Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

0521550 - FZÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Aab, A. - Abreu, A. - Aglietta, M. - Bakalová, Alena - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Juryšek, Jakub - Mandát, Dušan - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - dos Santos, Eva M. Martins - Schovánek, Petr - Tobiška, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub - Yushkov, Alexey … Total 391 authors
Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. Roč. 2019, č. 11 (2019), s. 1-25, č. článku 004. ISSN 1475-7516. E-ISSN 1475-7516
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18004; GA MŠMT LM2015038; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402
Grant - others:OP VVV - AUGER-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : cosmic rays * air showers * neutrinos
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 5.210, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/11/004

With the Surface Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory we can detect neutrinos with energy between 1017 eV and 1020 eV from point-like sources across the sky, from close to the Southern Celestial Pole up to 60o in declination, with peak sensitivities at declinations around ~ −53o and ~+55o, and an unmatched sensitivity for arrival directions in the Northern hemisphere. A search has been performed for highly-inclined air showers induced by neutrinos of all flavours with no candidate events found in data taken between 1 Jan 2004 and 31 Aug 2018. Upper limits on the neutrino flux from point-like steady sources have been derived as a function of source declination. An unrivaled sensitivity is achieved in searches for transient sources with emission lasting over an hour or less, if they occur within the field of view corresponding to the zenith angle range between 60o and 95o where the SD of the Pierre Auger Observatory is most sensitive to neutrinos.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0306148