Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

Markus Ackermann , Markus Ahlers , Luis Anchordoqui , Mauricio Bustamante , Amy Connolly , Cosmin Deaconu , Darren Grant , Peter Gorham , Francis Halzen , Albrecht Karle , Kumiko Kotera (1) , Marek Kowalski , Miguel A. Mostafa , Kohta Murase , Anna Nelles , Angela Olinto , Andres Romero-Wolf , Abigail Vieregg , Stephanie Wissel

1 IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris

High-energy cosmic neutrinos carry unique information about the most energetic non-thermal sources in the Universe. This white paper describes the outstanding astrophysics questions that neutrino astronomy can address in the coming decade. A companion white paper discusses how the observation of cosmic neutrinos can address open questions in fundamental physics. Detailed measurements of the diffuse neutrino flux, measurements of neutrinos from point sources, and multi-messenger observations with neutrinos will enable the discovery and characterization of the most energetic sources in the Universe.

Mots clés: neutrino: flux; neutrino: energy: high; messenger

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Physique des Hautes Energies - Phénoménologie [hep-ph]

Markus Ackermann, Markus Ahlers, Luis Anchordoqui, Mauricio Bustamante, Amy Connolly, et al.. Astrophysics Uniquely Enabled by Observations of High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos. Bull.Am.Astron.Soc., 2019, 51, pp.185. ⟨10.48550/arXiv.1903.04334⟩. ⟨hal-02088838⟩