Search for anti-neutrino bursts with an extensive air shower array

A search has been made for anti-neutrino bursts from collapsing stellar systems using the Haverah Park extensive air shower array. No event was detected in time coincidence with the burst reported by Lande et al (Nature; 251:485 (1974)) implying that the energy of the anti-neutrinos in that event was less than 85 MeV. Bursts of 100 MeV anti-neutrinos having a flux of 1011 to 1012antiνsub(e) cm-2 are in principle detectable with the array used but none was observed in a recording period of 44 000 h. (author)