Detection of Neutrino-Induced Air Showers

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Jan 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005phst..121..126w&link_type=abstract

Physica Scripta, Volume T121, pp. 126-130 (2005).

Physics

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High energy neutrinos can arise from a variety of processes. Interactions of ultra high energy cosmic rays with radiation and matter lead to secondary particles, some of which create neutrinos. Interactions of the 2.7 K CMB radiation with protons gives rise to pions and neutrons, and neutrons produced in the photodisintegration of heavy nuclei are also a source of neutrinos. There is speculation that super-heavy relic particles with masses of ~1021 eV are created in the early Universe: if such particles exist then their decay channels are expected to contain neutrinos. The different sources of neutrinos are summarised. High energy neutrinos can be detected through the extensive air showers that they create in the atmosphere and the potential of the Pierre Auger Observatory, now nearing completion, and of the planned EUSO and ASHRA instruments, to detect neutrino-induced air showers, will be described.

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