Limits on the ultra-high energy electron neutrino flux from the RICE experiment

Kravchenko, I.; Frichter, George M.; Miller, Tim; Piccirillo, L.; Seckel, D.; Spiczak, G. M.; Adams, J.; Seunarine, S.; Allen, C.; Bean, A.; Besson, D.; Box, D.; Buniy, Roman V.; Drees, J.; McKay, Douglas W.; Meyers, J.; Perry, Lindsey; Ralston, John P.; Razzaque, S.; Schmitz, D.

doi:10.1016/s0927-6505(03)00181-6

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“…If this were true, cosmic rays above 10 18 eV would travel from our fiducial bursts with so little deflection as to arrive within the beam of the burst photons. However, in the absence of any direct detection of such cosmic rays or the neutrinos that would be expected to accompany them (Kravchenko et al 2003), we will not as yet consider this additional stress on the biosphere.…”

Section: The Local Rate Of Dangerous' Grb Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction?

Melott¹,

Lieberman

Laird³

et al. 2004

International Journal of Astrobiology

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Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) produce a flux of radiation detectable across the observable Universe. A GRB within our own galaxy could do considerable damage to the Earth's biosphere; rate estimates suggest that a dangerously near GRB should occur on average two or more times per billion years. At least five times in the history of life, the Earth has experienced mass extinctions that eliminated a large percentage of the biota. Many possible causes have been documented, and GRBs may also have contributed. The late Ordovician mass extinction approximately 440 million years ago may be at least partly the result of a GRB. A special feature of GRBs in terms of terrestrial effects is a nearly impulsive energy input of the order of 10 s. Due to expected severe depletion of the ozone layer, intense solar ultraviolet radiation would result from a nearby GRB, and some of the patterns of extinction and survivorship at this time may be attributable to elevated levels of UV radiation reaching the Earth. In addition, a GRB could trigger the global cooling which occurs at the end of the Ordovician period that follows an interval of relatively warm climate. Intense rapid cooling and glaciation at that time, previously identified as the probable cause of this mass extinction, may have resulted from a GRB.

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Section: The Local Rate Of Dangerous' Grb Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction?

Melott¹,

Lieberman

Laird³

et al. 2004

International Journal of Astrobiology

162

164

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“…The RICE experiment [1,2,3] is designed to detect UHE neutrinos [4] with energies above ¦ 10 PeV. Potential sources include any source of UHE cosmic rays [5,6], although the details of such models are uncertain.…”

Section: Introduction and Overview Of Ricementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Early results from RICE [2] were based on one month (333 hours live) of data analysed for the presence of electron neutrinos. Subsequent studies included the possibility of hadronic showers and expanded the data collection time to greater than two years [3].…”

Section: Introduction and Overview Of Ricementioning

confidence: 99%

Updated Limits on the Ultra-High Energy (Uhe) Neutrino Flux From the Rice Experiment

Kravchenko¹,

Cooley

Seckel

et al. 2006

Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities

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The RICE experiment (Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment) at South Pole consists of an array of dipole antennas designed to detect the coherent radio frequency radiation produced by neutrino-induced showers in the Antarctic ice. We report updated limits on the ultra-high energy neutrino flux, based on RICE data taken between 2000 and 2004. These limits also reflect improvements in Monte Carlo simulations and detector modeling.

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“…The most important advantage of the radio method is the possibility to scan over huge volumes of radio-transparent media providing detection of rare ultrahigh-energy events with high statistics. Currently this method is used as the basis for a number of experiments and projects on the ultrahigh-energy particle detection in such radio-transparent media as the atmosphere (LO-FAR [10]), salt domes (SALSA [11]), ice sheets of Greenland (FORTE [12]) and Antarctic (RICE [13]),(ANITA [14]). …”

Section: Description Of the Scientific Goal Of The Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%