Searching for High-energy Neutrinos from Supernovae with IceCube and an Optical Follow-up Program [Elektronische Ressource] / Anna Franckowiak. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Searching for High-energy Neutrinosfrom Supernovaewith IceCube and anOptical Follow-up ProgramDISSERTATIONzur Erlangung des Doktorgrades (Dr. rer. nat.) derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultätder Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonnvorgelegt vonAnna Franckowiakaus WuppertalBonn (August, 2011)Angefertigt mit Genehmigung der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät derRheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Marek Kowalski2.: Prof. Dr. Jochen DingfelderTag der Promotion: 14.10.2011Erscheinungsjahr: 2011Für meinen Opa,der mir das Einmaleins(und vieles mehr)beigebracht hat.“The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it travels through all this howlingemptiness are roughly comparable to that of dropping a ball bearing at random from acruising 747 and hitting, say, an egg sandwich.“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas AdamsAbstractIn violent astrophysical processes high-energy neutrinos of TeV to PeV energies are expectedto be produced along with the highest energy cosmic rays. The acceleration of nuclei to veryhigh energies is assumed to takes place in astrophysical shocks and neutrinos are producedin the interaction of these cosmic rays with ambient baryons or photons.