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Fuchs, B. Garc\\'ia, B. Gookin, B.J. Whelan, B. K\\'egl, B. Keilhauer, B. Morales, B.R. Becker, B.R. Dawson, B. Revenu, B. Rouill\\'e-d'Orfeuil, B. Sarkar, B. Tom\\'e, B. Vargas C\\'ardenas, B. Wilczynska, B. Wundheiler, B. Zamorano, C.A. Moura, C. Aramo, C. Berat, C. Bleve, C. Bonifazi, C. De Donato, C. Di Giulio, C. Dobrigkeit, C.E. Covault, C.E. Fracchiolla, C.E. Santo, C.G. Tavera Ruiz, C. Hojvat, C. Jarne, C.J. Todero Peixoto, C. Lachaud, C. Macolino, C. Meurer, C. Morello, C.O. Escobar, C. Pfendner, C. R\\\"uhle, C. Timmermans, C. Williams, D. Allard, D. Boncioli, D.B. Tridapalli, D. D'Urso, D. Garcia-Gamez, D. Garcia-Pinto, D. Gonzalez, D. Harari, D. Heck, D.-H. Koang, D. Huber, D. Kruppke-Hansen, D. Kuempel, D. Lebrun, D. Mandat, D. Martello, D. Maurel, D. Maurizio, D. Melo, D. Monnier Ragaigne, D. Newton, D. Nitz, D. Nosek, D. Pakk Selmi-Dei, D. Ravignani, D. Schuster, D. Tegolo, D. Thomas, D. Veberic, D. Walz, D. Zavrtanik, E. Arganda, E.D. Fraenkel, E. Grashorn, E.J. Ahn, E.J. Quel, E. Kemp, E. Menichetti, E. Moreno, E.M. Santos, E. Parizot, E. Petermann, E. Roulet, E. Santos, E. Trovato, E. Varela, E. Zas, F. Arqueros, F. Blanco, F. Contreras, F. Diogo, F. Gomez Albarracin, F. Guarino, F. Ionita, F. Kuehn, F. Montanet, F. Salamida, F. Salesa Greus, F. S\\'anchez, F. Sarazin, F. Schr\\\"oder, F. Suarez, F. Werner, G. Avila, G. Cataldi, G. De La Vega, G. Farrar, G. Golup, G. la Rosa, G. Marsella, G. Matthiae, G. Medina-Tanco, G. M\\\"uller, G. Navarra, G. Parente, G.P. Guedes, G. Rodriguez, G. Ros, G.R. Snow, G. Salina, G. Sigl, G. Toma, G. Tristram, G. Wieczorek, G. Yuan, H. Asorey, H. Bl\\\"umer, H. Cook, H. Dembinski, H. Falcke, H. Gemmeke, H. Glass, H.H. Silva Lopez, H.J. Mathes, H. Lyberis, H. Martinez, H.O. Klages, H. Rivera, H.R. Marquez Falcon, H. Salazar, H. Schieler, H. Schoorlemmer, H. Spinka, H. Wahlberg, H. Wilczynski, I. Allekotte, I. Brancus, I.C. Maris, I. De Mitri, I. Dutan, I. Fajardo Tapia, I.F.M. Albuquerque, I. Lhenry-Yvon, I.M. Pepe, I. Rodriguez-Cabo, I. Sidelnik, I. Vali\\~no, I. Zaw, J.A. Bellido, J.A. Chinellato, J.A.J. Matthews, J. Allen, J. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Mu\\~niz, J. Aublin, J. B\\\"auml, J. Brack, J.C. D'Olivo, J.C. dos Anjos, J. Chauvin, J. Chirinos Diaz, J. Chudoba, J.C. Moreno, J. Coppens, J. Cronin, J. Ebr, J. Espadanal, J.F. Vald\\'es Galicia, J.G. Gonzalez, J.J. Beatty, J.K. Kulbartz, J. Kleinfeller, J. Knapp, J.L. Harton, J.L. Kelley, J.L. Navarro, J. Lozano Bahilo, J. Marin, J. Matthews, J. Neuser, J. Oehlschl\\\"ager, J. Pallotta, J. Pekala, J. Rautenberg, J.R. H\\\"orandel, J. Ridky, J. Roberts, J. Rodriguez Martino, J. Rodriguez Rojo, J. Rosado, J.R.T. de Mello Neto, J.R. V\\'azquez, J. Schovancova, J. Sorokin, J. Stapleton, J. Stasielak, J. Swain, J. Tiffenberg, J. Vicha, K.B. Barber, K. Daumiller, K.D. de Vries, K.H. Becker, K.H. Kampert, K. Kadija, K. Kotera, K. Link, K. Louedec, K.S. Caballero-Mora, K. Weidenhaupt, L. Anchordoqui, L. Caramete, L. Cazon, L. Del Peral, L. Lu, L. Martin, L. Miramonti, L. Molina-Bueno, L. Nellen, L. Niemietz, L. No\\v{z}ka, L. Perrone, L. Valore, L. Villase\\~nor, L. Wiencke, M. Aglietta, M. Ahlers, M.A. Leigui de Oliveira, M. Ambrosio, M.A. Muller, M. Ave, M. Avenier, M. Balzer, M. Blanco, M. Boh\\'acov\\'a, M. De Domenico, M. del R\\'io, M.D. Rodr\\'iguez-Fr\\'ias, M. Erdmann, M. Giller, M. G\\'omez Berisso, M. Grigat, M. Hrabovsk\\'y, M.I. Micheletti, M.J. Cooper, M. Josebachuili, M. Kleifges, M.L. D\\'iaz Castro, M. Ludwig, M. Melissas, M. Monasor, M. Mostaf\\'a, M. M\\\"unchmeyer, M. Niechciol, M. Nyklicek, M. Ortiz, M. Palatka, M. Pech, M. Pimenta, M. Platino, M. Pontz, M. Prouza, M.R. Coluccia, M. Risse, M. Roth, M.S.A.B. Le\\~ao, M. Scuderi, M. Settimo, M.S. Gold, M.S. Sutherland, M. Stephan, M. Szuba, M. Tartare, M.T. Dova, M. Tueros, M. Unger, M. Urban, M. Videla, M. Weber, M. Will, M. Wommer, M. Zavrtanik, M. Zimbres Silva, M. Ziolkowski, N. Borodai, N. Dhital, N. Fazzini, N. Griffith, N. Hollon, N. Krohm, N. Kunka, N. Nierstenhoefer, N. Pacheco, N. Palmieri, N. Scharf, N.T. Thao, O. Catalano, O. Deligny, O. Fratu, O. Kr\\\"omer, O. Mart\\'inez Bravo, O. Ravel, O. Scholten, O. Sima, O. Tascau, O. Wainberg, P. Allison, P. Assis, P. Billoir, P. Brogueira, P. Buchholz, P. Facal San Luis, P.F. G\\'omez Vitale, P. Gon\\c{c}alves, P. Gouffon, P. Hansen, P. Homola, P. Horvath, P. Karhan, P. Kasper, P. Lautridou, P.L. Biermann, P. Lebrun, P.L. Ghia, P. Mantsch, P. Mertsch, P.N. Diep, P.N. Dong, P. Necesal, P.O. Mazur, P. Petrinca, P. Pieroni, P. Privitera, P. Ristori, P. Schiffer, P. Schov\\'anek, P. Sommers, P.T. Nhung, P. Travnicek, P. Wahrlich, P. Younk, R.A. V\\'azquez, R. Bardenet, R. Bonino, R. Bruijn, R. Caruso, R. Cester, R. Concei\\c{c}\\~ao, R.C. Shellard, R. Dallier, R.E. Burton, R. Engel, R.F. Gamarra, R. Gaior, R. Lauer, R. L\\'opez, R.M. de Almeida, R.M. Kieckhafer, R. Mussa, R. Pelayo, R. Pesce, R. Piegaia, R. Sato, R. Squartini, R. Tcaciuc, R. Ulrich, R. \\v{S}m\\'ida, R.W. Clay, S. Andringa, S. BenZvi, S. Coutu, S. Dagoret-Campagne, S. Dasso, S. Fliescher, S. Gambetta, S. Grebe, S. Harmsma, S.H. Cheng, S.J. De Jong, S. Jiraskova, S.J. Sciutto, S.L.C. Barroso, S. Le Coz, S. Maldera, S. Micanovic, S. Mollerach, S. Navas, S. Pastor, S. Petrera, S. Querchfeld, S. Riggi, S. Sarkar, S. Schulte, S. Stanic, S.T. Garcia Roca, S. Westerhoff, T.A. Harrison, T. Anticic, T. B\\\"acker, T. Hebbeker, The Pierre Auger Collaboration: P. Abreu, T. Huege, T. Paul, T. Pierog, T. Rossler, T. Suomij\\\"arvi, T. \\v{S}u\\v{s}a, T. Winchen, T. Yamamoto, T. Yapici, U. Fr\\\"ohlich, U. Giaccari, V.C. Holmes, V. de Souza, V.H. Ponce, V. Marin, V. Pirronello, V. Rizi, V. Scherini, V. Verzi, W.C. Brown, W. Docters, W.J.M. de Mello Junior, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, W. Tkaczyk, X. Bertou, Y. Guardincerri, Y.N. Srivastava, Y. Petrov, Y. Zhu, Z. Szadkowski","submitted_at":"2012-02-07T18:49:00Z","abstract_excerpt":"The Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to neutrinos of all flavours above 0.1 EeV. These interact through charged and neutral currents in the atmosphere giving rise to extensive air showers. When interacting deeply in the atmosphere at nearly horizontal incidence, neutrinos can be distinguished from regular hadronic cosmic rays by the broad time structure of their shower signals in the water-Cherenkov detectors. In this paper we present for the first time an analysis based on down-going neutrinos. 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