Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181101 (2005) [4 pages]TeV μ Neutrinos from Young Neutron StarsSee Also: Publisher's Note
Neutron stars are efficient accelerators for bringing charges up to relativistic energies. We show that if positive ions are accelerated to ∼1 PeV near the surface of a young neutron star (tage≲105 yr), protons interacting with the star’s radiation field produce beamed μ neutrinos with energies of ∼50 TeV that could produce the brightest neutrino sources at these energies yet proposed. These neutrinos would be coincident with the radio beam, so that, if the star is detected as a radio pulsar, the neutrino beam will sweep the Earth; the star would be a “neutrino pulsar.” Looking for νμ emission from young neutron stars will provide a valuable probe of the energetics of the neutron star magnetosphere. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181101
PACS:
97.60.Gb, 94.30.−d, 95.85.Ry
See AlsoPublisher's Note: Bennett Link and Fiorella Burgio, Publisher’s Note: TeV μ Neutrinos from Young Neutron Stars [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181101 (2005)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 199902 (2005). |
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