those invisible neutrinos - and their astroparticle...
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Those invisible neutrinosand their astroparticle physics
Amol Dighe
Department of Theoretical PhysicsTata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Bhoutics, IITM, March 31st, 2017
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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How does the Sun shine ?
Nuclear fusion reactions: effectively4 1
1H + 2e− →42 He + light
+2νe
Neutrinos needed to conserve energy, momentum,angular momentum
Neutrinos essential for the Sun to shine !!
Davis-Koshiba Nobel prize 2002
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How does the Sun shine ?
Nuclear fusion reactions: effectively4 1
1H + 2e− →42 He + light
+2νe
Neutrinos needed to conserve energy, momentum,angular momentum
Neutrinos essential for the Sun to shine !!
Davis-Koshiba Nobel prize 2002
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How does the Sun shine ?
Nuclear fusion reactions: effectively4 1
1H + 2e− →42 He + light
+2νe
Neutrinos needed to conserve energy, momentum,angular momentum
Neutrinos essential for the Sun to shine !!
Davis-Koshiba Nobel prize 2002
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Neutrinos from the Sun: some interesting facts
A very very large number of neutrinosAbout hundred trillion through our body per second
Hundred trillion = 100 000 000 000 000Why do we not notice them ?
Even during night !
If sunlight cannot reach, how do neutrinos ?
Seem to come directly from the core of the SunSunlight comes from the surface...
What are the reasons for these confusing facts ?
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Neutrinos from the Sun: some interesting facts
A very very large number of neutrinosAbout hundred trillion through our body per second
Hundred trillion = 100 000 000 000 000Why do we not notice them ?
Even during night !
If sunlight cannot reach, how do neutrinos ?
Seem to come directly from the core of the SunSunlight comes from the surface...
What are the reasons for these confusing facts ?
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Neutrinos from the Sun: some interesting facts
A very very large number of neutrinosAbout hundred trillion through our body per second
Hundred trillion = 100 000 000 000 000Why do we not notice them ?
Even during night !
If sunlight cannot reach, how do neutrinos ?
Seem to come directly from the core of the SunSunlight comes from the surface...
What are the reasons for these confusing facts ?
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Neutrinos from the Sun: some interesting facts
A very very large number of neutrinosAbout hundred trillion through our body per second
Hundred trillion = 100 000 000 000 000Why do we not notice them ?
Even during night !
If sunlight cannot reach, how do neutrinos ?
Seem to come directly from the core of the SunSunlight comes from the surface...
What are the reasons for these confusing facts ?
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Neutrinos from the Sun: some interesting facts
A very very large number of neutrinosAbout hundred trillion through our body per second
Hundred trillion = 100 000 000 000 000Why do we not notice them ?
Even during night !
If sunlight cannot reach, how do neutrinos ?
Seem to come directly from the core of the SunSunlight comes from the surface...
What are the reasons for these confusing facts ?
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Three questions, the same answer
Why did the roti char ?Why did the betel leaves(paan) rot ?Why could the horse not run ?
Because they were not moved !
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Three questions, the same answer
Why did the roti char ?Why did the betel leaves(paan) rot ?Why could the horse not run ?
Because they were not moved !
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Three questions about neutrinos
Pauli Dirac
Why do we not noticeneutrinos passing through us?Why do neutrinos from theSun reach us during night ?Why can we see “inside” thesun with neutrinos ?
Because neutrinos interact extremely weakly !
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Three questions about neutrinos
Pauli Dirac
Why do we not noticeneutrinos passing through us?Why do neutrinos from theSun reach us during night ?Why can we see “inside” thesun with neutrinos ?
Because neutrinos interact extremely weakly !
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cm
Stopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interactingWhy do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interactingWhy can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cmStopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interactingWhy do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interactingWhy can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cmStopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interacting
Why do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interactingWhy can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cmStopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interactingWhy do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interacting
Why can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cmStopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interactingWhy do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interactingWhy can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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The most weakly interacting particles
Stopping radiation with lead shielding
Stopping α, β, γ radiation: 50 cmStopping neutrinos from the Sun: light years of lead !
Answers to the three questionsWhy do we not notice neutrinos passing through us?Neutrinos pass through our bodies without interactingWhy do neutrinos from the Sun reach us during night ?Neutrinos pass through the Earth without interactingWhy can we see “inside” the sun with neutrinos ?Neutrinos pass through the Sun without interacting
How do we see the neutrinos then ?
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SuperKamiokande: 50 000 000 litres of water
A very rare observation
About 1025 neutrinos pass through SK every day.About 5–10 neutrinos interact in SK every day.
Recipe for observing neutrinosBuild very large detectorsWait for a very long time
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SuperKamiokande: 50 000 000 litres of water
A very rare observation
About 1025 neutrinos pass through SK every day.About 5–10 neutrinos interact in SK every day.
Recipe for observing neutrinosBuild very large detectorsWait for a very long time
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SuperKamiokande: 50 000 000 litres of water
A very rare observation
About 1025 neutrinos pass through SK every day.About 5–10 neutrinos interact in SK every day.
Recipe for observing neutrinosBuild very large detectorsWait for a very long time
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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A view from the Hubble telescope
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The world without neutrinos
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The world without neutrinos
Role of neutrinos in creating atomsNeutrinos helped create the matter-antimatter asymmetry,without which, no atoms, no stars, no planets, no galaxies
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Role of neutrinos in creating the Earth
Earth has elements heavier than iron, which can becreated only inside an exploding star (supernova)
A supernova must have exploded bilions of years agowhose fragments formed the solar system
Supernovae explode because neutrinos push the shockwave from inside
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Role of neutrinos in creating the Earth
Earth has elements heavier than iron, which can becreated only inside an exploding star (supernova)
A supernova must have exploded bilions of years agowhose fragments formed the solar system
Supernovae explode because neutrinos push the shockwave from inside
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Role of neutrinos in creating the Earth
Earth has elements heavier than iron, which can becreated only inside an exploding star (supernova)
A supernova must have exploded bilions of years agowhose fragments formed the solar system
Supernovae explode because neutrinos push the shockwave from inside
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Role of neutrinos in creating the Earth
Earth has elements heavier than iron, which can becreated only inside an exploding star (supernova)
A supernova must have exploded bilions of years agowhose fragments formed the solar system
Supernovae explode because neutrinos push the shockwave from inside
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The second-most abundant particles in the universe
Cosmic microwave background: 400 photons/ cm3
Temperature: ∼ 3 KCosmic neutrino background: 300 neutrinos / cm3
Temperature: ∼ 2 K
Even empty space between galaxies is full of neutrinos !
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Neutrinos everywhere
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Three kinds of neutrinos: νe νµ ντ
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The Standard Model of Particle Physics
3 neutrinos:νe, νµ, ντ
chargelessspin 1/2almost massless(at least a milliontimes lighter thanelectrons)only weakinteractions
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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The beta decay mystery: 1932
Nuclear beta decay: X → Y + e−
Conservation of energy and momentum⇒Electrons have a fixed energy.But:
Energy-momentum conservation in grave danger !!
A reluctant solution (Pauli): postulate a new particle
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The beta decay mystery: 1932
Nuclear beta decay: X → Y + e−
Conservation of energy and momentum⇒Electrons have a fixed energy.But:
Energy-momentum conservation in grave danger !!
A reluctant solution (Pauli): postulate a new particle
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Does this new particle really exist ?
http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/pages/gallery.php
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Discovery of electron neutrino: 1956
The million-dollar particle
Reactor neutrinos: ν̄e + p → n + e+
e+ + e− → γ + γ (0.5 MeV each)n +108 Cd→109 Cd∗ →109 Cd + γ (delayed)
Reines-Cowan: Nobel prize 1995
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The “Who ordered muon neutrino ?” mystery: 1962
Muon neutrino: an unexpected discovery
Neutrinos from pion decay: π− → µ− + ν̄
Expected: ν̄ + N → N ′ + e+ ??
Observed: always a muon, never an electron/positronThis must be a new neutrino, not ν̄e, but ν̄µ
Steinberger-Schwartz-Lederman Nobel prize 1988
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The “Who ordered muon neutrino ?” mystery: 1962
Muon neutrino: an unexpected discovery
Neutrinos from pion decay: π− → µ− + ν̄
Expected: ν̄ + N → N ′ + e+ ??Observed: always a muon, never an electron/positronThis must be a new neutrino, not ν̄e, but ν̄µ
Steinberger-Schwartz-Lederman Nobel prize 1988
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The long-term mysteries⇒ neutrino oscillations
Solar neutrino mystery: 1960s – 2002
Only about half the expected νe observed!
Possible solution: νe change to νµ/ντNobel Prize 2015 (McDonald)
Atmospheric neutrino mystery: 1980s – 1998
Half the νµ lost in the Earth!
Possible solution: νµ change to ντNobel Prize 2015 (Kajita)
Reactor neutrino experiments: 2012 +
About 10% of reactor ν̄e are lost !
Possible solution: ν̄e change to ν̄µ/ν̄τ
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The long-term mysteries⇒ neutrino oscillations
Solar neutrino mystery: 1960s – 2002
Only about half the expected νe observed!Possible solution: νe change to νµ/ντ
Nobel Prize 2015 (McDonald)
Atmospheric neutrino mystery: 1980s – 1998
Half the νµ lost in the Earth!Possible solution: νµ change to ντ
Nobel Prize 2015 (Kajita)
Reactor neutrino experiments: 2012 +
About 10% of reactor ν̄e are lost !Possible solution: ν̄e change to ν̄µ/ν̄τ
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The long-term mysteries⇒ neutrino oscillations
Solar neutrino mystery: 1960s – 2002
Only about half the expected νe observed!Possible solution: νe change to νµ/ντNobel Prize 2015 (McDonald)
Atmospheric neutrino mystery: 1980s – 1998
Half the νµ lost in the Earth!Possible solution: νµ change to ντNobel Prize 2015 (Kajita)
Reactor neutrino experiments: 2012 +
About 10% of reactor ν̄e are lost !Possible solution: ν̄e change to ν̄µ/ν̄τ
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Three questions, the same answer
ν conference participants
Why did half the νe from thesun become νµ/ντ ?Why did half the νµ from theatmosphere become ντ ?Why did 10% ν̄e from thereactors become ν̄µ/ν̄τ ?
Because neutrinos have different masses and they mix !
⇑Quantum Mechanics
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Three questions, the same answer
ν conference participants
Why did half the νe from thesun become νµ/ντ ?Why did half the νµ from theatmosphere become ντ ?Why did 10% ν̄e from thereactors become ν̄µ/ν̄τ ?
Because neutrinos have different masses and they mix !
⇑Quantum Mechanics
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What is meant by neutrino mixing ?
νe, νµ, ντ do not have fixed masses !!
For example, νe–νµ mixing:
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Still open mysteries about neutrino masses
Mixing of νe, νµ, ντ ⇒ ν1, ν2, ν3 (mass eigenstates)
Mass ordering: Normal or Inverted ?What are the absolute neutrino masses ?Are there more than 3 neutrinos ?Do neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos ?Can neutrinos be their own antiparticles ?
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Still open mysteries about neutrino masses
Mixing of νe, νµ, ντ ⇒ ν1, ν2, ν3 (mass eigenstates)
Mass ordering: Normal or Inverted ?What are the absolute neutrino masses ?Are there more than 3 neutrinos ?Do neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos ?Can neutrinos be their own antiparticles ?
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A short-lived mystery (2011-12)
Superluminal neutrinos ?The neutrinos do not travel faster than light
⇑Relativity
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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Neutrinos as messengers
No bending in magnetic fields⇒ point back to the source
Minimal obstruction / scattering⇒ can arrive directly fromregions from where light cannot come.
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Supernova: the death of a starGravity⇒ Strong nuclear force⇒
Weak nuclear force(Neutrino push)⇒
Electromagnetism(Hydrodynamics)⇒
(Crab nebula, SN seen in 1054)
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What supernova neutrinos can tell us
On neutrino masses and mixing
Identify neutrino mass ordering: normal or inverted
On supernova astrophysicsLocate a supernova hours before the light arrivesTrack the shock wave through neutrinos while it is stillinside the mantle (Not possible with light)How a neutron star is formed (Is there a QCD phasetransition ?)
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What supernova neutrinos can tell us
On neutrino masses and mixing
Identify neutrino mass ordering: normal or inverted
On supernova astrophysicsLocate a supernova hours before the light arrivesTrack the shock wave through neutrinos while it is stillinside the mantle (Not possible with light)How a neutron star is formed (Is there a QCD phasetransition ?)
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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs)
The most powerful,long-lived objects in theuniverseStudy of neutrinos willallow us to probe themdeeper insideWe might have seen thefirst neutrinos from AGNsin the last few years !!
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Astrophysical neutrinos at all energies
ASPERA
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The cosmological neutrinos (big-bang relics)
Empty space between galaxies is full of light and neutrinos
Cosmic microwave background: 400 photons/ cm3
Temperature: ∼ 3 KTell us about the universe when it was only 400,000 yearsold (Now it is ∼ 14 000 000 000 years old.)
Cosmic neutrino background: 300 neutrinos / cm3
Temperature: ∼ 2 KCan tell us about the universe when it was 0.18 sec old !
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The cosmological neutrinos (big-bang relics)
Empty space between galaxies is full of light and neutrinos
Cosmic microwave background: 400 photons/ cm3
Temperature: ∼ 3 KTell us about the universe when it was only 400,000 yearsold (Now it is ∼ 14 000 000 000 years old.)Cosmic neutrino background: 300 neutrinos / cm3
Temperature: ∼ 2 KCan tell us about the universe when it was 0.18 sec old !
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Those invisible neutrinos...
1 Neutrinos from the Sun
2 Neutrinos in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics
3 Neutrino mysteries that took decades to figure out
4 Neutrinos as messengers from the universe
5 The future of neutrino astronomy
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SuperKamiokande: 50 kiloton of water
Cherenkov radiation
With 50 000 000 litres of water
Neutrinos passing through SK per day: 1025
Neutrino interactions in SK per day: 5-10
Need bigger and better detectors !
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Directions of multi-purpose detector development
Sensitivity to MeV – 100 GeV neutrinosMeasuring the energy of the sun in neutrinosSupernova neutrino detection
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Below the antarctic ice: Gigaton IceCube
Sensitivity to E & 100 GeV
Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts, late SN neutrinosLuminosity of SN neutrino burst
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The three PeV (1015 eV) events at Icecube
Bert Ernie Big Bird
Three events at∼ 1,1.1,2.2 PeVenergies foundCosmogenic ? XGlashowresonance? Xatmospheric ?Roulet et al 2013 ++ many
IceCube analyzing54 events from30 TeV to 10 PeVConstraints onLorentz violation:δ(v2−1) . O(10−18)
Borriello, Chakraborty, Mirizzi, 2013
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Detection of UHE neutrinos: cosmic ray showers
Neutrinos with E & 1017 eVcan induce giant air showers(probability . 10−4)Deep down-going muon showersDeep-going ντ interacting in themountainsUp-going Earth-skimming ντ shower
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Detection through radio waves: ANITA
Charged particle shower⇒Radio Askaryan: charged cloudsemit coherent radio wavesthrough interactions with BEarthor CherenkovDetectable for E & 1017 eV atballoon experiments like ANITA
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Coming soon(?) inside a mountain near you: INO
India-based Neutrino ObservatoryIn a tunnel below a peak (Bodi West Hills, near Madurai)1 km rock coverage from all sides50 kiloton of magnetized iron (50 000 000 kg)Can distinguish neutrinos from antineutrinosDetermining mass hierarchy from atmospheric neutrinos
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Mapping the universe with EM waves
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Mapping the universe with neutrinos
Neutrinos are entering this domain, slowly but surely...
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Mapping the universe with neutrinos
Neutrinos are entering this domain, slowly but surely...
... and should be adding more colours to the universe...