Neutrino astronomy

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5044764

Schramm, D N

Current knowledge and proposed experiments in the field of neutrino astronomy are reviewed, with particular emphasis on expected sources and existing and proposed detectors for intermediate-energy (10 to 50 MeV) and ultrahigh energy (greater than 10 GeV) neutrinos. Following a brief discussion of the counting rate obtained in the solar neutrino experiment of Davis (1978) and possible statistical sources for the discrepancy between the expected and observed rates, consideration is given to the physics of neutrino ejection in stellar gravitational collapse and sources of high-energy proton collisions giving rise to ultrahigh energy neutrinos. The capabilities of operating Cerenkov detectors at the Homestake Gold Mine, the Mt. Blanc Tunnel and in the Soviet Caucasus are considered in relation to the detection of gravitational collapse in the center of the galaxy, and it is pointed out that neutrino detectors offer a more reliable means of detecting collapses in the Galaxy than do gravitational wave detectors. The possibility of using Cerenkov detectors for ultrahigh energy neutrino detection is also indicated, and applications of large neutrino detectors such as the proposed DUMAND array to measure the lifetime of the proton are discussed.

• Research Organization: Chicago, University, Chicago, Ill.
• OSTI ID: 5044764
• Report Number(s): CONF-781245-
• Journal Information: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 336; Conference: 13. Texas conference on relativistic astrophysics, Munich, F.R. Germany, 14 Dec 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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