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Title: Tau Neutrinos and Upward-Going Air Showers:Stochastic Vs. Continuous Energy Loss

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1561537

We discuss the detection of cosmic neutrinos by using the Earth as a tau neutrino converter for upward-going extensive air showers from tau decays and quantify the experimental detection capability based on our calculation, including using the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) for optical air Cherenkov detection. The sensitivity of POEMMA is also be discussed. We consider strategies and differences involved in modeling the Earth (shells or continuously varying density) and tau energy loss as it propagates, as stochastic compared to continuous.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1561537
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-POSTER-19-092-ND; oai:inspirehep.net:1753551
Resource Relation:
Conference: 12th International Neutrino Summer School, Batavia, IL, USA, 08/05-08/16/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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