7–11 Aug 2017
Columbus, Ohio, USA
US/Eastern timezone

Search for Solar Atmospheric Neutrinos with IceCube

8 Aug 2017, 15:00
15m
Athenian Room (The Athenaeum)

Athenian Room

The Athenaeum

Oral Neutrinos (astrophysical, atmospheric) Neutrinos

Speaker

Carsten Rott (Sungkyunkwan University)

Description

High-energy neutrinos are expected to be produced in cosmic-ray interactions with the solar atmosphere. The resulting neutrino flux is expected to offer insights into cosmic ray transport in the inner solar system and on solar magnetic fields. Besides the high theoretical interest in solar atmospheric neutrinos, an observed signal could be the first high-energy neutrino point source and valuable for calibration. Preliminary selection criteria and optimization studies will be discussed. We present sensitivities and the prospects to observe the solar atmospheric neutrino signal with IceCube data. The interplay with on-going dark matter searches from the Sun will be discussed.

Primary author

Carsten Rott (Sungkyunkwan University)

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