Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT

The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next genera- tion undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December 2016 and January 2020 has been used to measure the atmospher...

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Published in:Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021)
Main Authors: Kalaczyński, Piotr, Ageron, Michel, Aiello, Sebastiano, Albert, Arnauld, Alshamsi, Maitha, Alves Garre, Sergio, Aly, Zineb, Ambrosone, Antonio, Ameli, Fabrizio, Andre, Michel, Androulakis, Giorgos, Anghinolfi, Marco, Anguita, Mancia, Anton, Gisela, Ardid, Miquel, Ardid, Salva, Assal, William, Aublin, Julien, Bagatelas, Christos, Baret, Bruny, Basegmez du Pree, Suzan, Bendahman, Meriem, Benfenati, Francesco, Berbee, Edward, van den Berg, Ad, Bertin, Vincent, Beurthey, Stephan, van Beveren, Vincent, Biagi, Simone, Billault, Michel, Bissinger, Matthias, Böttcher, Markus, Bou Cabo, Manuel, Boumaaza, Jihad, Bouta, Mohammed, Boutonnet, Claude, Bouvet, Gilles, Bouwhuis, Mieke, Bozza, Cristiano, Branzas, Horea, Bruijn, Ronald, Brunner, Juergen, BRUNO, Riccardo, Buis, Ernst-Jan, Buompane, Raffaele, Busto, Jose, Caiffi, Barbara, Caillat, Laurence, CALVO, David, Campion, Stefano, Capone, Antonio, Carduner, Hervé, Carretero, Victor, Castaldi, Paolo, Celli, Silvia, Cereseto, Roberto, Chabab, Mohamed, Champion, Cédric, Chau, Nhan, Chen, Andrew, Cherubini, Silvio, Chiarella, Vitaliano, Chiarusi, Tommaso, Circella, Marco, Cocimano, Rosanna, Coelho, Joao, Coleiro, Alexis, Colomer Molla, Marta, Colonges, Stèphane, Coniglione, Rosa, Cosquer, Alain, Coyle, Paschal, Cresta, Massimiliano, Creusot, Alexandre, Cruz, Anvil, CUTTONE, Giacomo, D'Amico, Antonio, Dallier, Richard, De Martino, Bianca, De Palma, Mauro, Di Palma, Irene, Diaz, Antonio, Diego-tortosa, Dídac, Distefano, Carla, Domi, Alba, Donzaud, Corinne, Dornic, Damien, Doerr, Manuel, Drouhin, Doriane, Eberl, Thomas, Eddyamoui, Ahmed, van Eeden, Thijs, van Eijk, Daan, El Bojaddaini, Imad, Eljarrari, Hassnae, Elsaesser, Dominik, Enzenhoefer, Alexander, Espinosa Rosello, Victor, Fermani, Paolo, Ferrara, Giovanna, Filipovic, Miroslav D., Filippini, Francesco, Fransen, Jean-Paul, Fusco, Luigi Antonio, Gajanana, Deepak, Gal, Tamas, Garcia-Mendez, Juan, Garcia Soto, Alfonso Andres, Garcon, Evelyne, Garufi, Fabio, Gatius Oliver, Clara, Geisselbrecht, Nicole, Gialanella, Lucio, Giorgio, Emidio, Gozzini, Sara Rebecca, Gracia, Rodrigo, Graf, Kay, Grella, Giuseppe, Guderian, Daniel, Guidi, Carlo, Guillon, Benoit, Gutierrez, Miguel, Haefner, Julia, Hallmann, Steffen, Hamdaoui, Hassane, van Haren, Hans, heijboer, aart, Hekalo, Amar, Hennig, Lukas, Henry, Sylvain, Hernandez-Rey, Juan-Jose, Hofestaedt, Jannik, Huang, Feifei, Idrissi Ibnsalih, Walid, Ilioni, Alin, Illuminati, Giulia, James, Clancy, Janezashvili, Davit, Jansweijer, Peter, De Jong, Maarten, de Jong, Paul, Jung, Bouke Jisse, Kadler, Matthias, KALEKIN, Oleg, Katz, Ulì, Kayzel, Frank, Keller, Pascale, Khan Chowdhury, Nafis Rezwan, Kistauri, Giorgi, van der Knaap, Frits, Kooijman, Paul, Kouchner, Antoine, Kreter, Michael, Kulikovskiy, Vladimir, Labalme, Marc, Lagier, Philippe, Lahmann, Robert, Lamare, Patrick, Lamoureux, Mathieu, Larosa, Giuseppina, Lastoria, Chiara Filomena, Laurence, Jerome, Lazo, Alfonso, Le Breton, Remy, Le Guirriec, Emmanuel, Le Stum, Sebastien, Lehaut, Gregory, Leonardi, Ornella, Leone, Francesco, Leonora, Emanuele, Lerouvillois, Christophe, Lesrel, Jean, Lessing, Nadja, Levi, Giuseppe, Lincetto, Massimiliano, Lindsey Clark, Miles, Lipreau, Thomas, LLorens Alvarez, Carlos, Lonardo, Alessandro, Longhitano, Fabio, Lopez Coto, Daniel, Lumb, Nick, Maderer, Lukas, Majumdar, Jhilik, Manczak, Jerzy, Margiotta, Annarita, Marinelli, Antonio, Marini, Aurelien, Markou, Christos, Martin, Lilian, Martinez-Mora, Juan Antonio, Martini, Agnese, Marzaioli, Fabio, Mastroianni, Stefano, Melis, Karel, Miele, Gennaro, Migliozzi, Pasquale, Migneco, Emilio, Mijakowski, Piotr, Miranda Palacios, Luis Salvador, Mollo, Carlos Maximiliano, Mongelli, Maurizio, Moussa, Abdelilah, Muller, Rasa, MUSICO, Paolo, Musumeci, Mario, Nauta, Lodewijk, Navas, Sergio, Nicolau, Carlo Alessandro, Nkosi, Bhuti, O'Fearraigh, Brian, O'Sullivan, Mitchell, Orlando, Angelo, Ottonello, Giacomo, Ottonello, Stefano, Palacios Gonzalez, Juan, Papalashvili, Gogita, Papaleo, Riccardo, Pastore, Cosimo, Păun, Alice, Păvălaş, Gabriela Emilia, Pellegrini, Giuliano, Pellegrino, Carmelo, Perrin-Terrin, Mathieu, Pestel, Valentin, Piattelli, Paolo, Pieterse, Camiel, Pisanti, Ofelia, Poire', Chiara, Popa, Vlad, Pradier, Thierry, Pratolongo, Fabio, Probst, Isabella, PUEHLHOFER, Gerd, Pulvirenti, Sara, Quemener, Gilles, Randazzo, Nunzio, Rapicavoli, Antonio, Razzaque, Soebur, REAL, Diego, Reck, Stefan, Riccobene, Giorgio, Rigalleau, Louis-Marie, Romanov, Andrey, Rovelli, Alberto, Royon, Jerome, Salesa Greus, Francisco, Samtleben, Dorothea Franziska Elisabeth, Sánchez Losa, Agustín, Sanguineti, Matteo, Santangelo, Andrea, Santonocito, Domenico, Sapienza, Piera, Schmelling, Jan-Willem, Schnabel, Jutta, Schneider, Martin Friedrich, Schumann, Johannes, Schutte, Hester, Seneca, Jordan, Sgura, Irene, Shanidze, Rezo, Sharma, Ankur, Sinopoulou, Anna, Spisso, Bernardino, Spurio, Maurizio, Stavropoulos, Dimitris, Steijger, Jos, Stellacci, Simona Maria, Taiuti, Mauro, Tatone, Francesca, Tayalati, Yahya, Tenllado, Enrique, Tezier, Damien, Thakore, Tarak, Theraube, Stephane, Thiersen, Hannes, Timmer, Paul, Tingay, Steven, Tsagkli, Stavroula, Tsourapis, Vasileios, Tzamariudaki, Ekaterini, Tzanetatos, Dimitrios, Valieri, Claudia, Van Elewyck, Veronique, Vasileiadis, George, Versari, Federico, Viola, Salvatore, Vivolo, Daniele, de Wasseige, Gwenhaël, Wilms, Joern, Wojaczynski, Rafal, de WOLF, Els, Yousfi, Tarik, Zavatarelli, Sandra, Zegarelli, Angela, Zito, Daniele, Zornoza, Juan-de-Dios, Zúñiga, Juan, Żywucka, Natalia
Other Authors: Keilhauer, Bianca, Androulakis, Giorgo, Bagatelas, Christo, Bissinger, Matthia, Böttcher, Marku, Bouvet, Gille, Bruno, Riccardo, Calvo, David
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: SISSA 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11386/4877472
https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.1112
https://pos.sissa.it/395/1112/pdf
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Summary:The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next genera- tion undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December 2016 and January 2020 has been used to measure the atmospheric muon rate at two different depths under the sea level: 3.5 km with KM3NeT- ARCA and 2.5 km with KM3NeT-ORCA. Atmospheric muons represent an abundant signal in a neutrino telescope and can be used to test the reliability of the Monte Carlo simulation chain and to study the physics of extensive air showers caused by highly-energetic primary nuclei impinging the Earth’s atmosphere. At energies above PeV the contribution from prompt muons, created right after the first interaction in the shower, is expected to become dominant, however its existence has not yet been experimentally confirmed. In this talk, data collected with the first detection units of KM3NeT are compared to Monte Carlo simulations based on MUPAGE and CORSIKA codes. The main features of the simulation and reconstruction chains are presented. Additionally, the first results of the simulated signal from the prompt muon component for KM3NeT-ARCA and KM3NeT-ORCA obtained with CORSIKA are discussed.