Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data

This paper investigates the physics reach of the IceCube neutrino detector when it will have collected a data set of order one million atmospheric neutrinos with energies in the 0.1 \sim 10^4 TeV range. The paper consists of three parts. We first demonstrate how to simulate the detector performance...

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Autores: González García, Ma. Concepción, Halzen, Francis, Maltoni, Michele
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palavra-chave:Partícules (Física nuclear)
Astronomia
Astrofísica
Neutrins
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Neutrinos
Astrophysics
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spelling Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino dataGonzález García, Ma. ConcepciónHalzen, FrancisMaltoni, MichelePartícules (Física nuclear)AstronomiaAstrofísicaNeutrinsParticles (Nuclear physics)NeutrinosAstrophysicsThis paper investigates the physics reach of the IceCube neutrino detector when it will have collected a data set of order one million atmospheric neutrinos with energies in the 0.1 \sim 10^4 TeV range. The paper consists of three parts. We first demonstrate how to simulate the detector performance using relatively simple analytic methods. Because of the high energies of the neutrinos, their oscillations, propagation in the Earth and regeneration due to \tau decay must be treated in a coherent way. We set up the formalism to do this and discuss the implications. In a final section we apply the methods developed to evaluate the potential of IceCube to study new physics beyond neutrino oscillations. Not surprisingly, because of the increased energy and statistics over present experiments, existing bounds on violations of the equivalence principle and of Lorentz invariance can be improved by over two orders of magnitude. The methods developed can be readily applied to other non-conventional physics associated with neutrinos.The American Physical Society2005info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/12519Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.093010Physical Review D, 2005, vol. 71, núm. 9, p. 093010-1-093010-13http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.093010(c) The American Physical Society, 2005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/125192026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
title Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
spellingShingle Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
González García, Ma. Concepción
Partícules (Física nuclear)
Astronomia
Astrofísica
Neutrins
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Neutrinos
Astrophysics
title_short Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
title_full Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
title_fullStr Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
title_full_unstemmed Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
title_sort Physics reach of high-energy and high-statistics IceCube atmospheric neutrino data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González García, Ma. Concepción
Halzen, Francis
Maltoni, Michele
author González García, Ma. Concepción
author_facet González García, Ma. Concepción
Halzen, Francis
Maltoni, Michele
author_role author
author2 Halzen, Francis
Maltoni, Michele
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Partícules (Física nuclear)
Astronomia
Astrofísica
Neutrins
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Neutrinos
Astrophysics
topic Partícules (Física nuclear)
Astronomia
Astrofísica
Neutrins
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Neutrinos
Astrophysics
description This paper investigates the physics reach of the IceCube neutrino detector when it will have collected a data set of order one million atmospheric neutrinos with energies in the 0.1 \sim 10^4 TeV range. The paper consists of three parts. We first demonstrate how to simulate the detector performance using relatively simple analytic methods. Because of the high energies of the neutrinos, their oscillations, propagation in the Earth and regeneration due to \tau decay must be treated in a coherent way. We set up the formalism to do this and discuss the implications. In a final section we apply the methods developed to evaluate the potential of IceCube to study new physics beyond neutrino oscillations. Not surprisingly, because of the increased energy and statistics over present experiments, existing bounds on violations of the equivalence principle and of Lorentz invariance can be improved by over two orders of magnitude. The methods developed can be readily applied to other non-conventional physics associated with neutrinos.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.093010
Physical Review D, 2005, vol. 71, núm. 9, p. 093010-1-093010-13
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.093010
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