Searching for TeV gamma-ray emission from SGR\,1935+2154 during its 2020 X-ray and radio bursting phase

(2021)

Authors:

HESS Collaboration, :, H Abdalla, F Aharonian, F Ait Benkhali, EO Anguner, C Arcaro, C Armand, T Armstrong, H Ashkar, M Backes, V Baghmanyan, V Barbosa Martins, A Barnacka, M Barnard, Y Becherini, D Berge, K Bernlohr, B Bi, M Bottcher, C Boisson, J Bolmont, M de Bony de Lavergne, M Breuhaus, R Brose, F Brun, P Brun, M Bryan, M Buchele, T Bulik, T Bylund, F Cangemi, S Caroff, A Carosi, S Casanova, P Chambery, T Chand, S Chandra, A Chen, G Cotter, M Cury lo, J Damascene Mbarubucyeye, ID Davids, J Davies, C Deil, J Devin, L Dirson, A Djannati-Ataï, A Dmytriiev, A Donath, V Doroshenko, L Dreyer, C Duffy, L Du Plessis, J Dyks, K Egberts, F Eichhorn, S Einecke, G Emery, J-P Ernenwein, K Feijen, S Fegan, A Fiasson, G Fichet de Clairfontaine, G Fontaine, S Funk, M Füßling, S Gabici, YA Gallant, S Ghafourizade, G Giavitto, L Giunti, D Glawion, JF Glicenstein, M-H Grondin, J Hahn, M Haupt, S Hattingh, G Hermann, JA Hinton, W Hofmann, C Hoischen, TL Holch, M Holler, M Horbe, D Horns, Z Huang, D Huber, M Jamrozy, D Jankowsky, F Jankowsky, A Jardin-Blicq, V Joshi, I Jung-Richardt, E Kasai, MA Kastendieck, K Katarzyński, U Katz, D Khangulyan, B Khélifi, S Klepser, W Kluźniak, Nu Komin, R Konno, K Kosack, D Kostunin, M Kreter, G Kukec Mezek, A Kundu, G Lamanna, A Lemière, M Lemoine-Goumard, J-P Lenain, S Le Stum, F Leuschner, C Levy, T Lohse, A Luashvili, I Lypova, J Mackey, J Majumdar, D Malyshev, D Malyshev, V Marandon, P Marchegiani, A Marcowith, A Mares, G Martí-Devesa, R Marx, G Maurin, PJ Meintjes, M Meyer, A Mitchell, R Moderski, L Mohrmann, A Montanari, C Moore, P Morris, E Moulin, J Muller, T Murach, K Nakashima, A Nayerhoda, M de Naurois, H Ndiyavala, J Niemiec, L Oakes, P O'Brien, H Odaka, S Ohm, L Olivera-Nieto, E de Ona Wilhelmi, M Ostrowski, S Panny, M Panter, RD Parsons, G Peron, B Peyaud, Q Piel, S Pita, V Poireau, A Priyana Noel, DA Prokhorov, H Prokoph, G Pühlhofer, M Punch, A Quirrenbach, S Raab, R Rauth, P Reichherzer, A Reimer, O Reimer, Q Remy, M Renaud, B Reville, F Rieger, L Rinchiuso, C Romoli, G Rowell, B Rudak, H Rueda Ricarte, E Ruiz-Velasco, V Sahakian, S Sailer, H Salzmann, DA Sanchez, A Santangelo, M Sasaki, J Schäfer, F Schüssler, HM Schutte, U Schwanke, M Seglar-Arroyo, M Senniappan, AS Seyffert, N Shafi, JNS Shapopi, K Shiningayamwe, R Simoni, A Sinha, H Sol, H Spackman, A Specovius, S Spencer, M Spir-Jacob, L Stawarz, L Sun, R Steenkamp, C Stegmann, S Steinmassl, C Steppa, T Takahashi, T Tanaka, T Tavernier, AM Taylor, R Terrier, JHE Thiersen, C Thorpe-Morgan, D Tiziani, M Tluczykont, L Tomankova, C Trichard, M Tsirou, N Tsuji, R Tuffs, Y Uchiyama, DJ van der Walt, C van Eldik, C van Rensburg, B van Soelen, G Vasileiadis, J Veh, C Venter, P Vincent, J Vink, HJ Völk, Z Wadiasingh, SJ Wagner, J Watson, F Werner, R White, A Wierzcholska, P deWilt, Yu Wun Wong, H Yassin, A Yusafzai, M Zacharias, R Zanin, D Zargaryan, AA Zdziarski, A Zech, SJ Zhu, J Zorn, S Zouari, N Żywucka

Stimulated Laser Light Shining Through Wall Search for Axion Detection

(2021)

Authors:

Ka Beyer, G Marocco, R Bingham, G Gregori

Abstract:

The collision of two real photons can result in the emission of axions. We investigate the performance of a modified light-shining-through-wall (LSW) axion search aiming to overcome the large signal suppression for axion masses $m_a\geq 1 \text{eV}$. We propose to utilise a third beam to stimulate the reconversion of axions into a measurable signal. We thereby find that with currently available high-power laser facilities we expect bounds at axion masses between $0.5-6\text{eV}$ reaching $g_{a\gamma\gamma}\geq 10^{-7}\text{GeV}^{-1}$. Combining the use of optical lasers with currently operating x-ray free electron lasers, we extend the mass range to $10-100\text{eV}$.

Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data

(2021)

Authors:

IceCube Collaboration, R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, C Alispach, AA Alves, NM Amin, R An, K Andeen, T Anderson, G Anton, C Argüelles, Y Ashida, S Axani, X Bai, A Balagopal V., A Barbano, SW Barwick, B Bastian, V Basu, S Baur, R Bay, JJ Beatty, K-H Becker, J Becker Tjus, C Bellenghi, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, M Boddenberg, F Bontempo, J Borowka, S Böser, O Botner, J Böttcher, E Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, S Browne, A Burgman, RT Burley, RS Busse, MA Campana, EG Carnie-Bronca, C Chen, Z Chen, D Chirkin, K Choi, BA Clark, K Clark, L Classen, A Coleman, GH Collin, JM Conrad, P Coppin, P Correa, DF Cowen, R Cross, C Dappen, P Dave, C De Clercq, JJ DeLaunay, D Delgado López, H Dembinski, K Deoskar, A Desai, P Desiati, KD de Vries, G de Wasseige, M de With, T DeYoung, S Dharani, A Diaz, JC Díaz-Vélez, M Dittmer, H Dujmovic, M Dunkman, MA DuVernois, E Dvorak, T Ehrhardt, P Eller, R Engel, H Erpenbeck, J Evans, PA Evenson, KL Fan, AR Fazely, N Feigl, S Fiedlschuster, AT Fienberg, K Filimonov, C Finley, L Fischer, D Fox, A Franckowiak, E Friedman, A Fritz, P Fürst, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, E Ganster, A Garcia, S Garrappa, L Gerhardt, A Ghadimi, C Glaser, T Glauch, T Glüsenkamp, JG Gonzalez, S Goswami, D Grant, T Grégoire, S Griswold, M Gündüz, C Günther, C Haack, A Hallgren, R Halliday, L Halve, F Halzen, M Ha Minh, K Hanson, J Hardin, AA Harnisch, A Haungs, S Hauser, D Hebecker, K Helbing, F Henningsen, EC Hettinger, S Hickford, J Hignight, C Hill, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, R Hoffmann, T Hoinka, B Hokanson-Fasig, K Hoshina, F Huang, M Huber, T Huber, K Hultqvist, M Hünnefeld, R Hussain, S In, N Iovine, A Ishihara, M Jansson, GS Japaridze, M Jeong, M Jin, BJP Jones, D Kang, W Kang, X Kang, A Kappes, D Kappesser, T Karg, M Karl, A Karle, U Katz, M Kauer, M Kellermann, JL Kelley, A Kheirandish, K Kin, T Kintscher, J Kiryluk, SR Klein, R Koirala, H Kolanoski, T Kontrimas, L Köpke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, P Koundal, M Kovacevich, M Kowalski, T Kozynets, E Kun, N Kurahashi, N Lad, C Lagunas Gualda, JL Lanfranchi, MJ Larson, F Lauber, JP Lazar, JW Lee, K Leonard, A Leszczyńska, Y Li, M Lincetto, QR Liu, M Liubarska, E Lohfink, CJ Lozano Mariscal, L Lu, F Lucarelli, A Ludwig, W Luszczak, Y Lyu, WY Ma, J Madsen, KBM Mahn, Y Makino, S Mancina, IC Mariş, R Maruyama, K Mase, T McElroy, F McNally, JV Mead, K Meagher, S Mechbal, A Medina, M Meier, S Meighen-Berger, J Micallef, D Mockler, T Montaruli, RW Moore, R Morse, M Moulai, R Naab, R Nagai, U Naumann, J Necker, LV Nguyen, H Niederhausen, MU Nisa, SC Nowicki, A Obertacke Pollmann, M Oehler, B Oeyen, A Olivas, E O'Sullivan, H Pandya, DV Pankova, N Park, GK Parker, EN Paudel, L Paul, C Pérez de los Heros, L Peters, J Peterson, S Philippen, D Pieloth, S Pieper, M Pittermann, A Pizzuto, M Plum, Y Popovych, A Porcelli, M Prado Rodriguez, PB Price, B Pries, GT Przybylski, C Raab, A Raissi, M Rameez, K Rawlins, IC Rea, A Rehman, P Reichherzer, R Reimann, G Renzi, E Resconi, S Reusch, W Rhode, M Richman, B Riedel, EJ Roberts, S Robertson, G Roellinghoff, M Rongen, C Rott, T Ruhe, D Ryckbosch, D Rysewyk Cantu, I Safa, J Saffer, SE Sanchez Herrera, A Sandrock, J Sandroos, M Santander, S Sarkar, S Sarkar, K Satalecka, M Scharf, M Schaufel, H Schieler, S Schindler, P Schlunder, T Schmidt, A Schneider, J Schneider, FG Schröder, L Schumacher, G Schwefer, S Sclafani, D Seckel, S Seunarine, A Sharma, S Shefali, M Silva, B Skrzypek, B Smithers, R Snihur, J Soedingrekso, D Soldin, C Spannfellner, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, J Stachurska, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, R Stein, J Stettner, A Steuer, T Stezelberger, T Stürwald, T Stuttard, GW Sullivan, I Taboada, F Tenholt, S Ter-Antonyan, S Tilav, F Tischbein, K Tollefson, L Tomankova, C Tönnis, S Toscano, D Tosi, A Trettin, M Tselengidou, CF Tung, A Turcati, R Turcotte, CF Turley, JP Twagirayezu, B Ty, MA Unland Elorrieta, N Valtonen-Mattila, J Vandenbroucke, N van Eijndhoven, D Vannerom, J van Santen, S Verpoest, C Walck, TB Watson, C Weaver, P Weigel, A Weindl, MJ Weiss, J Weldert, C Wendt, J Werthebach, M Weyrauch, N Whitehorn, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, M Wolf, K Woschnagg, G Wrede, J Wulff, XW Xu, JP Yanez, S Yoshida, S Yu, T Yuan, Z Zhang, P Zhelnin

Observation of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS telescopes

ArXiv 2109.11894 (2021)

Authors:

CB Adams, W Benbow, A Brill, JH Buckley, M Capasso, AJ Chromey, M Errando, A Falcone, KA Farrell, Q Feng, JP Finley, G Foote, L Fortson, A Furniss, A Gent, GH Gillanders, C Giuri, O Gueta, D Hanna, T Hassan, O Hervet, J Holder, B Hona, TB Humensky, W Jin, P Kaaret, M Kertzman, D Kieda, TK Kleiner, F Krennrich, S Kumar, MJ Lang, M Lundy, G Maier, CE McGrath, P Moriarty, R Mukherjee, D Nieto, M Nievas-Rosillo, S O'Brien, RA Ong, AN Otte, N Park, S Patel, K Pfrang, A Pichel, M Pohl, RR Prado, J Quinn, K Ragan, PT Reynolds, D Ribeiro, E Roache, AC Rovero, JL Ryan, M Santander, S Schlenstedt, GH Sembroski, R Shang, D Tak, VV Vassiliev, A Weinstein, DA Williams, TJ Williamson, VA Acciari, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli, A Arbet Engels, M Artero, K Asano, D Baack, A Babić, A Baquero, U Barres de Almeida, JA Barrio, I Batković, J Becerra González, W Bednarek, L Bellizzi, E Bernardini, M Bernardos, A Berti, J Besenrieder, W Bhattacharyya, C Bigongiari, A Biland, O Blanch, H Bökenkamp, G Bonnol, Ž Bošnjak, G Busetto, R Carosi, G Ceribella, M Cerruti, Y Chai, A Chilingarian, S Cikota, SM Colak, E Colombo, JL Contreras, J Cortina, S Covino, G D'Amico, V D'Elia, P Da Vela, F Dazzi, A De Angelis, B De Lotto, M Delfino, J Delgado, C Delgado Mendez, D Depaoli, F Di Pierro, L Di Venere, E Do Souto Espiñeira, D Dominis Prester, A Donini, D Dorner, M Doro, D Elsaesser, V Fallah Ramazani, A Fattorini, MV Fonseca, L Font, C Fruck, S Fukami, Y Fukazawa, RJ García López, M Garczarczyk, S Gasparyan, M Gaug, N Giglietto, F Giordano, P Gliwny, N Godinović, JG Green, D Green, D Hadasch, A Hahn, L Heckmann, J Herrera, J Hoang, D Hrupec, M Hütten, T Inada, K Ishio, Y Iwamura, I Jiménez Martínez, J Jormanainen, L Jouvin, M Karjalainen, D Kerszberg, Y Kobayashi, H Kubo, J Kushida, A Lamastra, D Lelas, F Leone, E Lindfors, L Linhoff, S Lombardi, F Longo, R López-Coto, M López-Moya, A López-Oramas, S Loporchio, B Machado de Oliveira Fraga, C Maggio, P Majumdar, M Makariev, M Mallamaci, G Maneva, M Manganaro, K Mannheim, L Maraschi, M Mariotti, M Martínez, D Mazin, S Menchiari, S Mender, S Mićanović, D Miceli, T Miener, JM Miranda, R Mirzoyan, E Molina, A Moralejo, D Morcuende, V Moreno, E Moretti, T Nakamori, L Nava, V Neustroev, C Nigro, K Nilsson, K Nishijima, K Noda S Nozaki, Y Ohtani, T Oka, J Otero-Santos, S Paiano, M Palatiello, D Paneque, R Paoletti, JM Paredes, L Pavletić, P Peñil, M Persic, M Pihet, PG Prada Moroni, E Prandini, C Priyadarshi, I Puljak, W Rhode, M Ribó, J Rico, C Righi, A Rugliancich, L Saha, N Sahakyan, T Saito, S Sakurai, K Satalecka, FG Saturni, B Schleicher, K Schmidt, T Schweizer, J Sitarek, I Šnidarić, D Sobczynska A Spolon, A Stamerra, J Strišković, D Strom, M Strzys, Y Suda, T Surić, M Takahashi, R Takeishi, F Tavecchio, P Temnikov, T Terzić, M Teshima, L Tosti, S Truzzi, A Tutone, S Ubach, J van Scherpenberg, G Vanzo, M Vazquez Acosta, S Ventura, V Verguilov, CF Vigorito, V Vitale, I Vovk, M Will, C Wunderlich, T Yamamoto, D Zarić, H Abdalla, F Aharonian, F Ait-Benkhali, O Anguener, C Arcaro, H Ashkar, M Backes, V Barbosa Martins, M Barnard, R Batzofin, Y Becherini, D Berge, K Bernloehr, B Bi, M Boettcher, C Boisson, J Bolmont, M de Bony, M Breuhaus, R Brose, F Brun, T Bulik, S Caroff, S Casanova, T Chand, A Chen, G Cotter, J Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J Devin, A Djannati-Atai, K Egberts, J Ernenwein, S Fegan, A Fiasson, G Fichet de Clairfontaine, G Fontaine, M Fuessling, S Funk, S Gabici, G Giavitto, D Glawion, J Glicenstein, M Grondin, J Hinton, W Hofmann, T Holch, M Holler, D Horns, Z Huang, M Jamrozy, F Jankowsky, V Joshi, I Jung-Richardt, E Kasai, K Katarzynski, B Khelifi, N Komin, K Kosack, D Kostunin, S Le Stum, A Lemiere, J Lenain, F Leuschner, C Levy, T Lohse, A Luashvili, I Lypova, J Mackey, J Majumdar, D Malyshev, V Marandon, P Marchegiani, A Marcowith, G Marti'i-Devesa, R Marx, G Maurin, P Meintjes, A Mitchell, R Moderski, L Mohrmann, A Montanari, E Moulin, J Muller, T Murach, M de Naurois, A Nayerhoda, J Niemiec, A Noel, P O'Brien, S Ohm, L Olivera-Nieto, E de Ona-Wilhelmi, M Ostrowski, S Panny, M Panter, D Parsons, G Peron, V Poireau, D Prokhorov, H Prokoph, G Puehlhofer, M Punch, A Quirrenbach, P Reichherzer, A Reimer, O Reimer, M Renaud, F Rieger, C Romoli, G Rowell, B Rudak, H Rueda Ricarte, E Ruiz Velasco, V Sahakian, S Sailer, H Salzmann, D Sanchez, A Santangelo, M Sasaki, F Schuessler, H Schutte, U Schwanke, M Senniappan, J Shapopi, R Simoni, H Sol, A Specovius, S Spencer, R Steenkamp, S Steinmassl, L Sun, T Takahashi, T Tanaka, R Terrier, N Tsuji, Y Uchiyama, C van Eldik, B van Soelen, J Veh, C Venter, J Vink, S Wagner, R White, A Wierzcholska, YW Wong, M Zacharias, D Zargaryan, A Zdziarski, A Zech, S Zhu, S Zouari, N Zywucka, Y Moritani, DF Torres

Molecular dynamics simulations of inelastic X-Ray scattering from shocked copper

Journal of Applied Physics AIP Publishing 130 (2021) 125901

Authors:

Oliver Karnbach, Patrick Heighway, David McGonegle, Gianluca Gregori, Justin Wark

Abstract:

By taking the spatial and temporal Fourier transforms of the coordinates of the atoms in molecular dynamics simulations conducted using an embedded-atom-method potential, we calculate the inelastic scattering of x-rays from copper singlecrystals shocked along [001] to pressures of up to 70 GPa. Above the Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL), we find that the copious stacking faults generated at the shock front introduce strong quasi-elastic scattering (QES) that competes with the inelastic scattering signal, which remains discernible within the first Brillouin zone; for specific directions in reciprocal space outside the first zone, the QES dominates the inelastic signal overwhelmingly. The synthetic scattering spectra we generate from our Fourier transforms suggest that energy resolutions of order 10 meV would be required to distinguish inelastic from quasi-elastic scattering within the first Brillouin zone of shock-loaded copper. We further note that high-resolution inelastic scattering also affords the possibility of directly measuring particle velocities via the Doppler shift. These simulations are of relevance to future planned inelastic scattering experiments at x-ray Free Electron Laser (FEL) facilities.