2005/08/09 by Vítor Cardoso, V. Cardoso, M. C. Espirito Santo +16
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0508102
Proceedings of 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC) 2005, Pune, India. 4 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2005/08/09 · openalex publication_date 2005/08/09 · arxiv updated 2016/09/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Searches for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics are performed at accelerators worldwide. Although having poorer detection capabilities and large beam uncertainties, ultra high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) experiments present a unique opportunity to look for new physics far beyond the TeV. Nearly horizontal energetic neutrinos, seeing a large atmospheric target volume and with negligible background from "ordinary" cosmic rays, are ideal to explore rare processes. The sensitivity of present and planned experiments to different new physics scenarios is estimated, including mini black-holes, excited leptons and leptoquarks.