Atmospheric neutrinos in the context of muon and neutrino radiography
arXiv:0901.2386 · doi:10.5047/eps.2009.06.007
Abstract
Using the atmospheric neutrinos to probe the density profile of the Earth depends on knowing the angular distribution of the neutrinos at production and the neutrino cross section. This paper reviews the essential features of the angular distribution with emphasis on the relative contributions of pions, kaons and charm.
10 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Proceedings of the International Workshop on High Energy Earth Science: Muon and Neutrino Radiography. This version makes minor corrections made in response to comments of the referee and corrects formating problems.
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