuwabaraL. GerhardtL. GerhardtHermann KolanoskiA. PiegsaS. EulerJ. J. BeattyM. KowalskiM. DanningerTodor StanevC. WendtKurt WoschnaggPaul EvensonB. ChristyFabian KislatXianwu XuK.-h. BeckerK. KuehnT. KowarikDmitry ChirkinA. IshiharaF. DescampsAlexander KappesE. BlaufussAnna FranckowiakR. NahnhauerE. MiddellElisa BernardiniChad FinleyDamian PielothD. J. BoersmaR. L. ImlayC. BohmA. TepeD. HubertA. SchukraftK. LaihemElisa ResconiJ. PosseltJ. BerdermannK. MeagherA. TamburroDirk LennarzG. W. SullivanB. VoigtN. KemmingJames E. BraunA. Van OverloopXinhua BaiR. FrankeC. WalckJenni AdamsS.j. LafebreL. KöpkeS. M. MovitThomas K. GaisserG. B. YodhK. BeattieO. SchulzK. SchattoReina H. MaruyamaW. HuelsnitzM. MatusikS. HussainD. J. KoskinenSpencer KleinSpencer KleinJ. P. RodriguesS. HickfordT. StezelbergerR. G. StokstadAnatoli FedynitchThomas MeuresK. HelbingDirk RyckboschG. KohnenR. WischnewskiKara HoffmanY. SestayoM. MerckM. RibordyR. J. LauerI. TaboadaJ. PetrovicR. M. GunasinghaWolfgang RhodeTim RuheC. De ClercqM. WalterA. RizzoJ. DreyerY. AbdouA. R. FazelyS. BöserM. OlivoM. OlivoJ. A. GoodmanDavid A. WilliamsS. H. SeoS. W. BarwickD. TosiC. ColnardC. Pérez De Los HerosM. LabareS. CohenAxel GroßAxel GroßTimo KargR. W. EllsworthG. WikströmT. GrieselK. WiebeGerald PrzybylskiK. HanOlga BotnerB. D. FoxD. BertrandM. WallraffM. GurtnerC. RoucelleK. MaseChristopher WiebuschL. DemirörsB. RuzybayevJ. W. NamKael HansonDavid A. SchneiderD. R. NygrenD. BerleyG. C. HillPaolo DesiatiMichael J. BakerN. Van EijndhovenL. GladstoneD. SeckelS. SchlenstedtS. OdrowskiTyce DeyoungP. A. ToaleG. KrollT. StraszheimR. LehmannRasha AbbasiP. O. HulthJ. EischG. De Vries-uiterweerdB. SemburgJ.-h. KöhneH. Wissing

subject

Particle physicsAMANDA[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]Solar neutrinoAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAMANDA; Atmospheric neutrinos; Cherenkov radiation; Neural net; Unfoldingneural netFOS: Physical sciencesAetiology screening and detection [ONCOL 5]01 natural sciences7. Clean energy[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]0103 physical sciences010306 general physicsunfoldingPhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Muon010308 nuclear & particles physics[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]Cherenkov radiationHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsSolar neutrino problematmospheric neutrinosCosmic neutrino backgroundNeutrino detectorddc:540Measurements of neutrino speedHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsNeutrino astronomyNeutrinoAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

description

The muon and anti-muon neutrino energy spectrum is determined from 2000-2003 AMANDA telescope data using regularised unfolding. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos in the energy range 2 - 200 TeV. The result is compared to different atmospheric neutrino models and it is compatible with the atmospheric neutrinos from pion and kaon decays. No significant contribution from charm hadron decays or extraterrestrial neutrinos is detected. The capabilities to improve the measurement of the neutrino spectrum with the successor experiment IceCube are discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-08-01
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.05.001https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.05.001