JIGSAW 2007

Joint Indo-German School And Workshop 2007

Neutrinos in Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology

12-23 February 2007 - Mumbai, India



High Energy Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays

Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

Course Contents

Lecture I:
General Introduction -- connection between UHE Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos
Review of UHECR -- scenarios of origin and acceleration of UHECR
Basic processes of neutrino production by (UHE)CR -- neutrinos from p-p and p-gamma processes, ...
Lecture II:
Sources and fluxes of (Ultra)high energy neutrinos associated with UHECR --- neutrinos produced inside UHECR sources, UHE ``cosmogenic'' neutrinos produced by UHECR in the intergalactic medium (``GZK'' neutrinos)
High energy neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB), UHE neutrinos in the top-down origin scenario of UHECR, ...
Lecture III:
Detection of UHE neutrinos --- UHE neutrino telescopes, probing neutrino oscillation at UHE, probing physics beyond Standard Model with UHE neutrinos, ...