Telecommunication with Neutrino Beams

Abstract

Collimated neutrino beams in the energy range 1 to 100 gigaelectron volts, now available from high-energy proton accelerators, are proposed as a potential means for telecommunication over global distances. Quantitative estimates of the feasibility of this proposal based on a particular detector configuration are presented.

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“…In addition, neutrinos were proposed as a means of telecommunications. [2][3][4][5] These were astute proposals since neutrinos are capable to traverse cosmic space-time distances without being blocked, where as electromagnetic radiation, though the primary means for communication are blocked to varying extents in the interstellar medium dust, clouds, nebulae, planets, and stars. [2,6] Since then, many articles reviewed and expanded on the use of neutrinos in communications, including their detection, production by natural processes, by artificial manufacture, and use for intergalactic interstellar communication.…”

Benchmarking information carriers

“…It was first mentioned in the scientific literature, in passing, by Arnold (1972). In the same decade, it was discussed extensively (Saenz et al, 1977;Paprotny, 1977;Pasachoff and Kutner, 1979), but was long perceived as "so difficult that an advanced civilization may purposely choose such a system in order to find and communicate only with ETCs at their own level of development." (Subotowicz, 1979).…”

Experimental use of neutrinos from ISABELLE beam dumps

“…The yield for 10 13 incident protons would be ~ltf~° v peaked at E v ~ 15 GeV, as at the FNAL. The total expected v field of a complete ejection is therefore (6 to 7)xlO 11…”