Studies of Cosmic Transient Phenomena related to Observed Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Ray Bursts with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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The reason for the dominance of matter over antimatter in our universe is one of the most puzzling questions of modern physics. Recently, through the experimental confirmation of neutrino oscillations, for which T. Kajita and A. McDonald were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2015, we opened a new door to investigate possible explanations of this phenomenon. The essential observation would be a slight discrepancy between the oscillation ...
In this project we intend to work towards the first observation of astrophysical tau-neutrinos.
We will use data taken by the IceCube neutrino observatory located deep in the ice at the
South Pole. IceCube has an instrumented volume of a cubic kilometre and is by far the largest
neutrino detector in the world. It is sensitive to neutrinos with energies between 1010 and
1018 eV.
Of the ...
Since the experimental confirmation of neutrino oscillations, these elusive particles attract more attention than ever. A number of experiments has been set up to find out more about the fascinating properties of neutrinos. A common need of these experiments is a detailed understanding of the interactions of neutrinos with nuclei, as this is an important way to detect them. As neutrinos interact only weakly with matter, obtaining precise ...
Since the discovery of cosmic rays in 1912, we still don't know what the sources of these energetic charged particles are. Cosmic rays are observed via their interactions in the Earth atmosphere and to identify their sources one needs to determine the cosmic ray composition by measurements of the produced secondary particles. However, the discovery of cosmic high-energy neutrinos by IceCube has opened a new era, dubbed neutrino astronomy and ...
Since the discovery of cosmic rays in 1912, we still don't
know what the sources of these energetic charged particles
are. Cosmic rays are observed via their interactions in the
Earth atmosphere and to identify their sources one needs
to determine the cosmic ray composition by measurements
of the produced secondary particles. However, the
discovery of cosmic high-energy neutrinos by IceCube has
opened ...