Improved flux limits for neutrinos with energies above 10${}^{22}$ eV from observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Abstract

Particle cascades initiated by ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos in the lunar regolith will emit an electromagnetic pulse with a time duration of the order of nano seconds through a process known as the Askaryan effect. It has been shown that in an observing window around 150 MHz there is a maximum chance for detecting this radiation with radio telescopes commonly used in astronomy. In 50 hours of observation time with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope array we have set a new limit on the flux of neutrinos, summed over all flavors, with energies in excess of $4\times 10^{22}$ eV.

Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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