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Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +371
The combined fit of the measured energy spectrum and shower maximum depth distributions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is known to constrain the parameters of astrophysical model…
A Catalog of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Recorded During Phase I of Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +376
A catalog containing details of the highest-energy cosmic rays recorded through the detection of extensive air-showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented with the aim of…
Constraining the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays across and above the ankle with the spectrum and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +365
In this work we present the interpretation of the energy spectrum and mass composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Collaboration above eV. We use an ast…
Searches for Ultra-High-Energy Photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +362
The Pierre Auger Observatory, being the largest air-shower experiment in the world, offers an unprecedented exposure to neutral particles at the highest energies. Since the start o…
Search for photons above 10 eV with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +365
We use the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to search for air showers initiated by photons with an energy above eV. Photons in the zenith angle range from…
Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultra-high energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374
Using the data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we report on a search for signatures that would be suggestive of super-heavy particles decaying in the Galactic halo. From the lack…
Investigating Hadronic Interactions at Ultra-High Energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Isabel Goos, :, P. Abreu +374
The development of an extensive air shower depends not only on the nature of the primary ultra-high-energy cosmic ray but also on the properties of the hadronic interactions. For e…
Limits to gauge coupling in the dark sector set by the non-observation of instanton-induced decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory data
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374
Instantons, which are non-perturbative solutions to Yang-Mills equations, provide a signal for the occurrence of quantum tunneling between distinct classes of vacua. They can give…
Testing effects of Lorentz invariance violation in the propagation of astroparticles with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374
Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) is often described by dispersion relations of the form with delta different based on particle type , with…
Analysis of the background on cross section measurements with the MAGNEX spectrometer: the (20Ne,20O) Double Charge Exchange case
S. Calabrese, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +40
The MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer is used in the experimental measurements of Double Charge Exchange and Multi-Nucleon Transfer reactions induced by heavy ions within the NUMEN proj…
The energy spectrum of cosmic rays beyond the turn-down around eV as measured with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374
We present a measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum above 100\,PeV using the part of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory that has a spacing of 750~m. An inflection…
Three years of muography at Mount Etna: results and perspectives
G. Gallo, D. Lo Presti, D. L. Bonanno +6
The Summit Craters system represents the point of maximum expression of the persistent tectonic activity at Mount Etna Volcano. The Muography of Etna Volcano (MEV) Project began in…
Measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +365
We present the first measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers produced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. We find that the measured fluctuation…
Design, upgrade and characterization of the silicon photomultiplier front-end for the AMIGA detector at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +357
AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory to complement the study of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) by measuring the…
Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum above eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +380
We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays for energies above eV based on 215,030 events recorded with zenith angles below . A k…
Search for magnetically-induced signatures in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +372
We search for signals of magnetically-induced effects in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory. We apply two different me…
Cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +373
We present measurements of the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension, using data collected by the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory over more…
Charge-state distributions of 20Ne ions emerging from thin foils
M. Cavallaro, G. Santagati, F. Cappuzzello +42
New experimental measurements of charge state distributions produced by a 20Ne10+ beam at 15 MeV/u colliding on various thin solid targets are presented. The use of the MAGNEX magn…
Measuring nuclear reaction cross sections to extract information on neutrinoless double beta decay
M. Cavallaro, F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi +72
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0v\b{eta}\b{eta}) is considered the best potential resource to access the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover, if observed, it will signal that n…
20Ne + 76Ge elastic and inelastic scattering at 306 MeV
A. Spatafora, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +46
Background: Double charge exchange (DCE) nuclear reactions have recently attracted much interest as tools to provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements…
Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +389
Neutrinos with energies above eV are detectable with the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The identification is efficiently performed for neutrinos…
GIGJ: a crustal gravity model of the Guangdong Province for predicting the geoneutrino signal at the JUNO experiment
M. Reguzzoni, L. Rossi, M. Baldoncini +66
Gravimetric methods are expected to play a decisive role in geophysical modeling of the regional crustal structure applied to geoneutrino studies. GIGJ (GOCE Inversion for Geoneutr…
The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay
F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi, M. Cavallaro +68
The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN pr…
Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +385
The profile of the longitudinal development of showers produced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays carries information related to the interaction properties of the primary particles…