End of the cosmic neutrino energy spectrum

Anchordoqui, L. A.; Barger, V.; Goldberg, H.; Learned, J. G.; Marfatia, D.; Pakvasa, S.; Paul, T. C.; Weiler, T. J.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.10.037

Title: End of the cosmic neutrino energy spectrum

Journal Article · Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.10.037· OSTI ID:1227777

Anchordoqui, L. A.; Barger, V.; Goldberg, H.; Learned, J. G.; Marfatia, D.; Pakvasa, S.; Paul, T. C.;

There may be a high-energy cutoff of neutrino events in IceCube data. In particular, IceCube does not observe either continuum events above 2PeV, or the Standard Model Glashow-resonance events expected at 6.3PeV. There are also no higher energy neutrino signatures in the ANITA and Auger experiments. This absence of high-energy neutrino events motivates a fundamental restriction on neutrino energies above a few PeV. We postulate a simple scenario to terminate the neutrino spectrum that is Lorentz-invariance violating, but with a limiting neutrino velocity that is always smaller than the speed of light. If the limiting velocity of the neutrino applies also to its associated charged lepton, then a significant consequence is that the two-body decay modes of the charged pion are forbidden above two times the maximum neutrino energy, while the radiative decay modes are suppressed at higher energies. Finally, such stabilized pions may serve as cosmic ray primaries.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Hawaii Systems, Honolulu, HI (United States); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010504; FG02-13ER42024; FG05-85ER40226; NNX13AH52G; PHY1053663; PHY-1205854; PHY-0757959

OSTI ID:: 1227777

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1440986

Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Vol. 739 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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