Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory

被引：31

作者：

Abreu, P. ^{[1
,2
]}

Aglietta, M. ^{[3
,4
]}

Ahlers, M. ^{[5
]}

Ahn, E. J. ^{[6
]}

Albuquerque, I. F. M. ^{[7
]}

Allard, D. ^{[8
]}

Allekotte, I. ^{[9
,10
]}

Allen, J. ^{[11
]}

Allison, P. ^{[12
]}

Almela, A. ^{[13
,14
]}

Alvarez Castillo, J. ^{[15
]}

Alvarez-Muniz, J. ^{[16
]}

Alves Batista, R. ^{[17
]}

Ambrosio, M. ^{[18
,19
]}

Aminaei, A. ^{[20
]}

Anchordoqui, L. ^{[21
]}

Andringa, S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Anticic, T. ^{[22
]}

Aramo, C. ^{[18
,19
]}

Arganda, E. ^{[23
,24
,25
]}

Arqueros, F. ^{[25
]}

Asorey, H. ^{[9
,10
]}

Assis, P. ^{[1
,2
]}

Aublin, J. ^{[26
,27
]}

Ave, M. ^{[28
]}

Avenier, M. ^{[29
]}

Avila, G. ^{[30
,31
]}

Baecker, T. ^{[32
]}

Badescu, A. M. ^{[33
]}

Balzer, M. ^{[34
]}

Barber, K. B. ^{[35
]}

Barbosa, A. F. ^{[36
]}

Bardenet, R. ^{[37
]}

Barroso, S. L. C. ^{[38
]}

Baughman, B. ^{[12
,39
]}

Baeuml, J. ^{[40
]}

Beatty, J. J. ^{[12
]}

Becker, B. R. ^{[41
]}

Becker, K. H. ^{[42
]}

Belletoile, A. ^{[43
]}

Bellido, J. A. ^{[35
]}

BenZvi, S. ^{[5
]}

Berat, C. ^{[29
]}

Bertou, X. ^{[9
,10
]}

Biermann, P. L. ^{[44
]}

Billoir, P. ^{[26
,27
]}

Blanco, F. ^{[25
]}

Blanco, M. ^{[26
,27
,45
]}

Bleve, C. ^{[42
]}

Bluemer, H. ^{[28
,40
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, LIP, Lisbon, Portugal

[2] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Inst Super Tecn, Lisbon, Portugal

[3] Univ Turin, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario INAF, Turin, Italy

[4] Sezione Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Turin, Italy

[5] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA

[6] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL USA

[7] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-01498 Sao Paulo, Brazil

[8] Univ Paris 07, Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol APC, CNRS IN2P3, Paris, France

[9] Ctr Atom Bariloche, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[10] Inst Balseiro CNEA UNCuyo CONICET, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[11] NYU, New York, NY USA

[12] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA

[13] Univ Tecnol Nacl, Fac Reg Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[14] UNSAM, CONICET, CNEA, Inst Tecnol Detecci & Astroparticulas, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[15] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

[16] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela, Spain

[17] Univ Estadual Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil

[18] Univ Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

[19] Sezione Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Naples, Italy

[20] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, IMAPP, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands

[21] Univ Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA

[22] Rudjer Boskovic Inst, Zagreb 10000, Croatia

[23] Univ Nacl La Plata, IFLP, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

[24] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

[25] Univ Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain

[26] Univ Paris 06, LPNHE, CNRS IN2P3, Paris, France

[27] Univ Paris 07, LPNHE, CNRS IN2P3, Paris, France

[28] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Expt Kernphys IEKP, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

[29] Univ Grenoble 1, LPSC, INPG, CNRS IN2P3, Grenoble, France

[30] Observ Pierre Auger, Malargue, Argentina

[31] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Malargue, Argentina

[32] Univ Siegen, D-57068 Siegen, Germany

[33] Univ Politehn Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania

[34] Karlsruher Inst Technol, Inst Prozessdatenverarbeitung & Elekt, Karlsruhe, Germany

[35] Univ Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

[36] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

[37] Univ Paris 11, LAL, CNRS IN2P3, Orsay, France

[38] Univ Estadual Sudoeste Bahia, Vitoria Da Conquista, BA, Brazil

[39] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[40] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

[41] Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

[42] Berg Univ Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

[43] Univ Nantes, CNRS IN2P3, Ecole Mines Nantes, SUBATECH, Nantes, France

[44] Max Planck Inst Radioastron, D-53121 Bonn, Germany

[45] Univ Alcala, Madrid, Spain

[46] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, Prague, Czech Republic

[47] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, I-00173 Rome, Italy

[48] Sezione Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Rome, Italy

[49] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Fis, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

[50] Inst Nucl Phys PAN, Krakow, Poland

来源：

ADVANCES IN HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2013年 / 2013卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

AIR-SHOWERS; COSMIC-RAYS; FLUX; SEARCH; LIMIT;

D O I：

10.1155/2013/708680

中图分类号：

O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The observation of ultrahigh energy neutrinos (UHE nu s) has become a priority in experimental astroparticle physics. UHE nu s can be detected with a variety of techniques. In particular, neutrinos can interact in the atmosphere (downward-going nu) or in the Earth crust (Earth-skimming nu), 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 UHE nu s 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 UHE nu s in the EeV range and above.

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