RT Journal Article
T1 Search for point-like sources of ultra-high energy neutrinos at the pierre auger observatory and improved limit on the diffuse flux of tau neutrinos
A1 Arganda, E.
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 Blanco Ramos, Francisco
A1 García Pinto, Diego
A1 Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
A1 Ortiz Ramis, Montserrat
A1 Rosado Vélez, Jaime
A1 Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
AB The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory can detect neutrinos with energy E_ν between 10^17 eV and 10^20 eV from point-like sources across the sky south of +55 degrees and north of -65 degrees declinations. A search has been performed for highly inclined extensive air showers produced by the interaction of neutrinos of all flavors in the atmosphere (downward-going neutrinos), and by the decay of tau leptons originating from tau neutrino interactions in Earth's crust (Earth-skimming neutrinos). No candidate neutrinos have been found in data up to 2010 May 31. This corresponds to an equivalent exposure of ∼3.5 years of a full surface detector array for the Earth-skimming channel and ∼2 years for the downward-going channel. An improved upper limit on the diffuse flux of tau neutrinos has been derived. Upper limits on the neutrino flux from point-like sources have been derived as a function of the source declination. Assuming a differential neutrino flux k_PS . E_nu^-2. from a point-like source, 90% confidence level upper limits for k_PS at the level of ≈5x10^-7 and 2.5x10^-6 GeV cm^-2 s^-1 have been obtained over a broad range of declinations from the searches for Earth-skimming and downward-going neutrinos, respectively.
PB IOP Publishing
SN 2041-8205
YR 2012
FD 2012-08-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44729
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44729
LA eng
NO © 2012 IOP Publishing.Autoría conjunta: Pierre Auger Collaboration. Artículo firmado por mas de 400 autores.We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Fundacion Antorchas, Gobierno De La Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargue, NDM Holdings, and Valle Las Lenas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Ministerio de Ciencia e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil; AVCR AV0Z10100502 and AV0Z10100522, GAAV KJB100100904, MSMT-CRLA08016, LG11044, MEB111003, MSM0021620859, LA08015 and TACR TA01010517, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Regional Ile-de-France, Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, grant Nos. N N202 200239 and N N202 207238, Poland; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal; Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria de Educacion de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha, FEDER funds, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (CPAN), Xunta de Galicia, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy, Contract Nos. DE-AC02-07CH11359, DE-FR02-04ER41300, National Science Foundation, grant No. 0450696, The Grainger Foundation USA; NAFOSTED, Vietnam; ALFA-EC/HELEN and UNESCO.
NO AVCR, República Checa
NO GAAV, República Checa
NO Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Francia
NO Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Francia
NO Conseil Regional Ile-de-France, Francia
NO Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), Francia
NO Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Francia
NO Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Alemania
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Alemania
NO Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Alemania
NO Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Alemania
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Alemania
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Alemania
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italia
NO Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR) Italia
NO Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Holanda
NO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Holanda
NO Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Holanda
NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polonia
NO Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal
NO Ministry for Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Eslovenia
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Eslovenia
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Consejeria de Educacion de la Comunidad de Castilla La Mancha
NO FONDOS FEDER
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), España
NO Consolider-Ingenio (CPAN), Xunta de Galicia
NO Science and Technology Facilities Council, Reino Unido
NO UNESCO
DS Docta Complutense
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