Multi-Messenger Physics With the Pierre Auger Observatory

Authors

Karl Heinz Kampert, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal
Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Pennsylvania State University
Enrique Zas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
A. Aab, Radboud University Nijmegen
P. Abreu, Instituto Superior Técnico
M. Aglietta, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
I. F.M. Albuquerque, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP
J. M. Albury, The University of Adelaide
I. Allekotte, Centro Atomico Bariloche
A. Almela, Universidad Nacional de San Martin
J. Alvarez Castillo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
J. Alvarez-Muñiz, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
G. A. Anastasi, Gran Sasso Science Institute
L. Anchordoqui, Lehman College
B. Andrada, Universidad Nacional de San Martin
S. Andringa, Instituto Superior Técnico
C. Aramo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
H. Asorey, Centro Atomico Bariloche
P. Assis, Instituto Superior Técnico
G. Avila, Pierre Auger Observatory
A. M. Badescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
A. Bakalova, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
A. Balaceanu, Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
F. Barbato, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
R. J. Barreira Luz, Instituto Superior Técnico
S. Baur, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
K. H. Becker, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal
J. A. Bellido, The University of Adelaide
C. Berat, Universite Grenoble Alpes
M. E. Bertaina, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
X. Bertou, Centro Atomico Bariloche
P. L. Biermann, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-24-2019

Abstract

© Copyright © 2019 Kampert, Alejandro Mostafa, Zas and The Pierre Auger Collaboration. An overview of the multi-messenger capabilities of the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented. The techniques and performance of searching for Ultra-High Energy neutrinos, photons and neutrons are described. Some of the most relevant results are reviewed, such as stringent upper bounds that were placed to a flux of diffuse cosmogenic neutrinos and photons, bounds placed on neutrinos emitted from compact binary mergers that were detected by LIGO and Virgo during their first and second observing runs, as well as searches for high energy photons and neutrons from the Galactic center that constrain the properties of the putative Galactic PeVatron, observed by the H.E.S.S. collaboration. The observation of directional correlations between ultra-high energy cosmic rays and either high energy astrophysical neutrinos or specific source populations, weighted by their electromagnetic radiation, are also discussed. They constitute additional multi-messenger approaches aimed at identifying the sources of high energy cosmic rays.

Publication Title

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

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