Prospects for Lunar Satellite Detection of Radio Pulses from Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos Interacting with the Moon

Journal Article · Fri Feb 16 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.071103· OSTI ID:20955461

Staal, O ^[1]; Bergman, J E. S. ^[1]; Thide, B; Daldorff, L K. S. ^[1]; Ingelman, G ^[2]

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1. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 537, SE-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)
2. High Energy Physics, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 535, SE-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)

The Moon provides a huge effective detector volume for ultrahigh energy cosmic neutrinos, which generate coherent radio pulses in the lunar surface layer due to the Askaryan effect. In light of presently considered lunar missions, we propose radio measurements from a Moon-orbiting satellite. First systematic Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate the detectability of Askaryan pulses from neutrinos with energies above 10{sup 20} eV at the very low fluxes predicted in different scenarios.

• OSTI ID: 20955461
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 98; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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