Diffuse supernova neutrinos at underground laboratories

2010/07/31 by Cecilia Lunardini · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph.CO #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.02.005

published as Astropart.Phys. 79 (2016) 49-77 · latex, 94 pages. 35 figures and 13 tables. Version extensively updated. Accepted in Astroparticle Physics

openalex publication_date 2016/02/20 · arxiv created 2016/05/22 · arxiv updated 2016/05/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

I review the physics of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino flux (or Background, DSNB), in the context of future searches at the next generation of neutrino observatories. The theory of the DSNB is discussed in its fundamental elements, namely the cosmological rate of supernovae, neutrino production inside a core collapse supernova, redshift, and flavor oscillation effects. The current upper limits are also reviewed, and results are shown for the rates and energy distributions of the events expected at future liquid argon and liquid scintillator detectors of O(10) kt mass, and water Cherenkov detectors up to a 0.5 Mt mass. Perspectives are given on the significance of future observations of the DSNB, both at the discovery and precision phases, for the investigation of the physics of supernovae and of the properties of the neutrino.

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