Project RESUN, a Radio EVLA Search for UHE Neutrinos

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-303

  Jaeger, T R ^a   Mutel, R L ^a   Gayley, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active moon instrumentation; Cosmology; Detectors; Neutrinos ISM; Observations galaxies

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE - MOON - INSTRUMENTATION; BURST MODELS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DIFFERENTIAL FLUX; ENERGY; LUNAR ORIGIN; LUNAR REGOLITH; NEUTRINO FLUXES; NEUTRINO MASS; NEUTRINOS - ISM; OBSERVATIONS - GALAXIES; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRODUCTION MODELS; SUB-ARRAYS; UHE NEUTRINOS; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES; UPPER LIMITS; VERY LARGE ARRAYS;

ANTENNAS; DETECTORS; GALAXIES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MODELS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 77958089664     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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