A monte-carlo study on earth-skimming tau neutrinos

• Main Authors: Chan-Hin Iong, 容震軒
• Other Authors: Guey-Lin Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29694598074497109016

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 物理研究所 === 92 === We present our Monte-carlo simulation results on tau-lepton energy spectrum induced by the Earth-skimming tau neutrinos, taking into account the inelasticity of neutrino-nucleon scatterings and the tau-lepton energy loss in detail. We argue that the tau-lepton flux resulting from neutrino-nucleon scatterings inside the earth is controlled by the tau-lepton range, rather than the distance of tau-leptons/neutrinos traverse inside the Earth. We also comment on the energy-resolution of tau neutrinos in the earth-skimming detection strategy.