Neutrino Absorption in the Earth, Neutrino Cross-Sections, and New Physics

2013/04/17 by Spencer R. Klein, A. Connolly, Klein, Spencer R. +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph.HE #hep-ph #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.4891

2 pages; white paper for Snowmass Cosmic Frontier process

arxiv created 2013/04/17 · openalex publication_date 2013/04/17 · arxiv updated 2013/04/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Large neutrino telescopes can measure the neutrino-nucleon cross-section by studying neutrino absorption in the Earth.

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