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Publications (41)

astro-ph.HE2016

The wind nebula around magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846

G. Younes, C. Kouveliotou, O. Kargaltsev +12

We report on the analysis of two deep XMM-Newton observations of the magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846 and its surrounding extended emission taken in March 2014 and October 2014, 2.5 and…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multi-epoch afterglow rebrightenings in GRB 250129A: Evidence for successive shock interactions

D. Akl, S. Antier, H. Koehn +105

Most long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit afterglows broadly consistent with external forward-shock emission, typically described by smooth broken power-law decays in the multiband…

astro-ph.HE2021

The Gamow Explorer: A gamma-ray burst observatory to study the high redshift universe and enable multi-messenger astrophysics

N. E. White, F. E. Bauer, W. Baumgartner +63

The Gamow Explorer will use Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) to: 1) probe the high redshift universe (z > 6) when the first stars were born, galaxies formed and Hydrogen was reionized; and…

hep-ex2014

Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +230

A search for light sterile neutrino mixing was performed with the first 217 days of data from the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. The experiment's unique configuration of…

hep-ex2017

Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +200

The Daya Bay experiment has observed correlations between reactor core fuel evolution and changes in the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum. Four antineutrino detectors…

astro-ph.HE2016

Searching the Gamma-ray Sky for Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources: Fermi GBM and LAT Observations of LVT151012 and GW151226

J. L. Racusin, E. Burns, A. Goldstein +138

We present the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the LIGO binary black hole merger event GW151226 and candi- date LVT151012. No can…

physics.ins-det2013

Assembly and Installation of the Daya Bay Antineutrino Detectors

H. R. Band, R. L. Brown, R. Carr +66

The Daya Bay reactor antineutrino experiment is designed to make a precision measurement of the neutrino mixing angle theta13, and recently made the definitive discovery of its non…

astro-ph.HE2026

GRB 241030A: a bright afterglow challenging forward shock emission

J. -G. Ducoin, C. Pellouin, V. Aivazyan +97

Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 241030A (z = 1.411) exhibited a bright afterglow (similar to GRB 221009A), detected across gamma-ray, X-ray, UV, and optical bands, providing a probe of GRB aft…

nucl-ex2006

Absolute Polarization Measurements at RHIC in the Coulomb Nuclear Interference Region

K. O. Eyser, I. Alekseev, A. Bravar +15

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory provides polarized proton beams for the investigation of the nucleon spin structure. For polarimetry, carbon-p…

astro-ph.HE2024

GRB 221009A: the B.O.A.T Burst that Shines in Gamma Rays

M. Axelsson, M. Ajello, M. Arimoto +151

We present a complete analysis of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data of GRB 221009A, the brightest Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) ever detected. The burst emission above 30 MeV detected…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report, Volume 4 The DUNE Detectors at LBNF

R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795

A description of the proposed detector(s) for DUNE at LBNF

astro-ph.HE2023

A structured jet explains the extreme GRB 221009A

B. O'Connor, E. Troja, G. Ryan +29

Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful cosmic explosions, signaling the death of massive stars. Among them, GRB 221009A is by far the brightest burst ever observed. Due…

astro-ph.HE2020

Observation of inverse Compton emission from a long -ray burst

V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +301

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from ultra-relativistic jets launched from the collapsing cores of dying massive stars. They are characterised by an initial phase o…

hep-ex2016

Study of the wave packet treatment of neutrino oscillation at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +215

The disappearance of reactor observed by the Daya Bay experiment is examined in the framework of a model in which the neutrino is described by a wave packet with a relat…

hep-ex2005

Measurement of the Analyzing Power in Elastic Scattering in the CNI Region with a Polarized Atomic Hydrogen Gas Jet Target

H. Okada, I. G. Alekseev, A. Bravar +13

A precise measurement of the analyzing power in proton-proton elastic scattering in the region of 4-momentum transfer squared has been p…

physics.ins-det2018

Seasonal Variation of the Underground Cosmic Muon Flux Observed at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +199

The Daya Bay Experiment consists of eight identically designed detectors located in three underground experimental halls named as EH1, EH2, EH3, with 250, 265 and 860 meters of wat…

hep-ex2015

A new measurement of antineutrino oscillation with the full detector configuration at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +214

We report a new measurement of electron antineutrino disappearance using the fully-constructed Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. The final two of eight antineutrino detectors w…

hep-ex2014

Spectral measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation amplitude and frequency at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +235

A measurement of the energy dependence of antineutrino disappearance at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is reported. Electron antineutrinos () from six $2…

nucl-ex2005

Measurement of the analyzing power in pp elastic scattering in the peak CNI region at RHIC

H. Okada, I. G. Alekseev, A. Bravar +16

We report the first measurements of the A_N absolute value and shape in the -t range from 0.0015 to 0.010GeV/c^2 with a precision better than 0.005 for each A_N data point using a…

hep-ex2007

Measurements of Single and Double Spin Asymmetry in \textit{pp} Elastic Scattering in the CNI Region with Polarized Hydrogen Gas Jet Target

H. Okada, I. Alekseev, A. Bravar +16

Precise measurements of the single spin asymmetry, and the double spin asymmetry, , in proton-proton (\textit{pp}) elastic scattering in the region of four-momentum t…

hep-ex2016

New measurement of via neutron capture on hydrogen at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +223

This article reports an improved independent measurement of neutrino mixing angle at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. Electron antineutrinos were identified by i…

hep-ex2017

Improved Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +217

A new measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum by the Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment is reported. The antineutrinos were generated by six 2.9~GW$_{\ma…

physics.ins-det2016

The Detector System of The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment

F. P. An, J. Z. Bai, A. B. Balantekin +330

The Daya Bay experiment was the first to report simultaneous measurements of reactor antineutrinos at multiple baselines leading to the discovery of oscillations over km…

astro-ph.HE2020

Fermi and Swift Observations of GRB 190114C: Tracing the Evolution of High-Energy Emission from Prompt to Afterglow

M. Ajello, M. Arimoto, M. Axelsson +147

We report on the observations of gamma-ray burst (GRB) 190114C by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The early-time observations reveal mul…

hep-ex2018

Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +197

Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other…

hep-ex2016

Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

Daya Bay, MINOS Collaborations, : +329

Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappeara…

physics.space-ph2016

Spatial distribution of low-energy plasma around comet 67P/CG from Rosetta measurements

N. J. T. Edberg, A. I. Eriksson, E. Odelstad +22

We use measurements from the Rosetta plasma consortium (RPC) Langmuir probe (LAP) and mutual impedance probe (MIP) to study the spatial distribution of low-energy plasma in the nea…

hep-ex2016

Improved Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino with the Full Configuration of the Daya Bay Experiment

The Daya Bay collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +218

This Letter reports an improved search for light sterile neutrino mixing in the electron antineutrino disappearance channel with the full configuration of the Daya Bay Reactor Neut…

hep-ex2015

Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +220

This Letter reports a measurement of the flux and energy spectrum of electron antineutrinos from six 2.9~GW nuclear reactors with six detectors deployed in two near (effecti…

astro-ph.HE2018

The Bright and the Slow -- GRBs 100724B \& 160509A with high-energy cutoffs at MeV

G. Vianello, R. Gill, J. Granot +3

We analyze the prompt emission of GRB 100724B and GRB 160509A, two of the brightest Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) observed by Fermi at energies but surprisingly faint…

astro-ph.HE2023

Fermi-GBM Discovery of GRB 221009A: An Extraordinarily Bright GRB from Onset to Afterglow

S. Lesage, P. Veres, M. S. Briggs +136

We report the discovery of GRB 221009A, the highest flux gamma-ray burst ever observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM). This GRB has continuous prompt emission lasting m…

astro-ph.HE2026

Earliest simultaneous multi-color optical observations of GRB 230328B: from 41 seconds to the host-galaxy identification

T. Komesh, A. Pozanenko, N. Pankov +36

We present a multi-wavelength analysis of the long-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 230328B. Fermi/GBM observations reveal a typical Type II burst with a duration of about 22 s. Using…

hep-ex2014

Independent Measurement of Theta13 via Neutron Capture on Hydrogen at Daya Bay

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +230

A new measurement of the mixing angle has been obtained at the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment via the detection of inverse beta decays tagged by neutron capture on…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects

R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795

This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…

hep-ex2011

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329

In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF

DUNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +796

The Physics Program for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is described.

astro-ph.HE2016

A Unified Model for GRB Prompt Emission from Optical to -Rays: Exploring GRBs as Standard Candles

S. Guiriec, C. Kouveliotou, D. H. Hartmann +6

The origin of prompt emission from gamma ray bursts remains to be an open question. Correlated prompt optical and gamma-ray emission observed in a handful of GRBs strongly suggests…

physics.ins-det2017

The Single-Phase ProtoDUNE Technical Design Report

B. Abi, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +824

ProtoDUNE-SP is the single-phase DUNE Far Detector prototype that is under construction and will be operated at the CERN Neutrino Platform (NP) starting in 2018. ProtoDUNE-SP, a cr…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation based on 1230 days of operation of the Daya Bay experiment

Daya Bay Collaboration, F. P. An, A. B. Balantekin +218

A measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is described in detail. Six 2.9-GW nuclear power reactors of the Daya Bay…

nucl-ex2008

Absolute polarimetry at RHIC

H. Okada, I. Alekseev, A. Bravar +16

Precise and absolute beam polarization measurements are critical for the RHIC spin physics program. Because all experimental spin-dependent results are normalized by beam polarizat…

astro-ph.IM2026

COLIBRI (SVOM/FM-GFT): Instrumentation and Performances on the SVOM Alerts

S. Basa, W. H. Lee, A. M. Watson +71

COLIBRI, the French Mexican Ground Followup Telescope (FM GFT) for SVOM, is a 1.3 meter rapid response optical facility specifically developed for prompt, multiband observations of…