24 research outputs found
Constraints on diffuse neutrino background from primordial black holes
We calculated the energy spectra and the fluxes of electron neutrino emitted
in the process of evaporation of primordial black holes (PBHs) in the early
universe. It was assumed that PBHs are formed by a blue power-law spectrum of
primordial density fluctuations. We obtained the bounds on the spectral index
of density fluctuations assuming validity of the standard picture of
gravitational collapse and using the available data of several experiments with
atmospheric and solar neutrinos. The comparison of our results with the
previous constraints (which had been obtained using diffuse photon background
data) shows that such bounds are quite sensitive to an assumed form of the
initial PBH mass function.Comment: 18 pages,(with 7 figures
Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Underlying Model
A pedagogical derivation is presented of the ``fireball'' model of gamma-ray
bursts, according to which the observable effects are due to the dissipation of
the kinetic energy of a relativistically expanding wind, a ``fireball.'' The
main open questions are emphasized, and key afterglow observations, that
provide support for this model, are briefly discussed. The relativistic outflow
is, most likely, driven by the accretion of a fraction of a solar mass onto a
newly born (few) solar mass black hole. The observed radiation is produced once
the plasma has expanded to a scale much larger than that of the underlying
``engine,'' and is therefore largely independent of the details of the
progenitor, whose gravitational collapse leads to fireball formation. Several
progenitor scenarios, and the prospects for discrimination among them using
future observations, are discussed. The production in gamma- ray burst
fireballs of high energy protons and neutrinos, and the implications of burst
neutrino detection by kilometer-scale telescopes under construction, are
briefly discussed.Comment: In "Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursters", ed. K. W. Weiler, Lecture
Notes in Physics, Springer-Verlag (in press); 26 pages, 2 figure
Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Spectrum from 20 to 3000 GeV
The absolute muon flux between 20 GeV and 3000 GeV is measured with the L3
magnetic muon spectrometer for zenith angles ranging from 0 degree to 58
degree. Due to the large exposure of about 150 m2 sr d, and the excellent
momentum resolution of the L3 muon chambers, a precision of 2.3 % at 150 GeV in
the vertical direction is achieved.
The ratio of positive to negative muons is studied between 20 GeV and 500
GeV, and the average vertical muon charge ratio is found to be 1.285 +- 0.003
(stat.) +- 0.019 (syst.).Comment: Total 32 pages, 9Figure
Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond
Umanesimo e rinascimento tra feltre e belluno: filologia, erudizione e biblioteche: atti del convegno di Belluno, 4 aprile 2003
Umanesimo tra Belluno e Feltre. Saggi su Pierio Valeriano, Pontico Virunio, Tommaso Didimo Zanetelli, Giambattista Scita, Giovanni Persicini, Andrea Alpago, Zaniacopo Sammartini, biblioteca Pilon
High Energy Photon-Nucleon and Photon-Nucleus Cross Sections
We re\,examine the theory of hadronic photon-nucleon interactions at the
quark-gluon level. The possibility of multiple parton collisions in a single
photon-nucleon collision requires an eikonal treatment of the high-energy
scattering process. We give a general formulation of the theory in which the
cross section is expressed as a sum over properly eikonalized cross
sections for the interaction of the virtual hadronic components of the photon
with the proton, with each cross section weighted by the probability with which
that component appears in the photon, and then develop a detailed model which
includes contributions from light vector mesons and from excited virtual states
described in a quark-gluon basis. The parton distribution functions which
appear can be related approximately to those in the pion, while a weighted sum
gives the distribution functions for the photon. We use the model to make
improved QCD-based predictions for the total inelastic photon-nucleon and
photon-nucleus cross sections at energies relevant for HERA experiments and
cosmic ray observations. We emphasize the importance in this procedure of
including a soft-scattering background such that the calculated cross sections
join smoothly with low-energy data.Comment: 34 pages, 6 figs. available on request from honjo@wishep. bitnet,
MAD/TH/91-57, submitted to Phys. Rev.