Download or read book Neutrino Astronomy Current Status Future Prospects written by Thomas K Gaisser and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review volume is motivated by the recent discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube. The aim of the book is to bring together chapters on the status of current and future neutrino observatories with chapters on the implications and possible interpretations of the present observations and their upper limits. Each chapter is a mini-review of one aspect of the subject by leading experts. Taken together, the chapters constitute an up-to-date review of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos and their potential sources.
Download or read book High Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos written by Debanjan Bose and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a pedagogical introduction to the likely sources of these neutrinos, their propagation and detection mechanisms. Detection of high energy neutrinos of extragalactic origin has led to an interdisciplinary field of research, involving astronomy, astrophysics and particle physics. An extensive review of various detectors and the observations is provided that consolidates the latest findings. Above a few tens of TeVs, neutrinos are conceived as more reliable messengers for astronomy than photons as these photons get absorbed in the background photon field. Determining the neutrino spectrum not only helps in exploring astrophysical objects like AGN, GRB, etc. but also allows us to study particle physics at unprecedented energies. This introductory book is intended to help advanced undergraduate and graduate students to get into the subject with ease, and it simultaneously caters to practicing theoretical or experimental physicists as a reference book.
Download or read book The Future of High energy Neutrino Astronomy written by G. Anton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Energy Cosmic Rays written by Todor Stanev and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an accessible text and reference (a cosmic-ray manual) for graduate students entering the field and high-energy astrophysicists will find this an accessible cosmic-ray manual Easy to read for the general astronomer, the first part describes the standard model of cosmic rays based on our understanding of modern particle physics. Presents the acceleration scenario in some detail in supernovae explosions as well as in the passage of cosmic rays through the Galaxy. Compares experimental data in the atmosphere as well as underground are compared with theoretical models
Download or read book Neutrino Astronomy written by Thomas K. Gaisser and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This review volume is motivated by the recent discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube. The aim of the book is to bring together chapters on the status of current and future neutrino observatories with chapters on the implications and possible interpretations of the present observations and their upper limits. Each chapter is a mini-review of one aspect of the subject by leading experts. Taken together, the chapters constitute an up-to-date review of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos and their potential sources"--
Download or read book High energy Neutrino Astronomy written by Dan Hooper and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-energy Neutrino Astronomy: The Cosmic Ray Connection
Download or read book Neutrinos and Beyond written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-06-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The President's FY 2003 Budget Request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction Account called for a National Research Council (NRC) review of the scientific merits of IceCube and other proposed U.S. neutrino projects in the context of current and proposed capabilities throughout the world. The NRC committee-the Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee (NFAC)-was charged with providing scientific assessments of two possible future science initiatives: (1) IceCube, a very large volume detector of high-energy neutrinos proposed for the South Pole and (2) a possible deep underground science facility to be developed in the United States to pursue a broad range of fundamental questions in physics and astronomy. Fourteen persons were appointed to the committee, and the first meeting was held in June 2002, with delivery of the final report expected within 6 months. The committee's assessment was to be performed in the context of current and planned neutrino capabilities throughout the world. Specifically, the study was to address the unique capabilities of each class of new experiment and any possible redundancy between the two types of facility.
Download or read book High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics Proceedings Of The Workshop written by V J Stenger and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-09-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of this workshop consideres the prospects for opening up a new window on the universe with the generation of High Energy Neutrino telescopes now under construction or being planned. Potential sources of high energy neutrinos such as binary pulsars, supernovae, and active galactic nuclei are discussed. In particular, the recent model of Stecker and collaborators, in which neutrinos with energies as high as 1000 TeV are produced in measurable quantities in the cores of quasars and other active galaxies is critically reviewed.
Download or read book Towards an Understanding of the Source of Very High Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos written by Nicholas Senno and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past five decades, the frontiers of neutrino astronomy have expanded from the Suns interior to the Large Magellanic Cloud with the observation of SN 1987A. Recently, the limits of the observable neutrino sky were expanded to include extra-galactic sources with the discovery of 10 TeV-PeV neutrinos at the IceCube Observatory. In this dissertation, I review the unique properties of neutrinos starting from their hypothesized existence in 1930 and including the phenomena of neutrino flavor oscillations, which resulted in the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015. I go on to present three astrophysical modelssupernovae (SNe) and hypernovae in starburst galaxies, choked jet and low- luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts, and jetted Tidal Disruption Eventsin an attempt to explain the source of the observed diffuse flux of neutrinos. Multi-messenger studies that combine electromagnetic (e.g., gamma-ray) and neutrino observations have begun to rule out gamma-ray bright source models such as starburst galaxies. In chapter 5, I present the first coincidence search between a sub-set of gamma-ray dark transients (Type-Ibc core-collapse SNe) and IceCube neutrino events. Because I do not find a connection between core-collapse SNe, I can place limits on the fraction of the explosion energy that can be converted into cosmic-raysand ultimately non-thermal very-high-energy neutrinosas well as the fraction of such SNe that may harbor a jet pointed towards Earth. I conclude this work with a review of very-high-energy neutrino astronomy over the last decade and some future work that may help us to understand what the sources of astrophysical neutrinos are.
Download or read book Neutrino Astrophysics written by John N. Bahcall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-07-28 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative text provides a lively, thought-provoking and informative summary of neutrino astrophysics. Neutrino astronomy is being revolutionized by the availability of new observational facilities. Theoretical work in astrophysics and in particle physics in increasing rapidly. The subject of solar neutrinos has many seemingly independent aspects, both in its theoretical basis (involving nuclear, atomic, and particle physics, geochemistry, and astronomy). For many physicists, solar neutrinos constitute the low-energy frontier of high-energy physics. Results from all these disciplines are combined here, providing a timely and unified discussion of the field. Each chapter begins with a succinct overview of material to be presented and ends with an annotated bibliography. For advanced undergraduate students, but will be essential reading for all researchers interested in the physics of neutrinos and what they reveal about the nature of the Universe.
Download or read book Cosmic Radiations From Astronomy to Particle Physics written by Giorgio Giacomelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-accelerator particle physicists, especially those studying neutrino oscillation experiments, will read with profit the in-depth discussions of new results and their interpretations. new guidelines are also set out for new developments in this and related fields. Discussions are presented of neutrino oscillations, neutrino astronomy, high energy cosmic rays, gravitational waves, magnetic monopoles and dark matter. The future large-scale research projects discussed include the experiments on long baseline neutrino beams from CERN to Gran Sasso and Fermilab to the Soudan mine; large underwater and under-ice experiments; the highest energy cosmic rays; gravitational waves; and the search for new particles and new phenomena.
Download or read book High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts Theoretical Predictions Experimental Searches and Prospects for Detection written by Oindree Banerjee and published by Oindree Banerjee. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous transient events in the observed Universe. However, there is no direct observational evidence for what exactly drives a GRB. The most widely accepted model for these cosmic events is the fireball model where it is thought that a substantial fraction of the kinetic energy of the source is converted to gamma-radiation by shock accelerated electrons emitting synchrotron and inverse-Compton radiation. The acceleration of protons in the gamma-ray emitting region of the GRB has been hypothesized as well. In this hadronic acceleration model, it is predicted that protons may interact with gamma-ray photons to produce a burst of neutrinos at energy ∼10^14 eV during prompt emission and energy ∼10^18 eV during afterglow emission. Several experimental searches for these high energy neutrinos have been conducted and no GRB neutrinos have yet been found. The analytical prediction for neutrino flux has been replaced with a more thorough numerical prediction for neutrino flux. The neutron model of GRBs, where only neutrons can escape the GRB and reach Earth as cosmic rays, has been ruled out by the experimental work of IceCube and ANTARES. Upgraded versions of current experiments such as IceCube, ANTARES, ANITA and ARA, as well as new experiments such as KM3NeT, are preparing to probe and further constrain the fireball paradigm of GRB neutrino production. This review includes: Introduction Early theoretical predictions for neutrino fluences due to GRBs Overview of high energy neutrino experiments and related physics Experimental searches for high energy neutrinos from GRBs Prospects for detection of high energy neutrinos from GRBs High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts: Theoretical Predictions, Experimental Searches, and Prospects for Detection was originally written as a review submitted for my Ph.D. candidacy paper on Nov 23, 2015. It has been edited for a "Short Read" on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing in Oct 2020. It is a public domain work. Special thanks to the Connolly group at Ohio State University (OSU) and the physics and astronomy departments at OSU. Moreover, I am grateful for the contribution of each and every scientist and author listed in the "References" section of this review. This review would not be possible without their published science and hard work. Please let me know if you find any mistakes or problems, I will fix it. My email is [email protected]. I am happy for this to be a living document. I am anxious to improve it but feel that it needs to be out at this point before that can happen.
Download or read book Solar Neutrino Physics written by Lothar Oberauer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the fascinating interplay between particle physics and astrophysics that highlights the discovery of neutrino oscillations Written by three international experts on the topic, Solar Neutrino Physics offers a review of the status of solar physics with its strong link to neutrino physics. The book explores constitutive physics and the governing equations of standard solar models. The authors also review the theory of neutrinos in the Standard Model and the related detector experiments. The book contains a summary of the results from various experiments and develops a coherent view of the current state-of-the-art of solar neutrino physics. Solar Neutrino Physics shows how solar models can be calibrated with the observational constraints of the age, mass, radius, and luminosity of the sun. The authors present general evolutionary properties of the sun as a star, past and future. They also discuss the solar neutrino production via the pp-chains and CNO-cycle, including the important role of the chemical composition of the sun. A very important source of information about the solar interior is offered by helioseismology, the study of solar oscillations. This important book: Presents a high-level overview of the field of solar neutrino physics Brings together data and their interpretation of results obtained at various solar neutrino observatories Combines the theory of nuclear reactions with solar neutrino experiments Contains a review of SNO+, JUNO, LENA, Hyper-Kamiokande, and DUNE. Written for astronomers, physicists, and high energy physicists, Solar Neutrino Physics contains a review of the field of neutrino physics, the relevant equations, and the impact of matter on the behavior of neutrino oscillations.
Download or read book High Energy Cosmic Rays written by Todor Stanev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an accessible text and reference (a cosmic-ray manual) for graduate students entering the field and high-energy astrophysicists will find this an accessible cosmic-ray manual Easy to read for the general astronomer, the first part describes the standard model of cosmic rays based on our understanding of modern particle physics. Presents the acceleration scenario in some detail in supernovae explosions as well as in the passage of cosmic rays through the Galaxy. Compares experimental data in the atmosphere as well as underground are compared with theoretical models
Download or read book High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma ray Bursts written by Shan Gao and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neutrino astronomy began with the detection of solar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos(SN1987A) and more recently the 37 events in IceCube which are very likelyto be an astrophysical origin. The result from IceCube is perhaps the most excitingdiscovery of the year 2013, capping a several decades long search. Variousastrophysical candidates have been proposed as sources of high energy neutrinos,although the origin of the IceCube neutrinos remains a mystery. Gamma-raybursts (GRBs), the most energetic explosions in the universe, were considered asthe most promising source for high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos (with AGNs).However, a previous search of GRB neutrinos by IceCube surprised the GRB communitywith negative results, challenging the simple standard picture of GRBprompt emission which is called the \internal shock" model. In this thesis we givea closer investigation of this model as well as several leading alternative models.With a careful consideration of the particle physics and the model parameters weshow that the previous negative result with GRB neutrinos is not surprising, andonly those models with extremely optimistic parameters can be ruled out. Wepredict that GRBs are unlikely to be the sole sources of the IceCube events, butsignals of GRB neutrinos may be detected in the near future, with the neutrinotelescopes such as IceCube/DeepCore, KM3Net, ARA, ARIANNA, ANITA etc.
Download or read book Searching for Solar Neutrinos and Building an Open source Future for Neutrino Astronomy written by Jeffrey Phillip Lazar and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its immense success, the Standard Model of particle physics is unable to provide an explanation of the nature of dark matter and the origin of neutrino masses. A desire to jointly explain these two mysteries motivates careful studies of neutrino properties. The goal of this thesis is to explore possible connections of neutrinos to beyond Standard Model physics. In particular, we will focus on searches for high-energy astrophysical neutrinos and develop new tools that undergird these searches. First, we perform an analysis looking for an excess of neutrinos from the direction of the Sun using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Such an excess would be a signature of dark matter captured by scattering on solar nuclei and annihilating to Standard Model particles. In addition, we will describe using this same analysis framework to search for the predicted, but yet-unobserved flux of solar atmospheric neutrinos created when cosmic rays interact and produce meson in the thin solar atmosphere. To perform these analysis, we develop the [chi]aro[nu] package, which simulates the neutrino yields from dark matter annihilation and decay. Next, we will turn our attention to flavor physics, and discuss how new physics may manifest in the ratio of neutrino flavors at Earth. In particular, we will discuss the importance of tau neutrino identification in understanding the flavor triangle.Then we will introduce the TauRunner package which simulates the passage of the highest energy neutrinos through arbitrary media, including previously neglected effects. This new simulation framework will then be applied to simulating ultra-high-mass dark matter in the solar core, in an attempt to evade the solar opacity limit. Finally, we will describe the simulation framework that has been developed for the Tau Air-Shower Mountain-Based Observatory. This proposed, next-generation detector in the Colca Valley of Peru could provide a tau-pure flux of neutrinos in the 1~PeV--100~PeV energy range. Finally, we will describe the Prometheus simulation package, an open-source framework for simulating neutrino telescopes with arbitrary geometries in water and ice. For the first time, this allows for a consistent simulation framework between the global network of neutrino telescopes that is currently being constructed. Furthermore, this allows for the rapid prototyping of new reconstruction and data storage techniques with easy, cross-detector application. We provide two examples of such techniques: a machine-learning-based reconstruction capable of running faster than the trigger rate of neutrino telescopes; and a demonstration of efficiently storing event-level data from neutrino telescopes in quantum memory.
Download or read book Neutrinos in Particle Physics Astronomy and Cosmology written by Zhizhong Xing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to neutrino physics, neutrino astronomy and neutrino cosmology. The intrinsic properties and fundamental interactions of neutrinos are described, as is the phenomenology of lepton flavor mixing, seesaw mechanisms and neutrino oscillations. The cosmic neutrino background, stellar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos and ultrahigh-energy cosmic neutrinos, together with the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry and other roles of massive neutrinos in cosmology, are discussed in detail. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the fields of particle physics, particle astrophysics and cosmology. Dr. Zhizhong Xing is a professor at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Dr. Shun Zhou is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany.
