Feb 18 – 26, 2021
Online
Europe/Rome timezone

Modeling the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory

Feb 23, 2021, 5:50 PM
20m
Room 2 (https://unipd.link/NeuTel-ParallelRoom2)

Room 2

https://unipd.link/NeuTel-ParallelRoom2

Parallel Contributed Talk Neutrino Telescopes and Multimessenger New Facilities

Speaker

Hermes León Vargas (Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)

Description

The search for neutrino signals using a surface detector array is a challenging task that requires a very good control of the large background the from cosmic radiation. In this work we propose to use the HAWC observatory, an ~22000 m^2 water Cherenkov detector array located at 4100 m a.s.l., to search for neutrino induced muons produced within the largest volcano in Mexico, located in close vicinity of the detector array. We present preliminary results of the background measured with HAWC and a method designed to disentangle the atmospheric muon background from the neutrino induced signals.

Collaboration name HAWC

Primary author

Hermes León Vargas (Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)

Presentation materials