Speaker
Mary Hall Reno
(University of Iowa)
Description
Speaker: Mary Hall Reno
Abstract: The role of cosmic ray-air production of charm and its decay in the high energy atmospheric neutrino and muon fluxes is discussed. We consider enhanced charm production in the atmosphere as a mechanism better match IceCube's muon flux data, and we discuss the resulting tensions with IceCube's upper bound on the atmospheric neutrino flux.