Revealing the Supernova-Gamma-Ray Burst Connection with TeV Neutrinos

Journal Article · Fri Aug 05 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.061103· OSTI ID:20699277

Ando, Shin'ichiro ^[1]; Beacom, John F ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
2. Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (United States)

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are rare, powerful explosions displaying highly relativistic jets. It has been suggested that a significant fraction of the much more frequent core-collapse supernovae are accompanied by comparably energetic but mildly relativistic jets, which would indicate an underlying supernova-GRB connection. We calculate the neutrino spectra from the decays of pions and kaons produced in jets in supernovae, and show that the kaon contribution is dominant and provides a sharp break near 20 TeV, which is a sensitive probe of the conditions inside the jet. For a supernova at 10 Mpc, 30 events above 100 GeV are expected in a 10 s burst in the IceCube detector.

• OSTI ID: 20699277
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 95; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
EXPLOSIONS
JETS
KAONS
PARTICLE DECAY
PIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SPECTRA
STELLAR RADIATION
SUPERNOVAE
TEV RANGE 10-100