Session B15: High Energy Neutrinos
10:45 AM–11:45 AM, Saturday, May 2, 2009
Room: Governor's Square 14
Sponsoring Unit:
DAP
Chair: Charles Dermer, Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.APR.B15.5
Abstract: B15.00005 : High Energy Neutrinos from Charm in Astrophysical Sources
11:33 AM–11:45 AM
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Abstract
Author:
Ina Sarcevic
(University of Arizona)
We show that charm production enhances a flux of very high energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with jets driven by central engines, such as gamma ray bursts or supernovae with jets. The neutrino flux from semi-leptonic decays of charmed mesons is subject to much less hadronic and radiative cooling than the conventional flux from pion and kaon decays and therefore has a dominant contribution at higher energies, of relevance to future ultrahigh energy neutrino experiments.
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