https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4638-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Effects of Majorana physics on the UHE 
flux traversing the Earth
1
Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, 11300, Montevideo, Uruguay
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Físicas de Mar del Plata (IFIMAR), CONICET, UNMDP, Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina
* e-mail: lduarte@fing.edu.uy
Received:
29
September
2016
Accepted:
20
January
2017
Published online:
3
February
2017
We study the effects produced by sterile Majorana neutrinos on the flux traversing the Earth, considering the interaction between the Majorana neutrinos and the standard matter as modeled by an effective theory. The surviving tau-neutrino flux is calculated using transport equations including Majorana neutrino production and decay. We compare our results with the pure Standard Model interactions, computing the surviving flux for different values of the effective lagrangian couplings, considering the detected flux by IceCube for an operation time of 10 years, and Majorana neutrinos with mass 
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© The Author(s), 2017
