Prospects for neutrino-flavor physics with in-ice radio detectors
Glaser C, García-Fernández D, Nelles A (2022)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2022
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Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl
Book Volume: 395
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science
Event location: Virtual, Berlin, DEU
Abstract
The detection of the radio emission following a neutrino interaction in ice is a promising technique to obtain significant sensitivities to neutrinos with energies above 10 PeV. The detectable radio emission stems from particle showers in the ice. So far, detector simulations have considered only the radio emission from the primary interaction of the neutrino. We present how the simulation code NuRadioMC was extended to cover secondary interactions from muons and taus. Muons and taus, created by an interaction of the corresponding neutrino, can create several additional detectable showers during their propagation through the ice, which adds up to 25% to the effective volume of neutrino detectors. It provides a signature for the neutrino flavor and improves event reconstruction if multiple of these showers are detected. We simulated the signatures of secondary interactions for the RNO-G detector in Greenland and the proposed radio detector of IceCubeGen2. We also find that the background of atmospheric muons from cosmic rays is non-negligible for in-ice arrays and that an air shower veto should be considered helpful for radio detectors.
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APA:
Glaser, C., García-Fernández, D., & Nelles, A. (2022). Prospects for neutrino-flavor physics with in-ice radio detectors. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.
MLA:
Glaser, Christian, D. García-Fernández, and Anna Nelles. "Prospects for neutrino-flavor physics with in-ice radio detectors." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.
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