High-energy neutrinos, arising from decays of mesons produced through the collisions of cosmic ray particles with air nuclei, form the background in the astrophysical neutrino detection problem. An ambiguity in high-energy behavior of pion and especially kaon production cross sections for nucleon-nucleus collisions may affect essentially the calculated neutrino flux. We present results of the calculation of the energy spectrum and zenith-angle distribution of the muon and electron atmospheric neutrinos in the energy range 10 GeV to 10 PeV. The calculation was performed with usage of known hadronic models (QGSJET-II-03, SIBYLL 2.1, Kimel & Mokhov) for two of the primary spectrum parametrizations, by Gaisser & Honda and by Zatsepin & Sokolskaya. The comparison of the calculated muon neutrino spectrum with the IceCube40 experiment data make it clear that even at energies above 100 TeV the prompt neutrino contribution is not so apparent because of tangled uncertainties of the strange (kaons) and charm (D-mesons) particle production cross sections. An analytic description of calculated neutrino fluxes is presented.
Refining the Greisen Profile for Low-Energy Cosmic Gamma-Rays: Quantifying Deviations Across Altitudes and Zenith Angles
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(费德里科·圣玛丽亚技术大学);Millennium Institute for Subatomic physics at high energy frontier (SAPHIR)(高能前沿亚原子物理学千年研究所(SAPHIR));Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso(瓦拉帕莱索天主教 Pontificia 大学);Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso(瓦拉帕莱索天主教 Pontificia 大学物理研究所);Departamento de Informática, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(费德里科·圣玛丽亚技术大学计算机系);Centro Cientifico Tecnólogico de Valparaíso (CCTVal), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(瓦尔帕莱索科技科学中心(CCTVal),费德里科·圣玛丽亚技术大学)
Atmospheric neutrinos with the first detection units of KM3NeT/ARCA
KM 3 NeT合作正在地中海建造两个深海切伦科夫探测器。ARCA探测器的目标是TeV-PeV中微子天文学,而ORCA探测器则是针对几个GeV能量的大气中微子振荡研究而优化的。在这方面的贡献,与第一次部署的检测单元的ARCA探测器收集的数据进行了分析。选择了一个高纯度的大气中微子样品,证明了ARCA探测器的能力。
Enhanced All-Distance Equi-Zenith Angle Method for Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy Measurement
Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院紫金山天文台);University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院高能物理研究所);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Tianfu Cosmic Ray Research Center(天府宇宙线研究中心)