# Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

## TL;DR

This paper reports on the Pierre Auger Observatory's search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos from point-like sources, setting upper limits on fluxes and demonstrating exceptional sensitivity, especially for transient sources within specific sky regions.

## Contribution

It provides the first comprehensive limits on neutrino fluxes from point-like sources across a wide energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory data.

## Key findings

- No candidate neutrino events detected in the data set.
- Established upper limits on neutrino fluxes from point-like sources.
- Achieved unmatched sensitivity for transient neutrino sources within specific sky regions.

## Abstract

With the Surface Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory we can detect neutrinos with energy between $10^{17}\,$eV and $10^{20}\,$eV from point-like sources across the sky, from close to the Southern Celestial Pole up to $60^\circ$ in declination, with peak sensitivities at declinations around $\sim -53^\circ$ and $\sim+55^\circ$, and an unmatched sensitivity for arrival directions in the Northern hemisphere. A search has been performed for highly-inclined air showers induced by neutrinos of all flavours with no candidate events found in data taken between 1 Jan 2004 and 31 Aug 2018. Upper limits on the neutrino flux from point-like steady sources have been derived as a function of source declination. An unrivaled sensitivity is achieved in searches for transient sources with emission lasting over an hour or less, if they occur within the field of view corresponding to the zenith angle range between $60^\circ$ and $~95^\circ$ where the SD of the Pierre Auger Observatory is most sensitive to neutrinos.