PRODUCTION OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC NEUTRINOS IN P-GAMMA AND N-GAMMA SCATTERING .2. ARBITRARY SPECTRA OF NUCLEONS AND PHOTONS

Citation
Vs. Berezinsky et Az. Gazizov, PRODUCTION OF HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC NEUTRINOS IN P-GAMMA AND N-GAMMA SCATTERING .2. ARBITRARY SPECTRA OF NUCLEONS AND PHOTONS, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 47(10), 1993, pp. 4217-4225
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
47
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
4217 - 4225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1993)47:10<4217:POHCNI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We calculate the probability of nu(i)-neutrino emission, dsigma(nu)(E( c),x(nu))/dx(nu), for a collision of a proton (neutron) of energy E(p) with a photon of energy omega << E(p). This probability is shown to b e a function of the total energy in the c.m. system, E(c), and x(nu) = E(nu)/E(p). For the process of neutrino generation we take into accou nt the production and subsequent decay of pi+/- mesons (including prod uction through the DELTA resonance), K+/- mesons, rho0 mesons, and DEL TA++ resonances. In the case when these particles decay without consid erable energy losses, dsigma(nu)(E(c),x(nu))/dx(nu) can be phenomenolo gically treated as the usual cross section. In particular, a Monte Car lo simulation for the proton propagation through the photon gas become s relatively simple. The cross sections are presented in a numerical f orm together with the E(c),x(nu) domain, where they have nonzero value s.