Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

LA Anchordoqui - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
In this report we review the important progress made in recent years towards understanding
the experimental data on ultra-high-energy (E≳ 1 0 9 GeV) cosmic rays. We begin with a …

The POEMMA (probe of extreme multi-messenger astrophysics) observatory

AV Olinto, J Krizmanic, JH Adams… - … of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is designed to
accurately observe ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and cosmic neutrinos from …

Design and sensitivity of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G)

JA Aguilar, P Allison, JJ Beatty, H Bernhoff… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This article presents the design of the Radio Neutrino Observatory Greenland (RNO-G) and
discusses its scientific prospects. Using an array of radio sensors, RNO-G seeks to measure …

Heavy decaying dark matter and IceCube high energy neutrinos

M Kachelriess, OE Kalashev, MY Kuznetsov - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
We examine the hypothesis of decaying heavy dark matter (HDM) in the context of the
IceCube highest energy neutrino events and recent limits on the diffuse flux of high-energy …

The observation of high-energy neutrinos from the cosmos: Lessons learned for multimessenger astronomy

F Halzen - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2022 - World Scientific
The IceCube neutrino telescope discovered PeV-energy neutrinos originating beyond our
Galaxy with an energy flux that is comparable to that of GeV-energy gamma rays and EeV …

Astrophysical neutrinos and cosmic rays observed by IceCube

MG Aartsen, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The core mission of the IceCube neutrino observatory is to study the origin and propagation
of cosmic rays. IceCube, with its surface component IceTop, observes multiple signatures to …

Cosmic-Ray Database Update: Ultra-High Energy, Ultra-Heavy, and Antinuclei Cosmic-Ray Data (CRDB v4.0)

D Maurin, HP Dembinski, J Gonzalez, IC Mariş, F Melot - Universe, 2020 - mdpi.com
We present an update on CRDB, the cosmic-ray database for charged species. CRDB is
based on MySQL, queried and sorted by jquery and table-sorter libraries, and displayed via …

Performance and science reach of the Probe of Extreme Multimessenger Astrophysics for ultrahigh-energy particles

LA Anchordoqui, DR Bergman, ME Bertaina, F Fenu… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
The Probe of Extreme Multimessenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is a potential NASA
Astrophysics Probe-class mission designed to observe ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays …

Hunting for superheavy dark matter with the highest-energy cosmic rays

E Alcantara, LA Anchordoqui, JF Soriano - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
In 15 years of data taking, the Pierre Auger Observatory has observed no events beyond 1 0
11.3 GeV. This null result translates into an upper bound on the flux of ultrahigh-energy …

Studies of an air-shower imaging system for the detection of ultrahigh-energy neutrinos

AN Otte - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We discuss the acceptance and sensitivity of a small air-shower imaging system to detect
earth-skimming ultrahigh-energy tau neutrinos. The instrument we study is located on top of …