Related papers: Atmospheric and galactic tau neutrinos
Neutrinos with energy greater than GeV are copiously produced in the p(A,p) interactions occurring in several astrophysical sites such as (i) the earth atmosphere, (ii) our galactic plane as well as in (iii) the galaxy clusters. A…
We compare the tau neutrino flux arising from the galaxy and the earth atmosphere for $10^{3} \leq E/{GeV} \leq 10^{11}$. The intrinsic and oscillated tau neutrino fluxes from both sources are considered. We find that, for $E\geq 10^3$ GeV,…
We point out the opportunity of the tau neutrino astronomy for the neutrino energy E ranging between 10 GeV and 10^3 GeV. In this energy range, the intrinsic tau neutrino production is suppressed relative to the intrinsic muon neutrino…
We compare the tau neutrino flux arising from the galaxy and the earth atmosphere for 10^3 < E/GeV < 10^11. The intrinsic and oscillated tau neutrino fluxes from both sources are calculated. The intrinsic galactic \nu_{\tau} flux (E > 10^3…
We point out the opportunity of tau neutrino astronomy for neutrino energies of the order of 10 GeV to 10$^{3}$ GeV. In this energy range, it is demonstrated that the flavor dependence in the background atmospheric neutrino flux leads to…
Downward going atmospheric tau neutrino flux is estimated in the presence of three neutrino flavor oscillations for 1 GeV < E < 10^3 GeV. The relative differences between the three and purely two neutrino flavor oscillations are elaborated.…
High energy tau neutrinos with energy greater than several thousands of GeV may be produced in some astrophysical sites. A summary of the intrinsic high energy tau neutrino flux estimates from some representative astrophysical sites is…
High-energy muon- and electron-neutrinos yield a non-negligible flux of tau neutrinos as they propagate through Earth. In this letter, we address the impact of this additional component in the PeV and EeV energy regimes for the first time.…
We present a semi-analytic calculation on the atmospheric tau neutrino flux in the GeV to TeV energy range. The atmospheric $\nu_{\tau}$ flux is calculated for the entire zenith angle range. This flux is contributed by the oscillations of…
This talk is a status report on calculations of the flux of atmospheric neutrinos from the sub-GeV range to E_\nu ~ PeV. In the lower energy range (E_\nu < 1 TeV) the primary interest is in using the atmospheric neutrino beam to study…
Aspects related to production, propagation and prospects for observationsof high energy astrophysical tau neutrinos originating from some representativeextra terrestrial sources such as atmosphere of earth, our galactic plane as well as…
Production of the expected high energy neutrino flux with energy greater than tens of thousands of GeV in some astrophysical sites such as the galactic plane as well as the centers of some distant galaxies is reviewed. The expected changes…
We evaluate the flux of tau neutrinos produced from the decay of pair produced taus from incident muons using a cascade equation analysis. To solve the cascade equations, our numerical result for the tau production $Z$ moment is given. Our…
High-energy (TeV-PeV) cosmic neutrinos are expected to be produced in extremely energetic astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has recently detected a diffuse astrophysical…
The intrinsic tau neutrino flux from cosmological and astrophysical sources has usually been considered negligible in comparison to the electron and muon neutrino fluxes. However, the inclusion of the tau neutrino component coming from…
The collisions between accelerated protons and the photons present in cosmos can be a main source of high-energy neutrinos (E \geq 10^6 GeV) of all flavors above the atmospheric neutrino background. I discuss here the possibility of…
I discuss the possibility of production of high energy cosmic tau neutrinos ($E \geq 10^{6}$ GeV) in an astrophysical site and study some of the effects of neutrino mixing on their subsequent propagation. I also discuss the prospects for…
We compare several different calculations of the atmospheric neutrino flux in the energy range relevant for contained neutrino interactions, and we identify the major sources of difference among the calculations. We find nothing that would…
We present an evaluation of the atmospheric tau neutrino flux in the energy range between $10^2$ and $10^6$ GeV. The main source of tau neutrinos is from charmed particle production and decay. The $\nu_\tau N\to \tau X$ event rate for a…
We study prospects for the observations of high-energy cosmic tau neutrinos (E \geq 10^6 GeV) originating from proton acceleration in the cores of active galactic nuclei. We consider the possibility that vacuum flavor neutrino oscillations…