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Neutrino Target-of-Opportunity Observations with Space-based and Suborbital Optical Cherenkov Detectors

Venters, T. M.; Reno, M. H.; Krizmanic, J. F.; Olinto, A. V.; Adams, Jr, J.H.; Aloisio, R.; Anchordoqui, L. A.; Anzalone, A.; Bagheri, M.; Barghini, D.; Battisti, M.; Bergman, D. R.; Bertaina, M. E.; Bertone, P. F.; Bisconti, F.; Bustamante, M.; Cafagna, F.; Caruso, R.; Casolino, M.; ... mehr

Abstract:

Cosmic-ray accelerators capable of reaching ultra-high energies are expected to also produce very-high energy neutrinos via hadronic interactions within the source or its surrounding environment. Many of the candidate astrophysical source classes are either transient in nature or exhibit flaring activity. Using the Earth as a neutrino converter, suborbital and space-based optical Cherenkov detectors, such as EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA, will be able to detect upward-moving extensive air showers induced by decay tau-leptons generated from cosmic tau neutrinos with energies ∼10 PeV and above. Both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA will be able to quickly repoint, enabling rapid response to astrophysical transient events. we calculate the transient sensitivity and sky coverage for both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA, accounting for constraints imposed by the Sun and the Moon on the observation time. We also calculate both detectors' neutrino horizons for a variety of modeled astrophysical neutrino fluences. We find that both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA will achieve transient sensitivities at the level of modeled neutrino fluences for nearby sources. We conclude with a discussion of the prospects of each mission detecting at least one transient event for various modeled astrophysical neutrino sources.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000154777
Veröffentlicht am 27.01.2023
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DOI: 10.22323/1.395.0977
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Zitationen: 2
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik (ETP)
Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE)
Publikationstyp Proceedingsbeitrag
Publikationsdatum 18.03.2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1824-8039
KITopen-ID: 1000154777
Erschienen in Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021), Ed.: A. Kappes
Veranstaltung 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021), Online, 12.07.2021 – 23.07.2021
Verlag Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Seiten Art.-Nr.: 977
Serie Pos proceedings of science ; 395
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 16.07.2021
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