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Particle Physics with High Energy Neutrinos

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-11-30 v1

Abstract

The topic of this review is the particle astrophysics of high energy neutrinos. High energy is defined as Eν>100E_{\nu} > 100~MeV. Main topics include: -- atmospheric neutrinos and muons from π\pi, KK and charm decay. They probe uncharted territory in neutrino oscillations and constitute both the background and calibration of high energy neutrino telescopes, -- sources of high energy neutrino beams: the galactic plane, the sun, X-ray binaries, supernova remnants and interactions of extra-galactic cosmic rays with background photons, -- an extensive review of the mechanisms by which active galaxies may produce high energy particle beams, -- high energy neutrino signatures of cold dark matter and, -- a brief review of detection techniques (water and ice Cherenkov detectors, surface detectors, radio- and acoustic detectors, horizontal airshower arrays) and the instruments under construction.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9410384,
  title  = {Particle Physics with High Energy Neutrinos},
  author = {T. K. Gaisser and F. Halzen and T. Stanev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9410384},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

To be published by Physics Reports. Latex file, 66 pages. One large "uufiled" postscript file containing 18 figures included. Compressed postscript file of text and figures available by anonymous ftp at phenom.physics.wisc.edu, directory pub/preprints/1994, file madph-94-847.ps.Z. Hardcopies available upon request. MAD/PH/847