Calculation of high energy neutrino-nucleon cross sections and uncertainties using the Martin-Stirling-Thorne-Watt parton distribution functions and implications for future experiments

被引：136

作者：

Connolly, Amy ^{[1
,2
]}

Thorne, Robert S. ^{[3
]}

Waters, David ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[2] Ohio State Univ, CCAPP, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[3] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2011年 / 83卷 / 11期

基金：

英国科学技术设施理事会;

关键词：

COHERENT RADIO EMISSION; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; DIMENSIONS; MILLIMETER; SPECTRUM; CHARGE; RAYS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.83.113009

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present a new calculation of the cross sections for charged current and neutral current vN and (v) over barN interactions in the neutrino energy range 10(4) < E-v < 10(12) GeV using the most recent Martin-Stirling-Thorne- Watt (MSTW) parton distribution functions (PDFs), MSTW 2008. We also present the associated uncertainties propagated from the PDFs, as well as parametrizations of the cross section central values, their uncertainty bounds, and the inelasticity distributions for ease of use in Monte Carlo simulations. For the latter we only provide parametrizations for energies above 10(7) GeV. Finally, we assess the feasibility of future neutrino experiments to constrain the vN cross section in the ultrahigh energy regime using a technique that is independent of the flux spectrum of incident neutrinos. A significant deviation from the predicted standard model cross sections could be an indication of new physics, such as extra space-time dimensions, and we present expected constraints on such models as a function of the number of events observed in a future subterranean neutrino detector.

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