Prompt Atmospheric Neutrinos: Phenomenology and Implications

Abstract

We present an overview of the phenomenology of prompt neutrinos produced in the atmosphere by the decay of charmed particles. In face of the great activity involving operational and proposed large scale neutrino telescopes, we discuss the implications of different scenarios in calculating the prompt flux, upon the detectable signals in these experiments.

16 pages, 8 figures, Talk given at PHENO 2001 (Madison, WI)