Feb 13 – 16, 2012
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone

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

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500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

CERN, Geneva
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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))

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