A search for gamma ray burst neutrinos using the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Pauline Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-08T22:15:39Z
dc.date.available2009-03-08T22:15:39Z
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractThe Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment(RICE) located at the South Pole, is designed to detect the coherent broad-band radio Cherenkov radiation emitted when a high energy (10¹⁵ to 10¹⁸ eV) neutrino interacts with a nucleon in the ice. Observations have identified that Gamma Ray Bursts(GRBs) are possible sites for high energy neutrino production. We consider here GRBs which occurred in the years 2001 to 2005 inclusive during the operational times of RICE. Using GRB photon spectral data, we calculate the neutrino spectra predicted for these GRBs and the subsequent event number expected in RICE. We re-analyze RICE data in small time windows surrounding the GRB burst start times using a refined method involving by eye analysis of this reduced data set and find no neutrino events in the data set. Using the effective volume of RICE appropriate for each GRB we calculate neutrino flux limits for the GRBs. Although the flux limits are several orders of magnitude weaker than the expected flux, the RICE GRB neutrino limits are the only limits in the PeV to EeV energy range.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/2166
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/8850
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Physics and Astronomyen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Pauline Lisa Harrisen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectGamma Ray Bursten
dc.subjectNeutrinoen
dc.subjectRadio Ice Cherenkov Experimenten
dc.subjectGRBen
dc.subjectRICEen
dc.titleA search for gamma ray burst neutrinos using the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experimenten
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineAstronomyen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
uc.bibnumber1122368en
uc.collegeFaculty of Scienceen
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