Neutrino fluxes from astrophysical sources, the role of neutrinos from charmed meson production and decay

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Abstract

We show that charm production gives significant enhancement to a flux of very high energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with jets driven by central engines, such as gamma ray bursts or supernovae with jets. We demonstrate that neutrino flux from semi-leptonic decays of charmed mesons is subject to much less hadronic and radiative cooling than the conventional flux from pion and kaon decays. We discuss implications of our results for future ultrahigh energy neutrino experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S88-S91
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume604
Issue number1-2 SUPPL.
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2009

Keywords

  • Cosmic neutrinos
  • Neutrino astronomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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