2005/04/27 by E. Zas, Enrique Zas · 86 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Air shower #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atmosphere (unit) #Cosmic ray #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Detector #Energy (signal processing) #Measurements of neutrino speed #Meteorology #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics #Physics #Solar neutrino #Solar neutrino problem #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/130
published in New Journal of Physics 7, 130 (IOP Publishing) · Submitted to New Journal of Physics
arxiv created 2005/04/27 · openalex publication_date 2005/05/23 · arxiv updated 2011/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
The possibilities of detecting high-energy neutrinos through inclined showers produced in the atmosphere are addressed with an emphasis on the detection of air showers by arrays of particle detectors. Rates of inclined showers produced by both down-going neutrino interactions and by up-coming τ decays from Earth-skimming neutrinos as a function of shower energy are calculated with analytical methods using two sample neutrino fluxes with different spectral indices. The relative contributions from different flavours and charged, neutral current and resonant interactions are compared for down-going neutrinos interacting in the atmosphere. No detailed description of detectors is attempted but rough energy thresholds are implemented to establish the ranges of energies which are more suitable for neutrino detection through inclined showers. Down-going and up-coming rates are compared.