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Leptonic Model for Neutrino Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei by Dan Hooper; Kathryn Plant is a Physics and Astronomy article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Leptonic Model for Neutrino Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei about?
It is often stated that the observation of high-energy neutrinos from an astrophysical source would constitute indisputable proof for the acceleration of hadronic cosmic rays. Here, we point out that there exists a purely leptonic mechanism to produce TeV-scale neutrinos in astrophysical environments. In particular, very high-energy synchrotron photons can scatter with x rays, exceeding the threshold for muonantimuon pair production. When these muons decay, they produce neutrinos without any cosmic-ray protons or nuclei being involved. In order for this mechanism to be efficient, the source in question must produce very high-energy photons which interact in an environment that is dominated by keV-scale radiation. We find that such a source could potentially generate an observable neutrino flux through muon pair production for reasonable choices of physical parameters.
Who reads Leptonic Model for Neutrino Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Physics and Astronomy.
- Author
- Dan Hooper; Kathryn Plant
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)