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Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory

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  • 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. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
  • 4. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
  • 5. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 6. Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA
  • 7. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 8. University of São Paulo
  • 9. Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Université Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
  • 10. Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
  • 11. New York University, New York, NY, USA
  • 12. New York University
  • 13. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
  • 14. Ohio State University
  • 15. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 16. Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 17. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico
  • 18. National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • 19. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 20. University of Santiago de Compostela
  • 21. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil
  • 22. State University of Campinas
  • 23. Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
  • 24. IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 25. Radboud University Nijmegen
  • 26. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • 27. Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • 28. IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
  • 29. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • 30. Complutense University of Madrid
  • 31. Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
  • 32. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus Süd-Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 33. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 34. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier, INPG, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
  • 35. Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
  • 36. Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
  • 37. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
  • 38. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie-Campus Nord-Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 39. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • 40. University of Adelaide
  • 41. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • 42. Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
  • 43. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil
  • 44. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • 45. University of Maryland, College Park
  • 46. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus North-Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 47. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • 48. University of New Mexico
  • 49. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
  • 50. SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
  • 51. Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
  • 52. Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
  • 53. Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 54. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • 55. Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
  • 56. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • 57. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  • 58. Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
  • 59. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • 60. Colorado State University
  • 61. Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
  • 62. Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, USA
  • 63. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • 64. University of Leeds
  • 65. Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 66. University of Lausanne
  • 67. Universidad de Granada & C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
  • 68. University of Granada
  • 69. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • 70. Case Western Reserve University
  • 71. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
  • 72. Pennsylvania State University
  • 73. Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
  • 74. Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
  • 75. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
  • 76. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
  • 77. Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
  • 78. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
  • 79. Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
  • 80. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 81. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
  • 82. University of Chicago
  • 83. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 84. Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 85. University of Buenos Aires
  • 86. Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
  • 87. Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), National Technological University, Mendoza, Argentina
  • 88. Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
  • 89. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 90. University of Groningen
  • 91. Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
  • 92. Università dell'Aquila and INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
  • 93. Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 94. III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
  • 95. RWTH Aachen University
  • 96. ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
  • 97. J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 98. Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • 99. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and INFN, Genova, Italy
  • 100. University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
  • 101. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
  • 102. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
  • 103. RCPTM, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 104. Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 105. Charles University in Prague
  • 106. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  • 107. Louisiana State University
  • 108. Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • 109. University of Hamburg
  • 110. Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
  • 111. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
  • 112. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
  • 113. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
  • 114. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, DF, Mexico
  • 115. Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
  • 116. Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • 117. University of Oxford
  • 118. Instituto de Física Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
  • 119. Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
  • 120. Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
  • 121. Spanish National Research Council
  • 122. University of Valencia
  • 123. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
  • 124. Northeastern University
  • 125. Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
  • 126. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
  • 127. University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • 128. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
  • 129. Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
  • 130. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
  • 131. Argonne National Laboratory
  • 132. Konan University, Kobe, Japan
  • 133. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
  • 134. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 135. NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Description

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.
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