First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform

(2020)

Authors:

DUNE Collaboration, B Abi, A Abed Abud, R Acciarri, MA Acero, G Adamov, M Adamowski, D Adams, P Adrien, M Adinolfi, Z Ahmad, J Ahmed, T Alion, S Alonso Monsalve, C Alt, J Anderson, C Andreopoulos, MP Andrews, F Andrianala, S Andringa, A Ankowski, M Antonova, S Antusch, A Aranda-Fernandez, A Ariga, LO Arnold, MA Arroyave, J Asaadi, A Aurisano, V Aushev, D Autiero, F Azfar, H Back, JJ Back, C Backhouse, P Baesso, L Bagby, R Bajou, S Balasubramanian, P Baldi, B Baller, B Bambah, F Barao, G Barenboim, GJ Barker, W Barkhouse, C Barnes, G Barr, J Barranco Monarca, N Barros, JL Barrow, A Bashyal, V Basque, F Bay, JL Bazo Alba, JF Beacom, E Bechetoille, B Behera, L Bellantoni, G Bellettini, V Bellini, O Beltramello, D Belver, N Benekos, F Bento Neves, J Berger, S Berkman, P Bernardini, RM Berner, H Berns, S Bertolucci, M Betancourt, Y Bezawada, M Bhattacharjee, B Bhuyan, S Biagi, J Bian, M Biassoni, K Biery, B Bilki, M Bishai, A Bitadze, A Blake, B Blanco Siffert, FDM Blaszczyk, GC Blazey, E Blucher, J Boissevain, S Bolognesi, T Bolton, M Bonesini, M Bongrand, F Bonini, A Booth, C Booth, S Bordoni, A Borkum, T Boschi, N Bostan, P Bour, SB Boyd, D Boyden, J Bracinik, D Braga, D Brailsford, A Brandt, J Bremer, C Brew, E Brianne, SJ Brice, C Brizzolari, C Bromberg, G Brooijmans, J Brooke, A Bross, G Brunetti, N Buchanan, H Budd, D Caiulo, P Calafiura, J Calcutt, M Calin, S Calvez, E Calvo, L Camilleri, A Caminata, M Campanelli, D Caratelli, G Carini, B Carlus, P Carniti, I Caro Terrazas, H Carranza, A Castillo, C Castromonte, C Cattadori, F Cavalier, F Cavanna, S Centro, G Cerati, A Cervelli, A Cervera Villanueva, M Chalifour, C Chang, E Chardonnet, N Charitonidis, A Chatterjee, S Chattopadhyay, P Chatzidaki, J Chaves, H Chen, M Chen, Y Chen, D Cherdack, C Chi, S Childress, A Chiriacescu, K Cho, S Choubey, A Christensen, D Christian, G Christodoulou, E Church, P Clarke, TE Coan, AG Cocco, JAB Coelho, E Conley, JM Conrad, M Convery, L Corwin, P Cotte, L Cremaldi, L Cremonesi, JI Crespo-Anadón, E Cristaldo, R Cross, C Cuesta, Y Cui, D Cussans, M Dabrowski, H da Motta, L Da Silva Peres, C David, Q David, GS Davies, S Davini, J Dawson, K De, RM De Almeida, P Debbins, I De Bonis, MP Decowski, A de Gouvêa, PC De Holanda, IL De Icaza Astiz, A Deisting, P De Jong, A Delbart, D Delepine, M Delgado, A Dell'Acqua, P De Lurgio, JRT de Mello Neto, DM DeMuth, S Dennis, C Densham, G Deptuch, A De Roeck, V De Romeri, JJ De Vries, R Dharmapalan, M Dias, F Diaz, JS Díaz, S Di Domizio, L Di Giulio, P Ding, L Di Noto, C Distefano, R Diurba, M Diwan, Z Djurcic, N Dokania, MJ Dolinski, L Domine, D Douglas, G Drake, F Drielsma, D Duchesneau, K Duffy, P Dunne, T Durkin, H Duyang, O Dvornikov, DA Dwyer, AS Dyshkant, M Eads, D Edmunds, J Eisch, S Emery, A Ereditato, CO Escobar, L Escudero Sanchez, JJ Evans, E Ewart, AC Ezeribe, C Fabre, K Fahey, A Falcone, C Farnese, Y Farzan, J Felix, E Fernandez-Martinez, P Fernandez Menendez, F Ferraro, L Fields, A Filkins, F Filthaut, RS Fitzpatrick, W Flanagan, B Fleming, R Flight, J Fowler, W Fox, J Franc, K Francis, D Franco, J Freeman, J Freestone, J Fried, A Friedland, S Fuess, I Furic, AP Furmanski, A Gago, H Gallagher, A Gallego-Ros, N Gallice, V Galymov, E Gamberini, T Gamble, R Gandhi, R Gandrajula, S Gao, D Garcia-Gamez, MÁ García-Peris, S Gardiner, D Gastler, G Ge, B Gelli, A Gendotti, S Gent, Z Ghorbani-Moghaddam, D Gibin, I Gil-Botella, C Girerd, AK Giri, D Gnani, O Gogota, M Gold, S Gollapinni, K Gollwitzer, RA Gomes, LV Gomez Bermeo, LS Gomez Fajardo, F Gonnella, JA Gonzalez-Cuevas, MC Goodman, O Goodwin, S Goswami, C Gotti, E Goudzovski, C Grace, M Graham, E Gramellini, R Gran, E Granados, A Grant, C Grant, D Gratieri, P Green, S Green, L Greenler, M Greenwood, J Greer, WC Griffith, M Groh, J Grudzinski, K Grzelak, W Gu, V Guarino, R Guenette, A Guglielmi, B Guo, KK Guthikonda, R Gutierrez, P Guzowski, MM Guzzo, S Gwon, K Haaf, A Habig, A Hackenburg, H Hadavand, R Haenni, A Hahn, J Haigh, J Haiston, T Hamernik, P Hamilton, J Han, K Harder, DA Harris, J Hartnell, T Hasegawa, R Hatcher, E Hazen, A Heavey, KM Heeger, J Heise, K Hennessy, S Henry, MA Hernandez Morquecho, K Herner, L Hertel, AS Hesam, V Hewes, A Higuera, T Hill, SJ Hillier, A Himmel, J Hoff, C Hohl, A Holin, E Hoppe, GA Horton-Smith, M Hostert, A Hourlier, B Howard, R Howell, J Hrivnak, J Huang, J Huang, J Hugon, G Iles, N Ilic, AM Iliescu, R Illingworth, A Ioannisian, R Itay, A Izmaylov, E James, B Jargowsky, F Jediny, C Jesùs-Valls, X Ji, L Jiang, S Jiménez, A Jipa, A Joglekar, C Johnson, R Johnson, B Jones, S Jones, CK Jung, T Junk, Y Jwa, M Kabirnezhad, A Kaboth, I Kadenko, F Kamiya, G Karagiorgi, A Karcher, M Karolak, Y Karyotakis, S Kasai, SP Kasetti, L Kashur, N Kazaryan, E Kearns, P Keener, KJ Kelly, E Kemp, C Kendziora, W Ketchum, SH Kettell, M Khabibullin, A Khotjantsev, A Khvedelidze, D Kim, B King, B Kirby, M Kirby, J Klein, K Koehler, LW Koerner, S Kohn, PP Koller, M Kordosky, T Kosc, U Kose, VA Kostelecký, K Kothekar, F Krennrich, I Kreslo, Y Kudenko, VA Kudryavtsev, S Kulagin, J Kumar, R Kumar, C Kuruppu, V Kus, T Kutter, B Lacarelle, A Lambert, K Lande, CE Lane, K Lang, T Langford, P Lasorak, D Last, C Lastoria, A Laundrie, A Lawrence, I Lazanu, R LaZur, T Le, J Learned, P LeBrun, G Lehmann Miotto, R Lehnert, MA Leigui de Oliveira, M Leitner, M Leyton, L Li, S Li, SW Li, T Li, Y Li, H Liao, CS Lin, S Lin, A Lister, BR Littlejohn, J Liu, T Liu, S Lockwitz, T Loew, M Lokajicek, I Lomidze, K Long, K Loo, D Lorca, T Lord, JM LoSecco, WC Louis, KB Luk, X Luo, N Lurkin, T Lux, VP Luzio, D MacFarland, AA Machado, P Machado, CT Macias, JR Macier, A Maddalena, P Madigan, S Magill, K Mahn, A Maio, JA Maloney, G Mandrioli, J Maneira, L Manenti, S Manly, A Mann, K Manolopoulos, M Manrique Plata, A Marchionni, W Marciano, D Marfatia, C Mariani, J Maricic, F Marinho, AD Marino, M Marshak, C Marshall, J Marshall, J Marteau, J Martin-Albo, N Martinez, DA Martinez Caicedo, S Martynenko, K Mason, A Mastbaum, M Masud, S Matsuno, J Matthews, C Mauger, N Mauri, K Mavrokoridis, R Mazza, A Mazzacane, E Mazzucato, E McCluskey, N McConkey, KS McFarland, C McGrew, A McNab, A Mefodiev, P Mehta, P Melas, M Mellinato, O Mena, S Menary, H Mendez, A Menegolli, G Meng, MD Messier, W Metcalf, M Mewes, H Meyer, T Miao, G Michna, T Miedema, J Migenda, R Milincic, W Miller, J Mills, C Milne, O Mineev, OG Miranda, S Miryala, CS Mishra, SR Mishra, A Mislivec, D Mladenov, I Mocioiu, K Moffat, N Moggi, R Mohanta, TA Mohayai, N Mokhov, J Molina, L Molina Bueno, A Montanari, C Montanari, D Montanari, LM Montano Zetina, J Moon, M Mooney, A Moor, D Moreno, B Morgan, C Morris, C Mossey, E Motuk, CA Moura, J Mousseau, W Mu, L Mualem, J Mueller, M Muether, S Mufson, F Muheim, A Muir, M Mulhearn, H Muramatsu, S Murphy, J Musser, J Nachtman, S Nagu, M Nalbandyan, R Nandakumar, D Naples, S Narita, D Navas-Nicolás, N Nayak, M Nebot-Guinot, L Necib, K Negishi, JK Nelson, J Nesbit, M Nessi, D Newbold, M Newcomer, D Newhart, R Nichol, E Niner, K Nishimura, A Norman, A Norrick, R Northrop, P Novella, JA Nowak, M Oberling, A Olivares Del Campo, A Olivier, Y Onel, Y Onishchuk, J Ott, L Pagani, S Pakvasa, O Palamara, S Palestini, JM Paley, M Pallavicini, C Palomares, E Pantic, V Paolone, V Papadimitriou, R Papaleo, A Papanestis, S Paramesvaran, S Parke, Z Parsa, M Parvu, S Pascoli, L Pasqualini, J Pasternak, J Pater, C Patrick, L Patrizii, RB Patterson, SJ Patton, T Patzak, A Paudel, B Paulos, L Paulucci, Z Pavlovic, G Pawloski, D Payne, V Pec, SJM Peeters, Y Penichot, E Pennacchio, A Penzo, OLG Peres, J Perry, D Pershey, G Pessina, G Petrillo, C Petta, R Petti, F Piastra, L Pickering, F Pietropaolo, J Pillow, J Pinzino, R Plunkett, R Poling, X Pons, N Poonthottathil, S Pordes, M Potekhin, R Potenza, BVKS Potukuchi, J Pozimski, M Pozzato, S Prakash, T Prakash, S Prince, G Prior, D Pugnere, K Qi, X Qian, JL Raaf, R Raboanary, V Radeka, J Rademacker, B Radics, A Rafique, E Raguzin, M Rai, M Rajaoalisoa, I Rakhno, HT Rakotondramanana, L Rakotondravohitra, YA Ramachers, R Rameika, MA Ramirez Delgado, B Ramson, A Rappoldi, G Raselli, P Ratoff, S Ravat, H Razafinime, JS Real, B Rebel, D Redondo, M Reggiani-Guzzo, T Rehak, J Reichenbacher, SD Reitzner, A Renshaw, S Rescia, F Resnati, A Reynolds, G Riccobene, LCJ Rice, K Rielage, A Rigamonti, Y Rigaut, D Rivera, L Rochester, M Roda, P Rodrigues, MJ Rodriguez Alonso, J Rodriguez Rondon, AJ Roeth, H Rogers, S Rosauro-Alcaraz, M Rosenthal, M Rossella, J Rout, S Roy, A Rubbia, C Rubbia, B Russell, J Russell, D Ruterbories, R Saakyan, S Sacerdoti, T Safford, N Sahu, P Sala, G Salukvadze, N Samios, MC Sanchez, DA Sanders, D Sankey, S Santana, M Santos-Maldonado, N Saoulidou, P Sapienza, C Sarasty, I Sarcevic, G Savage, V Savinov, A Scaramelli, A Scarff, A Scarpelli, H Schellman, P Schlabach, D Schmitz, K Scholberg, A Schukraft, E Segreto, E Seltskaya, J Sensenig, I Seong, A Sergi, F Sergiampietri, D Sgalaberna, MH Shaevitz, S Shafaq, M Shamma, HR Sharma, R Sharma, T Shaw, C Shepherd-Themistocleous, S Shin, D Shooltz, R Shrock, L Simard, N Simos, J Sinclair, G Sinev, J Singh, J Singh, V Singh, R Sipos, FW Sippach, G Sirri, A Sitraka, K Siyeon, D Smargianaki, A Smith, A Smith, E Smith, P Smith, J Smolik, M Smy, P Snopok, M Soares Nunes, H Sobel, M Soderberg, CJ Solano Salinas, S Söldner-Rembold, N Solomey, V Solovov, WE Sondheim, M Sorel, J Soto-Oton, A Sousa, K Soustruznik, F Spagliardi, M Spanu, J Spitz, NJC Spooner, K Spurgeon, R Staley, M Stancari, L Stanco, D Stefan, HM Steiner, J Stewart, B Stillwell, J Stock, F Stocker, T Stokes, M Strait, T Strauss, S Striganov, A Stuart, R Sulej, D Summers, A Surdo, V Susic, L Suter, CM Sutera, R Svoboda, B Szczerbinska, AM Szelc, R Talaga, HA Tanaka, B Tapia Oregui, A Tapper, S Tariq, E Tatar, R Tayloe, AM Teklu, M Tenti, K Terao, CA Ternes, F Terranova, G Testera, A Thea, JL Thompson, C Thorn, SC Timm, A Tonazzo, M Torti, M Tortola, F Tortorici, D Totani, M Toups, C Touramanis, J Trevor, WH Trzaska, YT Tsai, Z Tsamalaidze, KV Tsang, N Tsverava, S Tufanli, C Tull, E Tyley, M Tzanov, MA Uchida, J Urheim, T Usher, MR Vagins, P Vahle, GA Valdiviesso, E Valencia, Z Vallari, JWF Valle, S Vallecorsa, R Van Berg, RG Van de Water, D Vanegas Forero, F Varanini, D Vargas, G Varner, J Vasel, G Vasseur, K Vaziri, S Ventura, A Verdugo, S Vergani, MA Vermeulen, M Verzocchi, H Vieira de Souza, C Vignoli, C Vilela, B Viren, T Vrba, T Wachala, AV Waldron, M Wallbank, H Wang, J Wang, Y Wang, Y Wang, K Warburton, D Warner, M Wascko, D Waters, A Watson, P Weatherly, A Weber, M Weber, H Wei, A Weinstein, D Wenman, M Wetstein, MR While, A White, LH Whitehead, D Whittington, MJ Wilking, C Wilkinson, Z Williams, F Wilson, RJ Wilson, J Wolcott, T Wongjirad, K Wood, L Wood, E Worcester, M Worcester, C Wret, W Wu, W Wu, Y Xiao, G Yang, T Yang, N Yershov, K Yonehara, T Young, B Yu, HW Yu, HZ Yu, J Yu, ZY Yu, R Zaki, J Zalesak, L Zambelli, B Zamorano, A Zani, L Zazueta, GP Zeller, J Zennamo, K Zeug, C Zhang, M Zhao, E Zhivun, G Zhu, ED Zimmerman, M Zito, S Zucchelli, J Zuklin, V Zutshi, R Zwaska

The relation between the diffuse X-ray luminosity and the radio power of the central AGN in galaxy groups

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Royal Astronomical Society 497:2 (2020) 2163-2174

Authors:

T Pasini, M Brueggen, F de Gasperin, L Birzan, E O'Sullivan, A Finoguenov, Imogen Whittam, Ian Heywood, Matt Jarvis, M Gitti, F Brighenti, Jd Collier, G Gozaliasl

Abstract:

Our understanding of how active galactic nucleus feedback operates in galaxy clusters has improved in recent years owing to large efforts in multiwavelength observations and hydrodynamical simulations. However, it is much less clear how feedback operates in galaxy groups, which have shallower gravitational potentials. In this work, using very deep Very Large Array and new MeerKAT observations from the MIGHTEE survey, we compiled a sample of 247 X-ray selected galaxy groups detected in the COSMOS field. We have studied the relation between the X-ray emission of the intra-group medium and the 1.4 GHz radio emission of the central radio galaxy. For comparison, we have also built a control sample of 142 galaxy clusters using ROSAT and NVSS data. We find that clusters and groups follow the same correlation between X-ray and radio emission. Large radio galaxies hosted in the centres of groups and merging clusters increase the scatter of the distribution. Using statistical tests and Monte Carlo simulations, we show that the correlation is not dominated by biases or selection effects. We also find that galaxy groups are more likely than clusters to host large radio galaxies, perhaps owing to the lower ambient gas density or a more efficient accretion mode. In these groups, radiative cooling of the intra-cluster medium could be less suppressed by active galactic nucleus heating. We conclude that the feedback processes that operate in galaxy clusters are also effective in groups.

International Coordination of Multi-Messenger Transient Observations in the 2020s and Beyond: Kavli-IAU White Paper

(2020)

Authors:

S Bradley Cenko, Patricia A Whitelock, Laura Cadonati, Valerie Connaughton, Roger Davies, Rob Fender, Paul J Groot, Mansi M Kasliwal, Tara Murphy, Samaya Nissanke, Alberto Sesana, Shigeru Yoshida, Binbin Zhang

Measurement of neutron-proton capture in the SNO+ water phase

Physical Review C American Physical Society 102:1 (2020) 014002

Authors:

MR Anderson, S Andringa, M Askins, Steven Biller, T Kroupova, Edward Leming, J Lidgard, I Morton-Blake, J Paton, A Reichold, Jeffrey Tseng, E Turner, J Wang, The SNO Collaboration

Abstract:

The SNO+ experiment collected data as a low-threshold water Cherenkov detector from September 2017 to July 2019. Measurements of the 2.2-MeV γ's produced by neutron capture on hydrogen were made using an Am-Be calibration source, for which a large fraction of emitted neutrons are produced simultaneously with a 4.4-MeV γ. Analysis of the delayed coincidence between the 4.4-MeV γ and the 2.2-MeV capture γ revealed a neutron detection efficiency that is centered around 50% and varies at the level of 1% across the inner region of the detector, which to our knowledge is the highest efficiency achieved among pure water Cherenkov detectors. In addition, the neutron capture time constant was measured and converted to a thermal neutron-proton capture cross section of 336.3+1.2−1.5mb.

Detecting the anisotropic astrophysical gravitational wave background in the presence of shot noise through cross-correlations

PHYSICAL REVIEW D 102:2 (2020) 23002

Authors:

David Alonso, Giulia Cusin, Pedro G Ferreira, Cyril Pitrou