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Probing Planck scale physics with IceCube
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Neutrino oscillations can be affected by decoherence induced e.g. by Planck scale suppressed interactions with the space-time foam predicted in some approaches to quantum gravity. We study the prospects for observing such effects at IceCube, using the likely flux of TeV antineutrinos from the Cygnus spiral arm. We formulate the statistical analysis for evaluating the sensitivity to quantum decoherence in the presence of the background from atmospheric neutrinos, as well as from plausible cosmic neutrino sources. We demonstrate that IceCube will improve the sensitivity to decoherence effects of
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which are well beyond the reach of other experiments.
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ANCHORDOQUI, Luis A., et al. Probing Planck scale physics with IceCube. Physical Review D. 2005. Vol. 72, num. p. ISSN 0556-2821. [consulted: 18 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12520