Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Published:2013
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Volume:2013
Page:1-18
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ISSN:1687-7357
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Container-title:Advances in High Energy Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Advances in High Energy Physics
Author:
Abreu P.1, Aglietta M.2, Ahlers M.3, Ahn E. J.4, Albuquerque I. F. M.5, Allard D.6, Allekotte I.7, Allen J.8, Allison P.9, Almela A.1011, Alvarez Castillo J.12, Alvarez-Muñiz J.13, Alves Batista R.14, Ambrosio M.15, Aminaei A.16, Anchordoqui L.17, Andringa S.1, Antičić T.18, Aramo C.15, Arganda E.1920, Arqueros F.20, Asorey H.7, Assis P.1, Aublin J.21, Ave M.22, Avenier M.23, Avila G.24, Bäcker T.25, Badescu A. M.26, Balzer M.27, Barber K. B.28, Barbosa A. F.29, Bardenet R.30, Barroso S. L. C.31, Baughman B.932, Bäuml J.33, Beatty J. J.9, Becker B. R.34, Becker K. H.35, Bellétoile A.36, Bellido J. A.28, BenZvi S.3, Berat C.23, Bertou X.7, Biermann P. L.37, Billoir P.21, Blanco F.20, Blanco M.2138, Bleve C.35, Blümer H.2233, Boháčová M.39, Boncioli D.40, Bonifazi C.2141, Bonino R.2, Borodai N.42, Brack J.43, Brancus I.44, Brogueira P.1, Brown W. C.45, Bruijn R.4647, Buchholz P.25, Bueno A.48, Burton R. E.49, Caballero-Mora K. S.50, Caccianiga B.51, Caramete L.37, Caruso R.52, Castellina A.2, Catalano O.53, Cataldi G.54, Cazon L.1, Cester R.55, Chauvin J.23, Cheng S. H.50, Chiavassa A.2, Chinellato J. A.14, Chirinos Diaz J.56, Chudoba J.39, Cilmo M.15, Clay R. W.28, Coluccia M. R.54, Conceição R.1, Contreras F.57, Cook H.46, Cooper M. J.28, Coppens J.1658, Cordier A.30, Coutu S.50, Covault C. E.49, Creusot A.6, Criss A.50, Cronin J.59, Curutiu A.37, Dagoret-Campagne S.30, Dallier R.36, Daniel B.14, Dasso S.6061, Daumiller K.33, Dawson B. R.28, de Almeida R. M.62, De Domenico M.52, De Donato C.12, de Jong S. J.1658, De La Vega G.63, de Mello Junior W. J. M.14, de Mello Neto J. R. T.41, De Mitri I.54, de Souza V.64, de Vries K. D.65, del Peral L.38, del Río M.4057, Deligny O.66, Dembinski H.22, Dhital N.56, Di Giulio C.4067, Díaz Castro M. L.29, Diep P. N.68, Diogo F.1, Dobrigkeit C.14, Docters W.65, D'Olivo J. C.12, Dong P. N.6668, Dorofeev A.43, dos Anjos J. C.29, Dova M. 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Affiliation:
1. LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal 2. Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy 3. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 4. Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA 5. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 6. Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Université Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France 7. Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 8. New York University, New York, NY, USA 9. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA 10. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 11. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina 12. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico 13. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 14. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil 15. Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy 16. IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 17. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA 18. Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 19. IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina 20. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 21. Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France 22. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus Süd-Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany 23. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier, INPG, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France 24. Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina 25. Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany 26. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 27. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie-Campus Nord-Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany 28. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia 29. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 30. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France 31. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil 32. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 33. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus North-Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany 34. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA 35. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany 36. SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France 37. Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany 38. Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain 39. Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic 40. Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy 41. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 42. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland 43. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA 44. Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 45. Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, USA 46. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 47. Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 48. Universidad de Granada & C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain 49. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA 50. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 51. Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy 52. Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy 53. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy 54. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy 55. Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy 56. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA 57. Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina 58. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 59. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 60. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina 61. Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina 62. Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil 63. Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), National Technological University, Mendoza, Argentina 64. Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil 65. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 66. Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France 67. Università dell'Aquila and INFN, L'Aquila, Italy 68. Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Vietnam 69. III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 70. ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands 71. J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 72. Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 73. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and INFN, Genova, Italy 74. University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland 75. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy 76. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil 77. RCPTM, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic 78. Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 79. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 80. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 81. Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil 82. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico 83. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 84. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy 85. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, DF, Mexico 86. Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 87. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 88. Instituto de Física Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina 89. Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 90. Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain 91. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA 92. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil 93. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA 94. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA 95. Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 96. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA 97. Konan University, Kobe, Japan 98. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA 99. NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abstract
The observation of ultrahigh energy neutrinos (UHEνs) has become a priority in experimental astroparticle physics. UHEνs can be detected with a variety of techniques. In particular, neutrinos can interact in the atmosphere (downward-goingν) or in the Earth crust (Earth-skimmingν), producing air showers that can be observed with arrays of detectors at the ground. With the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory we can detect these types of cascades. The distinguishing signature for neutrino events is the presence of very inclined showers produced close to the ground (i.e., after having traversed a large amount of atmosphere). In this work we review the procedure and criteria established to search for UHEνs in the data collected with the ground array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. This includes Earth-skimming as well as downward-going neutrinos. No neutrino candidates have been found, which allows us to place competitive limits to the diffuse flux of UHEνs in the EeV range and above.
Funder
National Science Foundation
Publisher
Hindawi Limited
Subject
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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