Characteristics of Four Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA

P. W. Gorham; J. Nam; A. Romero-Wolf; S. Hoover; P. Allison; O. Banerjee; J. J. Beatty; K. Belov; D. Z. Besson; W. R. Binns; V. Bugaev; P. Cao; C. Chen; P. Chen; J. M. Clem; A. Connolly; B. Dailey; C. Deaconu; L. Cremonesi; P. F. Dowkontt; M. A. Duvernois; R. C. Field; B. D. Fox; D. Goldstein; J. Gordon; C. Hast; C. L. Hebert; B. Hill; K. Hughes; R. Hupe; M. H. Israel; A. Javaid; J. Kowalski; J. Lam; J. G. Learned; K. M. Liewer; T. C. Liu; J. T. Link; E. Lusczek; S. Matsuno; B. C. Mercurio; C. Miki; P. Miočinović; M. Mottram; K. Mulrey; C. J. Naudet; J. Ng; R. J. Nichol; K. Palladino; B. F. Rauch; ANITA Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071101

Characteristics of Four Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA

P. W. Gorham, J. Nam, A. Romero-Wolf, S. Hoover, P. Allison, O. Banerjee, J. J. Beatty, K. Belov, D. Z. Besson, W. R. Binns, V. Bugaev, P. Cao, C. Chen, P. Chen, J. M. Clem, A. Connolly, B. Dailey, C. Deaconu, L. Cremonesi, P. F. DowkonttM. A. Duvernois, R. C. Field, B. D. Fox, D. Goldstein, J. Gordon, C. Hast, C. L. Hebert, B. Hill, K. Hughes, R. Hupe, M. H. Israel, A. Javaid, J. Kowalski, J. Lam, J. G. Learned, K. M. Liewer, T. C. Liu, J. T. Link, E. Lusczek, S. Matsuno, B. C. Mercurio, C. Miki, P. Miočinović, M. Mottram, K. Mulrey, C. J. Naudet, J. Ng, R. J. Nichol, K. Palladino, B. F. Rauch, ANITA Collaboration

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We report on four radio-detected cosmic-ray (CR) or CR-like events observed with the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload. Two of the four were previously identified as stratospheric CR air showers during the ANITA-I flight. A third stratospheric CR was detected during the ANITA-II flight. Here, we report on characteristics of these three unusual CR events, which develop nearly horizontally, 20-30 km above the surface of Earth. In addition, we report on a fourth steeply upward-pointing ANITA-I CR-like radio event which has characteristics consistent with a primary that emerged from the surface of the ice. This suggests a possible τ-lepton decay as the origin of this event, but such an interpretation would require significant suppression of the standard model τ-neutrino cross section.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	071101
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	117
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071101
State	Published - Aug 8 2016

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Gorham, P. W., Nam, J., Romero-Wolf, A., Hoover, S., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Beatty, J. J., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C., Chen, P., Clem, J. M., Connolly, A., Dailey, B., Deaconu, C., Cremonesi, L., ... ANITA Collaboration (2016). Characteristics of Four Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA. Physical review letters, 117(7), Article 071101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071101

Gorham, PW, Nam, J, Romero-Wolf, A, Hoover, S, Allison, P, Banerjee, O, Beatty, JJ, Belov, K, Besson, DZ, Binns, WR, Bugaev, V, Cao, P, Chen, C, Chen, P, Clem, JM, Connolly, A, Dailey, B, Deaconu, C, Cremonesi, L, Dowkontt, PF, Duvernois, MA, Field, RC, Fox, BD, Goldstein, D, Gordon, J, Hast, C, Hebert, CL, Hill, B, Hughes, K, Hupe, R, Israel, MH, Javaid, A, Kowalski, J, Lam, J, Learned, JG, Liewer, KM, Liu, TC, Link, JT, Lusczek, E, Matsuno, S, Mercurio, BC, Miki, C, Miočinović, P, Mottram, M, Mulrey, K, Naudet, CJ, Ng, J, Nichol, RJ, Palladino, K, Rauch, BF & ANITA Collaboration 2016, 'Characteristics of Four Upward-Pointing Cosmic-Ray-like Events Observed with ANITA', Physical review letters, vol. 117, no. 7, 071101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071101

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