Neutrino astronomy: An update

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• 作者：Francis Halzen
• 关键词：Neutrinos ; Cosmic rays ; Astrophysics
• 刊名：Astroparticle Physics
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：53
• 期：Complete
• 页码：166-174
• 全文大小：2271 K

文摘

Detecting neutrinos associated with the still enigmatic sources of cosmic rays has reached a new watershed with the completion of IceCube, the first detector with sensitivity to the anticipated fluxes. In this review, we will briefly revisit the rationale for constructing kilometer-scale neutrino detectors and summarize the status of the field.