出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：We use the formalism of finite-temperature field theory to study the interactions of ultra-high energy
(UHE) cosmic neutrinos with the thermal background of relic neutrinos. From the imaginary
part of the neutrino self-energy, calculated in terms of the Z boson propagator near the resonance,
we derive general expressions for the UHE neutrino transmission probability. This allows us to
take into account the thermal effects introduced by the momentum distribution of the relic neutrinos.
We compare our results with the approximate expressions existing in the literature and
discuss the influence of thermal effects on the absorption dips in the context of realistic UHE
neutrino fluxes and favoured neutrino mass schemes.
