Influence of the photonuclear effect on electron-neutrino-induced electromagnetic cascades under the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal regime in standard rock

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Tartare, Mathieu, Lebrun, Didier, Montanet, François
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 29.11.2012
• Subjects: Bremsstrahlung; Cascades; Computer simulation; Electrons; Fluorescence; Fluxes; Leptons; Neutrinos; Pair production; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; Showers; Telescopes

The observation of earth skimming neutrinos has been proposed as a rather sensitive method to detect ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic neutrinos. Energetic cosmic neutrinos can interact inside the rock and produce leptons via a charged current interaction. In the case of an incoming electron neutrino u...