EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors

Mary Hall Reno; Tonia M. Venters; John F. Krizmanic; Probe of Extreme MultiMessenger Astrophysics (POEMMA); JEM-EUSO Collaboration

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EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors

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EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors

Mary Hall Reno, Tonia M. Venters, John F. Krizmanic, Probe of Extreme MultiMessenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) and JEM-EUSO Collaboration

37TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, ICRC2021, Vol.395, 1201

01/01/2022

DOI: 10.22323/1.395.1201

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Abstract

Multi-messenger observations of transient astrophysical sources have the potential to characterize the highest energy accelerators and the most extreme environments in the Universe. Detection of neutrinos, in particular tau neutrinos generated by neutrino oscillations in transit from their sources to Earth, is possible for neutrino energies above 10 PeV using optical Cherenkov detectors imaging upward-moving extensive air showers (EAS). These EAS are produced from Earth-interacting tau neutrinos leading to tau leptons that subsequently decay in the atmosphere. We compare neutrino detection sensitivities for generic short- and long-burst transient neutrino sources and sensitivities to the diffuse neutrino flux for the second generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super-Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) balloon-borne mission and the proposed space-based Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) mission.

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Title: Subtitle: EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors
Creators: Mary Hall Reno - Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA USA
Tonia M. Venters - NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 661 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
John F. Krizmanic - University of Maryland, Baltimore
Probe of Extreme MultiMessenger Astrophysics (POEMMA)
JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Contributors: B Keilhauer (Editor)
A Kappes (Editor)
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: 37TH INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, ICRC2021, Vol.395, 1201
DOI: 10.22323/1.395.1201
Publisher: PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE
Number of pages: 10
Grant note: 17-APRA17-0066 / NASA/GSFC; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) JPL 16-APROBES16-0023; NNX17AJ82G; NNX13AH54G; 80NSSC18K0246; 80NSSC18K0473; 80NSSC19K0626; 80NSSC19K0460; 80NSSC19K0484; 80NSSC19K0485; 80NSSC18K0464 / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) DE-SC-0010113 / US Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) NNX17AJ82G / NASA Probe Mission Concept Study grant
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2022
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984533282502771

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