Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: Observations suggest that $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray bursts (GRBs) are produced by the dissipation of the kinetic energy of a relativistic fireball. We show that a large fraction, $\ensuremath{\ge}10%$, of the fireball energy is expected to be converted by photomeson production to a burst of $\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{14}\mathrm{eV}$ neutrinos. A ${\mathrm{km}}^{2}$ neutrino detector would observe at least several tens of events per year correlated with GRBs, and test for neutrino properties (e.g., flavor oscillations, for which upward moving $\ensuremath{\tau}$'s would be a unique signature, and coupling to gravity) with an accuracy many orders of magnitude better than is currently possible.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Eli Waxman, John Bahcall
Institution: Institute for Advanced Study
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1963610164