利用宇宙学和天体物理学中微子研究宇宙和中微子本身
Studying Both the Universe and Neutrinos Themselves Using Cosmic and Astrophysical Neutrinos
摘要:
随着中微子天文学刚刚开始萌芽,探测宇宙中微子背景的前景比以往任何时候都更接近,我们生活在一个独特的时代,不仅有机会用这种新颖的探测器来研究宇宙,而且反过来利用宇宙作为研究中微子本身的实验室。本论文的目的是利用我们的标准模型、引力透镜、逆β衰变和中微子自旋的推论来阐述一些抓住这个机会的方法,以实现我们的目标。从理论上讲,这些工具被证明是有洞察力和令人印象深刻的,但在实验精度和某些天体物理事件的低利率的困难阻碍了这些机制的能力。无论如何,中微子天文学的未来肯定是光明的。
英文摘要:
With neutrino astronomy just beginning to burgeon, and the prospects of detecting the cosmic neutrino background closer than ever, we live in an era with the unique opportunity not only to investigate the universe with this novel probe, but conversely to utilise the cosmos as a laboratory to study neutrinos themselves. This thesis aims to expound on some of the ways to seize this opportunity, using corollaries of our standard model, gravitational lensing, inverse beta decay, and the neutrino's spin to achieve our goals. Theoretically, these tools prove insightful and impressive, but difficulties in experimental precision and a low rate of certain astrophysical events hinder the capabilities of these mechanisms. Regardless, the future of neutrino astronomy is certainly bright.
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