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Tau neutrino fluxes from atmospheric charm

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We present an evaluation of the atmospheric tau neutrino flux in the energy range between 10210^2 and 10610^6 GeV. The main source of tau neutrinos is from charmed particle production and decay. The ντNτX\nu_\tau N\to \tau X event rate for a detector with a water equivalent volume of 1 km3^3 is on the order of 60-100 events per year for Eτ>100E_\tau>100 GeV, reducing to 18 events above 1 TeV. Event rates for atmospheric muon neutrino oscillations to tau neutrinos are also evaluated.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9811268,
  title  = {Tau neutrino fluxes from atmospheric charm},
  author = {L. Pasquali and M. H. Reno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9811268},
  year   = {2009}
}

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