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The energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos between 2 and 200 TeV with the AMANDA-II detector

  • R. Abbasi
  • , Y. Abdou
  • , T. Abu-Zayyad
  • , J. Adams
  • , J. A. Aguilar
  • , M. Ahlers
  • , K. Andeen
  • , J. Auffenberg
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  • , M. Baker
  • , S. W. Barwick
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  • , J. J. Beatty
  • , S. Bechet
  • , J. K. Becker
  • , K. H. Becker
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  • , J. Berdermann
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Abstract

The muon and anti-muon neutrino energy spectrum is determined from 2000-2003 AMANDA telescope data using regularised unfolding. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos in the energy range 2-200 TeV. The result is compared to different atmospheric neutrino models and it is compatible with the atmospheric neutrinos from pion and kaon decays. No significant contribution from charm hadron decays or extraterrestrial neutrinos is detected. The capabilities to improve the measurement of the neutrino spectrum with the successor experiment IceCube are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-58
Number of pages11
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume34
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • AMANDA
  • Atmospheric neutrinos
  • Cherenkov radiation
  • Neural net
  • Unfolding

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