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EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors

  • the POEMMA
  • , JEM-EUSO Collaborations
  • University of Iowa
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • The University of Chicago
  • University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • City University of New York
  • National Institute for Astrophysics
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palemo
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • University of Turin
  • University of Utah
  • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Catania
  • RIKEN
  • RIIKEN
  • Joint Laboratory of Optics
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Slovak Academy of Sciences
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • University of Geneva
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Université de Paris
  • Institute de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
  • University of Warsaw
  • National Centres for Nuclears Research
  • Hokkaido University
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research
  • Fairfield University
  • Abou Bakr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen
  • Nihon University
  • Technical University of Madrid
  • Badji Mokhtar University
  • Center for Development of Advanced Technologies
  • University of Alcalá
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial
  • University of Bari
  • Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica (MCTP)
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • CSEM SA
  • Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
  • Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
  • Shinshu University
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Institute of Space Science ISS
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Kindai University
  • Osaka Metropolitan University
  • University of M'sila
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Konan University
  • International Telematic University Uninettuno
  • National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
  • University of Leon
  • Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics
  • Kyoto University
  • Technical University of Kosice
  • Saitama University
  • Nagoya University
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Chiba University
  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Osaka Electro-Communication University
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
  • Research Unit on Optics and Photonics
  • Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
  • Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
  • Frères Mentouri Constantine 1 University
  • JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
  • Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
  • Kanazawa University
  • Space Regatta Consortium

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Abstract

Multi-messenger observations of transient astrophysical sources have the potential to characterize the highest energy accelerators and the most extreme environments in the Universe. Detection of neutrinos, in particular tau neutrinos generated by neutrino oscillations in transit from their sources to Earth, is possible for neutrino energies above 10 PeV using optical Cherenkov detectors imaging upward-moving extensive air showers (EAS). These EAS are produced from Earth-interacting tau neutrinos leading to tau leptons that subsequently decay in the atmosphere. We compare neutrino detection sensitivities for generic short- and long-burst transient neutrino sources and sensitivities to the diffuse neutrino flux for the second generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super-Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) balloon-borne mission and the proposed space-based Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) mission.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1201
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
StatePublished - 18 Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202123 Jul 2021

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