Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA

P. W. Gorham; B. Rotter; P. Allison; O. Banerjee; L. Batten; J. J. Beatty; K. Bechtol; K. Belov; D. Z. Besson; W. R. Binns; V. Bugaev; P. Cao; C. C. Chen; C. H. Chen; P. Chen; J. M. Clem; A. Connolly; L. Cremonesi; B. Dailey; C. Deaconu; P. F. Dowkontt; B. D. Fox; J. W.H. Gordon; C. Hast; B. Hill; K. Hughes; J. J. Huang; R. Hupe; M. H. Israel; A. Javaid; J. Lam; K. M. Liewer; S. Y. Lin; T. C. Liu; A. Ludwig; L. Macchiarulo; S. Matsuno; C. Miki; K. Mulrey; J. Nam; C. J. Naudet; R. J. Nichol; A. Novikov; E. Oberla; M. Olmedo; R. Prechelt; S. Prohira; B. F. Rauch; J. M. Roberts; A. Romero-Wolf; J. W. Russell; D. Saltzberg; D. Seckel; H. Schoorlemmer; J. Shiao; S. Stafford; J. Stockham; M. Stockham; B. Strutt; G. S. Varner; A. G. Vieregg; S. H. Wang; S. A. Wissel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161102

Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA

P. W. Gorham
, B. Rotter
, P. Allison
, O. Banerjee
, L. Batten
, J. J. Beatty
, K. Bechtol
, K. Belov
, D. Z. Besson
, W. R. Binns
, V. Bugaev
, P. Cao
, C. C. Chen
, C. H. Chen
, P. Chen
, J. M. Clem
, A. Connolly
, L. Cremonesi
, B. Dailey
, C. Deaconu

P. F. Dowkontt, B. D. Fox, J. W.H. Gordon, C. Hast, B. Hill, K. Hughes, J. J. Huang, R. Hupe, M. H. Israel, A. Javaid, J. Lam, K. M. Liewer, S. Y. Lin, T. C. Liu, A. Ludwig, L. Macchiarulo, S. Matsuno, C. Miki, K. Mulrey, J. Nam, C. J. Naudet, R. J. Nichol, A. Novikov, E. Oberla, M. Olmedo, R. Prechelt, S. Prohira, B. F. Rauch, J. M. Roberts, A. Romero-Wolf, J. W. Russell, D. Saltzberg, D. Seckel, H. Schoorlemmer, J. Shiao, S. Stafford, J. Stockham, M. Stockham, B. Strutt, G. S. Varner, A. G. Vieregg, S. H. Wang, S. A. Wissel

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We report on an upward traveling, radio-detected cosmic-ray-like impulsive event with characteristics closely matching an extensive air shower. This event, observed in the third flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), a NASA-sponsored long-duration balloon payload, is consistent with a similar event reported in a previous flight. These events could be produced by the atmospheric decay of an upward-propagating τ lepton produced by a ντ interaction, although their relatively steep arrival angles create tension with the standard model neutrino cross section. Each of the two events have a posteriori background estimates of 10-2 events. If these are generated by τ-lepton decay, then either the charged-current ντ cross section is suppressed at EeV energies, or the events arise at moments when the peak flux of a transient neutrino source was much larger than the typical expected cosmogenic background neutrinos.

Original language	English
Article number	161102
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	121
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161102
State	Published - Oct 18 2018

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Gorham, P. W., Rotter, B., Allison, P., Banerjee, O., Batten, L., Beatty, J. J., Bechtol, K., Belov, K., Besson, D. Z., Binns, W. R., Bugaev, V., Cao, P., Chen, C. C., Chen, C. H., Chen, P., Clem, J. M., Connolly, A., Cremonesi, L., Dailey, B., ... Wissel, S. A. (2018). Observation of an Unusual Upward-Going Cosmic-Ray-like Event in the Third Flight of ANITA. Physical Review Letters, 121(16), Article 161102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.161102

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