Simulation of up- and down-going neutrino induced showers at the site of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Abstract

We present a study about the possibility to detect neutrino induced extensive air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The Monte Carlo simulations performed take into account the details of the neutrino propagation inside the Earth, the air as well as the surrounding mountains which are modelled by a digital elevation map. Details on the sensitivity with respect to the incoming direction as well as the aperture and the total observable event rates are calculated on the basis of various assumptions of the incoming neutrino flux.

arXiv commentBased on a talk presented at European Cosmic Ray Symposium, Lisbon, September 2006

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