Evidence for High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Neutrino Interactions
Abstract
The flux of high-energy neutrinos from the decay of K, μ, and μ mesons produced in the earth's atmosphere by the interaction of primary cosmic rays has been calculated by many authors.1 In addition, there has been some conjecture1 as to the much rarer primary flux of high-energy neutrinos originating outside the earth's atmosphere. We present here evidence2 for the interactions of "natural" high-energy neutrinos obtained with a large area liquid scintillation detector (110 m2) located at a depth of 3200 m (8800 meters of water equivalent, average Z2/A≃ 5.0) in a South African gold mine…
- Publication:
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Neutrinos and Other Matters: Selected Works of Frederick Reines. Edited by KROPP W ET AL. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814343060_0030
- Bibcode:
- 1991noms.book..181R