Prospects for observations of high-energy cosmic tau neutrinos

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作者
Athar, H [1 ]
Parente, G [1 ]
Zas, E [1 ]
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[1] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Dept Fis Particulas, E-15706 Santiago De Compostela, Spain
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10.1103/PhysRevD.62.093010
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P1 [天文学];
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We study the prospects for the observation of high-energy cosmic tau neutrinos (E greater than or equal to 10(6) GeV) originating from proton acceleration in the cores of active galactic nuclei. We consider the possibility that vacuum flavor neutrino oscillations induce a tau to muon neutrino flux ratio greatly exceeding the rather small value expected from intrinsic production. The criteria and event rates for under water or ice light Cerenkov neutrino telescopes are given by considering the possible detection of downgoing high-energy cosmic tau neutrinos through characteristic double shower events.
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