Phys. Rev. D
81,
032001
(2010)
[6 pages]
Search for core-collapse supernovae using the MiniBooNE neutrino detector
A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al. (The MiniBooNE Collaboration)
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A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo13, C. E. Anderson18, A. O. Bazarko15, S. J. Brice7, B. C. Brown7, L. Bugel5, J. Cao14, L. Coney5, J. M. Conrad12, D. C. Cox9, A. Curioni18, Z. Djurcic5, D. A. Finley7, M. Fisher8, B. T. Fleming18, R. Ford7, F. G. Garcia7, G. T. Garvey10, J. Grange8, C. Green7,10, J. A. Green9,10, T. L. Hart4, E. Hawker3,10, R. Imlay11, R. A. Johnson3, G. Karagiorgi12, P. Kasper7, T. Katori9,12, T. Kobilarcik7, I. Kourbanis7, S. Koutsoliotas2, E. M. Laird15, S. K. Linden18, J. M. Link17, Y. Liu14, Y. Liu1, W. C. Louis10, K. B. M. Mahn5, W. Marsh7, C. Mauger10, V. T. McGary12, G. McGregor10, W. Metcalf11, P. D. Meyers15, F. Mills7, G. B. Mills10, J. Monroe5, C. D. Moore7, J. Mousseau8, R. H. Nelson4, P. Nienaber16, J. A. Nowak11, B. Osmanov8, S. Ouedraogo11, R. B. Patterson15, Z. Pavlovic10, D. Perevalov1, C. C. Polly9,7, E. Prebys7, J. L. Raaf3, H. Ray8,10, B. P. Roe14, A. D. Russell7, V. Sandberg10, R. Schirato10, D. Schmitz5, M. H. Shaevitz5, F. C. Shoemaker15,*, D. Smith6, M. Soderberg18, M. Sorel5,†, P. Spentzouris7, J. Spitz18, I. Stancu1, R. J. Stefanski7, M. Sung11, H. A. Tanaka15, R. Tayloe9, M. Tzanov4, R. G. Van de Water10, M. O. Wascko11,‡, D. H. White10, M. J. Wilking4, H. J. Yang14, G. P. Zeller5,10, and E. D. Zimmerman4 (The MiniBooNE Collaboration)
1University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
2Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, USA
3University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
4University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
5Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
6Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
7Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
8University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
9Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
10Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
11Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
12Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
13Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad National Autónoma de México, D.F. 04510, México
14University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
15Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
16Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota 55987, USA
17Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
18Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Received 19 October 2009; published 5 February 2010
We present a search for core-collapse supernovae in the Milky Way galaxy, using the MiniBooNE neutrino detector. No evidence is found for core-collapse supernovae occurring in our Galaxy in the period from December 14, 2004 to July 31, 2008, corresponding to 98% live time for collection. We set a limit on the core-collapse supernova rate out to a distance of 13.4 kpc to be less than 0.69 supernovae per year at 90% C.L.
© 2010 The American Physical Society
URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.032001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.81.032001
PACS:
14.60.Lm, 14.60.Pq, 14.60.St
*Deceased. †Present address: IFIC, Universidad de Valencia and CSIC, Valencia 46071, Spain. ‡Present address: Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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