Cosmogenic neutrinos: Parameter space and detectabilty from PeV to ZeV

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Kotera, K ^a   Allard, D ^b   Olinto, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmological neutrinos; Neutrino detectors; Ultra high energy cosmic rays; Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449284018     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/013     Document Type: Article

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