Neutrino interactions at ultrahigh energies

1998/07/06 by Raj Gandhi, Chris Quigg, Mary Hall Reno +2 · 25 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Electron #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Resonance (particle physics) #Scattering #astro-ph #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.58.093009

published as Phys.Rev.D58:093009,1998 · 32 pages, 11 figures, uses RevTeX and boxedeps

arxiv created 1998/07/06 · openalex publication_date 1998/09/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We report new calculations of the cross sections for deeply inelastic neutrino-nucleon scattering at neutrino energies between 10⁹eV and 10²¹eV. We compare with results in the literature and assess the reliability of our predictions. For completeness, we briefly review the cross sections for neutrino interactions with atomic electrons, emphasizing the role of the W-boson resonance in \ensuremathν_ee interactions for neutrino energies in the neighborhood of 6.3 PeV. Adopting model predictions for extraterrestrial neutrino fluxes from active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursters, and the collapse of topological defects, we estimate event rates in large-volume water \ifmmode \checkC\else \vC\fierenkov detectors and large-area ground arrays.

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