Observability of Earth-skimming ultrahigh energy neutrinos

Jonathan L. Feng; Peter Fisher; Frank Wilczek; Terri M. Yu

Observability of Earth-skimming ultrahigh energy neutrinos

Jonathan L. Feng, Peter Fisher, Frank Wilczek, Terri M. Yu

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Abstract

A novel detection strategy for Earth-skimming ultrahigh energy neutrinos was presented. Neutrinos convert to charged leptons which are then detected by surface fluorescence detectors. Ultrahigh energy neutrinos are difficult to detect as they are shadowed by Earth. The detection of showers from τ decays was also considered. It was found that energy spectrum of detected events varied from source to source.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	161102
Pages (from-to)	1611021-1611024
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	88
Issue number	16
State	Published - Apr 22 2002
Externally published	Yes

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