New Clues in the Hunt for the Sources of Cosmic Neutrinos (IMAGE)

Penn State

New Clues in the Hunt for the Sources of Cosmic Neutrinos

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This illustration is an example of a hidden cosmic-ray accelerator. Cosmic rays are accelerated up to extremely high energies in dense environments close to black holes. High-energy gamma rays (marked by the Y gamma symbol) are blocked from escaping, while neutrinos (marked by the V nu symbol) easily escape and can reach the Earth.

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Bill Saxton at NRAO/AUI/NSF, modified by Kohta Murase at Penn State University

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