Experimental High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics

Journal Article · Wed Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2125663· OSTI ID:20719478

Distefano, Carla ^[1]

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1. Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)

Neutrinos are considered promising probes for high energy astrophysics. More than four decades after deep water Cerenkov technique was proposed to detect high energy neutrinos. Two detectors of this type are successfully taking data: BAIKAL and AMANDA. They have demonstrated the feasibility of the high energy neutrino detection and have set first constraints on TeV neutrino production astrophysical models. The quest for the construction of km3 size detectors have already started: in the South Pole, the IceCube neutrino telescope is under construction; the ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR Collaborations are working towards the installation of a neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea.

• OSTI ID: 20719478
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 794, Issue 1; Conference: IFAE 2005: 17. Italian meeting on high energy physics, Catania (Italy), 30 Mar - 2 Apr 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2125663; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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