Journal article
Neutrino propagation in the Earth and emerging charged leptons with nuPyProp
Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, Vol.2023(1), p.41
01/01/2023
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2023/01/041
Abstract
Ultra-high-energy neutrinos serve as messengers of some of the highest energy astrophysical environments. Given that neutrinos are neutral and only interact via weak interactions, neutrinos can emerge from sources, traverse astronomical distances, and point back to their origins. Their weak interactions require large target volumes for neutrino detection. Using the Earth as a neutrino converter, terrestrial, sub-orbital, and satellite-based instruments are able to detect signals of neutrino-induced extensive air showers. In this paper, we describe the software code nuPyProp that simulates tau neutrino and muon neutrino interactions in the Earth and predicts the spectrum of the r-leptons and muons that emerge. The nuPyProp outputs are lookup tables of charged lepton exit probabilities and energies that can be used directly or as inputs to the nuSpaceSim code designed to simulate optical and radio signals from extensive air showers induced by the emerging charged leptons. We describe the inputs to the code, demonstrate its flexibility and show selected results for r-lepton and muon exit probabilities and energy distributions. The nuPyProp code is open source, available on github.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neutrino propagation in the Earth and emerging charged leptons with nuPyProp
- Creators
- Diksha Garg - University of IowaSameer Patel - University of IowaMary Hall Reno - University of IowaAlexander Reustle - Goddard Space Flight CenterYosui Akaike - Waseda UniversityLuis A. Anchordoqui - Lehman CollegeDouglas R. Bergman - University of UtahIsaac Buckland - University of UtahAustin L. Cummings - Pennsylvania State UniversityJohannes Eser - University of ChicagoFred Garcia - University of Maryland, College ParkClaire Guepin - University of Maryland, College ParkTobias Heibges - Colorado School of MinesAndrew Ludwig - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJohn F. Krizmanic - Goddard Space Flight CenterSimon Mackovjak - Slovak Academy of SciencesEric Mayotte - Colorado School of MinesSonja Mayotte - Colorado School of MinesAngela V Olinto - University of ChicagoThomas C. Paul - Lehman CollegeAndres Romero-Wolf - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryFrederic Sarazin - Colorado School of MinesTonia M. Venters - Goddard Space Flight CenterLawrence Wienckef - Colorado Sch Mines, Dept Phys, Golden, CO 80401 USAStephanie Wisselg - Pennsylvania State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, Vol.2023(1), p.41
- DOI
- 10.1088/1475-7516/2023/01/041
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
- eISSN
- 1475-7516
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 44
- Grant note
- 80NSSC19K0626; 80NSSC19K0460; 80NSSC19K0484; 80NSSC19K0485; 80NSSC18K0464; RTOP 17-APRA17-0066 / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428797802771
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