KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope
The observation of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos is one of the most promising future options to increase our knowledge on non-thermal processes in the universe. Neutrinos are e.g. unavoidably produced in environments where high-energy hadrons collide; in particular this almost certainly mus...
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ftcern:oai:cds.cern.ch:956094 2023-05-15T18:22:34+02:00 KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope Katz, U F 2006-06-03 http://cds.cern.ch/record/956094 eng eng http://cds.cern.ch/record/956094 astro-ph/0606068 FAU-PI-1-2006-01 oai:cds.cern.ch:956094 Astrophysics and Astronomy 2006 ftcern 2018-07-28T08:16:58Z The observation of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos is one of the most promising future options to increase our knowledge on non-thermal processes in the universe. Neutrinos are e.g. unavoidably produced in environments where high-energy hadrons collide; in particular this almost certainly must be true in the astrophysical accelerators of cosmic rays, which thus could be identified unambiguously by sky observations in "neutrino light". To establish neutrino astronomy beyond the detection of single events, neutrino telescopes of km3 scale are needed. In order to obtain full sky coverage, a corresponding detector in the Mediterranean Sea is required to complement the IceCube experiment currently under construction at the South Pole. The groups pursuing the current neutrino telescope projects in the Mediterranean Sea, ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR, have joined to prepare this future installation in a 3-year, EU-funded Design Study named KM3NeT. This report will highlight some of the physics issues to be addressed with the KM3NeT detector and will outline the path towards its realisation, with a focus on the upcoming Design Study. Other/Unknown Material South pole CERN Document Server (CDS) Nestor ENVELOPE(-63.435,-63.435,-64.415,-64.415) South Pole |
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The observation of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos is one of the most promising future options to increase our knowledge on non-thermal processes in the universe. Neutrinos are e.g. unavoidably produced in environments where high-energy hadrons collide; in particular this almost certainly must be true in the astrophysical accelerators of cosmic rays, which thus could be identified unambiguously by sky observations in "neutrino light". To establish neutrino astronomy beyond the detection of single events, neutrino telescopes of km3 scale are needed. In order to obtain full sky coverage, a corresponding detector in the Mediterranean Sea is required to complement the IceCube experiment currently under construction at the South Pole. The groups pursuing the current neutrino telescope projects in the Mediterranean Sea, ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR, have joined to prepare this future installation in a 3-year, EU-funded Design Study named KM3NeT. This report will highlight some of the physics issues to be addressed with the KM3NeT detector and will outline the path towards its realisation, with a focus on the upcoming Design Study. |
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KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope |
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KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope |
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KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope |
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km3net: towards a km3 mediterranean neutrino telescope |
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