Lunar neutrino physics
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· AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)
OSTI ID:6514814
- Department of Physics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI (USA) Department of Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI (USA)
The possibilities of the use of the moon as a base for conducting neutrino physics are examined, exphasizing neutrino astronomy. The principle advantage of the moon for this research is freedom from the atmospheric layer of the earth: cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere generate a rather copious source of neutrinos, which are a terrestrially inescapable diffuse background to neutrino astronomy. The cosmic ray generated neutrinos on earth are also a limiting background for other sensitive particle physics experiments, typically those performed underground.
- OSTI ID:
- 6514814
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8905272--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 202:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
COSMIC RADIATION
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
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NEUTRINO DETECTION
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PLANNING
RADIATION DETECTION
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SATELLITES
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC NEUTRINOS
COSMIC RADIATION
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MOON
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
PLANNING
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SATELLITES
TEV RANGE