Measurement of the atmospheric $\nu_\mu$ energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 200 TeV with the ANTARES telescope
S. Adrián-Martínez
,
A. Albert
(1)
,
Imen Al Samarai
(2)
,
M. André
,
M. Anghinolfi
,
G. Anton
,
S. Anvar
,
M. Ardid
,
T. Astraatmadja
,
J-J. Aubert
(2)
,
B. Baret
(3, 4)
,
J. Barrios-Martí
,
S. Basa
,
V. Bertin
(2)
,
S. Biagi
,
C. Bigongiari
,
C. Bogazzi
,
B. Bouhou
(4)
,
M. C. Bouwhuis
,
R. Bruijn
,
J. Brunner
(2)
,
J. Busto
(2)
,
A. Capone
,
L. Caramete
,
C. Carloganu
(5)
,
J. Carr
(2)
,
S. Cecchini
,
Z. Charif
(2)
,
Ph. Charvis
,
T. Chiarusi
,
M. Circella
,
F. Classen
,
L. Core
(2)
,
H. Costantini
(2)
,
P. Coyle
(2)
,
A. Creusot
(4)
,
C. Curtil
(2)
,
I. Dekeyser
(6)
,
Anne Deschamps
(7)
,
G. de Bonis
,
M. P. Decowski
,
C. Distefano
,
C. Donzaud
(4)
,
D. Dornic
(2)
,
Q. Dorosti
,
D. Drouhin
(1)
,
A. Dumas
(5)
,
T. Eberl
,
U. Emanuele
,
A. Enzenhöfer
,
J.-P. Ernenwein
(2)
,
S. Escoffier
(2)
,
K. Fehn
,
P. Fermani
,
V. Flaminio
,
F. Folger
,
U. Fritsch
,
L. A. Fusco
,
S. Galatà
(4)
,
Pascal Gay
(5)
,
S. Geisselsöder
,
K. Geyer
,
G. Giacomelli
,
V. Giordano
,
A. Gleixner
,
J. P. Gómez-González
,
K. Graf
,
G. Guillard
(5)
,
H. van Haren
,
A. J. Heijboer
,
Y. Hello
(7)
,
J. J. Hernández-Rey
,
B. Herold
,
J. Hössl
,
C. W. James
,
M. de Jong
,
M. Kadler
,
O. Kalekin
,
A. Kappes
,
U. Katz
,
P. Kooijman
,
A. Kouchner
(4)
,
I. Kreykenbohm
,
V. Kulikovskiy
,
R. Lahmann
,
E. Lambard
,
G. Lambard
(2)
,
G. Larosa
,
D. Lattuada
,
Dominique Lefèvre
(6)
,
E. Leonora
,
D. Lo Presti
,
H. Loehner
,
S. Loucatos
(4)
,
F. Louis
,
S. Mangano
,
M. Marcelin
,
A. Margiotta
,
J. A. Martínez-Mora
,
S. Martini
,
T. Michael
,
T. Montaruli
(8)
,
M. Morganti
,
H. Motz
,
C. Mueller
,
M. Neff
,
E. Nezri
,
D. Palioselitis
,
G. E. Pavalas
,
C. Perrina
,
P. Piattelli
,
V. Popa
,
T. Pradier
,
C. Racca
(1)
,
R. Richter
,
C. Rivière
(2)
,
A. Robert
(6)
,
K. Roensch
,
A. Rostovtsev
,
D. F. E. Samtleben
,
M. Sanguineti
,
P. Sapienza
,
J. Schmid
,
J. Schnabel
,
S. Schulte
,
F. Schüssler
,
T. Seitz
,
R. Shanidze
,
C. Sieger
,
F. Simeone
,
A. Spies
,
M. Spurio
,
J. J. M. Steijger
,
Th. Stolarczyk
,
A. Sánchez-Losa
,
M. Taiuti
,
Christian Tamburini
(6)
,
Y. Tayalati
,
A. Trovato
,
B. Vallage
,
Corentin Vallée
(2)
,
V. van Elewyck
(4)
,
P. Vernin
,
Eelco Visser
,
S. Wagner
,
J. Wilms
,
E. de Wolf
,
K. Yatkin
(2)
,
H. Yepes
,
J.D. Zornoza
,
J. Zúñiga
1
GRPHE -
Groupe de Recherche en Physique des Hautes Energies
2 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
3 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
4 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
5 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
6 MIO - Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie
7 GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur
8 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
2 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
3 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
4 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
5 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
6 MIO - Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie
7 GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur
8 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
S. Adrián-Martínez
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A. Albert
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Imen Al Samarai
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M. Anghinolfi
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M. Ardid
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J. Barrios-Martí
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S. Basa
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S. Biagi
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C. Bogazzi
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M. C. Bouwhuis
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R. Bruijn
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A. Capone
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L. Caramete
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C. Carloganu
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S. Cecchini
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T. Chiarusi
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M. Circella
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F. Classen
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Anne Deschamps
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G. de Bonis
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C. Distefano
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T. Eberl
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U. Emanuele
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A. Enzenhöfer
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K. Fehn
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P. Fermani
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V. Flaminio
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F. Folger
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U. Fritsch
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L. A. Fusco
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Pascal Gay
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S. Geisselsöder
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K. Geyer
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G. Giacomelli
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V. Giordano
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A. Gleixner
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J. P. Gómez-González
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K. Graf
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H. van Haren
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A. J. Heijboer
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Y. Hello
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J. J. Hernández-Rey
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B. Herold
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J. Hössl
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M. de Jong
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M. Kadler
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P. Kooijman
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I. Kreykenbohm
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V. Kulikovskiy
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R. Lahmann
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E. Lambard
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S. Mangano
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S. Martini
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D. Palioselitis
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C. Perrina
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P. Piattelli
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V. Popa
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T. Pradier
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R. Richter
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K. Roensch
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A. Rostovtsev
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D. F. E. Samtleben
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M. Sanguineti
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P. Sapienza
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T. Seitz
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A. Sánchez-Losa
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Y. Tayalati
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J. Wilms
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Abstract
Atmospheric neutrinos are produced during cascades initiated by the interaction of primary cosmic rays with air nuclei. In this paper, a measurement of the atmospheric \nu_\mu + \bar{\nu}_\mu energy spectrum in the energy range 0.1 - 200 TeV is presented, using data collected by the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope from 2008 to 2011. Overall, the measured flux is ~25% higher than predicted by the conventional neutrino flux, and compatible with the measurements reported in ice. The flux is compatible with a single power-law dependence with spectral index \gamma_{meas}=3.58\pm 0.12. With the present statistics the contribution of prompt neutrinos cannot be established.