Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector
36 pages, 28 figures International audience Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Se...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:in2p3-01520233v1 2023-05-15T17:53:23+02:00 Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector Adrián-Martínez, S. Ageron, M. Aiello, S. Albert, A. Ameli, F. Anassontzis, E. G. Andre, M. Androulakis, G. Anghinolfi, M. Anton, G. Ardid, M. Avgitas, T. Barbarino, G. Barbarito, E. Baret, B. Barrios-Martí, J. Belias, A. Berbee, E. Berg, A. van den Bertin, V. Beurthey, S. Van Beveren, V. Beverini, N. Biagi, S. Biagioni, A. Billault, M. Bondì, M. Bormuth, R. Bouhadef, B. Bourlis, G. Bourret, S. Boutonnet, C. Bouwhuis, M. Bozza, C. Bruijn, R. Brunner, J. Buis, E. Buompane, R. Busto, J. Cacopardo, G. Caillat, L. Calamai, M. Calvo, D. Capone, A. Caramete, L. Cecchini, S. Celli, S. Champion, C. Cherubini, S. Chiarella, V. Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM) Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) KM3NeT 2016-11-29 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01520233 https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag (Germany) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1612.05621 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 in2p3-01520233 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01520233 ARXIV: 1612.05621 doi:10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 ISSN: 1029-8479 Journal of High Energy Physics http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01520233 Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2016, 1705, pp.008. ⟨10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008⟩ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP05%282017%29008 [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 2021-11-07T03:53:50Z 36 pages, 28 figures International audience Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes that limit the obtainable resolution in both energy and direction in charged-current neutrino events in the ORCA detector are investigated. These processes include the composition of the hadronic fragmentation products, the subsequent particle propagation and the photon-sampling fraction of the detector. GEANT simulations of neutrino interactions in seawater produced by GENIE are used to study the effects in the 1 - 20 GeV range. It is found that fluctuations in the hadronic cascade in conjunction with the variation of the inelasticity y are most detrimental to the resolutions. The effect of limited photon sampling in the detector is of significantly less importance. These results will therefore also be applicable to similar detectors/media, such as those in ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Journal of High Energy Physics 2017 5 |
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36 pages, 28 figures International audience Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes that limit the obtainable resolution in both energy and direction in charged-current neutrino events in the ORCA detector are investigated. These processes include the composition of the hadronic fragmentation products, the subsequent particle propagation and the photon-sampling fraction of the detector. GEANT simulations of neutrino interactions in seawater produced by GENIE are used to study the effects in the 1 - 20 GeV range. It is found that fluctuations in the hadronic cascade in conjunction with the variation of the inelasticity y are most detrimental to the resolutions. The effect of limited photon sampling in the detector is of significantly less importance. These results will therefore also be applicable to similar detectors/media, such as those in ice. |
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Adrián-Martínez, S. Ageron, M. Aiello, S. Albert, A. Ameli, F. Anassontzis, E. G. Andre, M. Androulakis, G. Anghinolfi, M. Anton, G. Ardid, M. Avgitas, T. Barbarino, G. Barbarito, E. Baret, B. Barrios-Martí, J. Belias, A. Berbee, E. Berg, A. van den Bertin, V. Beurthey, S. Van Beveren, V. Beverini, N. Biagi, S. Biagioni, A. Billault, M. Bondì, M. Bormuth, R. Bouhadef, B. Bourlis, G. Bourret, S. Boutonnet, C. Bouwhuis, M. Bozza, C. Bruijn, R. Brunner, J. Buis, E. Buompane, R. Busto, J. Cacopardo, G. Caillat, L. Calamai, M. Calvo, D. Capone, A. Caramete, L. Cecchini, S. Celli, S. Champion, C. Cherubini, S. Chiarella, V. |
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Adrián-Martínez, S. Ageron, M. Aiello, S. Albert, A. Ameli, F. Anassontzis, E. G. Andre, M. Androulakis, G. Anghinolfi, M. Anton, G. Ardid, M. Avgitas, T. Barbarino, G. Barbarito, E. Baret, B. Barrios-Martí, J. Belias, A. Berbee, E. Berg, A. van den Bertin, V. Beurthey, S. Van Beveren, V. Beverini, N. Biagi, S. Biagioni, A. Billault, M. Bondì, M. Bormuth, R. Bouhadef, B. Bourlis, G. Bourret, S. Boutonnet, C. Bouwhuis, M. Bozza, C. Bruijn, R. Brunner, J. Buis, E. Buompane, R. Busto, J. Cacopardo, G. Caillat, L. Calamai, M. Calvo, D. Capone, A. Caramete, L. Cecchini, S. Celli, S. Champion, C. Cherubini, S. Chiarella, V. |
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Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the km3net/orca detector |
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ISSN: 1029-8479 Journal of High Energy Physics http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-01520233 Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2016, 1705, pp.008. ⟨10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008⟩ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP05%282017%29008 |
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