Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector
Abstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton 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 th...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ab1a4dc976e24eb9bd8efdb62810858c 2023-05-15T17:53:24+02:00 Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector The KM3NeT collaboration S. Adrián-Martínez M. Ageron S. Aiello A. Albert F. Ameli E. G. Anassontzis M. Andre G. Androulakis M. Anghinolfi G. Anton M. Ardid T. Avgitas G. Barbarino E. Barbarito B. Baret J. Barrios-Mart A. Belias E. Berbee A. van den Berg V. Bertin S. Beurthey V. van Beveren N. Beverini S. Biagi A. Biagioni M. Billault M. Bondì R. Bormuth B. Bouhadef G. Bourlis S. Bourret C. Boutonnet M. Bouwhuis C. Bozza R. Bruijn J. Brunner E. Buis R. Buompane J. Busto G. Cacopardo L. Caillat M. Calamai D. Calvo A. Capone L. Caramete S. Cecchini S. Celli C. Champion S. Cherubini 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 https://doaj.org/article/ab1a4dc976e24eb9bd8efdb62810858c EN eng SpringerOpen http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 https://doaj.org/toc/1029-8479 doi:10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 1029-8479 https://doaj.org/article/ab1a4dc976e24eb9bd8efdb62810858c Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2017, Iss 5, Pp 1-39 (2017) Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments) Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity QC770-798 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008 2022-12-31T12:39:14Z Abstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton 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 Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of High Energy Physics 2017 5 |
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Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments) Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity QC770-798 The KM3NeT collaboration S. Adrián-Martínez M. Ageron S. Aiello A. Albert F. Ameli E. G. Anassontzis M. Andre G. Androulakis M. Anghinolfi G. Anton M. Ardid T. Avgitas G. Barbarino E. Barbarito B. Baret J. Barrios-Mart A. Belias E. Berbee A. van den Berg V. Bertin S. Beurthey V. van Beveren N. Beverini S. Biagi A. Biagioni M. Billault M. Bondì R. Bormuth B. Bouhadef G. Bourlis S. Bourret C. Boutonnet M. Bouwhuis C. Bozza R. Bruijn J. Brunner E. Buis R. Buompane J. Busto G. Cacopardo L. Caillat M. Calamai D. Calvo A. Capone L. Caramete S. Cecchini S. Celli C. Champion S. Cherubini Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector |
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Abstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton 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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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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