The future of supernova neutrino detection. [SN 1987A]

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.3361· OSTI ID:7301937

Burrows, A; Klein, D; Gandhi, R ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (United States)

By a series of independent decisions, an international network of massive underground neutrino detectors is being established whose collective sensitivity to supernova neutrinos will be unprecedented. Individually and in coordinated fashion, these detectors could provide temporal, energetic, angular, and flavor information for any stellar collapse in our Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, or the Small Magellanic Cloud. In this paper, we construct a detailed fiducial model of supernova neutrino bursts that incorporates the numerous emission features derived and predicted by supernova and protoneutron star theorists during the last decade. With this generic model, we calculate and predict the response of representative {hacek C}erenkov and scintillation neutrino telescopes to a nearby neutrino burst. The strengths and weaknesses of the various detectors are highlighted and explored. We focus on the information-rich features of the neutrino signal that were not detectable from SN 1987A. In addition, we investigate the effect of a nonzero neutrino mass on the detected signals. The latter study focuses on what can be derived with {ital high}{minus}{ital resolution} observations of a galactic collapse.

• OSTI ID: 7301937
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 45:10; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SUPERNOVAE
NEUTRINO DETECTION
BINDING ENERGY
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
ELECTRON NEUTRINOS
GALAXIES
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
MASS
MUON NEUTRINOS
NEUTRON STARS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
TAU NEUTRINOS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
FERMIONS
HEAVY LEPTONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NEUTRINOS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
STARS
VARIABLE STARS
662320* - Neutrino Interactions- (1992-)
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