Articles Citing

Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Abdul Halim¹, P. Abreu², M. Aglietta^3,4, I. Allekotte⁵, K. Almeida Cheminant⁶, A. Almela^7,8, R. Aloisio^9,10, J. Alvarez-Muñiz¹¹, J. Ammerman Yebra¹¹ et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration^*)

J. Ammerman Yebra¹¹, G. A. Anastasi^12,13, L. Anchordoqui¹⁴, B. Andrada⁷, S. Andringa², L. Apollonio^15,16, C. Aramo¹⁷, P. R. Araújo Ferreira¹⁸, E. Arnone^19,4, J. C. Arteaga Velázquez²⁰, P. Assis², G. Avila²¹, E. Avocone^22,10, A. Bakalova²³, F. Barbato^9,10, A. Bartz Mocellin²⁴, J. A. Bellido^1,25, C. Berat²⁶, M. E. Bertaina^19,4, G. Bhatta⁶, M. Bianciotto^19,4, P. L. Biermann²⁷, V. Binet²⁸, K. Bismark^29,7, T. Bister^30,31, J. Biteau^32,33, J. Blazek²³, C. Bleve²⁶, J. Blümer³⁴, M. Boháčová²³, D. Boncioli^22,10, C. Bonifazi^35,36, L. Bonneau Arbeletche³⁷, N. Borodai⁶, J. Brack³⁸, P. G. Brichetto Orchera⁷, F. L. Briechle¹⁸, A. Bueno³⁹, S. Buitink⁴⁰, M. Buscemi^13,41, M. Büsken^29,7, A. Bwembya^30,31, K. S. Caballero-Mora⁴², S. Cabana-Freire¹¹, L. Caccianiga^15,16, F. Campuzano⁴³, R. Caruso^12,13, A. Castellina^3,4, F. Catalani⁴⁴, G. Cataldi⁴⁵, L. Cazon¹¹, M. Cerda⁴⁶, A. Cermenati^9,10, J. A. Chinellato³⁷, J. Chudoba²³, L. Chytka⁴⁷, R. W. Clay¹, A. C. Cobos Cerutti⁴³, R. Colalillo^48,17, M. R. Coluccia⁴⁵, R. Conceição², A. Condorelli³², G. Consolati^16,49, M. Conte^50,45, F. Convenga^22,10, D. Correia dos Santos⁵¹, P. J. Costa², C. E. Covault⁵², M. Cristinziani⁵³, C. S. Cruz Sanchez⁵⁴, S. Dasso^55,56, K. Daumiller³⁴, B. R. Dawson¹, R. M. de Almeida⁵¹, J. de Jesús^7,34, S. J. de Jong^30,31, J. R. T. de Mello Neto^36,57, I. De Mitri^9,10, J. de Oliveira⁵⁸, D. de Oliveira Franco⁴⁵, F. de Palma^50,45, V. de Souza⁵⁹, B. P. de Souza de Errico³⁶, E. De Vito^50,45, A. Del Popolo^12,13, O. Deligny ⁶⁰, N. Denner²³, L. Deval^34,7, A. di Matteo⁴, M. Dobre⁶¹, C. Dobrigkeit³⁷, J. C. D’Olivo⁶², L. M. Domingues Mendes^2,63, Q. Dorosti⁵³, J. C. dos Anjos⁶³, R. C. dos Anjos⁶⁴, J. Ebr²³, F. Ellwanger³⁴, M. Emam^30,31, R. Engel^29,34, I. Epicoco^50,45, M. Erdmann¹⁸, A. Etchegoyen^7,8, C. Evoli^9,10, H. Falcke^30,65,31, G. Farrar⁶⁶, A. C. Fauth³⁷, N. Fazzini⁶⁷, F. Feldbusch⁶⁸, F. Fenu^34,69, A. Fernandes², B. Fick⁷⁰, J. M. Figueira⁷, A. Filipčič^71,72, T. Fitoussi³⁴, B. Flaggs⁷³, T. Fodran³⁰, T. Fujii^74,75, A. Fuster^7,8, C. Galea³⁰, C. Galelli^15,16, B. García⁴³, C. Gaudu⁷⁶, H. Gemmeke⁶⁸, F. Gesualdi^7,34, A. Gherghel-Lascu⁶¹, P. L. Ghia⁶⁰, U. Giaccari⁴⁵, J. Glombitza^18,77, F. Gobbi⁴⁶, F. Gollan⁷, G. Golup⁵, M. Gómez Berisso⁵, P. F. Gómez Vitale²¹, J. P. Gongora²¹, J. M. González⁵, N. González⁷, D. Góra⁶, A. Gorgi^3,4, M. Gottowik¹¹, T. D. Grubb¹, F. Guarino^48,17, G. P. Guedes⁷⁸, E. Guido⁵³, L. Gülzow³⁴, S. Hahn²⁹, P. Hamal²³, M. R. Hampel⁷, P. Hansen⁵⁴, D. Harari⁵, V. M. Harvey¹, A. Haungs³⁴, T. Hebbeker¹⁸, C. Hojvat⁶⁷, J. R. Hörandel^30,31, P. Horvath⁴⁷, M. Hrabovský⁴⁷, T. Huege^34,40, A. Insolia^12,13, P. G. Isar⁷⁹, P. Janecek²³, V. Jilek²³, J. A. Johnsen²⁴, J. Jurysek²³, K.-H. Kampert⁷⁶, B. Keilhauer³⁴, A. Khakurdikar³⁰, V. V. Kizakke Covilakam^7,34, H. O. Klages³⁴, M. Kleifges⁶⁸, F. Knapp²⁹, J. Köhler³⁴, N. Kunka⁶⁸, B. L. Lago⁸⁰, N. Langner¹⁸, M. A. Leigui de Oliveira⁸¹, Y. Lema-Capeans¹¹, A. Letessier-Selvon⁸², I. Lhenry-Yvon⁶⁰, L. Lopes², L. Lu⁸³, Q. Luce²⁹, J. P. Lundquist⁷², A. Machado Payeras³⁷, M. Majercakova²³, D. Mandat²³, B. C. Manning¹, P. Mantsch⁶⁷, F. M. Mariani^15,16, A. G. Mariazzi⁵⁴, I. C. Mariş⁸⁴, G. Marsella^41,13, D. Martello^50,45, S. Martinelli^34,7, O. Martínez Bravo⁸⁵, M. A. Martins¹¹, H.-J. Mathes³⁴, J. Matthews⁸⁶, G. Matthiae^87,88, E. Mayotte^24,76, S. Mayotte²⁴, P. O. Mazur⁶⁷, G. Medina-Tanco⁶², J. Meinert⁷⁶, D. Melo⁷, A. Menshikov⁶⁸, C. Merx³⁴, S. Michal²³, M. I. Micheletti²⁸, L. Miramonti^15,16, S. Mollerach⁵, F. Montanet²⁶, L. Morejon⁷⁶, C. Morello^3,4, K. Mulrey^30,31, R. Mussa⁴, W. M. Namasaka⁷⁶, S. Negi²³, L. Nellen⁶², K. Nguyen⁷⁰, G. Nicora⁸⁹, M. Niechciol⁵³, D. Nitz⁷⁰, D. Nosek⁹⁰, V. Novotny⁹⁰, L. Nožka⁴⁷, A. Nucita^50,45, L. A. Núñez⁹¹, C. Oliveira⁵⁹, M. Palatka²³, J. Pallotta⁸⁹, S. Panja²³, G. Parente¹¹, T. Paulsen⁷⁶, J. Pawlowsky⁷⁶, M. Pech²³, J. Pȩkala⁶, R. Pelayo⁹², L. A. S. Pereira⁹³, E. E. Pereira Martins^29,7, J. Perez Armand⁹⁴, C. Pérez Bertolli^7,34, L. Perrone^50,45, S. Petrera^9,10, C. Petrucci^22,10, T. Pierog³⁴, M. Pimenta², M. Platino⁷, B. Pont³⁰, M. Pothast^31,30, M. Pourmohammad Shahvar^41,13, P. Privitera⁷⁴, M. Prouza²³, S. Querchfeld⁷⁶, J. Rautenberg⁷⁶, D. Ravignani⁷, J. V. Reginatto Akim³⁷, M. Reininghaus²⁹, J. Ridky²³, F. Riehn¹¹, M. Risse⁵³, V. Rizi^22,10, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho³⁰, E. Rodriguez^7,34, J. Rodriguez Rojo²¹, M. J. Roncoroni⁷, S. Rossoni⁹⁵, M. Roth³⁴, E. Roulet⁵, A. C. Rovero⁵⁵, P. Ruehl⁵³, A. Saftoiu⁶¹, M. Saharan³⁰, F. Salamida^22,10, H. Salazar⁸⁵, G. Salina⁸⁸, J. D. Sanabria Gomez⁹¹, F. Sánchez⁷, E. M. Santos⁹⁴, E. Santos²³, F. Sarazin²⁴, R. Sarmento², R. Sato²¹, P. Savina⁸³, C. M. Schäfer²⁹, V. Scherini^50,45, H. Schieler³⁴, M. Schimassek⁶⁰, M. Schimp⁷⁶, D. Schmidt³⁴, O. Scholten^40,96, H. Schoorlemmer^30,31, P. Schovánek²³, F. G. Schröder^73,34, J. Schulte¹⁸, T. Schulz³⁴, S. J. Sciutto⁵⁴, M. Scornavacche^7,34, A. Sedoski⁷, A. Segreto^97,13, S. Sehgal⁷⁶, S. U. Shivashankara⁷², G. Sigl⁹⁵, G. Silli⁷, O. Sima^61,98, K. Simkova⁴⁰, F. Simon⁶⁸, R. Smau⁶¹, R. Šmída⁷⁴, P. Sommers⁹⁹, J. F. Soriano¹⁴, R. Squartini⁴⁶, M. Stadelmaier^16,15,34, S. Stanič⁷², J. Stasielak⁶, P. Stassi²⁶, S. Strähnz²⁹, M. Straub¹⁸, T. Suomijärvi³², A. D. Supanitsky⁷, Z. Svozilikova²³, Z. Szadkowski¹⁰⁰, F. Tairli¹, A. Tapia¹⁰¹, C. Taricco^19,4, C. Timmermans^31,30, O. Tkachenko³⁴, P. Tobiska²³, C. J. Todero Peixoto⁴⁴, B. Tomé², Z. Torrès²⁶, A. Travaini⁴⁶, P. Travnicek²³, C. Trimarelli^22,10, M. Tueros⁵⁴, M. Unger³⁴, L. Vaclavek⁴⁷, M. Vacula⁴⁷, J. F. Valdés Galicia⁶², L. Valore^48,17, E. Varela⁸⁵, A. Vásquez-Ramírez⁹¹, D. Veberič³⁴, C. Ventura⁵⁷, I. D. Vergara Quispe⁵⁴, V. Verzi⁸⁸, J. Vicha²³, J. Vink¹⁰², S. Vorobiov⁷², C. Watanabe³⁶, A. A. Watson¹⁰³, A. Weindl³⁴, L. Wiencke²⁴, H. Wilczyński⁶, D. Wittkowski⁷⁶, B. Wundheiler⁷, B. Yue⁷⁶, A. Yushkov²³, O. Zapparrata⁸⁴, E. Zas¹¹, D. Zavrtanik^72,71, and M. Zavrtanik^71,72 (The Pierre Auger Collaboration^*)

¹University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A., Australia
²Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas—LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico—IST, Universidade de Lisboa—UL, Lisbon, Portugal
³Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
⁴INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
⁵Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
⁶Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
⁷Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
⁸Universidad Tecnológica Nacional—Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
⁹Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy
¹⁰INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy
¹¹Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
¹²Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Catania, Italy
¹³INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
¹⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA
¹⁵Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan, Italy
¹⁶INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy
¹⁷INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Naples, Italy
¹⁸RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
¹⁹Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Torino, Italy
²⁰Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
²¹Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
²²Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, L’Aquila, Italy
²³Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
²⁴Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
²⁵Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Formales, Arequipa, Peru
²⁶Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France
²⁷Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
²⁸Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)—CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
²⁹Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Experimental Particle Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany
³⁰IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
³¹Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
³²Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
³³Institut universitaire de France (IUF), France
³⁴Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Astroparticle Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany
³⁵International Center of Advanced Studies and Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, ECyT-UNSAM and CONICET, Campus Miguelete—San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
³⁶Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
³⁷Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
³⁸Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
³⁹Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
⁴⁰Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
⁴¹Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica “E. Segrè”, Palermo, Italy
⁴²Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
⁴³Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional—Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
⁴⁴Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
⁴⁵INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
⁴⁶Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
⁴⁷Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
⁴⁸Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini”, Naples, Italy
⁴⁹Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Milan, Italy
⁵⁰Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Lecce, Italy
⁵¹Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
⁵²Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
⁵³Universität Siegen, Department Physik—Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
⁵⁴IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
⁵⁵Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
⁵⁶Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
⁵⁷Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Observatório do Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
⁵⁸Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ), Brazil
⁵⁹Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
⁶⁰CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
⁶¹“Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
⁶²Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
⁶³Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
⁶⁴Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Palotina, Brazil
⁶⁵Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
⁶⁶New York University, New York, New York, USA
⁶⁷Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
⁶⁸Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
⁶⁹now at Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI). Via del Politecnico 00133, Rome, Italy
⁷⁰Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
⁷¹Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
⁷²Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology (CAC), University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
⁷³University of Delaware, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, Newark, Delaware, USA
⁷⁴University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
⁷⁵now at Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
⁷⁶Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Wuppertal, Germany
⁷⁷ECAP, Erlangen, Germany
⁷⁸Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
⁷⁹Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
⁸⁰Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Petropolis, Brazil
⁸¹Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
⁸²Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
⁸³University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics and WIPAC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
⁸⁴Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
⁸⁵Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
⁸⁶Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
⁸⁷Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Dipartimento di Fisica, Rome, Italy
⁸⁸INFN, Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
⁸⁹Laboratorio Atmósfera—Departamento de Investigaciones en Láseres y sus Aplicaciones—UNIDEF (CITEDEF-CONICET), Argentina
⁹⁰Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
⁹¹Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
⁹²Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
⁹³Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Campina Grande, Brazil
⁹⁴Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
⁹⁵Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
⁹⁶also at Kapteyn Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
⁹⁷Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
⁹⁸also at University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
⁹⁹Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
¹⁰⁰University of Łódź, Faculty of High-Energy Astrophysics, Łódź, Poland
¹⁰¹Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
¹⁰²Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
¹⁰³School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom