Chapter 16
Application of RapidMiner in Neutrino Astronomy
Tim Ruhe
TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Katharina Morik
TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Wolfgang Rhode
TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
16.1 Protons, Photons, and Neutrinos
Ever since the groundbreaking discovery of cosmic radiation by Victor Hess in 1912 [1], one question has been driving the field of astroparticle physics: How does nature manage to accelerate particles up to energies, several orders of magnitude larger, than can be achieved in man-made accelerators (e.g., the Large Hadron Collider at CERN)? Even today, more than 100 years after Hess’s world-famous balloon flights, this question remains unanswered. Nowadays, however, several experiments around the globe are dedicated to ...
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