Connection between relic neutrinos and cosmic rays at {approx_gt}10{sup 20};eV?

doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56587

Title: Connection between relic neutrinos and cosmic rays at {approx_gt}10{sup 20};eV?

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The observation of cosmic-ray events above the Greisen{endash}Kuzmin{endash}Zatsepin (GZK) cutoff of 5{times}10{sup 19}&hthinsp;eV challenges orthodox modeling. We discuss a possible solution which uses Standard Model (SM) physics augmented only by {approx_lt} eV neutrino masses as suggested by solar, atmospheric, and terrestrial neutrino detection and the cosmological preference for a hot dark matter component. In this scheme, cosmic ray neutrinos from distant, highest-energy sources annihilate relatively nearby on the relic-neutrino background to produce {open_quotes}Z-bursts{close_quotes}, highly-collimated, highly-boosted ({gamma}{sub Z}{approximately}10{sup 11}) hadronic jets. ¿From the SM and hot Big Bang cosmology, the probability for each neutrino flavor at its resonant energy to annihilate within the halo of our galactic supercluster is likely within an order of magnitude of 1{percent}. The kinematics of the annihilation are completely determined by the neutrino masses and the properties of the {ital Z} boson. The burst energy is E{sub R}=4&hthinsp;(eV/m{sub {nu}}){times}10{sup 21}&hthinsp;eV, and the burst content includes, on average, thirty photons and 2.7 nucleons with super-GZK energies. Several tests of the neutrino annihilation hypothesis are indicated. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

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Weiler, T J ^[1]

Department of Physics Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 (United States)

Publication Date:: 1998-10-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 365839

Report Number(s):: CONF-980455-
Journal ID: APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9903M0037

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-85ER40226

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 444; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: SILAFAE `98: 2. Latin America symposium on particle and high energy physics, San Juan (Puerto Rico), 1-11 Apr 1998; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1998

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 66 PHYSICS; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC PROTONS; PEV RANGE; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS

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@article{osti_365839,

  title        = {Connection between relic neutrinos and cosmic rays at {approx_gt}10{sup 20};eV?},

  author       = {Weiler, T J},

  abstractNote = {The observation of cosmic-ray events above the Greisen{endash}Kuzmin{endash}Zatsepin (GZK) cutoff of 5{times}10{sup 19}&hthinsp;eV challenges orthodox modeling. We discuss a possible solution which uses Standard Model (SM) physics augmented only by {approx_lt} eV neutrino masses as suggested by solar, atmospheric, and terrestrial neutrino detection and the cosmological preference for a hot dark matter component. In this scheme, cosmic ray neutrinos from distant, highest-energy sources annihilate relatively nearby on the relic-neutrino background to produce {open_quotes}Z-bursts{close_quotes}, highly-collimated, highly-boosted ({gamma}{sub Z}{approximately}10{sup 11}) hadronic jets. ¿From the SM and hot Big Bang cosmology, the probability for each neutrino flavor at its resonant energy to annihilate within the halo of our galactic supercluster is likely within an order of magnitude of 1{percent}. The kinematics of the annihilation are completely determined by the neutrino masses and the properties of the {ital Z} boson. The burst energy is E{sub R}=4&hthinsp;(eV/m{sub {nu}}){times}10{sup 21}&hthinsp;eV, and the burst content includes, on average, thirty photons and 2.7 nucleons with super-GZK energies. Several tests of the neutrino annihilation hypothesis are indicated. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.56587},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/365839},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number       = 1,

  volume       = 444,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1998},

  month        = {10}

}

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