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Description
The Trinity Observatory is a proposed UHE-neutrino detector with a core-energy range of $10^6$ GeV-$10^{10}$ GeV, bridging the observational gap between IceCube and UHE radio detectors. It is a system of 60-degree wide field-of-view air-shower imaging telescopes that detect Earth-skimming tau neutrinos from mountain tops. Trinity's primary science objectives are the extension of the IceCube measured neutrino flux to ultrahigh energies, AGN physics, and detecting cosmogenic neutrinos. Trinity will provide critical measurements to study flavor physics and neutrino cross-sections at energies that are out of reach for accelerators. I present the project's status, focusing on the Trinity Demonstrator. This 1 square meter air-shower imaging telescope has been operating on Frisco Peak, Utah, since October 2023 to demonstrate the technology and understand potential backgrounds. In addition, I discuss the discovery potential of diffuse and source UHE neutrinos with the Demonstrator, one Trinity telescope, and the completed system.
