NEUTRINOS AS COSMIC MESSENGERS IN THE ERA OF ICECUBE, ANTARES AND KM3NET

• Published in: Acta Polytechnica
• Main Author: Katz, Uli F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: České vysoké učení technické v Praze 2021
• Subjects: South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10467/98684; https://doi.org/10.14311/AP.2013.53.0764

Using neutrinos as cosmic messengers for observation of non-thermal processes in the Universe is a highly attractive and promising vision, which has been pursued in various neutrino telescope projects for more than two decades. Recent results from ground-based TeV gamma-ray observatories and refinements of model calculations of the expected neutrino fluxes indicate that Gigaton target volumes will be necessary to establish neutrino astronomy. A first neutrino telescope of that size, IceCube, is operational at the South Pole. Based on experience with the smaller first-generation ANTARES telescope in the Mediterranean Sea, the multi-Gigaton KM3NeT device is in preparation. These neutrino telescopes are presented, and some selected results and the expected KM3NeT performance are discussed.