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Title: High-energy neutrino deep inelastic scattering cross sections

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
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  1. Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China); Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (MOE), Shanghai (China)
  3. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

We present a state-of-the-art prediction for cross sections of neutrino deep inelastic scattering (DIS) from nucleon at high neutrino energies, Ev, up to 1000 EeV (1012 GeV). Our calculations are based on the latest CT18 NNLO parton distribution functions (PDFs) and their associated uncertainties. To make predictions for the highest energies, we extrapolate the PDFs to small x according to several procedures and assumptions, thus affecting the uncertainties at ultrahigh Ev; we quantify the uncertainties corresponding to these choices. Similarly, we quantify the uncertainties introduced by the nuclear corrections that are required to evaluate neutrino-nuclear cross sections for the neutrino observatories. These results can be applied to currently running astrophysical neutrino observatories, such as IceCube and KM3NeT, as well as various future experiments that have been proposed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; SC0007914
OSTI ID:
2474476
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 109; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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