Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter?
We argue that the hypothesis of the gravitational repulsion between matter and antimatter can be tested at the Ice Cube, a neutrino telescope, recently constructed at the South Pole. If there is such a gravitational repulsion, the gravitational field, deep inside the horizon of a black hole, might c...
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| description | We argue that the hypothesis of the gravitational repulsion between matter and antimatter can be tested at the Ice Cube, a neutrino telescope, recently constructed at the South Pole. If there is such a gravitational repulsion, the gravitational field, deep inside the horizon of a black hole, might create neutrino-antineutrino pairs from the quantum vacuum. While neutrinos must stay confined inside the horizon, the antineutrinos should be violently ejected. Hence, a black hole (made from matter) should behave as a point-like source of antineutrinos. Our simplified calculations suggest that the antineutrinos emitted by supermassive black holes in the centre of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy could be detected by the new generation of neutrino telescopes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd0a21d0431144b39ca0a6c3094719b02025-02-03T07:25:32ZengWileyAdvances in Astronomy1687-79691687-79772011-01-01201110.1155/2011/196852196852Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter?Dragan Slavkov Hajdukovic0Physics Department, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, SwitzerlandWe argue that the hypothesis of the gravitational repulsion between matter and antimatter can be tested at the Ice Cube, a neutrino telescope, recently constructed at the South Pole. If there is such a gravitational repulsion, the gravitational field, deep inside the horizon of a black hole, might create neutrino-antineutrino pairs from the quantum vacuum. While neutrinos must stay confined inside the horizon, the antineutrinos should be violently ejected. Hence, a black hole (made from matter) should behave as a point-like source of antineutrinos. Our simplified calculations suggest that the antineutrinos emitted by supermassive black holes in the centre of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy could be detected by the new generation of neutrino telescopes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/196852 |
| spellingShingle | Dragan Slavkov Hajdukovic Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter? Advances in Astronomy |
| title | Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter? |
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| title_short | Can the New Neutrino Telescopes Reveal the Gravitational Properties of Antimatter? |
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