Exploring Very-High-Energy Neutrinos with the Trinity Demonstrator: Observations and Initial Analysis

The Trinity Demonstrator is an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (IACT) designed to detect air showers produced by Earth-skimming tau neutrinos from both astrophysical point-sources and the diffuse flux. Serving as a proof of concept, the Demonstrator validates using air shower imaging as a technique for detecting very-high-energy neutrinos for the future 1 PeV to 10 EeV Trinity Neutrino Observatory. Trinity will bridge the energy gap between current and future observatories, have good angular resolution and deep point source sensitivity. I will discuss the status, analysis and background rates of the Trinity Demonstrator. As well as providing an update on the expectations of the first full sized Trinity Observatory Telescope, Trinity One, which will be a leading instrument for currently unresolved neutrino point sources.