New physics with ultra-high-energy neutrinos

• Main Authors: Marfatia, D, McKay, D. W, Weiler, T. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-07-2015
• Subjects: Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - High Energy Physics - Experiment; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1502.06337

Phys. Lett. B 748 : 113-116 (2015) Now that PeV neutrinos have been discovered by IceCube, we optimistically
entertain the possibility that neutrinos with energy above 100 PeV exist. We
evaluate the dependence of event rates of such neutrinos on the
neutrino-nucleon cross section at observatories that detect particles,
atmospheric fluorescence, or Cherenkov radiation, initiated by neutrino
interactions. We consider how (i) a simple scaling of the total standard model
neutrino-nucleon cross section, (ii) a new elastic neutral current interaction,
and (iii) a new completely inelastic interaction, individually impact event
rates.