Tau neutrinos interacting inside the Earth produce τ leptons which thereafter can decay inside the atmosphere. The propagation of extremely energetic \nut's and τ'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 energy loss as well as decay modes. The rates of τ's emerging from the Earth are determined as a function of τ's energy for several cosmic neutrino models.
@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