Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos with JEM-EUSO

Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos are carriers of very importantastrophysical information. They may be produced at the sites of cosmic ray acceleration or during the propagation of the cosmic rays in the intergalactic medium. In contrast to charged cosmic rays, photon and neutrino arrival directions point to the production site because they are not deflected by the magnetic fields of the Galaxy or the intergalactic medium. In this work we study the characteristics of the longitudinal development of showers initiated by photons and neutrinos at the highestenergies. These studies are relevant for development of techniques for neutrino and photon identification by the JEM-EUSO telescope. In particular, we study the possibility of observing the multi-peak structure of very deep horizontal neutrino showers with JEM-EUSO. We also discuss the possibility to determine the flavor content of the incident neutrino flux by taking advantage of the different characteristics of thelongitudinal profiles generated by different type of neutrinos. This is of grate importance for the study of the fundamental properties of neutrinos at the highest energies. Regarding photons, we discuss the detectability of the cosmogenic component by JEM-EUSO and also estimate the expected upper limits on the photon fraction which can be obtained from the future JEM-EUSO data for the case in which there are no photons in the samples. Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina Fil: Medina Tanco, G.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Guzman, A.. University of Tubingen; Alemania Fil: Adams, J. H.. University of Alabama in Huntsville; Estados Unidos Fil: Ahmad, S.. Ecole Polytechnique; Francia Fil: Albert, J. N.. Univ Paris-Sud; Francia Fil: Allard, D.. Univ Paris Diderot; Francia Fil: Anchordoqui, L.. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Estados Unidos Fil: Andreev, V.. University of California; Estados Unidos Fil: Anzalone, A.. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo; Italia Fil: Arai, Y.. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK); Japón Fil: Asano, K.. Tokyo Institute of Technology; Japón Fil: Ave Pernas, M.. Universidad de Alcalá; España Fil: Baragatti, P.. UTIU, Dipartimento di Ingegneria; Italia Fil: Barrillon, P.. Univ Paris-Sud; Francia Fil: Batsch, T.. National Centre for Nuclear Research; Polonia Fil: Bayer, J.. University of Tubingen; Alemania Fil: Bechini, R.. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; Italia Fil: Belenguer, T.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA); España Fil: Bellotti, R.. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; Italia Fil: Belov, K.. University of California; Estados Unidos Fil: Berlind, A. A.. Vanderbilt University; Estados Unidos Fil: Bertaina, M.. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare; Italia Fil: Biermann, P. L.. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Alemania Fil: Biktemerova, S.. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Rusia Fil: Blaksley, C.. Univ Paris Diderot; Francia Fil: Blanc, N.. Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM); Suiza Fil: Blecki, J.. Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CBK); Polonia Fil: Blin-Bondil, S.. Ecole Polytechnique; Francia Fil: Blumer, J.. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Alemania Fil: The JEM-EUSO Collaboration.