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Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We show that the detection of neutrinos from a typical gamma ray burst requires a kilometer-scale detector. We argue that large bursts should be visible with the neutrino telescopes under construction. We emphasize the 3 techniques by which neutrino telescopes can perform this search: by triggering on i) bursts of muons from muon neutrinos, ii) muons from air cascades initiated by high energy gamma rays and iii) showers made by relatively low energy (100\mev\simeq 100\,\mev) electron neutrinos. Timing of neutrino-photon coincidences may yield a measurement of the neutrino mass to order 10510^{-5}~eV, an interesting range in light of the solar neutrino anomaly.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9602038,
  title  = {Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts},
  author = {F. Halzen and G. Jaczko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9602038},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages, Latex 2.09, no figures. Postscript version available at http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1996/madph-96-929.ps.Z or ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1996/madph-96-929.ps.Z

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