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The observation of cosmic--ray events above the Greisen-Kuzmin-Zatsepin (GZK) cutoff of $\sim 5\times 10^{19}$ eV challenges orthodox modeling. We discuss a possible solution which uses standard hot Big Bang cosmology and Standard Model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas J. Weiler

Considering heavy stable neutrinos of 4th generation we calculate the relic density of such neutrinos in the Universe. Taking into account the condensation of heavy neutrinos in the Galaxy and applying the results of calculations to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 D. Fargion , M. Yu. Khlopov , R. V. Konoplich , R. Mignani

Relic neutrinos with mass 0.07 (+0.02/-0.04) eV, in the range consistent with Super-Kamiokande data, can explain the cosmic rays with energies in excess of the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff. The spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Graciela Gelmini , Alexander Kusenko

The cosmic neutrino background (C$\nu$B) can be boosted to high energies due to scatterings with energetic cosmic rays (CRs) across cosmological scales. Previous calculations focused on neutral current incoherent and coherent elastic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-16 Gonzalo Herrera , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Xiaolin Qi , Ian M. Shoemaker

The KArlsruhe TRitium Neutrino mass experiment, KATRIN, aims to search for the mass of the electron neutrino with a sensitivity of 0.2 eV/c^2 (90% C.L.) and a detection limit of 0.35 eV/c^2 (5 sigma). Both a positive or a negative result…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2010-11-22 Marcus Beck

I give a brief discussion of possible sources of high energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin over the energy range from $\sim 10^{12}$ eV to $\sim 10^{25}$ eV. In particular I shall review predictions of the diffuse neutrino intensity.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. J. Protheroe

We investigate the impact of prior models on the upper bound of the sum of neutrino masses, $\sum m_{\nu}$. We use data from Large Scale Structure of galaxies, Cosmic Microwave Background, Type Ia SuperNovae, and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.…

We point out that, for Dirac neutrinos, in addition to the standard thermal cosmic neutrino background (C$\nu$B) there could also exist a non-thermal neutrino background with comparable number density. As the right-handed components are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-01-08 Mu-Chun Chen , Michael Ratz , Andreas Trautner

We consider limits on the local ($z=0$) density ($n_0$) of extragalactic neutrino sources set by the nondetection of steady high-energy neutrino sources producing $\gtrsim50$ TeV muon multiplets in the present IceCube data, taking into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-16 Kohta Murase , Eli Waxman

Since the discovery of neutrino oscillations, it is known that neutrinos have small but non-zero masses. The neutrino mass scale, which is of fundamental importance for cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics, can be measured directly…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-01-13 Guido Drexlin , Christian Weinheimer

Resonant annihilation of extremely high-energy cosmic neutrinos on big-bang relic anti-neutrinos (and vice versa) into Z-bosons leads to sizable absorption dips in the neutrino flux to be observed at Earth. The high-energy edges of these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Birgit Eberle , Andreas Ringwald , Liguo Song , Thomas J. Weiler

Past and current direct neutrino mass experiments set limits on the so-called effective neutrino mass, which is an incoherent sum of neutrino masses and lepton mixing matrix elements. The electron energy spectrum which neglects the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-15 Guo-yuan Huang , Werner Rodejohann , Shun Zhou

We present a new upper limit of sum m_{\nu} eV < 0.28 (95% CL) on the sum of the neutrino masses assuming a flat LCDM cosmology. This relaxes slightly to sum m_{\nu} < 0.34 and sum m_{\nu} < 0.47 when quasi non-linear scales are removed and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Shaun A. Thomas , Filipe B. Abdalla , Ofer Lahav

The feasibility of a European next-generation very massive neutrino observatory in seven potential candidate sites located at distances from CERN ranging from 130 km to 2300 km, is being considered within the LAGUNA design study. The study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-10 A. Rubbia

Low-energy neutrinos from the cosmic background are captured by objects in the sky that contain material susceptible of single beta decay. Neutrons, which compose most of a neutron star, capture low-energy neutrinos from the cosmic neutrino…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Beatriz Hernandez-Molinero , Raul Jimenez , Carlos Peña Garay

The KATRIN experiment aims to determine the absolute neutrino mass by measuring the endpoint region of the tritium $\beta$ spectrum. As a large-scale experiment with a sharp energy resolution, high source luminosity and low background it…

The \underline{KA}rlsruhe \underline{TRI}tium \underline{N}eutrino Mass Experiment is a next generation tritium beta decay experiment designed to reach a sensitivity of $0.2~ \mathrm{eV}/\mathrm{c}^2$. KATRIN will allow to investigate the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Lutz Bornschein

Probably the most promising way of detecting cosmic neutrinos is measuring the mechanical force exerted by elastic scattering of cosmic neutrinos from macroscopic targets. The expected acceleration is $\sim 10^{-23} cm/s^2$ for Dirac…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Hagmann

We analyse the possible role of new interactions of neutrino in the forthcoming tritium beta decay experiment KATRIN aimed at detecting the neutrino mass with the sensitivity of 0.3 - 0.2 eV. It is shown that under certain circumstances the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Yu. Ignatiev , B. H. J. McKellar

In order to facilitate the identification of possible new physics signatures in neutrino telescopes, such as neutrinos from the annihilation of neutralinos or decaying relics, it is essential to gain full control over the astrophysical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Karl Mannheim