High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy

Journal Article · Fri Dec 10 04:00:00 EST 2004 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1848331· OSTI ID:20630492

Halzen, Francis ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706 (United States)

Kilometer-scale neutrino detectors such as IceCube are discovery instruments covering nuclear and particle physics, cosmology and astronomy. Examples of their multidisciplinary missions include the search for the particle nature of dark matter and for additional small dimensions of space. In the end, their conceptual design is very much anchored to the observational fact that Nature accelerates protons and photons to energies in excess of 1020 and 1013 eV, respectively. The cosmic ray connection sets the scale of cosmic neutrino fluxes. In this context, we discuss the first results of the completed AMANDA detector and the reach of its extension, IceCube. Similar experiments are under construction in the Mediterranean. Neutrino astronomy is also expanding in new directions with efforts to detect air showers, acoustic and radio signals initiated by super-EeV neutrinos.

• OSTI ID: 20630492
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 743; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ASTRONOMY
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COSMIC SHOWERS
COSMOLOGY
EEV RANGE
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PROTONS
RADIATION DETECTORS