TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutrinos
AU - Besson, Dave
AU - Cowen, Doug
AU - Selen, Mats
AU - Wiebusch, Christopher
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Neutrinos represent a new 'window' to the Universe, spanning a large range of energy. We discuss the science of neutrino astrophysics and focus on two energy regimes. At 'lower' energies (≃1 MeV), studies of neutrinos born inside the sun, or produced in interactions of cosmic rays with the atmosphere, have allowed the first incontrovertible evidence that neutrinos have mass. At energies typically one thousand to one million times higher, sources further than the sun (both within the Milky Way and beyond) are expected to produce a flux of particles that can be detected only through neutrinos.
AB - Neutrinos represent a new 'window' to the Universe, spanning a large range of energy. We discuss the science of neutrino astrophysics and focus on two energy regimes. At 'lower' energies (≃1 MeV), studies of neutrinos born inside the sun, or produced in interactions of cosmic rays with the atmosphere, have allowed the first incontrovertible evidence that neutrinos have mass. At energies typically one thousand to one million times higher, sources further than the sun (both within the Milky Way and beyond) are expected to produce a flux of particles that can be detected only through neutrinos.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14201
DO - 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14201
M3 - Article
C2 - 10588680
AN - SCOPUS:0033406875
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 96
SP - 14201
EP - 14202
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 25
ER -