Forward charm-production models and prompt neutrinos at IceCube

Bhattacharya, Atri; Cudell, Jean-René

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Forward charm-production models and prompt neutrinos at IceCube

Bhattacharya, Atri; Cudell, Jean-René

2018 • In Journal of High Energy Physics, 11, p. 150

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atmospheric neutrinos; IceCube; charm

Abstract :

[en] We investigate the prompt neutrino background at IceCube, as determined from forward charm. We consider the role of intrinsic charm and of a recombination model and show that the contribution of these mechanisms is at most a factor two.

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Physics

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Bhattacharya, Atri ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

Cudell, Jean-René ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)

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English

Title :

Forward charm-production models and prompt neutrinos at IceCube

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November 2018

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Journal of High Energy Physics

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1126-6708

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1029-8479

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Springer, Germany

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150

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.00293.pdf

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