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1. BoFire: Bayesian Optimization Framework Intended for Real Experiments

Author

Dürholt, Johannes P., Asche, Thomas S., Kleinekorte, Johanna, Mancino-Ball, Gabriel, Schiller, Benjamin, Sung, Simon, Keupp, Julian, Osburg, Aaron, Boyne, Toby, Misener, Ruth, Eldred, Rosona, Costa, Wagner Steuer, Kappatou, Chrysoula, Lee, Robert M., Linzner, Dominik, Walz, David, Wulkow, Niklas, and Shafei, Behrang

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control, Statistics - Machine Learning
Abstract

Our open-source Python package BoFire combines Bayesian Optimization (BO) with other design of experiments (DoE) strategies focusing on developing and optimizing new chemistry. Previous BO implementations, for example as they exist in the literature or software, require substantial adaptation for effective real-world deployment in chemical industry. BoFire provides a rich feature-set with extensive configurability and realizes our vision of fast-tracking research contributions into industrial use via maintainable open-source software. Owing to quality-of-life features like JSON-serializability of problem formulations, BoFire enables seamless integration of BO into RESTful APIs, a common architecture component for both self-driving laboratories and human-in-the-loop setups. This paper discusses the differences between BoFire and other BO implementations and outlines ways that BO research needs to be adapted for real-world use in a chemistry setting., Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, 1 listing

Published
2024

2. Practical Path-based Bayesian Optimization

Author

Folch, Jose Pablo, Odgers, James, Zhang, Shiqiang, Lee, Robert M, Shafei, Behrang, Walz, David, Tsay, Calvin, van der Wilk, Mark, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control, Statistics - Methodology
Abstract

There has been a surge in interest in data-driven experimental design with applications to chemical engineering and drug manufacturing. Bayesian optimization (BO) has proven to be adaptable to such cases, since we can model the reactions of interest as expensive black-box functions. Sometimes, the cost of this black-box functions can be separated into two parts: (a) the cost of the experiment itself, and (b) the cost of changing the input parameters. In this short paper, we extend the SnAKe algorithm to deal with both types of costs simultaneously. We further propose extensions to the case of a maximum allowable input change, as well as to the multi-objective setting., Comment: 6 main pages, 12 with references and appendix. 4 figures, 2 tables. To appear in NeurIPS 2023 Workshop on Adaptive Experimental Design and Active Learning in the Real World

Published
2023

4. Optimizing over trained GNNs via symmetry breaking

Author

Zhang, Shiqiang, Campos, Juan S., Feldmann, Christian, Walz, David, Sandfort, Frederik, Mathea, Miriam, Tsay, Calvin, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Mathematics - Optimization and Control
Abstract

Optimization over trained machine learning models has applications including: verification, minimizing neural acquisition functions, and integrating a trained surrogate into a larger decision-making problem. This paper formulates and solves optimization problems constrained by trained graph neural networks (GNNs). To circumvent the symmetry issue caused by graph isomorphism, we propose two types of symmetry-breaking constraints: one indexing a node 0 and one indexing the remaining nodes by lexicographically ordering their neighbor sets. To guarantee that adding these constraints will not remove all symmetric solutions, we construct a graph indexing algorithm and prove that the resulting graph indexing satisfies the proposed symmetry-breaking constraints. For the classical GNN architectures considered in this paper, optimizing over a GNN with a fixed graph is equivalent to optimizing over a dense neural network. Thus, we study the case where the input graph is not fixed, implying that each edge is a decision variable, and develop two mixed-integer optimization formulations. To test our symmetry-breaking strategies and optimization formulations, we consider an application in molecular design., Comment: 10 main pages, 27 with appendix, 10 figures, 7 tables

Published
2023

5. Combining Multi-Fidelity Modelling and Asynchronous Batch Bayesian Optimization

Author

Folch, Jose Pablo, Lee, Robert M, Shafei, Behrang, Walz, David, Tsay, Calvin, van der Wilk, Mark, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science, Statistics - Machine Learning
Abstract

Bayesian Optimization is a useful tool for experiment design. Unfortunately, the classical, sequential setting of Bayesian Optimization does not translate well into laboratory experiments, for instance battery design, where measurements may come from different sources and their evaluations may require significant waiting times. Multi-fidelity Bayesian Optimization addresses the setting with measurements from different sources. Asynchronous batch Bayesian Optimization provides a framework to select new experiments before the results of the prior experiments are revealed. This paper proposes an algorithm combining multi-fidelity and asynchronous batch methods. We empirically study the algorithm behavior, and show it can outperform single-fidelity batch methods and multi-fidelity sequential methods. As an application, we consider designing electrode materials for optimal performance in pouch cells using experiments with coin cells to approximate battery performance., Comment: 19 pages in main paper / 28 with references and appendix, 7 figures, 2 tables, accepted into Computers and Chemical Engineering

Published
2022

6. Tree ensemble kernels for Bayesian optimization with known constraints over mixed-feature spaces

Author

Thebelt, Alexander, Tsay, Calvin, Lee, Robert M., Sudermann-Merx, Nathan, Walz, David, Shafei, Behrang, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Statistics - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control
Abstract

Tree ensembles can be well-suited for black-box optimization tasks such as algorithm tuning and neural architecture search, as they achieve good predictive performance with little or no manual tuning, naturally handle discrete feature spaces, and are relatively insensitive to outliers in the training data. Two well-known challenges in using tree ensembles for black-box optimization are (i) effectively quantifying model uncertainty for exploration and (ii) optimizing over the piece-wise constant acquisition function. To address both points simultaneously, we propose using the kernel interpretation of tree ensembles as a Gaussian Process prior to obtain model variance estimates, and we develop a compatible optimization formulation for the acquisition function. The latter further allows us to seamlessly integrate known constraints to improve sampling efficiency by considering domain-knowledge in engineering settings and modeling search space symmetries, e.g., hierarchical relationships in neural architecture search. Our framework performs as well as state-of-the-art methods for unconstrained black-box optimization over continuous/discrete features and outperforms competing methods for problems combining mixed-variable feature spaces and known input constraints., Comment: 27 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables

Published
2022

7. SnAKe: Bayesian Optimization with Pathwise Exploration

Author

Folch, Jose Pablo, Zhang, Shiqiang, Lee, Robert M, Shafei, Behrang, Walz, David, Tsay, Calvin, van der Wilk, Mark, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control
Abstract

Bayesian Optimization is a very effective tool for optimizing expensive black-box functions. Inspired by applications developing and characterizing reaction chemistry using droplet microfluidic reactors, we consider a novel setting where the expense of evaluating the function can increase significantly when making large input changes between iterations. We further assume we are working asynchronously, meaning we have to select new queries before evaluating previous experiments. This paper investigates the problem and introduces 'Sequential Bayesian Optimization via Adaptive Connecting Samples' (SnAKe), which provides a solution by considering large batches of queries and preemptively building optimization paths that minimize input costs. We investigate some convergence properties and empirically show that the algorithm is able to achieve regret similar to classical Bayesian Optimization algorithms in both synchronous and asynchronous settings, while reducing input costs significantly. We show the method is robust to the choice of its single hyper-parameter and provide a parameter-free alternative., Comment: 10 main pages, 39 with appendix, 30 figures, 10 tables. Final camera-ready version for NeurIPS, with supplementary material included

Published
2022

8. Multi-Objective Constrained Optimization for Energy Applications via Tree Ensembles

Author

Thebelt, Alexander, Tsay, Calvin, Lee, Robert M., Sudermann-Merx, Nathan, Walz, David, Tranter, Tom, and Misener, Ruth

Subjects
Statistics - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Mathematics - Optimization and Control
Abstract

Energy systems optimization problems are complex due to strongly non-linear system behavior and multiple competing objectives, e.g. economic gain vs. environmental impact. Moreover, a large number of input variables and different variable types, e.g. continuous and categorical, are challenges commonly present in real-world applications. In some cases, proposed optimal solutions need to obey explicit input constraints related to physical properties or safety-critical operating conditions. This paper proposes a novel data-driven strategy using tree ensembles for constrained multi-objective optimization of black-box problems with heterogeneous variable spaces for which underlying system dynamics are either too complex to model or unknown. In an extensive case study comprised of synthetic benchmarks and relevant energy applications we demonstrate the competitive performance and sampling efficiency of the proposed algorithm compared to other state-of-the-art tools, making it a useful all-in-one solution for real-world applications with limited evaluation budgets., Comment: 36 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables

Published
2021
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10. Production and propagation of ultra-high energy photons using CRPropa 3

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Heiter, Christopher, Kuempel, Daniel, Walz, David, and Erdmann, Martin

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

In order to interpret cosmic ray observations, detailed modeling of propagation effects invoking all important messengers is necessary. We introduce a new photon production and propagation code as an inherent part of the CRPropa 3 software framework. By implementing additional photon production channels, which are important for energies below 10**18 eV, this code can be used for multi-messenger studies connecting the TeV and sub EeV energy regime and for interpreting models of ultra-high energy cosmic ray sources. We discuss the importance of the individual production channels and propagation effects and present example applications., Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures, text improvements

Published
2017
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11. A Deep Learning-based Reconstruction of Cosmic Ray-induced Air Showers

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Erdmann, Martin, Glombitza, Jonas, and Walz, David

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We describe a method of reconstructing air showers induced by cosmic rays using deep learning techniques. We simulate an observatory consisting of ground-based particle detectors with fixed locations on a regular grid. The detector's responses to traversing shower particles are signal amplitudes as a function of time, which provide information on transverse and longitudinal shower properties. In order to take advantage of convolutional network techniques specialized in local pattern recognition, we convert all information to the image-like grid of the detectors. In this way, multiple features, such as arrival times of the first particles and optimized characterizations of time traces, are processed by the network. The reconstruction quality of the cosmic ray arrival direction turns out to be competitive with an analytic reconstruction algorithm. The reconstructed shower direction, energy and shower depth show the expected improvement in resolution for higher cosmic ray energy., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures

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2017
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13. Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, Alexander, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Ahn, Eun-Joo, Samarai, Imen Al, Albuquerque, Ivone, Allekotte, Ingomar, Allison, Patrick, Almela, Alejandro, Castillo, Jesus Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime, Batista, Rafael Alves, Ambrosio, Michelangelo, Aminaei, Amin, Anastasi, Gioacchino Alex, Anchordoqui, Luis, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Arqueros, Fernando, Arsene, Nicusor, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Aublin, Julien, Avila, Gualberto, Awal, Nafiun, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Baus, Colin, Beatty, Jim, Becker, Karl Heinz, Bellido, Jose A., Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter, Billoir, Pierre, Blaess, Simon G., Blanco, Alberto, Blanco, Miguel, Blazek, Jiri, Bleve, Carla, Blümer, Hans, Boháčová, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Borodai, Nataliia, Brack, Jeffrey, Brancus, Iliana, Bretz, Thomas, Bridgeman, Ariel, Brogueira, Pedro, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Caballero-Mora, Karen S., Caccianiga, Barbara, Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Candusso, Marina, Caramete, Laurentiu, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cester, Rosanna, Chavez, Alan G., Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Cilmo, Marco, Clay, Roger W, Cocciolo, Giuseppe, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Collica, Laura, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Ruben, Contreras, Fernando, Cooper, Mathew J., Cordier, Alain, Coutu, Stephane, Covault, Corbin, Cronin, James, Dallier, Richard, Daniel, Bruno, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R., de Almeida, Rogerio M., de Jong, Sijbrand J., De Mauro, Giuseppe, Neto, Joao de Mello, De Mitri, Ivan, de Oliveira, Jaime, de Souza, Vitor, del Peral, Luis, Deligny, Olivier, Dhital, Niraj, Di Giulio, Claudio, Di Matteo, Armando, Diaz, Johana Chirinos, Castro, Mary Lucia Díaz, Diogo, Francisco, Dobrigkeit, Carola, Docters, Wendy, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dorofeev, Alexei, Hasankiadeh, Qader Dorosti, Anjos, Rita dos, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Erdmann, Martin, Erfani, Mona, Escobar, Carlos O., Espadanal, Joao, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Fang, Ke, Farrar, Glennys, Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Ferguson, Andrew P., Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filevich, Alberto, Filipčič, Andrej, Fratu, Octavian, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fujii, Toshihiro, García, Beatriz, Garcia-Gamez, Diego, Garcia-Pinto, Diego, Gate, Florian, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giaccari, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Giller, Maria, Głas, Dariusz, Glaser, Christian, Glass, Henry, Golup, Geraldina, Berisso, Mariano Gómez, Vitale, Primo F. Gómez, González, Nicolás, Gookin, Ben, Gordon, Jacob, Gorgi, Alessio, Gorham, Peter, Gouffon, Philippe, Griffith, Nathan, Grillo, Aurelio, Grubb, Trent D., Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia, Harari, Diego, Harrison, Thomas A., Hartmann, Sebastian, Harton, John, Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Heimann, Philipp, Herve, Alexander E., Hill, Gary C., Hojvat, Carlos, Hollon, Nicholas, Holt, Ewa, Homola, Piotr, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovský, Miroslav, Huber, Daniel, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Jandt, Ingolf, Jansen, Stefan, Jarne, Cecilia, Johnsen, Jeffrey A., Josebachuili, Mariela, Kääpä, Alex, Kambeitz, Olga, Kampert, Karl Heinz, Kasper, Peter, Katkov, Igor, Keilhauer, Bianca, Kemp, Ernesto, Kieckhafer, Roger, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Krause, Raphael, Krohm, Nicole, Kuempel, Daniel, Mezek, Gasper Kukec, Kunka, Norbert, Awad, Alaa Metwaly Kuotb, LaHurd, Danielle, Latronico, Luca, Lauer, Robert, Lauscher, Markus, Lautridou, Pascal, Coz, Sandra Le, Lebrun, Didier, Lebrun, Paul, de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto Leigui, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Link, Katrin, Lopes, Luis, López, Rebeca, Casado, Aida López, Louedec, Karim, Lucero, Agustin, Malacari, Max, Mallamaci, Manuela, Maller, Jennifer, Mandat, Dusan, Mantsch, Paul, Mariazzi, Analisa, Marin, Vincent, Mariş, Ioana, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martinez, Humberto, Bravo, Oscar Martínez, Martraire, Diane, Meza, Jimmy Masías, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Mathys, Sebastian, Matthews, James, Matthews, John, Matthiae, Giorgio, Maurizio, Daniela, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina, Carlos, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Meissner, Rebecca, Mello, Victor, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Messina, Stefano, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Middendorf, Lukas, Minaya, Ignacio A., Miramonti, Lino, Mitrica, Bogdan, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafá, Miguel, Moura, Celio A., Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Müller, Gero, Müller, Sarah, Navas, Sergio, Necesal, Petr, Nellen, Lukas, Nelles, Anna, Neuser, Jens, Nguyen, Phong H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Niemietz, Lukas, Niggemann, Tim, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotny, Vladimir, Nožka, Lyberis, Núñez, Luis, Ochilo, Livingstone, Oikonomou, Foteini, Olinto, Angela, Pacheco, Noelia, Selmi-Dei, Daniel Pakk, Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Paul, Thomas, Pech, Miroslav, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Pepe, Iuri, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petermann, Emily, Peters, Christine, Petrera, Sergio, Petrov, Yevgeniy, Phuntsok, Jamyang, Piegaia, Ricardo, Pierog, Tanguy, Pieroni, Pablo, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Plum, Matthias, Porcelli, Alessio, Porowski, Czeslaw, Prado, Raul Ribeiro, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Quel, Eduardo J, Querchfeld, Sven, Quinn, Sean, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravel, Olivier, Ravignani, Diego, Reinert, Darius, Revenu, Benoît, Ridky, Jan, Risse, Markus, Ristori, Pablo, Rizi, Vincenzo, de Carvalho, Washington Rodrigues, Rojo, Jorge Rubén Rodriguez, Rodríguez-Frías, Maria Dolores, Rogozin, Dmytro, Rosado, Jaime, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Saffi, Steven J., Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salazar, Humberto, Saleh, Ahmed, Greus, Francisco Salesa, Salina, Gaetano, Gomez, Jose Sanabria, Sánchez, Federico, Sanchez-Lucas, Patricia, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarkar, Biswaijt, Sarmento, Raul, Sarmiento-Cano, Christian, Sato, Ricardo, Scarso, Carlos, Schauer, Markus, Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schoorlemmer, Harm, Schovánek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G., Schulz, Alexander, Schulz, Johannes, Schumacher, Johannes, Sciutto, Sergio, Segreto, Alberto, Settimo, Mariangela, Shadkam, Amir, Shellard, Ronald C., Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Śmiałkowski, Andrzej, Šmída, Radomir, Snow, Gregory, Sommers, Paul, Sonntag, Sebastian, Sorokin, J., Squartini, Ruben, Srivastava, Yogendra N., Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stapleton, James, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stephan, Maurice, Stutz, Anne, Suarez, Federico, Durán, Mauricio Suarez, Suomijärvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A. Daniel, Sutherland, Michael, Swain, John, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Taborda, Oscar Alejandro, Tapia, Alex, Tepe, Andreas, Theodoro, Vanessa Menezes, Timmermans, Charles, Peixoto, Carlos J. Todero, Toma, Gabriel, Tomankova, Lenka, Tomé, Bernardo, Tonachini, Aurelio, Elipe, Guillermo Torralba, Machado, Diego Torres, Travnicek, Petr, Trini, Marta, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Urban, Martin, Galicia, Jose F. Valdés, Valiño, Ines, Valore, Laura, van Aar, Guus, van Bodegom, Patrick, Berg, Ad M. van den, van Velzen, Sjoert, van Vliet, Arjen, Varela, Enrique, Cárdenas, Bernardo Vargas, Varner, Gary, Vasquez, Rafael, Vázquez, Jose R., Vázquez, Ricardo, Veberič, Darko, Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Videla, Mariela, Villaseñor, Luis, Vlcek, Brian, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Wainberg, Oscar, Walz, David, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Weindl, Andreas, Welling, Christoph, Werner, Felix, Widom, Allan, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Winchen, Tobias, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Wykes, Sarka, Yang, Lili, Yapici, Tolga, Yushkov, Alexey, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, Zepeda, Arnulfo, Zimmermann, Benedikt, Ziolkowski, Michael, and Zuccarello, Francesca

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8 \pm 0.7 (stat) \pm 6.7 (sys) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principle calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory., Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI. Supplemental material in the ancillary files

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2016
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14. CRPropa 3 - a Public Astrophysical Simulation Framework for Propagating Extraterrestrial Ultra-High Energy Particles

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Batista, Rafael Alves, Dundovic, Andrej, Erdmann, Martin, Kampert, Karl-Heinz, Kuempel, Daniel, Müller, Gero, Sigl, Guenter, van Vliet, Arjen, Walz, David, and Winchen, Tobias

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present the simulation framework CRPropa version 3 designed for efficient development of astrophysical predictions for ultra-high energy particles. Users can assemble modules of the most relevant propagation effects in galactic and extragalactic space, include their own physics modules with new features, and receive on output primary and secondary cosmic messengers including nuclei, neutrinos and photons. In extension to the propagation physics contained in a previous CRPropa version, the new version facilitates high-performance computing and comprises new physical features such as an interface for galactic propagation using lensing techniques, an improved photonuclear interaction calculation, and propagation in time dependent environments to take into account cosmic evolution effects in anisotropy studies and variable sources. First applications using highlighted features are presented as well., Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, version accepted for publication in JCAP

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2016
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15. Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, Alexander, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Ahn, Eun-Joo, Samarai, Imen Al, Albuquerque, Ivone, Allekotte, Ingomar, Allison, Patrick, Almela, Alejandro, Castillo, Jesus Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime, Batista, Rafael Alves, Ambrosio, Michelangelo, Aminaei, Amin, Anastasi, Gioacchino Alex, Anchordoqui, Luis, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Arqueros, Fernando, Arsene, Nicusor, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Aublin, Julien, Avila, Gualberto, Awal, Nafiun, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Baus, Colin, Beatty, Jim, Becker, Karl Heinz, Bellido, Jose A., Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter, Billoir, Pierre, Blaess, Simon G., Blanco, Alberto, Blanco, Miguel, Blazek, Jiri, Bleve, Carla, Blümer, Hans, Boháčová, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Borodai, Nataliia, Brack, Jeffrey, Brancus, Iliana, Bretz, Thomas, Bridgeman, Ariel, Brogueira, Pedro, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Caballero-Mora, Karen S., Caccianiga, Barbara, Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Candusso, Marina, Caramete, Laurentiu, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cester, Rosanna, Chavez, Alan G., Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Cilmo, Marco, Clay, Roger W, Cocciolo, Giuseppe, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Collica, Laura, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Ruben, Contreras, Fernando, Cooper, Mathew J., Cordier, Alain, Coutu, Stephane, Covault, Corbin, Cronin, James, Dallier, Richard, Daniel, Bruno, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R., de Almeida, Rogerio M., de Jong, Sijbrand J., De Mauro, Giuseppe, Neto, Joao de Mello, De Mitri, Ivan, de Oliveira, Jaime, de Souza, Vitor, del Peral, Luis, Deligny, Olivier, Dhital, Niraj, Di Giulio, Claudio, Di Matteo, Armando, Diaz, Johana Chirinos, Castro, Mary Lucia Díaz, Diogo, Francisco, Dobrigkeit, Carola, Docters, Wendy, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dorofeev, Alexei, Hasankiadeh, Qader Dorosti, Anjos, Rita dos, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Erdmann, Martin, Erfani, Mona, Escobar, Carlos O., Espadanal, Joao, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Fang, Ke, Farrar, Glennys, Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Ferguson, Andrew P., Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filevich, Alberto, Filipčič, Andrej, Fratu, Octavian, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fujii, Toshihiro, García, Beatriz, Garcia-Gamez, Diego, Garcia-Pinto, Diego, Gate, Florian, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giaccari, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Giller, Maria, Głas, Dariusz, Glaser, Christian, Glass, Henry, Golup, Geraldina, Berisso, Mariano Gómez, Vitale, Primo F. Gómez, González, Nicolás, Gookin, Ben, Gordon, Jacob, Gorgi, Alessio, Gorham, Peter, Gouffon, Philippe, Griffith, Nathan, Grillo, Aurelio, Grubb, Trent D., Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia, Harari, Diego, Harrison, Thomas A., Hartmann, Sebastian, Harton, John, Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Heimann, Philipp, Herve, Alexander E., Hill, Gary C., Hojvat, Carlos, Hollon, Nicholas, Holt, Ewa, Homola, Piotr, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovský, Miroslav, Huber, Daniel, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Jandt, Ingolf, Jansen, Stefan, Jarne, Cecilia, Johnsen, Jeffrey A., Josebachuili, Mariela, Kääpä, Alex, Kambeitz, Olga, Kampert, Karl Heinz, Kasper, Peter, Katkov, Igor, Keilhauer, Bianca, Kemp, Ernesto, Kieckhafer, Roger, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Krause, Raphael, Krohm, Nicole, Kuempel, Daniel, Mezek, Gasper Kukec, Kunka, Norbert, Awad, Alaa Metwaly Kuotb, LaHurd, Danielle, Latronico, Luca, Lauer, Robert, Lauscher, Markus, Lautridou, Pascal, Coz, Sandra Le, Lebrun, Didier, Lebrun, Paul, de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto Leigui, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Link, Katrin, Lopes, Luis, López, Rebeca, Casado, Aida López, Louedec, Karim, Lucero, Agustin, Malacari, Max, Mallamaci, Manuela, Maller, Jennifer, Mandat, Dusan, Mantsch, Paul, Mariazzi, Analisa, Marin, Vincent, Mariş, Ioana, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martinez, Humberto, Bravo, Oscar Martínez, Martraire, Diane, Meza, Jimmy Masías, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Mathys, Sebastian, Matthews, James, Matthews, John, Matthiae, Giorgio, Maurizio, Daniela, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina, Carlos, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Meissner, Rebecca, Mello, Victor, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Messina, Stefano, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Middendorf, Lukas, Minaya, Ignacio A., Miramonti, Lino, Mitrica, Bogdan, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafá, Miguel, Moura, Celio A., Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Müller, Gero, Müller, Sarah, Navas, Sergio, Necesal, Petr, Nellen, Lukas, Nelles, Anna, Neuser, Jens, Nguyen, Phong H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Niemietz, Lukas, Niggemann, Tim, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotny, Vladimir, Nožka, Lyberis, Núñez, Luis, Ochilo, Livingstone, Oikonomou, Foteini, Olinto, Angela, Pacheco, Noelia, Selmi-Dei, Daniel Pakk, Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Paul, Thomas, Pech, Miroslav, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Pepe, Iuri, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petermann, Emily, Peters, Christine, Petrera, Sergio, Petrov, Yevgeniy, Phuntsok, Jamyang, Piegaia, Ricardo, Pierog, Tanguy, Pieroni, Pablo, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Plum, Matthias, Porcelli, Alessio, Porowski, Czeslaw, Prado, Raul Ribeiro, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Quel, Eduardo J, Querchfeld, Sven, Quinn, Sean, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravel, Olivier, Ravignani, Diego, Reinert, Darius, Revenu, Benoît, Ridky, Jan, Risse, Markus, Ristori, Pablo, Rizi, Vincenzo, de Carvalho, Washington Rodrigues, Rojo, Jorge Rubén Rodriguez, Rodríguez-Frías, Maria Dolores, Rogozin, Dmytro, Rosado, Jaime, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Saffi, Steven J., Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salazar, Humberto, Saleh, Ahmed, Greus, Francisco Salesa, Salina, Gaetano, Gomez, Jose Sanabria, Sánchez, Federico, Sanchez-Lucas, Patricia, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarkar, Biswaijt, Sarmento, Raul, Sarmiento-Cano, Christian, Sato, Ricardo, Scarso, Carlos, Schauer, Markus, Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schoorlemmer, Harm, Schovánek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G., Schulz, Alexander, Schulz, Johannes, Schumacher, Johannes, Sciutto, Sergio, Segreto, Alberto, Settimo, Mariangela, Shadkam, Amir, Shellard, Ronald C., Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Śmiałkowski, Andrzej, Šmída, Radomir, Snow, Gregory, Sommers, Paul, Sonntag, Sebastian, Sorokin, J., Squartini, Ruben, Srivastava, Yogendra N., Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stapleton, James, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stephan, Maurice, Stutz, Anne, Suarez, Federico, Durán, Mauricio Suarez, Suomijärvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A. Daniel, Sutherland, Michael, Swain, John, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Taborda, Oscar Alejandro, Tapia, Alex, Tepe, Andreas, Theodoro, Vanessa Menezes, Tibolla, Omar, Timmermans, Charles, Peixoto, Carlos J. Todero, Toma, Gabriel, Tomankova, Lenka, Tomé, Bernardo, Tonachini, Aurelio, Elipe, Guillermo Torralba, Machado, Diego Torres, Travnicek, Petr, Trini, Marta, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Urban, Martin, Galicia, Jose F. Valdés, Valiño, Ines, Valore, Laura, van Aar, Guus, van Bodegom, Patrick, Berg, Ad M. van den, van Velzen, Sjoert, van Vliet, Arjen, Varela, Enrique, Cárdenas, Bernardo Vargas, Varner, Gary, Vasquez, Rafael, Vázquez, Jose R., Vázquez, Ricardo, Veberič, Darko, Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Videla, Mariela, Villaseñor, Luis, Vlcek, Brian, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Wainberg, Oscar, Walz, David, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Weindl, Andreas, Welling, Christoph, Werner, Felix, Widom, Allan, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Winchen, Tobias, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Wykes, Sarka, Yang, Lili, Yapici, Tolga, Yushkov, Alexey, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, Zepeda, Arnulfo, Zimmermann, Benedikt, Ziolkowski, Michael, and Zuccarello, Francesca

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. These observations are compared to the data of the surface detector stations of the Observatory, which provide well-calibrated information on the cosmic-ray energies and arrival directions. The response of the radio stations in the 30 to 80 MHz regime has been thoroughly calibrated to enable the reconstruction of the incoming electric field. For the latter, the energy deposit per area is determined from the radio pulses at each observer position and is interpolated using a two-dimensional function that takes into account signal asymmetries due to interference between the geomagnetic and charge-excess emission components. The spatial integral over the signal distribution gives a direct measurement of the energy transferred from the primary cosmic ray into radio emission in the AERA frequency range. We measure 15.8 MeV of radiation energy for a 1 EeV air shower arriving perpendicularly to the geomagnetic field. This radiation energy -- corrected for geometrical effects -- is used as a cosmic-ray energy estimator. Performing an absolute energy calibration against the surface-detector information, we observe that this radio-energy estimator scales quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy as expected for coherent emission. We find an energy resolution of the radio reconstruction of 22% for the data set and 17% for a high-quality subset containing only events with at least five radio stations with signal., Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI

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2015
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16. Effects of uncertainties in simulations of extragalactic UHECR propagation, using CRPropa and SimProp

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Batista, Rafael Alves, Boncioli, Denise, di Matteo, Armando, van Vliet, Arjen, and Walz, David

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The results of simulations of the extragalactic propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) have intrinsic uncertainties due to poorly known physical quantities and approximations used in the codes. We quantify the uncertainties in the simulated UHECR spectrum and composition due to different models for the extragalactic background light (EBL), different photodisintegration setups, approximations concerning photopion production and the use of different simulation codes. We discuss the results for several representative source scenarios with proton, nitrogen or iron at injection. For this purpose we used SimProp and CRPropa, two publicly available codes for Monte Carlo simulations of UHECR propagation. CRPropa is a detailed and extensive simulation code, while SimProp aims to achieve acceptable results using a simpler code. We show that especially the choices for the EBL model and the photodisintegration setup can have a considerable impact on the simulated UHECR spectrum and composition., Comment: Published as JCAP10(2015)063

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2015
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17. An improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, Alexander, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Ahn, Eun-Joo, Samarai, Imen Al, Albuquerque, Ivone, Allekotte, Ingomar, Allison, Patrick, Almela, Alejandro, Castillo, Jesus Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime, Batista, Rafael Alves, Ambrosio, Michelangelo, Aminaei, Amin, Anchordoqui, Luis, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Aranda, Victor Manuel, Arqueros, Fernando, Arsene, Nicusor, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Aublin, Julien, Ave, Maximo, Avenier, Michel, Avila, Gualberto, Awal, Nafiun, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Barber, Kerri B, Bäuml, Julia, Baus, Colin, Beatty, Jim, Becker, Karl Heinz, Bellido, Jose A, Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter, Billoir, Pierre, Blaess, Simon G, Blanco, Alberto, Blanco, Miguel, Bleve, Carla, Blümer, Hans, Boháčová, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Borodai, Nataliia, Brack, Jeffrey, Brancus, Iliana, Bridgeman, Ariel, Brogueira, Pedro, Brown, William C, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Caballero-Mora, Karen S, Caccianiga, Barbara, Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Candusso, Marina, Caramete, Laurentiu, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cester, Rosanna, Chavez, Alan G, Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Cilmo, Marco, Clay, Roger W, Cocciolo, Giuseppe, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Collica, Laura, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Ruben, Contreras, Fernando, Cooper, Mathew J, Cordier, Alain, Coutu, Stephane, Covault, Corbin, Cronin, James, Dallier, Richard, Daniel, Bruno, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R, de Almeida, Rogerio M, de Jong, Sijbrand J, De Mauro, Giuseppe, Neto, Joao de Mello, De Mitri, Ivan, de Oliveira, Jaime, de Souza, Vitor, del Peral, Luis, Deligny, Olivier, Dembinski, Hans, Dhital, Niraj, Di Giulio, Claudio, Di Matteo, Armando, Diaz, Johana Chirinos, Castro, Mary Lucia Díaz, Diogo, Francisco, Dobrigkeit, Carola, Docters, Wendy, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dorofeev, Alexei, Hasankiadeh, Qader Dorosti, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Erdmann, Martin, Erfani, Mona, Escobar, Carlos O, Espadanal, Joao, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Fang, Ke, Farrar, Glennys, Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Ferguson, Andrew P, Fernandes, Mateus, Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filevich, Alberto, Filipčič, Andrej, Fox, Brendan, Fratu, Octavian, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fuchs, Benjamin, Fujii, Toshihiro, García, Beatriz, Garcia-Pinto, Diego, Gate, Florian, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giaccari, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Giller, Maria, Głas, Dariusz, Glaser, Christian, Glass, Henry, Golup, Geraldina, Berisso, Mariano Gómez, Vitale, Primo F Gómez, González, Nicolás, Gookin, Ben, Gordon, Jacob, Gorgi, Alessio, Gorham, Peter, Gouffon, Philippe, Griffith, Nathan, Grillo, Aurelio, Grubb, Trent D, Guardincerri, Yann, Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia, Harari, Diego, Harrison, Thomas A, Hartmann, Sebastian, Harton, John, Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Heimann, Philipp, Herve, Alexander E, Hill, Gary C, Hojvat, Carlos, Hollon, Nicholas, Holt, Ewa, Homola, Piotr, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovský, Miroslav, Huber, Daniel, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Jandt, Ingolf, Jansen, Stefan, Jarne, Cecilia, Johnsen, Jeffrey A, Josebachuili, Mariela, Kääpä, Alex, Kambeitz, Olga, Kampert, Karl Heinz, Kasper, Peter, Katkov, Igor, Kégl, Balazs, Keilhauer, Bianca, Keivani, Azadeh, Kemp, Ernesto, Kieckhafer, Roger, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Krause, Raphael, Krohm, Nicole, Krömer, Oliver, Kuempel, Daniel, Kunka, Norbert, LaHurd, Danielle, Latronico, Luca, Lauer, Robert, Lauscher, Markus, Lautridou, Pascal, Coz, Sandra Le, Lebrun, Didier, Lebrun, Paul, de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto Leigui, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Link, Katrin, Lopes, Luis, López, Rebeca, Casado, Aida López, Louedec, Karim, Lu, Lu, Lucero, Agustin, Malacari, Max, Maldera, Simone, Mallamaci, Manuela, Maller, Jennifer, Mandat, Dusan, Mantsch, Paul, Mariazzi, Analisa, Marin, Vincent, Mariş, Ioana, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martin, Lilian, Martinez, Humberto, Bravo, Oscar Martínez, Martraire, Diane, Meza, Jimmy Masías, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Mathys, Sebastian, Matthews, James, Matthews, John, Matthiae, Giorgio, Maurel, Detlef, Maurizio, Daniela, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina, Carlos, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Meissner, Rebecca, Mello, Victor, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Messina, Stefano, Meyhandan, Rishi, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Middendorf, Lukas, Minaya, Ignacio A, Miramonti, Lino, Mitrica, Bogdan, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafá, Miguel, Moura, Celio A, Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Müller, Gero, Müller, Sarah, Mussa, Roberto, Navarra, Gianni, Navarro, Jose Luis, Navas, Sergio, Necesal, Petr, Nellen, Lukas, Nelles, Anna, Neuser, Jens, Nguyen, Phong H, Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Niemietz, Lukas, Niggemann, Tim, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotny, Vladimir, Nožka, Lyberis, Ochilo, Livingstone, Oikonomou, Foteini, Olinto, Angela, Pacheco, Noelia, Selmi-Dei, Daniel Pakk, Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Paul, Thomas, Pech, Miroslav, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Pepe, Iuri, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petermann, Emily, Peters, Christine, Petrera, Sergio, Petrov, Yevgeniy, Phuntsok, Jamyang, Piegaia, Ricardo, Pierog, Tanguy, Pieroni, Pablo, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Plum, Matthias, Porcelli, Alessio, Porowski, Czeslaw, Prado, Raul Ribeiro, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Purrello, Victor, Quel, Eduardo J, Querchfeld, Sven, Quinn, Sean, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravel, Olivier, Ravignani, Diego, Revenu, Benoît, Ridky, Jan, Riggi, Simone, Risse, Markus, Ristori, Pablo, Rizi, Vincenzo, de Carvalho, Washington Rodrigues, Fernandez, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Rojo, Jorge Rubén Rodriguez, Rodríguez-Frías, Maria Dolores, Rogozin, Dmytro, Rosado, Jaime, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Saffi, Steven J, Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salamida, Francesco, Salazar, Humberto, Saleh, Ahmed, Greus, Francisco Salesa, Salina, Gaetano, Sánchez, Federico, Sanchez-Lucas, Patricia, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarkar, Biswaijt, Sarmento, Raul, Sato, Ricardo, Scarso, Carlos, Schauer, Markus, Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schiffer, Peter, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schoorlemmer, Harm, Schovánek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G, Schulz, Alexander, Schulz, Johannes, Schumacher, Johannes, Sciutto, Sergio, Segreto, Alberto, Settimo, Mariangela, Shadkam, Amir, Shellard, Ronald C, Sidelnik, Iván, Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Śmiałkowski, Andrzej, Šmída, Radomir, Snow, Gregory, Sommers, Paul, Sorokin, J, Squartini, Ruben, Srivastava, Yogendra N, Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stapleton, James, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stephan, Maurice, Stutz, Anne, Suarez, Federico, Suomijärvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A Daniel, Sutherland, Michael, Swain, John, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Taborda, Oscar Alejandro, Tapia, Alex, Tepe, Andreas, Theodoro, Vanessa Menezes, Tiffenberg, Javier, Timmermans, Charles, Peixoto, Carlos J Todero, Toma, Gabriel, Tomankova, Lenka, Tomé, Bernardo, Tonachini, Aurelio, Elipe, Guillermo Torralba, Machado, Diego Torres, Travnicek, Petr, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Urban, Martin, Galicia, Jose F Valdés, Valiño, Ines, Valore, Laura, van Aar, Guus, van Bodegom, Patrick, Berg, Ad M van den, van Velzen, Sjoert, van Vliet, Arjen, Varela, Enrique, Cárdenas, Bernardo Vargas, Varner, Gary, Vasquez, Rafael, Vázquez, Jose R, Vázquez, Ricardo, Veberič, Darko, Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Videla, Mariela, Villaseñor, Luis, Vlcek, Brian, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Wainberg, Oscar, Walz, David, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Weindl, Andreas, Werner, Felix, Widom, Allan, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Winchen, Tobias, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Wykes, Sarka, Yang, Lili, Yapici, Tolga, Yushkov, Alexey, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, Zepeda, Arnulfo, Zhu, Yue, Zimmermann, Benedikt, Ziolkowski, Michael, and Zuccarello, Francesca

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Neutrinos in the cosmic ray flux with energies near 1 EeV and above are detectable with the Surface Detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We report here on searches through Auger data from 1 January 2004 until 20 June 2013. No neutrino candidates were found, yielding a limit to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos that challenges the Waxman-Bahcall bound predictions. Neutrino identification is attempted using the broad time-structure of the signals expected in the SD stations, and is efficiently done for neutrinos of all flavors interacting in the atmosphere at large zenith angles, as well as for "Earth-skimming" neutrino interactions in the case of tau neutrinos. In this paper the searches for downward-going neutrinos in the zenith angle bins $60^\circ-75^\circ$ and $75^\circ-90^\circ$ as well as for upward-going neutrinos, are combined to give a single limit. The $90\%$ C.L. single-flavor limit to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos with an $E^{-2}$ spectrum in the energy range $1.0 \times 10^{17}$ eV - $2.5 \times 10^{19}$ eV is $E_\nu^2 dN_\nu/dE_\nu < 6.4 \times 10^{-9}~ {\rm GeV~ cm^{-2}~ s^{-1}~ sr^{-1}}$., Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI

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2015
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18. Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above $4{\times}10^{18}$ eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, Alexander, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Ahn, Eun-Joo, Samarai, Imen Al, Albuquerque, Ivone, Allekotte, Ingomar, Allison, Patrick, Almela, Alejandro, Castillo, Jesus Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime, Batista, Rafael Alves, Ambrosio, Michelangelo, Aminaei, Amin, Anchordoqui, Luis, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Aranda, Victor Manuel, Arqueros, Fernando, Arsene, Nicusor, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Aublin, Julien, Ave, Maximo, Avenier, Michel, Avila, Gualberto, Awal, Nafiun, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Barber, Kerri B, Bäuml, Julia, Baus, Colin, Beatty, Jim, Becker, Karl Heinz, Bellido, Jose A, Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter, Billoir, Pierre, Blaess, Simon G, Blanco, Alberto, Blanco, Miguel, Bleve, Carla, Blümer, Hans, Boháčová, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Borodai, Nataliia, Brack, Jeffrey, Brancus, Iliana, Bridgeman, Ariel, Brogueira, Pedro, Brown, William C, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Caballero-Mora, Karen S, Caccianiga, Barbara, Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Candusso, Marina, Caramete, Laurentiu, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cester, Rosanna, Chavez, Alan G, Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Cilmo, Marco, Clay, Roger W, Cocciolo, Giuseppe, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Collica, Laura, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Ruben, Contreras, Fernando, Cooper, Mathew J, Cordier, Alain, Coutu, Stephane, Covault, Corbin, Cronin, James, Dallier, Richard, Daniel, Bruno, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R, de Almeida, Rogerio M, de Jong, Sijbrand J, De Mauro, Giuseppe, Neto, Joao de Mello, De Mitri, Ivan, de Oliveira, Jaime, de Souza, Vitor, del Peral, Luis, Deligny, Olivier, Dembinski, Hans, Dhital, Niraj, Di Giulio, Claudio, Di Matteo, Armando, Diaz, Johana Chirinos, Castro, Mary Lucia Díaz, Diogo, Francisco, Dobrigkeit, Carola, Docters, Wendy, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dorofeev, Alexei, Hasankiadeh, Qader Dorosti, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Erdmann, Martin, Erfani, Mona, Escobar, Carlos O, Espadanal, Joao, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Fang, Ke, Farrar, Glennys, Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Ferguson, Andrew P, Fernandes, Mateus, Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filevich, Alberto, Filipčič, Andrej, Fox, Brendan, Fratu, Octavian, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fuchs, Benjamin, Fujii, Toshihiro, García, Beatriz, Garcia-Pinto, Diego, Gate, Florian, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giaccari, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Giller, Maria, Głas, Dariusz, Glaser, Christian, Glass, Henry, Golup, Geraldina, Berisso, Mariano Gómez, Vitale, Primo F Gómez, González, Nicolás, Gookin, Ben, Gordon, Jacob, Gorgi, Alessio, Gorham, Peter, Gouffon, Philippe, Griffith, Nathan, Grillo, Aurelio, Grubb, Trent D, Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia, Harari, Diego, Harrison, Thomas A, Hartmann, Sebastian, Harton, John, Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Heimann, Philipp, Herve, Alexander E, Hill, Gary C, Hojvat, Carlos, Hollon, Nicholas, Holt, Ewa, Homola, Piotr, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovský, Miroslav, Huber, Daniel, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Jandt, Ingolf, Jansen, Stefan, Jarne, Cecilia, Johnsen, Jeffrey A, Josebachuili, Mariela, Kääpä, Alex, Kambeitz, Olga, Kampert, Karl Heinz, Kasper, Peter, Katkov, Igor, Kégl, Balazs, Keilhauer, Bianca, Keivani, Azadeh, Kemp, Ernesto, Kieckhafer, Roger, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Krause, Raphael, Krohm, Nicole, Krömer, Oliver, Kuempel, Daniel, Kunka, Norbert, LaHurd, Danielle, Latronico, Luca, Lauer, Robert, Lauscher, Markus, Lautridou, Pascal, Coz, Sandra Le, Lebrun, Didier, Lebrun, Paul, de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto Leigui, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Link, Katrin, Lopes, Luis, López, Rebeca, Casado, Aida López, Louedec, Karim, Lu, Lu, Lucero, Agustin, Malacari, Max, Maldera, Simone, Mallamaci, Manuela, Maller, Jennifer, Mandat, Dusan, Mantsch, Paul, Mariazzi, Analisa, Marin, Vincent, Mariş, Ioana, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martin, Lilian, Martinez, Humberto, Bravo, Oscar Martínez, Martraire, Diane, Meza, Jimmy Masías, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Mathys, Sebastian, Matthews, James, Matthews, John, Matthiae, Giorgio, Maurel, Detlef, Maurizio, Daniela, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina, Carlos, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Meissner, Rebecca, Mello, Victor, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Messina, Stefano, Meyhandan, Rishi, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Middendorf, Lukas, Minaya, Ignacio A, Miramonti, Lino, Mitrica, Bogdan, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafá, Miguel, Moura, Celio A, Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Müller, Gero, Müller, Sarah, Mussa, Roberto, Navarra, Gianni, Navas, Sergio, Necesal, Petr, Nellen, Lukas, Nelles, Anna, Neuser, Jens, Newton, David, Nguyen, Phong H, Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Niemietz, Lukas, Niggemann, Tim, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotny, Vladimir, Nožka, Lyberis, Ochilo, Livingstone, Oikonomou, Foteini, Olinto, Angela, Olmos-Gilbaja, Victor, Pacheco, Noelia, Selmi-Dei, Daniel Pakk, Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Paul, Thomas, Pech, Miroslav, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Pepe, Iuri, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petermann, Emily, Peters, Christine, Petrera, Sergio, Petrov, Yevgeniy, Phuntsok, Jamyang, Piegaia, Ricardo, Pierog, Tanguy, Pieroni, Pablo, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Plum, Matthias, Porcelli, Alessio, Porowski, Czeslaw, Prado, Raul Ribeiro, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Purrello, Victor, Quel, Eduardo J, Querchfeld, Sven, Quinn, Sean, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravel, Olivier, Ravignani, Diego, Revenu, Benoît, Ridky, Jan, Riggi, Simone, Risse, Markus, Ristori, Pablo, Rizi, Vincenzo, de Carvalho, Washington Rodrigues, Fernandez, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Rojo, Jorge Rubén Rodriguez, Rodríguez-Frías, Maria Dolores, Rogozin, Dmytro, Rosado, Jaime, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Saffi, Steven J, Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salamida, Francesco, Salazar, Humberto, Saleh, Ahmed, Greus, Francisco Salesa, Salina, Gaetano, Sánchez, Federico, Sanchez-Lucas, Patricia, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarkar, Biswaijt, Sarmento, Raul, Sato, Ricardo, Scarso, Carlos, Schauer, Markus, Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schiffer, Peter, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schoorlemmer, Harm, Schovánek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G, Schulz, Alexander, Schulz, Johannes, Schumacher, Johannes, Sciutto, Sergio, Segreto, Alberto, Settimo, Mariangela, Shadkam, Amir, Shellard, Ronald C, Sidelnik, Iván, Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Śmiałkowski, Andrzej, Šmída, Radomir, Snow, Gregory, Sommers, Paul, Sorokin, J, Squartini, Ruben, Srivastava, Yogendra N, Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stapleton, James, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stephan, Maurice, Stutz, Anne, Suarez, Federico, Suomijärvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A Daniel, Sutherland, Michael, Swain, John, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Taborda, Oscar Alejandro, Tapia, Alex, Tepe, Andreas, Theodoro, Vanessa Menezes, Timmermans, Charles, Peixoto, Carlos J Todero, Toma, Gabriel, Tomankova, Lenka, Tomé, Bernardo, Tonachini, Aurelio, Elipe, Guillermo Torralba, Machado, Diego Torres, Travnicek, Petr, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Urban, Martin, Galicia, Jose F Valdés, Valiño, Ines, Valore, Laura, van Aar, Guus, van Bodegom, Patrick, Berg, Ad M van den, van Velzen, Sjoert, van Vliet, Arjen, Varela, Enrique, Cárdenas, Bernardo Vargas, Varner, Gary, Vasquez, Rafael, Vázquez, Jose R, Vázquez, Ricardo, Veberič, Darko, Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Videla, Mariela, Villaseñor, Luis, Vlcek, Brian, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Wainberg, Oscar, Walz, David, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Weindl, Andreas, Werner, Felix, Widom, Allan, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Winchen, Tobias, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Wykes, Sarka, Yang, Lili, Yapici, Tolga, Yushkov, Alexey, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, Zepeda, Arnulfo, Zhu, Yue, Zimmermann, Benedikt, Ziolkowski, Michael, and Zuccarello, Francesca

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding $4{\times}10^{18}$ eV is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers with zenith angles greater than $60^{\circ}$ detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013. The measured spectrum confirms a flux suppression at the highest energies. Above $5.3{\times}10^{18}$ eV, the "ankle", the flux can be described by a power law $E^{-\gamma}$ with index $\gamma=2.70 \pm 0.02 \,\text{(stat)} \pm 0.1\,\text{(sys)}$ followed by a smooth suppression region. For the energy ($E_\text{s}$) at which the spectral flux has fallen to one-half of its extrapolated value in the absence of suppression, we find $E_\text{s}=(5.12\pm0.25\,\text{(stat)}^{+1.0}_{-1.2}\,\text{(sys)}){\times}10^{19}$ eV., Comment: Replaced with published version. Added journal reference and DOI

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2015
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19. Cosmic ray propagation with CRPropa 3

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Batista, Rafael Alves, Erdmann, Martin, Evoli, Carmelo, Kampert, Karl-Heinz, Kuempel, Daniel, Mueller, Gero, Sigl, Günter, Van Vliet, Arjen, Walz, David, and Winchen, Tobias

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Solving the question of the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) requires the development of detailed simulation tools in order to interpret the experimental data and draw conclusions on the UHECR universe. CRPropa is a public Monte Carlo code for the galactic and extragalactic propagation of cosmic ray nuclei above $\sim 10^{17}$ eV, as well as their photon and neutrino secondaries. In this contribution the new algorithms and features of CRPropa 3, the next major release, are presented. CRPropa 3 introduces time-dependent scenarios to include cosmic evolution in the presence of cosmic ray deflections in magnetic fields. The usage of high resolution magnetic fields is facilitated by shared memory parallelism, modulated fields and fields with heterogeneous resolution. Galactic propagation is enabled through the implementation of galactic magnetic field models, as well as an efficient forward propagation technique through transformation matrices. To make use of the large Python ecosystem in astrophysics CRPropa 3 can be steered and extended in Python., Comment: 16th International workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in physics research (ACAT 2014) proceedings, 6 pages, 6 figures

Published
2014

20. A field study of data analysis exercises in a bachelor physics course using the internet platform VISPA

Author

Erdmann, Martin, Fischer, Robert, Glaser, Christian, Klingebiel, Dennis, Krause, Raphael, Kuempel, Daniel, Mueller, Gero, Rieger, Marcel, Steggemann, Jan, Urban, Martin, Walz, David, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Winchen, Tobias, and Weltermann, Birgitta

Subjects
Physics - Physics Education, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Bachelor physics lectures on particle physics and astrophysics were complemented by exercises related to data analysis and data interpretation at the RWTH Aachen University recently. The students performed these exercises using the internet platform VISPA, which provides a development environment for physics data analyses. We describe the platform and its application within the physics course, and present the results of a student survey. The students acceptance of the learning project was positive. The level of acceptance was related to their individual preference for learning with a computer. Furthermore, students with good programming skills favor working individually, while students who attribute themselves having low programming abilities favor working in teams. The students appreciated approaching actual research through the data analysis tasks., Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, for the internet platform VISPA see http://vispa.physik.rwth-aachen.de

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2014
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21. The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2013)

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, Alexander, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Ahlers, Markus, Ahn, Eun-Joo, Albuquerque, Ivone, Allekotte, Ingomar, Allen, Jeff, Allison, Patrick, Almela, Alejandro, Castillo, Jesus Alvarez, Alvarez-Muñiz, Jaime, Batista, Rafael Alves, Ambrosio, Michelangelo, Aminaei, Amin, Anchordoqui, Luis, Andringa, Sofia, Antičić, Tome, Aramo, Carla, Arqueros, Fernando, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Aublin, Julien, Ave, Maximo, Avenier, Michel, Avila, Gualberto, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Barber, Kerri B., Bardenet, Remi, Bäuml, Julia, Baus, Colin, Beatty, Jim, Becker, Karl Heinz, Bellido, Jose A., BenZvi, Segev, Berat, Corinne, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter, Billoir, Pierre, Blanco, Francisco, Blanco, Miguel, Bleve, Carla, Blümer, Hans, Boháčová, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Bonino, Raffaella, Borodai, Nataliia, Brack, Jeffrey, Brancus, Iliana, Brogueira, Pedro, Brown, William C., Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buscemi, Mario, Caballero-Mora, Karen S., Caccianiga, Barbara, Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Candusso, Marina, Caramete, Laurentiu, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cester, Rosanna, Cheng, Shih-Ho, Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Cilmo, Marco, Clay, Roger W, Cocciolo, Giuseppe, Colalillo, Roberta, Collica, Laura, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Ruben, Contreras, Fernando, Cooper, Mathew J., Coutu, Stephane, Covault, Corbin, Criss, Adrienne, Cronin, James, Curutiu, Alex, Dallier, Richard, Daniel, Bruno, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R., de Almeida, Rogerio M., De Domenico, Manlio, de Jong, Sijbrand J., De La Vega, Gonzalo, Junior, Walter J. M. de Mello, Neto, Joao de Mello, De Mitri, Ivan, de Souza, Vitor, de Vries, Krijn, del Peral, Luis, Deligny, Olivier, Dembinski, Hans, Dhital, Niraj, Di Giulio, Claudio, Di Matteo, Armando, Diaz, Johana Chirinos, Castro, Mary Lucia Díaz, Diep, Pham Ngoc, Diogo, Francisco, Dobrigkeit, Carola, Docters, Wendy, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Dong, Pham Ngoc, Dorofeev, Alexei, Anjos, Joao dos, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Erdmann, Martin, Escobar, Carlos O., Espadanal, Joao, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Luis, Pedro Facal San, Falcke, Heino, Fang, Ke, Farrar, Glennys, Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Ferguson, Andrew P., Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filevich, Alberto, Filipčič, Andrej, Foerster, Nadine, Fox, Brendan, Fracchiolla, Claudia, Fraenkel, Eric Daniel, Fratu, Octavian, Fröhlich, Uwe, Fuchs, Benjamin, Gaior, Romain, Gamarra, Rodolfo Federico, Gambetta, Silvia, García, Beatriz, Roca, Sayri Tupac Garcia, Garcia-Gamez, Diego, Garcia-Pinto, Diego, Garilli, Gianpaolo, Bravo, Alberto Gascon, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giammarchi, Marco, Giller, Maria, Gitto, Javier, Glaser, Christian, Glass, Henry, Albarracin, Flavia Gomez, Berisso, Mariano Gómez, Vitale, Primo F. Gómez, Gonçalves, Patrícia, Gonzalez, Javier G., Gookin, Ben, Gorgi, Alessio, Gorham, Peter, Gouffon, Philippe, Grebe, Stefan, Griffith, Nathan, Grillo, Aurelio, Grubb, Trent D., Guardincerri, Yann, Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Hansen, Patricia, Harari, Diego, Harrison, Thomas A., Harton, John, Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Herve, Alexander E., Hill, Gary C., Hojvat, Carlos, Hollon, Nicholas, Holt, Ewa, Homola, Piotr, Hörandel, Joerg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovský, Miroslav, Huber, Daniel, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Jansen, Stefan, Jarne, Cecilia, Josebachuili, Mariela, Kadija, Krešo, Kambeitz, Olga, Kampert, Karl Heinz, Karhan, Pavel, Kasper, Peter, Katkov, Igor, Kégl, Balazs, Keilhauer, Bianca, Keivani, Azadeh, Kemp, Ernesto, Kieckhafer, Roger, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Knapp, Johannes, Krause, Raphael, Krohm, Nicole, Krömer, Oliver, Kruppke-Hansen, Daniel, Kuempel, Daniel, Kunka, Norbert, La Rosa, Giovanni, LaHurd, Danielle, Latronico, Luca, Lauer, Robert, Lauscher, Markus, Lautridou, Pascal, Coz, Sandra Le, Leão, Milton, Lebrun, Paul, Lebrun, Didier, de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto Leigui, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Link, Katrin, López, Rebeca, Agüera, Angeles Lopez, Louedec, Karim, Bahilo, Julio Lozano, Lu, Lu, Lucero, Agustin, Ludwig, Marianne, Lyberis, Haris, Maccarone, Maria Concetta, Malacari, Max, Maldera, Simone, Maller, Jennifer, Mandat, Dusan, Mantsch, Paul, Mariazzi, Analisa, Marin, Vincent, Mariş, Ioana, Falcon, Hugo R. Marquez, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martin, Lilian, Martinez, Humberto, Bravo, Oscar Martínez, Martraire, Diane, Meza, Jimmy Masías, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Matthews, James, Matthews, John A. J., Matthiae, Giorgio, Maurel, Detlef, Maurizio, Daniela, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina, Carlos, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Melissas, Maximilien, Melo, Diego, Menichetti, Ezio, Menshikov, Alexander, Messina, Stefano, Meyhandan, Rishi, Mićanović, Saša, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Middendorf, Lukas, Minaya, Ignacio A., Miramonti, Lino, Mitrica, Bogdan, Molina-Bueno, Laura, Mollerach, Silvia, Monasor, Maria, Ragaigne, Delphine Monnier, Montanet, François, Morales, Benjamin, Morello, Carlo, Moreno, Juan Cruz, Mostafá, Miguel, Moura, Celio A., Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Müller, Gero, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Mussa, Roberto, Navarra, Gianni, Navarro, Jose Luis, Navas, Sergio, Necesal, Petr, Nellen, Lukas, Nelles, Anna, Neuser, Jens, Nhung, Pham Thi Tuyet, Niechciol, Marcus, Niemietz, Lukas, Niggemann, Tim, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Nožka, Libor, Oehlschläger, Juergen, Olinto, Angela, Oliveira, Micael, Ortiz, Montserrat, Pacheco, Noelia, Selmi-Dei, Daniel Pakk, Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Palmieri, Nunzia, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Pastor, Sergio, Paul, Thomas, Pech, Miroslav, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Pepe, Iuri, Perrone, Lorenzo, Pesce, Roberto, Petermann, Emily, Petrera, Sergio, Petrolini, Alessandro, Petrov, Yevgeniy, Piegaia, Ricardo, Pierog, Tanguy, Pieroni, Pablo, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Plum, Matthias, Pontz, Michael, Porcelli, Alessio, Preda, Titi, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Quel, Eduardo J, Querchfeld, Sven, Quinn, Sean, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravel, Olivier, Ravignani, Diego, Revenu, Benoît, Ridky, Jan, Riggi, Simone, Risse, Markus, Ristori, Pablo, Rivera, Hugo M., Rizi, Vincenzo, Roberts, Jonathan, de Carvalho, Washington Rodrigues, Cabo, Iago Rodriguez, Fernandez, Gonzalo Rodriguez, Martino, Julio Rodriguez, Rojo, Jorge Rubén Rodriguez, Rodríguez-Frías, Maria Dolores, Ros, Germán, Rosado, Jaime, Rossler, Tomas, Roth, Markus, Rouillé-d'Orfeuil, Benjamin, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Rühle, Christoph, Saffi, Steven J., Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salamida, Francesco, Salazar, Humberto, Greus, Francisco Salesa, Salina, Gaetano, Sánchez, Federico, Sanchez-Lucas, Patricia, Santo, Catarina E., Santos, Eva, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Sarazin, Fred, Sarkar, Biswaijt, Sarmento, Raul, Sato, Ricardo, Scharf, Nils, Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schiffer, Peter, Schmidt, Adrian, Scholten, Olaf, Schoorlemmer, Harm, Schovánek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G., Schulz, Alexander, Schulz, Johannes, Sciutto, Sergio, Scuderi, Mario, Segreto, Alberto, Settimo, Mariangela, Shadkam, Amir, Shellard, Ronald C., Sidelnik, Iván, Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Śmiałkowski, Andrzej, Šmída, Radomir, Snow, Gregory, Sommers, Paul, Sorokin, J., Spinka, Hal, Squartini, Ruben, Srivastava, Yogendra N., Stanič, Samo, Stapleton, James, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stephan, Maurice, Straub, Marcel, Stutz, Anne, Suarez, Federico, Suomijärvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A. Daniel, Šuša, Tatjana, Sutherland, Michael, Swain, John, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Szuba, Marek, Tapia, Alex, Tartare, Mathieu, Taşcău, Oana, Thao, Nguyen Thi, Tiffenberg, Javier, Timmermans, Charles, Tkaczyk, Wieslaw, Peixoto, Carlos J. Todero, Toma, Gabriel, Tomankova, Lenka, Tomé, Bernardo, Tonachini, Aurelio, Elipe, Guillermo Torralba, Machado, Diego Torres, Travnicek, Petr, Tridapalli, Diogo, Trovato, Enrica, Tueros, Matias, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Galicia, Jose F. Valdés, Valiño, Ines, Valore, Laura, van Aar, Guus, Berg, Ad M. van den, van Velzen, Sjoert, van Vliet, Arjen, Varela, Enrique, Cárdenas, Bernardo Vargas, Varner, Gary, Vázquez, Jose R., Vázquez, Ricardo, Veberič, Darko, Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Videla, Mariela, Villaseñor, Luis, Wahlberg, Hernan, Wahrlich, Philip, Wainberg, Oscar, Walz, David, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weidenhaupt, Klaus, Weindl, Andreas, Werner, Felix, Westerhoff, Stefan, Whelan, Ben J., Widom, Allan, Wieczorek, Grzegorz, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyńska, Barbara, Wilczyński, Henryk, Will, Martin, Williams, Christopher, Winchen, Tobias, Wundheiler, Brian, Wykes, Sarka, Yamamoto, Tokonatsu, Yapici, Tolga, Younk, Patrick, Yuan, Guofeng, Yushkov, Alexey, Zamorano, Bruno, Zarza, Gabriel, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, Zaw, Ingyin, Zepeda, Arnulfo, Zhou, Jing, Zhu, Yue, Silva, Marcelo Zimbres, and Ziolkowski, Michael

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013, Comment: Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013

Published
2013

22. CRPropa 3.0 - a Public Framework for Propagating UHE Cosmic Rays through Galactic and Extragalactic Space

Author

Batista, Rafael Alves, Erdmann, Martin, Evoli, Carmelo, Kampert, Karl-Heinz, Kuempel, Daniel, Müller, Gero, Schiffer, Peter, Sigl, Guenter, van Vliet, Arjen, Walz, David, and Winchen, Tobias

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The interpretation of experimental data of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) above 10^17 eV is still under controversial debate. The development and improvement of numerical tools to propagate UHECRs in galactic and extragalactic space is a crucial ingredient to interpret data and to draw conclusions on astrophysical parameters. In this contribution the next major release of the publicly available code CRPropa (3.0) is presented. It reflects a complete redesign of the code structure to facilitate high performance computing and comprises new physical features such as an interface for galactic propagation using lensing techniques and inclusion of cosmological effects in a three-dimensional environment. The performance is benchmarked and first applications are presented., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2-9 July 2013

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2013

23. PARSEC: A Parametrized Simulation Engine for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Protons

Author

Bretz, Hans-Peter, Erdmann, Martin, Schiffer, Peter, Walz, David, and Winchen, Tobias

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We present a new simulation engine for fast generation of ultra-high energy cosmic ray data based on parametrizations of common assumptions of UHECR origin and propagation. Implemented are deflections in unstructured turbulent extragalactic fields, energy losses for protons due to photo-pion production and electron-pair production, as well as effects from the expansion of the universe. Additionally, a simple model to estimate propagation effects from iron nuclei is included. Deflections in galactic magnetic fields are included using a matrix approach with precalculated lenses generated from backtracked cosmic rays. The PARSEC program is based on object oriented programming paradigms enabling users to extend the implemented models and is steerable with a graphical user interface., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics

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2013
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24. A new Monte Carlo Generator for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from the Local and Distant Universe

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Dolag, Klaus, Erdmann, Martin, Müller, Gero, Walz, David, and Winchen, Tobias

Subjects
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

For the understanding of the origin and propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) we developed a new approach to simulating UHECRs from an arbitrary number of sources based on Monte Carlo technique. The method consists of a combination of three steps. For distant sources we apply commonly accepted parameterizations to calculate the contribution to the observed cosmic ray flux. For sources of the local universe we use forward tracking through realistic matter distributions and magnetic fields resulting from explicit simulations of large-scale structure formation. From the calculations and the forward tracking we generate maps of the probability to observe a particle with a given energy from a discrete direction. To account for deflections in the galactic field, these probability maps are transformed by matrices calculated from backtracking of antiparticles through field parameterizations. Based on the combined probability maps, Monte Carlo production of individual UHECR data is performed which are then used in comparisons with UHECR measurements. The simulated UHECR data serves for optimizing the analysis techniques used in UHECR measurements as well as for constraining the parameter space of the underlying source and magnetic field models., Comment: Proceeding of the 32nd ICRC, August 11-18 2011, Beijing, China

Published
2012

26. CONSCIENCE CLAUSES, TITLE VII AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO PERFORMING TASKS IN THE WORKPLACE

Author

Walz, David J.

Subjects
Workplace accommodation -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Religious aspects, Employment discrimination -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Remedies, Religious discrimination -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Remedies, Government regulation, Law, Social sciences, Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e)
Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION Religion is one of the most controversial and difficult topics for employers and employees to tackle. (1) Because our society has become so diverse and religiously pluralistic, discrimination [...]

Published
2019

29. Working With and Not 'Around' Nephrology Nurses

Author

Walz, David

Subjects
Home care -- Methods -- Training, Nursing education, Home nursing -- Methods -- Training, Hemodialysis -- Methods -- Training, Nurses -- Education -- Practice -- Training, Health
Abstract

Since the release of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative on July 10, 2019, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ANNA has supported the efforts to increase [...]

Published
2022
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31. Continuing to RISE the House of ANNA

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

I would like to wish all a happy new year, and with the new year, ANNA has a new ANNA strategic plan approved. This will ensure ANNA continues to RISE. [...]

Published
2022

32. A Time to Reflect

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

I want to wish all a blessed holiday season, joy, and health. With the holiday season, I want to extend my gratitude for everyone's efforts to ensure ANNA and nursing [...]

Published
2021
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34. Planning for the Future of ANNA

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

As the state of our health care environments continue to evolve, so does our association. To address these changes and to position ANNA for success now and in the future, [...]

Published
2021
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39. 100 Years

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

We will remember 2020 as the year a Great Pandemic put the vision of our world-class nephrology nursing association--im proving members' lives through education, advocacy, networking, and science--to the test. [...]

Published
2021
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40. Helping Mother Earth

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Environmental protection -- Health aspects -- Planning, Nurses -- Social aspects -- Environmental aspects, Environmental issue, Company business planning, Health
Abstract

During this unprecedented time, the COVID-19 pandemic is coming up on year two, which has taken much time, energy, resources, and life, along with dividing our country. What if I [...]

Published
2021

46. Nephrology Nurses: Together We RISE

Author

Walz, David F.

Subjects
Health
Abstract

There has been a lot of fear, excitement, and even concern in the nephrology community with COVID-19 and the Advancing American Kidney Health Executive Order. I, too, am anxious, yet [...]

Published
2021
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47. The hunt for non-preempted claims.

Author

Gerecke, Edward W. and Walz, David J.

Subjects
Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Diversity jurisdiction -- Laws, regulations and rules, Products liability -- Laws, regulations and rules, Medical equipment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Physiological apparatus -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Medical Device Amendments of 1976, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Published
2010

50. Chapter 16: removal.

Author

Dixon, Penelope A. and Walz, David J.

Subjects
The Defense Speaks: More than a Defense Manual, A Window into Florida's Civil Defense Practice (Book) -- Excerpts, Defense (Civil procedure) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Removal of causes -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
Published
2006

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