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IceCube-Gen2: the window to the extreme Universe

IOP Publishing 48:6 (2021) 060501

Authors:

MG Aartsen, R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, C Alispach, P Allison, NM Amin, K Andeen, T Anderson, I Ansseau, G Anton, C Argüelles, TC Arlen, J Auffenberg, S Axani, H Bagherpour, X Bai, A Balagopal, A Barbano, I Bartos, B Bastian, V Basu, V Baum, S Baur, R Bay, JJ Beatty, K-H Becker, J Becker Tjus, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, C Bohm, M Bohmer, S Böser, O Botner, J Böttcher, E Bourbeau, J Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, A Burgman, RT Burley, J Buscher, RS Busse, M Bustamante, MA Campana, EG Carnie-Bronca, T Carver, C Chen, P Chen, E Cheung, D Chirkin, S Choi, BA Clark, K Clark, L Classen, A Coleman, GH Collin, A Connolly, JM Conrad, P Coppin, P Correa, DF Cowen, R Cross, P Dave, C Deaconu, C De Clercq, JJ DeLaunay, S De Kockere, H Dembinski, K Deoskar, S De Ridder, A Desai, P Desiati, KD de Vries, G de Wasseige, M de With, T DeYoung, S Dharani, A Diaz, JC Díaz-Vélez, H Dujmovic, M Dunkman, MA DuVernois, E Dvorak, T Ehrhardt, P Eller, R Engel, JJ Evans, PA Evenson, S Fahey, K Farrag, AR Fazely, J Felde, AT Fienberg, K Filimonov, C Finley, L Fischer, D Fox, A Franckowiak, E Friedman, A Fritz, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher, E Ganster, D Garcia-Fernandez, S Garrappa, A Gartner, L Gerhard, R Gernhaeuser, A Ghadimi, C Glaser, T Glauch, T Glüsenkamp, A Goldschmidt, JG Gonzalez, S Goswami, D Grant, T Grégoire, Z Griffith, S Griswold, M Gündüz, C Haack, A Hallgren, R Halliday, L Halve, F Halzen, JC Hanson, K Hanson, J Hardin, J Haugen, A Haungs, S Hauser, D Hebecker, D Heinen, P Heix, K Helbing, R Hellauer, F Henningsen, S Hickford, J Hignight, C Hill, GC Hill, KD Hoffman, B Hoffmann, R Hoffmann, T Hoinka, B Hokanson-Fasig, K Holzapfel, K Hoshina, F Huang, M Huber, T Huber, T Huege, K Hughes, K Hultqvist, M Hünnefeld, R Hussain, S In, N Iovine, A Ishihara, M Jansson, GS Japaridze, M Jeong, BJP Jones, F Jonske, R Joppe, O Kalekin, D Kang, W Kang, X Kang, A Kappes, D Kappesser, T Karg, M Karl, A Karle, T Katori, U Katz, M Kauer, A Keivani, M Kellermann, JL Kelley, A Kheirandish, J Kim, K Kin, T Kintscher, J Kiryluk, T Kittler, M Kleifges, SR Klein, R Koirala, H Kolanoski, L Köpke, C Kopper, S Kopper, DJ Koskinen, P Koundal, M Kovacevich, M Kowalski, CB Krauss, K Krings, G Krückl, N Kulacz, N Kurahashi, C Lagunas Gualda, R Lahmann, JL Lanfranchi, MJ Larson, U Latif, F Lauber, JP Lazar, K Leonard, A Leszczyńska, Y Li, QR Liu, E Lohfink, J LoSecco, CJ Lozano Mariscal, L Lu, F Lucarelli, A Ludwig, J Lünemann, W Luszczak, Y Lyu, W Y, J Madsen, G Maggi, KBM Mahn, Y Makino, P Mallik, S Mancina, S Mandalia, IC Mariş, S Marka, Z Marka, R Maruyama, K Mase, R Maunu, F McNally, K Meagher, A Medina, M Meier, S Meighen-Berger, J Merz, ZS Meyers, J Micallef, D Mockler, G Momenté, T Montaruli, RW Moore, R Morse, M Moulai, P Muth, R Naab, R Nagai, J Nam, U Nauman, J Necker, G Neer, A Nelles, LV Nguyễn, H Niederhausen, MU Nisa, SC Nowicki, DR Nygren, E Oberla, A Obertacke Pollmann, M Oehler, A Olivas, E O’Sullivan, Y Pan, H Pandya, DV Pankova, L Papp, N Park, GK Parker, EN Paudel, P Peiffer, C Pérez de los Heros, TC Petersen, S Philippen, D Pieloth, S Pieper, JL Pinfold, A Pizzuto, I Plaisier, M Plum, Y Popovych, A Porcelli, M Prado Rodriguez, PB Price, GT Przybylski, C Raab, A Raissi, M Rameez, L Rauch, K Rawlins, IC Rea, A Rehman, R Reimann, M Renschler, G Renzi, E Resconi, S Reusch, W Rhode, M Richman, B Riedel, M Riegel, EJ Roberts, S Robertson, G Roellinghoff, M Rongen, C Rott, T Ruhe, D Ryckbosch, D Rysewyk Cantu, I Safa, SE Sanchez Herrera, A Sandrock, J Sandroos, P Sandstrom, M Santander, S Sarkar, S Sarkar, K Satalecka, M Scharf, M Schaufel, H Schieler, P Schlunder, T Schmidt, A Schneider, J Schneider, FG Schröder, L Schumacher, S Sclafani, D Seckel, S Seunarine, MH Shaevitz, A Sharma, S Shefali, M Silva, D Smith, B Smithers, R Snihur, J Soedingrekso, D Soldin, S Söldner-Rembold, M Song, D Southall, GM Spiczak, C Spiering, J Stachurska, M Stamatikos, T Stanev, R Stein, J Stettner, A Steuer, T Stezelberger, RG Stokstad, NL Strotjohann, T Stürwald, T Stuttard, GW Sullivan, I Taboada, A Taketa, HKM Tanaka, F Tenholt, S Ter-Antonyan, A Terliuk, S Tilav, K Tollefson, L Tomankova, C Tönnis, J Torres, S Toscano, D Tosi, A Trettin, M Tselengidou, CF Tung, A Turcati, R Turcotte, CF Turley, JP Twagirayezu, B Ty, E Unger, MA Unland Elorrieta, J Vandenbroucke, D van Eijk, N van Eijndhoven, D Vannerom, J van Santen, D Veberic, S Verpoest, A Vieregg, M Vraeghe, C Walck, TB Watson, C Weaver, A Weindl, L Weinstock, MJ Weiss, J Weldert, C Welling, C Wendt, J Werthebach, N Whitehorn, K Wiebe, CH Wiebusch, DR Williams, SA Wissel, M Wolf, TR Wood, K Woschnagg, G Wrede, S Wren, J Wulff, XW Xu, Y Xu, JP Yanez, S Yoshida, T Yuan, Z Zhang, S Zierke, M Zöcklein

Photophilic hadronic axion from heavy magnetic monopoles

Journal of High Energy Physics Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021:6 (2021) 123

Authors:

Anton V Sokolov, Andreas Ringwald

Abstract:

Abstract We propose a model for the QCD axion which is realized through a coupling of the Peccei-Quinn scalar field to magnetically charged fermions at high energies. We show that the axion of this model solves the strong CP problem and then integrate out heavy magnetic monopoles using the Schwinger proper time method. We find that the model discussed yields axion couplings to the Standard Model which are drastically different from the ones calculated within the KSVZ/DFSZ-type models, so that large part of the corresponding parameter space can be probed by various projected experiments. Moreover, the axion we introduce is consistent with the astrophysical hints suggested both by anomalous TeV-transparency of the Universe and by excessive cooling of horizontal branch stars in globular clusters. We argue that the leading term for the cosmic axion abundance is not changed compared to the conventional pre-inflationary QCD axion case for axion decay constant fa> 1012 GeV.

LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter: A neutrino event generator and weighter for neutrino observatories

Computer Physics Communications 266 (2021)

Authors:

R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams, JA Aguilar, M Ahlers, M Ahrens, C Alispach, AA Alves, NM Amin, R An, K Andeen, T Anderson, I Ansseau, G Anton, C Argüelles, S Axani, X Bai, A Balagopal, A Barbano, SW Barwick, B Bastian, V Basu, V Baum, S Baur, R Bay, JJ Beatty, KH Becker, J Becker Tjus, C Bellenghi, S BenZvi, D Berley, E Bernardini, DZ Besson, G Binder, D Bindig, E Blaufuss, S Blot, S Böser, O Botner, J Böttcher, E Bourbeau, J Bourbeau, F Bradascio, J Braun, S Bron, J Brostean-Kaiser, A Burgman, RS Busse, MA Campana, C Chen, D Chirkin, S Choi, BA Clark, K Clark, L Classen, A Coleman, GH Collin, JM Conrad, P Coppin, P Correa, DF Cowen, R Cross, P Dave, C De Clercq, JJ DeLaunay, H Dembinski, K Deoskar, S De Ridder, A Desai, P Desiati, KD de Vries, G de Wasseige, M de With, T DeYoung, S Dharani, A Diaz, JC Díaz-Vélez, H Dujmovic, M Dunkman, MA DuVernois, E Dvorak, T Ehrhardt, P Eller, R Engel, J Evans, PA Evenson, S Fahey, AR Fazely, S Fiedlschuster, AT Fienberg, K Filimonov, C Finley, L Fischer, D Fox, A Franckowiak, E Friedman, A Fritz, P Fürst, TK Gaisser, J Gallagher

Abstract:

We present a high-energy neutrino event generator, called LeptonInjector, alongside an event weighter, called LeptonWeighter. Both are designed for large-volume Cherenkov neutrino telescopes such as IceCube. The neutrino event generator allows for quick and flexible simulation of neutrino events within and around the detector volume, and implements the leading Standard Model neutrino interaction processes relevant for neutrino observatories: neutrino-nucleon deep-inelastic scattering and neutrino-electron annihilation. In this paper, we discuss the event generation algorithm, the weighting algorithm, and the main functions of the publicly available code, with examples. Program summary: Program Titles: LeptonInjector and LeptonWeighter CPC Library link to program files: https://doi.org/10.17632/662gkpjfd9.1 Developer's repository links: https://github.com/icecube/LeptonInjector and https://github.com/icecube/LeptonWeighter Licensing provisions: GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3. Programming Language: C++11 External Routines: • Boost • HDF5 • nuflux (https://github.com/icecube/nuflux) • nuSQuIDS (https://github.com/arguelles/nuSQuIDS) • Photospline (https://github.com/icecube/photospline) • SuiteSparse (https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse) Nature of problem: LeptonInjector: Generate neutrino interaction events of all possible topologies and energies throughout and around a detector volume. LeptonWeighter: Reweight Monte Carlo events, generated by a set of LeptonInjector Generators, to any desired physical neutrino flux or cross section. Solution method: LeptonInjector: Projected ranges of generated leptons and the extent of the detector, in terms of column depth, are used to inject events in and around the detector volume. Event kinematics follow distributions provided in cross section files. LeptonWeighter: Event generation probabilities are calculated for each Generator, which are then combined into a generation weight and used to calculate an overall event weight.

Probing neutrino emission at GeV energies from compact binary mergers with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

(2021)

Authors:

R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams

Strong suppression of heat conduction in a laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster turbulent plasmas

(2021)

Authors:

J Meinecke, P Tzeferacos, JS Ross, AFA Bott, S Feister, H-S Park, AR Bell, R Blandford, RL Berger, R Bingham, A Casner, LE Chen, J Foster, DH Froula, C Goyon, D Kalantar, M Koenig, B Lahmann, C-K Li, Y Lu, CAJ Palmer, R Petrasso, H Poole, B Remington, B Reville, A Reyes, A Rigby, D Ryu, G Swadling, A Zylstra, F Miniati, S Sarkar, AA Schekochihin, DQ Lamb, G Gregori