Determining the high energy neutrino flavor ratio at the astrophysical source

Kwang Chang Lai, M. A. Huang, Guey Lin Lin, T. C. Liu

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Abstract

We discuss the reconstruction of neutrino flavor ratios at astrophysical sources through the future neutrinotelescope measurements. We demonstrate by a statistical method the accuracies required in the measurements of energyindependent ratios R and S, where R is the number ratio between track and shower events. For energy below a few PeV, shower events consists of electron and tau neutrino events. However, for energies beyond, a tau-lepton behaves like a track similar to a muon. This motivates a new classification of event types and new definitions for R and S. We present our analyses in both types of measurements, R and S, at corresponding energy regime.

Original languageEnglish
Pages259-261
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011 - Beijing, China
Duration: 11 Aug 201118 Aug 2011

Conference

Conference32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period11/08/1118/08/11

Keywords

  • Astrophysical neutrino
  • Neutrino astronomy
  • Neutrino oscillation

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