Sensitivity of a proposed space-based Cherenkov astrophysical-neutrino telescope

Andrii Neronov, Dmitri V. Semikoz, Luis A. Anchordoqui, James H. Adams, and Angela V. Olinto
Phys. Rev. D 95, 023004 – Published 20 January 2017

Abstract

Neutrinos with energies in the PeV to EeV range produce upgoing extensive air showers when they interact underground close enough to the surface of the Earth. We study the possibility for detection of such showers with a system of very wide field-of-view imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, named CHANT (Cherenkov from astrophysical neutrinos telescope), pointing down to a strip below the Earth’s horizon from space. We find that CHANT provides sufficient sensitivity for the study of the astrophysical neutrino flux in a wide energy range, from 10 PeV to 10 EeV. A space-based CHANT system can discover and study in detail the cosmogenic neutrino flux originating from interactions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays in the intergalactic medium.

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  • Received 28 June 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.023004

© 2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

Andrii Neronov1, Dmitri V. Semikoz2, Luis A. Anchordoqui3, James H. Adams4, and Angela V. Olinto5

  • 1Astronomy Department, University of Geneva, Ch. d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
  • 2APC, Universite Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cite, 119 75205 Paris, France and National Research Nuclear University MEPHI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoe highway 31, Moscow 115409, Russia
  • 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York 10468, USA Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York 10016, USA Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West 79 Street, New York 10024, USA
  • 4University of Alabama in Huntsville 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA
  • 5Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

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Vol. 95, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2017

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