Cosmic neutrinos and new physics beyond the electroweak scale

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作者
Tyler, C [1 ]
Olinto, AV
Sigl, G
机构
[1] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[2] Observ Paris, DARC, CNRS, UMR 8629, F-92195 Meudon, France
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2001年 / 63卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.63.055001
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
New physics beyond the electroweak scale may increase weak interaction cross sections beyond the standard model predictions. Such cross sections can be expected within theories that solve the hierarchy problem of known interactions with a unification scale in the TeV range. We derive constraints on these cross sections from the Hus of neutrinos expected from cosmic ray interactions with the microwave background and the non-observation of horizontal air showers. We also discuss how this limit can be improved by upcoming cosmic ray ansi neutrino experiments, and how the energy dependence of the new interactions can be probed by these experiments.
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