2007/09/10 by M. Gaug, C. Hsu, Gaug, M. +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0709.1462
Contribution to the 30th ICRC, Merida Mexico, July 2007 on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration
arxiv created 2007/09/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The MAGIC telescope located on the Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary Island La Palma at a height of 2200 m a.s.l. is able to point to the sea. This permits a search for air shower signatures induced by particles coming out of the Earth. An analytical approximation results in tau neutrino effective areas from ~103 m2 (at 100 TeV) to 105 m2 (at 1 EeV) for an observation angle of about 1 degree below the horizon, rapidly diminishing with further inclination. Taking into account the huge effective area, this configuration was investigated for its suitability to search for ultra-high energy (UHE) tau-neutrino signatures. The outcome of simulations for tau-neutrino signatures will be presented, models for astrophysical neutrino sources reviewed, and estimated event rates in MAGIC are shown.