Speaker
Sergio Navas Concha
(Universidad de Granada (ES))
Description
The Pierre Auger Observatory has the capability of detecting ultra-high
energy neutrinos of all flavours. They interact through charged and
neutral currents in the atmosphere (downward-going) and through the
``Earth-skimming'' mechanism (upward-going). The main challenge in
detecting ultra-high energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory
is to identify a neutrino-induced shower in the overwhelming background
of showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays, possibly protons,
heavy nuclei or even photons. The neutrino search analyses and the
most up-to-date upper limits on the neutrino fluxes are reported.
Primary author
Sergio Navas Concha
(Universidad de Granada (ES))
