Prospects for radio detection of extremely high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos in the Moon

Details Prospects for radio detection of extremely high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos in the Moon Prospects for radio detection of extremely high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos in the Moon

2001-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102173v2

AIP Conf.Proc.579:128-138,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, Latex, aipproc.sty and epsfig.sty. 5 ps figures. Talk presented by J. Alvarez-Muniz at the 1st International Worksho

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1398166

We explore the feasibility of using the Moon as a detector of extremely high energy (>10^19 eV) cosmic rays and neutrinos. The idea is to use the existing radiotelescopes on Earth to look for short pulses of Cherenkov radiation in the GHz range emitted by showers induced just below the surface of the Moon when cosmic rays or neutrinos strike it. We estimate the energy threshold of the technique and the effective aperture and volume of the Moon for this detection. We apply our calculation to obtain the expected event rates from the observed cosmic ray flux and several representative theoretical neutrino fluxes.

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