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New physics with IceCube

Matias M. Reynoso and Oscar A. Sampayo^*

Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina

^*sampayo@mdp.edu.ar

Phys. Rev. D 76, 033003 – Published 17 August, 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.033003

Abstract

IceCube, a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope, will be capable of probing neutrino-nucleon interactions in the ultrahigh energy regime, far beyond the energies reached by colliders. In this article we introduce a new observable that combines several advantages; it only makes use of the upward-going neutrino flux, so that the Earth filters the atmospheric muons, and it is only weakly dependent on the initial astrophysical flux uncertainties.

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