242 research outputs found
Ultra High Energy Neutrino-Relic Neutrino Interactions In Dark Halos to Solve Infrared-Tev And GZK Cut-Off
Ultra High Energy Neutrino scattering on Relic Light Neutrinos in Dark
Galactic or Local Group lead to Z and WW,ZZ showering: the nucleon component of
the shower may overcome the GZK cut-off while the electro-magnetic tail at TeVs
up to EeVs energy may solve the Infrared-TeV cut-off in a natural way.
Different Gamma TeV puzzles may find a solution within this scenario: new
predictions on UHECR spectra in future data are derived.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables ICRC 2001 HE 3.6 Dark Matter - German
Upward Tau Air Showers from Earth
We estimate the rate of observable Horizontal and Upward Tau Air-Showers
(HORTAUs, UPTAUS) considering both the Earth opacity and the finite size of the
terrestrial atmosphere. We calculate the effective target volumes and masses
for Tau air-showers emerging from the Earth. The resulting model-independent
masses for satellite experiments such as EUSO may encompass at E_nu_tau = 10^19
eV a very large volume, V= 1020 km^3. Adopting simple power law neutrino
fluxes, E^-2 and E^-1, calibrated to GZK-like and Z-Burst-like models, we
estimate that at E= 10^19 eV nearly half a dozen horizontal shower events
should be detected by EUSO in three years of data collection by the
"guaranteed" GZK neutrino flux. We also find that the equivalent mass for an
Earth outer layer made of rock is dominant compared to the water, contrary to
simplified all-rock/all-water Earth models and previous Montecarlo simulations.
Therefore we expect an enhancement of neutrino detection along continental
shelves nearby the highest mountain chains, also given the better geometrical
acceptance for Earth skimming neutrinos. The Auger experiment might reveal such
a signature at E_nu= 10^{18} eV (with 26 events in 3 yr) towards the Andes, if
the angular resolution at the horizon (both in azimuth and zenith) would reach
an accuracy of nearly one degree needed to disentangle tau air showers from
common UHECR. The number of events increases at lower energies; therefore we
suggest an extension of the EUSO and Auger sensitivity down to (or even below)
E_nu = 10^19 eV and E_nu = 10^18 eV respectively.Comment: New version resubmitted to ApJ on the 6th April 2004; 55 Pages,20
figures, major changes following referee reques
Shadows of Relic Neutrino Masses and Spectra on Highest Energy GZK Cosmic Rays
The Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrino scattering onto relic cosmic neutrinos
in galactic and local halos offers an unique way to overcome GZK cut-off. The
UHE nu secondary of UHE photo-pion decays may escape the GZK cut-off and travel
on cosmic distances hitting local light relic neutrinos clustered in dark
halos. The Z resonant production and the competitive W^+W^-, ZZ pair production
define a characteristic imprint on hadronic consequent UHECR spectra. This
imprint keeps memory both of the primary UHE nu spectra as well as of the
possible relic neutrino masses values, energy spectra and relic densities. Such
an hadronic showering imprint should reflect into spectra morphology of cosmic
rays near and above GZK 10^{19}-10^{21}eV cut-off energies. A possible neutrino
degenerate masses at eVs or a more complex and significant neutrino mass split
below or near Super-Kamiokande \triangle m_{\nu_{SK}}= 0.1 eV masses might be
reflected after each corresponding Z peak showering, into new twin unexpected
UHECR flux modulation behind GZK energies: E_{p} sim 3(frac{triangle
m_{\nu_{SK}}}/m_{\nu}10^{21}),eV.
Other shadowsof lightest, nearly massless, neutrinos m_{nu_{2K} simeq 0.001eV
simeq kT_{\nu}, their lowest relic temperatures, energies and densities might
be also reflected at even higher energies edges near Grand Unification: E_{p}
\sim 2.2(m_{\nu_{2K}/E_{\nu}})10^{23}, eV .Comment: 14 pages, 6 Figures,Invited Talk Heidelberg DARK 200
Muon and Gamma Bundles tracing Up-going Tau Neutrino Astronomy
Up-going and Horizontal Tau Air-Showers, UpTaus and HorTaus, may trace Ultra
High Energy Neutrino Tau Earth Skimming at the edge of the horizons. Their
secondaries muon, electron pairs, and gamma bundles flashes might trace their
nature over UHECR secondaries in horizontal showers. Indeed the atmosphere act
as a perfect amplifier as well as a filter for showers: down-ward and
horizontal muon bundles may still be originated by far Ultra High Energy Cosmic
Rays skimming the terrestrial atmosphere but their rich gamma component will be
exponentially suppressed. At large zenith angles after crossing a large slant
depth X > 3 10^3 g cm^-2 the number of muons and secondary gamma (produced by
the electron pair from muon decay in flight) is comparable. On the other hand,
up-ward muon bundles from UpTaus and HorTaus may arise within a young shower
with a larger gamma-muon ratio 10^2, leaving a characteristic imprint. We
estimate the UpTaus and HorTaus rate from the Earth and we evaluate the
consequent event rate of muons, electrons pairs andgamma bundles. We show that
such events even for minimal GZK neutrino fluxes could be detected by
scintillator arrays placed on mountains at 1-5km and pointing to the horizon.
The required arrayareas are within tens-hundreds of square meters. The ideal
structure is an array of crown-like twin detectors facing the horizons. We
argue that such detectors will be able to detect both muonic bundles at a
minimal average flux of 10^-11 cm-2 s^-1 sr^-1 and electromagnetic particles
gamma and electron pairs 3 10^-9 cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1, a few times each year for
GZK neutrino fluxes.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figures and 1 tab., Catania GZK meeting, to be published
in Nuclear Phys
Sensor-embedded face masks for detection of volatiles in breath: a proof of concept study
The correlation between breath volatilome and health is prompting a growing interest in the development of sensors optimized for breath analysis. On the other hand, the outbreak of COVID-19 evidenced that breath is a vehicle of infection; thus, the introduction of low-cost and disposable devices is becoming urgent for a clinical implementation of breath analysis. In this paper, a proof of concept about the functionalization of face masks is provided. Porphyrin-based sensors are among the most performant devices for breath analysis, but since porphyrins are scarcely conductive, they make use of costly and bulky mass or optical transducers. To overcome this drawback, we introduce here a hybrid material made of conducting polymer and porphyrins. The resulting material can be easily deposited on the internal surface of standard FFP face masks producing resistive sensors that retain the chemical sensitivity of porphyrins implementing their combinatorial selectivity for the identification of volatile compounds and the classification of complex samples. The sensitivity of sensors has been tested with respect to a set of seven volatile compounds representative of diverse chemical families. Sensors react to all compounds but with a different sensitivity pattern. Functionalized face masks have been tested in a proof-of-concept test aimed at identifying changes of breath due to the ingestion of beverages (coffee and wine) and solid food (banana- and mint-flavored candies). Results indicate that sensors can detect volatile compounds against the background of normal breath VOCs, suggesting the possibility to embed sensors in face masks for extensive breath analysis
Splitting neutrino masses and showering into Sky
Neutrino masses might be as light as a few time the atmospheric neutrino mass
splitting. High Energy ZeV cosmic neutrinos (in Z-Showering model) might hit
relic ones at each mass in different resonance energies in our nearby Universe.
This non-degenerated density and energy must split UHE Z-boson secondaries (in
Z-Burst model) leading to multi injection of UHECR nucleons within future
extreme AUGER energy. Secondaries of Z-Burst as neutral gamma, below a few tens
EeV are better surviving local GZK cut-off and they might explain recent Hires
BL-Lac UHECR correlations at small angles. A different high energy resonance
must lead to Glashow's anti-neutrino showers while hitting electrons in matter.
In air, Glashow's anti-neutrino showers lead to collimated and directional
air-showers offering a new Neutrino Astronomy. At greater energy around PeV,
Tau escaping mountains and Earth and decaying in flight are effectively
showering in air sky. These Horizontal showering is splitting by geomagnetic
field in forked shapes. Such air-showers secondaries release amplified and
beamed gamma bursts (like observed TGF), made also by muon and electron pair
bundles, with their accompanying rich Cherenkov flashes. Also planet' s largest
(Saturn, Jupiter) atmosphere limbs offer an ideal screen for UHE GZK and
Z-burst tau neutrino, because their largest sizes. Titan thick atmosphere and
small radius are optimal for discovering up-going resonant Glashow resonant
showers. Earth detection of Neutrino showering by twin Magic Telescopes on top
mountains, or by balloons and satellites arrays facing the limbs are the
simplest and cheapest way toward UHE Neutrino Astronomy .Comment: 4 pages, 7 figures; an author's name correction and Journal Referenc
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