Seminars and Journal Clubs
Searches for ultra-high-energy neutrinos and upward-going showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Europe/Brussels
E/3rd floor-E.349 - Seminar room (E.349) (Marc de Hemptinne (chemin du Cyclotron, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve))
E/3rd floor-E.349 - Seminar room (E.349)
Marc de Hemptinne (chemin du Cyclotron, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve)
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Description
The Pierre Auger Observatory plays a crucial role in detecting the most energetic particles in the Universe, including cosmic rays and neutrinos, to unravel their origins and contribute to multi-messenger astronomy. For the past two decades, during its Phase I, the Observatory has been actively searching for ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrinos with energies above 0.1 EeV. These neutrinos can travel horizontally through the atmosphere or skim the Earth's crust, producing young air showers that can be detected by the Surface Detector Array, comprising 1,660 water-Cherenkov stations spread over an area of 3,000 km2. Searches have been conducted for both point sources and diffuse flux. In addition, the Fluorescence Detector, consisting of 27 telescopes, has been used to search for upward-going air showers, motivated by the detection of ‘anomalous’ events by the ANITA instrument. This talk will summarize the scientific results of these searches and discuss their astrophysical implications. It will conclude with an outlook on Phase II, beginning with the AugerPrime upgrade of the Observatory.