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UHE and EHE neutrino induced taus inside the Earth

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Tau neutrinos interacting inside the Earth produce τ\tau leptons which thereafter can decay inside the atmosphere. The propagation of extremely energetic \nut's and τ\tau's through the Earth is studied by means of a detailed Monte Carlo simulation, taking into account all major mechanisms of \nut interactions and τ\tau energy loss as well as decay modes. The rates of τ\tau's emerging from the Earth are determined as a function of τ\tau's energy for several cosmic neutrino models.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0205325,
  title  = {UHE and EHE neutrino induced taus inside the Earth},
  author = {S. Bottai and S. Giurgola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0205325},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics