Altas Energías

*EXTRAORDINARIO* (Notar lugar, día y hora) On the non-detection of Glashow resonance in IceCube

by Dr. Sarira Sahu (ICN-UNAM)

Friday, 3 March 2017 from to (Mexico/General)
at ICN-UNAM ( Salon de seminarios de Gravitación y Altas Energías )
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad No. 3000, Col. UNAM-C.U. Distrito Federal, C.P. 04510, México
Description

Electron anti-neutrinos at the Glashow resonance (GR, at $E_{\bar \nu_e} \sim 6.3$ PeV) have an enhanced probability to be detected. With three neutrinos detected by IceCube in the (1-2) PeV energy range at present, one would expect that about 1 to 4 GR $\bar\nu_e$ should have been detected. The high-energy $\sim 8.7$ PeV muon neutrino detected by IceCube may not be a GR event. If so, we expect to detect 52 to 72 GR $\bar\nu_e$, then one would have a ``missing Glashow-resonance problem''. This would suggest (1) that $p\gamma$ interaction rather than $pp$ interaction is the dominant channel to produce the observed IceCube high-energy neutrinos; (2) that multi-pion $p\gamma$ interactions are suppressed; and (3) that the magnetic field and photon energy density in the $p\gamma$ emission region is such that significant $\mu^+$ cooling occurs before decaying, yet $\pi^+$'s essentially do not cool before decaying.

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