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High Energy Neutrino Astronomy a promising decade ahead. Christian Spiering, Gran Sasso, October 2002. Content. Physics Goals 2. Detection Methods and Projects 3. The next decade. 1. Physics Goals. A. High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics B. Particle Physics - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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High Energy Neutrino Astronomy
a promising decade ahead
Christian Spiering, Gran Sasso, October 2002
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Content
1. Physics Goals
2. Detection Methods and Projects
3. The next decade
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1. Physics Goals A. High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics B. Particle Physics WIMPs, Magnetic Monopoles, Oscillations, Neutrino Mass ... C. Others Supernova Bursts, CR composition, Black Holes, ...
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Cosmic Rays
1 TeV
Emax ~ B LEmax ~ B L
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Supernova shocksexpanding in
interstellar medium
Crab nebula
up to 1-10 PeV
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Active Galaxies: accretion disk and jets
VLA image of Cygnus A
up to 1020 eV
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log(
E2
Flu
x)
log(E/GeV)TeV PeV EeV
3 6 9
pp core AGN p blazar jet
Top-down
GRB (W&B)
WIMPsWIMPsOscillationsOscillations
UndergroundUnderground
UnderwaterUnderwaterRadio,AcousticRadio,Acoustic
Air showersAir showers
Microquasars etc.
GZK
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1 pp core AGN (Nellen)2 p core AGN Stecker & Salomon)3 p „maximum model“ (Mannheim et al.)4 p blazar jets (Mannh)5 p AGN (Rachen & Biermann)6 pp AGN (Mannheim)7 GRB (Waxman & Bahcall)8 TD (Sigl)9 GZK
Diffuse Fluxes: Predictions and Bounds
Mannheim & Learned,2000
MacroBaikalAmanda
9
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2. Detection Methodsand Projects
A. Underwater/Ice Cherenkov TelescopesB. Acoustic DetectionC. Radio DetectionD. Detection by Air Showers
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Underwater/Ice Cherenkov Telescopes
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cascademuon
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AMANDA Event
Signatures:Muons
AMANDA Event
Signatures:Muons
+ N + X
CC muon neutrinointeraction track
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AMANDA Event
Signatures: Cascades
AMANDA Event
Signatures: Cascades
CC electron and tau neutrino interaction:
(e,,) + N (e, ) + X
NC neutrino interaction:
x + N x + X
Cascades
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4-string stage (1996)
First underwater telescopeFirst neutrinos underwater
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E2 < 1.9 10-6 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 GeV
Limit on diffuse fluxes
1998
e cascades Upgrade with only 22 PMTs factor 4 in sensitivity
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NT-200192 PMT>15 GeV
NT-Km3~ 1300 PMT> 100 TeV
NT-200+214 PMT
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AMANDA-II
depth AMANDA
Super-K
DUMANDAmanda-II:677 PMTsat 19 strings
(1996-2000)
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1 km
2 km
SPASE air shower arrays
calibration of AMANDA angular resolution and pointing !
resolution Amanda-B10 ~ 3.5°
results in ~ 3° for upward moving muons
(Amanda-II: < 2°)
Unique:spase-amanda
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Atmospheric Neutrinos, 97 data
vertically up horizontally AMANDA sensitivity understood down to normalization factor of ~ 40% (modeling of ice ...)
~ 300 events
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Preliminary limits (in units of 10-15 muons cm-2 s-1): Cas A: 0.6 Mk421: 1.4 Mk501: 0.8 Crab: 6.8 SS433: 10.5
Point Sources Amanda II (2000)
1328 events
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Expected sensitivity AMANDA 97-02 data
4 years Super-Kamiokande
8 years MACRO
170 days AMANDA-B10
-90 0-45 9045
10-15
10-14
cm-2 s
-1
declination (degrees)
southern sky
northern sky
SS-433
Mk-421 / ~ 1
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Amanda 97: Upper limit on the diffuse flux of h.e. upward muon neutrinos
E2 < 0.9 10-6 GeV-1 cm-2 s-1 sr-1
„AGN“ with 10-5 E-2 GeV-1 cm-2 s-1 sr-1
full: experiment
dotted: atmos.
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Diffuse fluxes: theoretical bounds and experimental limits
atmosphärische N
eutrinos
W&B W&B
MPRMPR
DUMAND test string
FREJUS
NT-200+
AMANDA-II
IceCube
NT-200AMANDA-B10
MACRO
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2002 real time analysis
Daily transmission ~ 1 GB via satelliteFull data to tape (available next polar summer)
Monitoring shifts in home labs
From 02/03:Iridium connection for supernova alarm
event June 14
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IceCube
1400 m
2400 m
AMANDA
South Pole
IceTop
- 80 Strings- 4800 PMT - Instrumented
volume: 1 km3
- Installation: 2004-2010
~ 80.000 atm. per year
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cos
Ae
ff /
km2
Effective area of IceCube
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Mediterranean Projects
4100m
2400m
3400mANTARESNEMO NESTOR
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NESTOR
Site: Pylos (Greece), 3800m depth towers of 12 titanium floors each supporting 12 PMTs
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7 NESTOR towers → 75 000 m² at 1 TeV
1 NESTOR tower + 3 DUMAND strings
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-2400m
40 km
Submarine cable
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ANTARES Design
2500m2500m
300m300mactiveactive
Electro-opticElectro-opticsubmarine cablesubmarine cable ~40km~40km
Junction boxJunction box
Readout cablesReadout cables
Shore stationShore station
anchoranchor
floatfloat
Electronics containersElectronics containers
~60m~60mCompass,Compass,tilt metertilt meter
hydrophonehydrophone
Optical moduleOptical module
Acoustic beaconAcoustic beacon
~100m
10 strings12 m between storeys
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ANTARES Performance
Very good angular accuracybelow 3 TeV angular error is dominatedby kinematics, above 3 TeV by recon-struction error (~ 0.4°)
Effective area: ~ 10 000 m2 at 1 TeV ~ 50 000 m2 at 100 TeV
after cutsagainst BG
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NEMO Neutrino Mediterranean Observatory
abs. length ~70 m80 km from coast 3400 m deep
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NEMO 1999 - 2001 Site selection and R&D
2002 - 2004 Prototyping at Catania Test Site 2005 - ? Construction of km3 Detector
ANTARES 1996 - 2000 R&D, Site Evaluation 2000 Demonstrator line 2001 Start Construction
September 2002 Deploy prototype line December 2004 10 (12?) line detector complete 2005 - ? Construction of km3 Detector
NESTOR 1991 - 2000 R & D, Site Evaluation Summer 2002 Deployment 2 floors Winter 2003 Recovery & re-deployment with 4 floors Autumn 2003 Full Tower deployment 2004 Add 3 DUMAND strings around tower 2005 - ? Deployment of 7 NESTOR towers
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Acoustic Detection
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d
R
Particle cascade ionization heat pressure wave
P
t
50s
Attenuation length of sea water at 15-30 kHz: a few km(light: a few tens of meters)
→ given a large initial signal, huge detection volumes can be achieved.
Threshold > 10 PeV
Maximum of emission at ~ 20 kHz
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Renewed efforts along acoustic method for GZK neutrino detection
Greece: SADCO Mediterannean, NESTOR site, 3 strings with hydrophones
Russia: AGAM antennas near Kamchatka:existing sonar array for submarine detection
Russia: MG-10M antennas: withdrawn sonar array for submarine detection
AUTEC: US Navy array in Atlantic:existing sonar array for submarine detection
Antares: R&D for acoustic detection
IceCube: R&D for acoustic detection
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AUTEC array in Atlantic
Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center
52 sensors on 2.5 km lattice (250 km2) 4.5 m above surface 1-50 kHz !
Threshold ~ 100 EeV
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Radio Detection
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e + n p + e-
e- ... cascade
relativist. pancake ~ 1cm thick, ~10cm
each particle emits Cherenkov radiation
C signal is resultant of overlapping Cherenkov cones
for >> 10 cm (radio) coherence
C-signal ~ E2
nsec
negative charge is sweeped into developing shower, which acquiresa negative net chargeQnet ~ 0.25 Ecascade (GeV).
Threshold > 10 PeV
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RICE Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment
firn layer (to 120 m depth)
UHE NEUTRINO DIRECTION
300 METER DEPTH
E 2 · dN/dE < 10-4 GeV · cm-2 · s-1 · sr-1
20 receivers + transmitters
at 100 PeV
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Natural Salt Domes
Potential PeV-EeV Neutrino Detectors
SalSA Salt Dome Shower Array
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ANITA Antarctic
Impulsive
Transient
Array
Flight in 2006
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GLUE Goldstone Lunar Ultra-high Energy Neutrino Experiment
E2·dN/dE < 10-4 GeV·cm-2·s-1·sr-1
Lunar Radio Emissions from Inter-actions of and CR with > 1019 eV
1 nsec
moon
Earth
Gorham et al. (1999), 30 hr NASA Goldstone70 m antenna + DSS 34 m antenna
at 1020 eV
Effective target volume~ antenna beam (0.3°) 10 m layer
105 km3
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Measured & Predicted Radio Limits
• Radio is competitive with optical km3 arrays for E >10 PeV
• Required detection times are small, a benefit of the enormous volumes radio detectors can view
• But: background ??
AMANDA-II 3 years expected
km3 , 3 years expected
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Detection of neutrino induced
air showers
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el.-magn.cascade
from e
hardmuons
from CR
AGASA 2001:
< 10-5 GeV·cm-2·s-1·sr-1
for E > 10 EeV
Far inclined showers ( thousand per year)
Hard s
Atm
osphere
• Flat and thin shower front• Narrow signals• Time alignment
Deep inclined showers (~ one per year?)
Atm
osphere
Soft s + e.m.
• Curved and thick shower front• Broad signals
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Predicted Auger SensitivitiesPredicted Auger Sensitivities
Comparable to 3-year optical km3 limit
Mass for and e
~ 15 Gigatonssensitivity 3·10-7 GeV·cm-2·s-1·sr-1
Skimming high acceptance at ~EeV !
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Horizontal Air Showers seen by Satellite
500 km
60 °
E > 1019 GeV
Area upto 106 km2
Mass upto 10Tera-tons
Horizontal air shower initiated deep in atmosphere
1 - 20 GZK ev./y
5 - 50 TD ev./y
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Orbiting Wide-angle Light-collectors
OWL
Extreme Universe Space Observatory
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5. The next decade
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RICE AGASA
Amanda, Baikal2002
2004
2007
AUGER
Anita
AABN
2012
km3
EUSOAugerSalsa
GLUE
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Mediterannean
South Pole
Fraction of time sky below horizonPoint sources:detector South + detector North
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-90 0-45 9045
10-15
10-14
cm-2 s-1
SS-433
Mk-501
/ ~ 1
10-17
10-16
2001
2007
2003
2012
Expected sensitivitiesto steady point sources
GX339-4
„typical“ predictions for AGN, SNR, ... „typical“ predictions for AGN, SNR, ...
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0.1 km² and 1 km² detectors underwater and ice