8–12 oct. 2018
Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Paris
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris

Ultra-high energy neutrinos from neutron-star mergers

9 oct. 2018, 11:50
20m
Friedel Amphitheater (Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Paris)

Friedel Amphitheater

Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Paris

Chimie ParisTech École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75231 PARIS Cedex 05
ORAL Sessions

Orateur

Valentin Decoene (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

Description

In the context of the recent multi-messenger observation of neutron-star merger GW170817, we examine whether such objects could be sources of ultra-high energy astroparticles. At first order, the energetics and the population number is promising to envisage the production of a copious amount of high-energy particles, during the first minutes to weeks from the merger. In addition, the strong radiative and baryonic environment in the kilonova ejecta can be an important background causing energy losses for cosmic-ray nuclei and producing associated high-energy neutrino emissions. We model the evolution of the photon density and the baryonic density in the kilonova ejecta and calculate numerically the signatures in terms of ultra-high energy neutrinos.

Auteurs principaux

Valentin Decoene (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris) Ke Fang (University of Maryland) Claire Guépin (IAP) Kumiko Kotera (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

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