Tau neutrino search with the MAGIC telescope
Abstract
The MAGIC telescope located on the Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary Island La Palma at a height of 2200 m a.s.l. is able to point to the sea. This permits a search for air shower signatures induced by particles coming out of the Earth. An analytical approximation results in tau neutrino effective areas from ~10^3 m^2 (at 100 TeV) to 10^5 m^2 (at 1 EeV) for an observation angle of about 1 degree below the horizon, rapidly diminishing with further inclination. Taking into account the huge effective area, this configuration was investigated for its suitability to search for ultra-high energy (UHE) tau-neutrino signatures. The outcome of simulations for tau-neutrino signatures will be presented, models for astrophysical neutrino sources reviewed, and estimated event rates in MAGIC are shown.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.1462,
title = {Tau neutrino search with the MAGIC telescope},
author = {M. Gaug and C. Hsu and J. K. Becker and A. Biland and M. Mariotti and W. Rhode and M. Teshima},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1462},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Contribution to the 30th ICRC, Merida Mexico, July 2007 on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration