IceCube can detect neutrinos produced by charm quarks from atmospheric protons. (IMAGE)

The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

IceCube can detect neutrinos produced by charm quarks from atmospheric protons.

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Charm quarks and antiquarks in protons of atomic nuclei of the Earth's atmospheric gases may produce some of neutrinos recorded by modern neutrino detectors.

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Sources: IceCube/NSF

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