1996/02/07 by F. Halzen, Halzen, F., Gregory Jaczko +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Neutrino Physics Research #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9602038
12 pages, Latex 2.09, no figures. Postscript version available at http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1996/madph-96-929.ps.Z or ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1996/madph-96-929.ps.Z
arxiv created 1996/02/07 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We show that the detection of neutrinos from a typical gamma ray burst requires a kilometer-scale detector. We argue that large bursts should be visible with the neutrino telescopes under construction. We emphasize the 3 techniques by which neutrino telescopes can perform this search: by triggering on i) bursts of muons from muon neutrinos, ii) muons from air cascades initiated by high energy gamma rays and iii) showers made by relatively low energy (≃ 100 \mev) electron neutrinos. Timing of neutrino-photon coincidences may yield a measurement of the neutrino mass to order 10-5~eV, an interesting range in light of the solar neutrino anomaly.