Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes

Gaisser, T. K.

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“…The five unstable secondary nuclei which live long enough to be useful probes of cosmic-ray propagation are 14 C, 10 Be, 26 Al, 36 Cl and 54 Mn, with properties summarized in (101; 127; 126). 10 Be is the longest-lived and best measured.…”

Section: Unstable Secondary/primary Ratios: 'Radioactive Clocks'mentioning

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Cosmic-Ray Propagation and Interactions in the Galaxy

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Moskalenko

Птускин

2007

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

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We survey the theory and experimental tests for the propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy up to energies of 10 15 eV. A guide to the previous reviews and essential literature is given, followed by an exposition of basic principles. The basic ideas of cosmic-ray propagation are described, and the physical origin of its processes are explained. The various techniques for computing the observational consequences of the theory are described and contrasted. These include analytical and numerical techniques. We present the comparison of models with data including direct and indirect -especially gamma-ray -observations, and indicate what we can learn about cosmic-ray propagation. Some particular important topics including electrons and antiparticles are chosen for discussion.

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Section: Unstable Secondary/primary Ratios: 'Radioactive Clocks'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Cosmic-Ray Propagation and Interactions in the Galaxy

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Moskalenko

Птускин

2007

Annu. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci.

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“…The uncertainty over the neutrino energy range 1-10 Ge V is estimated to be 5% from errors in the primary flux [134] and 10% from errors in hadron production [135]. The uncertainty in the overall flux can also be estimated by comparing Barr et al ·with alternative models.…”

Section: Data-mc Comparison Of Cosmic Muon Fluxmentioning

confidence: 99%

A study of atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the MINOS far detector

Blake¹

2005

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In recent years, neutrino experiments have begun to challenge the Standard :\Iodcl assumption that neutrinos are massless. There is nO"w firm evidence that neutrinos undergo quantum mechanical oscillations between flavours. This vwuld imply that neutrinos possess mass and that neutrino flavours arc mixed by the ·weak interaction. Atmospheric neutrinos, produced by the interactions of cosmic rays in the earth's atmosphere, can be used to study these oscillations. DeclarationThis dissertation is my own work except where explicit reference is made to the work of others, and has not been submitted for another qualification to this or any other university.

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“…Table 1 shows the expected muon rate in the combined IceCube -IceTop acceptance for different energy thresholds. Calculations, with a fixed E −3.7 µ energy spectrum find more non-prompt muons at low energies [9].…”

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Studying High pT Muons in Cosmic-Ray Air Showers

Klein

2008

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

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Most cosmic-ray air shower arrays have focused on detecting electromagnetic shower particles and low energy muons. A few groups (most notably MACRO + EASTOP and SPASE + AMANDA) have studied the high energy muon component of showers. However, these experiments had small solid angles, and did not study muons far from the core. The IceTop + IceCube combination, with its 1 km 2 muon detection area can study muons far from the shower core. IceCube can measure their energy loss (dE/dx), and hence their energy. With the energy, and the known distribution of production heights, the transverse momentum (pT ) spectrum of high pT muons can be determined. The production of these muons is calculable in perturbative QCD, so the measured muon spectra can be used to probe the composition of incident cosmic-rays.

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Atmospheric Neutrino Fluxes

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

Cosmic-Ray Propagation and Interactions in the Galaxy

Cosmic-Ray Propagation and Interactions in the Galaxy

A study of atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the MINOS far detector

Studying High pT Muons in Cosmic-Ray Air Showers

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