Estimating non-linear QCD effects in ultrahigh energy neutrino events at IceCube
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Goncalves, V. P.; Gratieri, D. R.
- Source
- Phys. Rev. D 90, 057502 (2014)
- Subject
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
- Language
The number of ultrahigh energy events at IceCube is estimated, for the first time, taking into account non-linear QCD effects in the neutrino - hadron cross section. We assume that the extragalactic neutrino flux is given by $\Phi_{\nu}(E_{\nu})=\Phi_{0}E^{-2}_{\nu}$ and estimate the neutrino - hadron cross section using the dipole approach and a phenomenological model for the dipole - hadron cross section based on non-linear QCD dynamics. We demonstrate that the non-linear prediction is able to describe the current IceCube data and that the magnitude of the non-linear effects is larger than 20 % for visible energies of order of 2 PeV and increases with the neutrino energy. Our main conclusion is that the non-linear QCD effects are non-negligible and should be taken into account in the analysis of the number of ultrahigh energy events.
Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Version published in Physical Review D