Document Type
Article - post-print
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
In the TeV energy region and above, the uncertainty in the level of prompt atmospheric neutrinos would limit the search for diffuse astrophysical neutrinos. We suggest that neutrino telescopes may provide an empirical determination of the flux of prompt atmospheric electron and muon neutrinos by measuring the flux of prompt down-going muons. Our suggestion is based on the consideration that prompt neutrino and prompt muon fluxes at sea level are almost identical.
Original Publication Citation
Gelmini, G., P. Gondolo, and G. Varieschi, Phys. Rev. D 67, 017301 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.017301
Publisher Statement
This is an author-manuscript of an article accepted for publication in Physical Review D - Particles and Fields following peer review. The version of record is available online at: DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.017301.
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Gelmini, Graciela; Gondolo, Paolo; and Varieschi, Gabriele, "Measuring the prompt atmospheric neutrino flux with down-going muons in neutrino telescopes" (2003). Physics Faculty Works. 48.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/phys_fac/48
