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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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0606068 2023-05-15T18:22:33+02:00 KM3NeT: Towards a km3 Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope Katz, Ulrich F. 2006 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0606068 https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606068 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.235 Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004 http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/ Astrophysics astro-ph FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2006 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0606068 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.235 2022-04-01T15:47:50Z 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. : Presented at VLVnT2 Workshop, Catania, Siciliy, Italy, 8-11 Nov 2005 Text South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) South Pole Nestor ENVELOPE(-63.435,-63.435,-64.415,-64.415) |
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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. : Presented at VLVnT2 Workshop, Catania, Siciliy, Italy, 8-11 Nov 2005 |
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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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