Published October 11, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Search for ultra-high energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

  • 1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Description

The Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy neutrinos of all flavors as they interact with the atmosphere and inside the Earth's crust. These air showers display characteristic features that allow their identification. We report on recent searches for ultra-high-energy neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory. We present the different identification criteria used, discuss the sources of background and systematic uncertainties, and place the corresponding limits on the neutrino fluxes

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.059

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.059;
PII
S0168-9002(12)01593-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
725
Journal Page Range
p. 80-84
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
5. international workshop on very large volume neutrino telescopes, the future of high-energy neutrino astronomy
Acronym
VLVnuT 11
Dates
12-14 Oct 2011
Place
Erlangen (Germany)

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