KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos
KM3NeT, a new generation of neutrino telescope, is currently being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. While its two sites, ORCA and ARCA, were respectively designed for the determination of neutrino mass hierarchy and high-energy neutrino astronomy, this contribution presents a study of the detectio...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2108.07062 2023-05-15T17:53:51+02:00 KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos de Wasseige, Gwenhaël 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.07062 https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.07062 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/c12003 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena astro-ph.HE FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.07062 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/c12003 2022-03-10T13:46:42Z KM3NeT, a new generation of neutrino telescope, is currently being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. While its two sites, ORCA and ARCA, were respectively designed for the determination of neutrino mass hierarchy and high-energy neutrino astronomy, this contribution presents a study of the detection potential of KM3NeT in the MeV-GeV energy range. At these low energies, the data rate is dominated by low-energy atmospheric muons and environmental noise due to bioluminescence and K-40 decay. The goal of this study is to characterize the environmental noise in order to optimize the selection of low-energy neutrino interactions and increase the sensitivity of KM3NeT to transient astrophysical phenomena, such as close-by core-collapse Supernovae, solar flares, and extragalactic transients. In this contribution, we will study how using data science tools might improve the sensitivity of KM3NeT in these low-energy neutrino searches. We will first introduce the data sets and the different variables used to characterize KM3NeT's response to the environmental noise. We will then compare the efficiency of various tools in identifying different components in the environmental noise and in disentangling low-energy neutrino interactions from the background events. We will conclude with the implication of low-energy neutrinos for future astrophysical transient searches. : 5 pages, 1 figure, VLVnT2021 conference proceedings Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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KM3NeT, a new generation of neutrino telescope, is currently being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. While its two sites, ORCA and ARCA, were respectively designed for the determination of neutrino mass hierarchy and high-energy neutrino astronomy, this contribution presents a study of the detection potential of KM3NeT in the MeV-GeV energy range. At these low energies, the data rate is dominated by low-energy atmospheric muons and environmental noise due to bioluminescence and K-40 decay. The goal of this study is to characterize the environmental noise in order to optimize the selection of low-energy neutrino interactions and increase the sensitivity of KM3NeT to transient astrophysical phenomena, such as close-by core-collapse Supernovae, solar flares, and extragalactic transients. In this contribution, we will study how using data science tools might improve the sensitivity of KM3NeT in these low-energy neutrino searches. We will first introduce the data sets and the different variables used to characterize KM3NeT's response to the environmental noise. We will then compare the efficiency of various tools in identifying different components in the environmental noise and in disentangling low-energy neutrino interactions from the background events. We will conclude with the implication of low-energy neutrinos for future astrophysical transient searches. : 5 pages, 1 figure, VLVnT2021 conference proceedings |
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KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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KM3NeT sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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km3net sensitivity to low energy astrophysical neutrinos |
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