Open issues in neutrino astrophysics
Abstract
Neutrinos of astrophysical origin are messengers produced in stars, in explosive phenomena like core-collapse supernovae, in the accretion disks around black holes, or in the Earth's atmosphere. Their fluxes and spectra encode information on the environments that produce them. Such fluxes are modified in characteristic ways when neutrinos traverse a medium. Here our current understanding of neutrino flavour conversion in media is summarized. The importance of this domain for astrophysical observations is emphasized. Examples are given of the fundamental properties that astrophysical neutrinos have uncovered, or might reveal in the future.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.1681,
title = {Open issues in neutrino astrophysics},
author = {Cristina Volpe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1681},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 9 figures, manuscript improved, to appear in the Special Issue "Precision experiments and fundamental physics at low energies"