Abstract
SEVERAL schemes to detect ultra-high energy (UHE: ⩾1012 eV) muons and neutrinos produced by cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere have been recently studied1, and the applicability of the resulting designs to extraterrestrial sources is being discussed2. We present here the results of a calculation to determine the flux of UHE neutrinos from galactic netron stars and the consequent number of point sources detectable at the sensitivity threshold of the proposed deep underwater muon and neutrino detector1 (DUMAND) array.
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HELFAND, D. Neutrinos from neutron stars. Nature 278, 720–721 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/278720a0
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