The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos
Jim Beatty
Ohio State University
Cosmic rays have been observed with energies of tens of joules. At these
energies particles are attenuated by interactions with the cosmic microwave
background radiation, and must come from nearby. The resulting feature
in the cosmic ray spectrum has been observed, and cosmic rays above this
energy are anisotropic. Neutrinos produced in the interaction of cosmic
rays with the microwave background can be detected by radio techniques
from high altitude balloons viewing the Antarctic ice sheet. I will
discuss the status of these cosmic ray observations and of efforts to
detect these neutrinos.
Date: | Mardi, le 24 mars 2009 |
Heure: | 16:00 |
Lieu: | Université McGill |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
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