EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors
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2021-07-12
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Reno, Mary Hall et al.; EAS optical Cherenkov signatures of tau neutrinos for space and suborbital detectors; 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 12-23 July 2021; https://pos.sissa.it/395/1201/pdf
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Multi-messenger observations of transient astrophysical sources have the potential to characterize
the highest energy accelerators and the most extreme environments in the Universe. Detection of
neutrinos, in particular tau neutrinos generated by neutrino oscillations in transit from their sources
to Earth, is possible for neutrino energies above 10 PeV using optical Cherenkov detectors imaging
upward-moving extensive air showers (EAS). These EAS are produced from Earth-interacting tau
neutrinos leading to tau leptons that subsequently decay in the atmosphere. We compare neutrino
detection sensitivities for generic short- and long-burst transient neutrino sources and sensitivities
to the diffuse neutrino flux for the second generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory on
a Super-Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) balloon-borne mission and the proposed space-based
Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) mission.