1. A tau scenario application to a search for upward-going showers with the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Pierre Auger Collaboration, Caracas, Ioana Alexandra, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Albury, Justin M., Allekotte, Ingomar, Almela, Alejandro, Alvarez-Muniz, Jaime, Alves Batista, Rafael, Anastasi, Gioacchino Alex, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Andrada, Belén, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Araújo Ferreira, Paulo Ricardo, Arteaga Velazquez, Juan Carlos, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Avila, Gualberto, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Bakalova, Alena, Balaceanu, Alexandru, Barbato, Felicia, Barreira Luz, Ricardo Jorge, Becker, Karl-Heinz, Bellido, Jose A., Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter L., Binet, Virginia, Bismark, Kathrin, Bister, Teresa, Biteau, Jonathan, Blazek, Jiri, Bleve, Carla, Bohacova, Martina, boncioli, denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Bonneau Arbeletche, Luan, Borodai, Nataliia, Botti, Ana Martina, Brack, Jeffrey, Bretz, Thomas, Brichetto Orchera, P. Gabriel, Briechle, Florian Lukas, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Büsken, Max, Caballero-Mora, Karen S., Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Canfora, Fabrizia, Caracas, Ioana, Carceller, Juan Miguel, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Catalani, Fernando, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cerda, Marcos, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Chytka, Ladislav, Clay, Roger W., Cobos Cerutti, Agustín, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Rúben, Condorelli, Antonio, Consolati, Giovanni, Contreras, Fernando, Convenga, Fabio, Correia dos Santos, Diego, Covault, Corbin, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R., Day, Jarryd A., Almeida, Rogerio M. de, Jesús, Joaquín de, Jong, Sijbrand J. de, De Mauro, Giuseppe, Mello Neto, João de, De Mitri, Ivan, Oliveira, Jaime de, Oliveira Franco, Danelise de, Palma, Francesco de, Souza, Vitor de, De Vito, Emanuele, Río, Mariano del, Deligny, Olivier, Deval, Luca, Matteo, Armando di, Dobrigkeit, Carola, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Domingues Mendes, Luis Miguel, Anjos, Rita dos, Santos, Diego dos, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Epicoco, Italo, Erdmann, Martin, Escobar, Carlos O., Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Farmer, John, Farrar, Glennys R., Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Feldbusch, Fridtjof, Fenu, Francesco, Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filipcic, Andrej, Fitoussi, Thomas, Fodran, Tomáš, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fujii, Toshihiro, Fuster, Alan, Galea, Cristina, Galelli, Claudio, García, Beatriz, García Vegas, Adrianna Luz, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gesualdi, Flavia, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, GIACCARI, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Glombitza, Jonas, Gobbi, Fabian, Gollan, Fernando, Golup, Geraldina, Gómez Berisso, Mariano, Gómez Vitale, Primo F., Gongora, Juan Pablo, González, Juan Manuel, Gonzalez, Nicolas Martin, Goos, Isabel, Gora, Dariusz, Gorgi, Alessio, Gottowik, Marvin, Grubb, Trent D., Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Guido, Eleonora, Hahn, Steffen, Hamal, Petr, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia María, Harari, Diego, Harvey, Violet M., Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Hill, Gary C., Hojvat, Carlos, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovsky, Miroslav, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Janecek, Petr, Johnsen, Jeffrey A., Juryšek, Jakub, Kääpä, Alex, Kampert, Karl-Heinz, Karastathis, Nikolaos, Keilhauer, Bianca, Kemp, Julian, Khakurdikar, Abha, Kizakke Covilakam, Varada Varma, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Köpke, Marcel, Kunka, Norbert, Lago, Bruno L., Lang, Rodrigo Guedes, Langner, Niklas, Leigui de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto, Lenok, Vladimir, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Lo Presti, Domenico, LOPES, Luis, López, Rebeca, Lu, Lu, Luce, Quentin, Lundquist, Jon Paul, Machado Payeras, Allan, Mancarella, Giovanni, Mandat, Dusan, Manning, Bradley C., Manshanden, Julien, Mantsch, Paul, Marafico, Sullivan, Mariazzi, Analisa, Maris, Ioana Codrina, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martinelli, Sara, Martínez Bravo, Oscar, Mastrodicasa, Massimo, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Matthews, James, Matthiae, Giorgio, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Merenda, Kevin-Druis, Michal, Stanislav, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Miramonti, Lino, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafa, Miguel, Müller, Ana L., Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Mulrey, Katharine, Mussa, Roberto, Muzio, Marco Stein, Namasaka, Wilson M., Nasr-Esfahani, Alina, Nellen, Lukas, Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotný, Vladimír, Nozka, Libor, Nucita, Achille, Nunez, Luis A., Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Pawlowsky, Jannis, Pech, Miroslav, Pedreira, Francisco, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Peña-Rodríguez, Jesús, Pereira Martins, Edyvania Emily, Perez Armand, Johnnier, Pérez Bertolli, Carmina, Perlin, Matías, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petrera, Sergio, Pierog, Tanguy, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Pont, Bjarni, Pothast, Mart, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Puyleart, Andrew, Querchfeld, Sven, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravignani, Diego, Reininghaus, Maximilian, Ridky, Jan, Riehn, Felix, Risse, Markus, Rizi, Vincenzo, Rodrigues de Carvalho, Washington, Rodriguez Rojo, Jorge Rubén, Roncoroni, Matías J., Rossoni, Simone, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Ruehl, Philip, Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salamida, Francesco, Salazar, Humberto Ibarguen, Salina, Gaetano, Sanabria Gomez, Jose, Sánchez, Federico Andrés, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarmento, Raul, Sarmiento-Cano, Christian, Sato, Ricardo, Savina, Pierpaolo, Schäfer, Christoph M., Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schimassek, Martin, Schimp, Michael, Schlüter, Felix, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schovanek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G., Schröder, Sonja, Schulte, Josina, Sciutto, Sergio, Scornavacche, Marina, Segreto, Alberto, Sehgal, Srijan, Shellard, Ronald C., Sigl, Guenter, Silli, Gaia, Sima, Octavian, Smida, Radomir, Sommers, Paul, Soriano, Jorge F., Souchard, Julien, Squartini, Ruben, Stadelmaier, Maximilian, Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stassi, Patrick, Streich, Alexander, Suárez-Durán, Mauricio, Sudholz, Tristan, Suomijarvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A. Daniel, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Tapia, Alex, Taricco, Carla, Timmermans, Charles, Tkachenko, Olena, Tobiska, Petr, Todero Peixoto, Carlos J., Tomé, Bernardo, Torrès, Zoé, Travaini, Andres, Travnicek, Petr, Trimarelli, Caterina, Tueros, Matias, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Vaclavek, Lukáš, Vacula, Martin, Valdés Galicia, Jose F., Valore, Laura, Varela, Enrique, Vásquez-Ramírez, Adriana, Veberic, Darko, Ventura, Cynthia, Vergara Quispe, Indira D., Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Vink, Jacco, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Watanabe, Clara Keiko Oliveira, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weindl, Andreas, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Wirtz, Marcus, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Yushkov, Alexey, Zapparrata, Orazio, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, and Zehrer, Lukas
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Pierre Auger Observatory ,Physics ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Detector ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Flux ,Astrophysics ,Spectral line ,Path length ,Experimental High Energy Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,High Energy Physics ,ddc:620 ,Engineering & allied operations ,Energy (signal processing) ,Intensity (heat transfer) ,Zenith - Abstract
Recent observations of two coherent radio pulses with the ANITA detector can be interpreted as steeply upward-going cosmic-ray showers with energies of a few tenths of an EeV and remain unexplained. The Pierre Auger Observatory has a large exposure to such upward propagating shower-like events, and has used 14 years of its Fluorescence Detector (FD) data to perform a generic search for such events with elevation angles greater than 20$^\circ$ from the horizon. Here this search is recast to constrain models generating high energy $\tau$-leptons. For maximal flexibility, only the propagation, decay, and interactions of $\tau$-leptons are treated in this analysis, meaning that the results are independent of the $\tau$-production scenario. This treatment allows for the application of these results to the wide range of models producing $\tau$-leptons that have been proposed to describe the "anomalous" ANITA events. The goal of this study is accomplished by generating $\tau$-leptons within the Earth and its atmosphere with an intensity dependent on the media density. The zenith angle, location and calorimetric energy of any resulting $\tau$-induced air showers are then used to calculate the exposure of the FD of the Pierre Auger Observatory to $\tau$ primaries. Differential limits as low as $10^{-9}$GeV s$^{-1}$cm$^{-2}$sr$^{-1}$ to the flux of $\tau$-leptons produced with less than a 50 km path length below the Earth's surface are reported for several zenith angle ranges and primary energy spectra. Full exposure and sensitivity information is provided, facilitating the application of these results to different $\tau$-lepton production models.
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- 2022