The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection

Autor: Martineau-Huynh Olivier, Kotera Kumiko, Bustamente Mauricio, Charrier Didier, De Jong Sijbrand, de Vries Krijn D., Fang Ke, Feng Zhaoyang, Finley Chad, Gou Quanbu, Gu Junhua, Hanson Jordan C., Hu Hongbo, Murase Kohta, Niess Valentin, Oikonomou Foteini, Renault-Tinacci Nicolas, Schmid Julia, Timmermans Charles, Wang Zhen, Wu Xiangping, Zhang Jianli, Zhang Yi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 116, p 03005 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611603005
Popis: High-energy neutrino astronomy will probe the working of the most violent phenomena in the Universe. The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND) project consists of an array of ∼ 105 radio antennas deployed over ∼ 200 000 km2 in a mountainous site. It aims at detecting high-energy neutrinos via the measurement of air showers induced by the decay in the atmosphere of τ leptons produced by the interaction of cosmic neutrinos under the Earth surface. Our objective with GRAND is to reach a neutrino sensitivity of 5 × 10−11E−2 GeV−1 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 above 3 × 1016 eV. This sensitivity ensures the detection of cosmogenic neutrinos in the most pessimistic source models, and up to 100 events per year are expected for the standard models. GRAND would also probe the neutrino signals produced at the potential sources of UHECRs.
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