학술논문

The high-energy galactic tau neutrino flux and its atmospheric background
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Eur.Phys.J.C33:s959,2004
Subject
Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Language
Abstract
We compare the tau neutrino flux arising from the galaxy and the earth atmosphere for $10^{3} \leq E/{GeV} \leq 10^{11}$. The intrinsic and oscillated tau neutrino fluxes from both sources are considered. We find that, for $E\geq 10^3$ GeV, the oscillated $\nu_{\tau}$ flux along the galactic plane dominates over the maximal intrinsic atmospheric $\nu_{\tau}$ flux, i.e., the flux along the horizontal direction. We also briefly comment on the prospects for observing these high-energy tau neutrinos.
Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, talk presented in EPS03, Aachen, Germany