IceCube: The Rationale for Kilometer-Scale Neutrino Detectors
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2009-10-05 v1
Abstract
At a time when IceCube is nearing completion, we revisit the rationale for constructing kilometer-scale neutrino detectors. We focus on the prospect that such observatories reveal the still-enigmatic sources of cosmic rays. While only a "smoking gun" is missing for the case that the Galactic component of the cosmic-ray spectrum originates in supernova remnants, the origin of the extragalactic component remains a mystery. We speculate on neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts and active galaxies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.0436,
title = {IceCube: The Rationale for Kilometer-Scale Neutrino Detectors},
author = {Francis Halzen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0436},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 6 figures, from a talk presented at the 21st Rencontres de Blois, "Windows on the Universe", resubmitted to correct a figure