Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...221..990m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 221, May 1, 1978, p. 990-1002. Research supported by the University of Chicago and Shirley
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, High Energy Interactions, Neutrinos, Particle Interactions, Active Galaxies, Atmospheric Effects, Background Radiation, Cosmology, Hydrogen, Particle Energy, Particle Flux Density, Point Sources, Radiation Counters
Scientific paper
High-energy cosmic-ray interactions can produce neutrinos. The neutrino fluxes are calculated over a range of energies. The sources considered (and their ranges of importance) are cosmic-ray interactions in earth's atmosphere (neutrino energies less than 10,000 GeV), cosmic-ray interactions with ambient hydrogen in galaxies (neutrino energies between 10,000 and 1 million GeV), regions of cosmic-ray acceleration - e.g., pulsars - and cosmic-ray interactions with the microwave background radiation (neutrino energies greater than 100 million GeV). In addition, estimates of the flux from compact sources, such as active galaxies, are made. These flux levels, calculated conservatively, may be high enough for practical detection with a 1-cu km seawater detector; i.e., count rates greater than 1 per day. Such observations would provide information mainly about high-energy physics, but also (over long times) about cosmic-ray spectra, composition, and acceleration, as well as supernova and galactic-nucleus explosions.
Margolis Steven H.
Schramm David N.
Silberberg Rein
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