Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA
International audience ORCA (Oscillations Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) is the low-energy branch of KM3NeT,the next generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino detector in the Mediterranean. Its primarygoal is to resolve the long-standing unsolved question of whether the neutrino mass orderingis...
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ftunivparis:oai:HAL:hal-01890926v1 2024-05-19T07:46:46+00:00 Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA Kouchner, Antoine Coelho, Joao AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) KM3NeT Busan, South Korea 2017-07-12 https://hal.science/hal-01890926 https://doi.org/10.22323/1.301.1027 en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.22323/1.301.1027 hal-01890926 https://hal.science/hal-01890926 doi:10.22323/1.301.1027 INSPIRE: 1686962 PoS 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference https://hal.science/hal-01890926 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Jul 2017, Busan, South Korea. pp.1027, ⟨10.22323/1.301.1027⟩ neutrino: mass neutrino: interaction neutrino: atmosphere neutrino: detector neutrino: sterile matter: oscillation KM3NeT optical sensitivity Cherenkov counter photomultiplier electron cascade tracks muon site [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2017 ftunivparis https://doi.org/10.22323/1.301.1027 2024-04-23T03:47:36Z International audience ORCA (Oscillations Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) is the low-energy branch of KM3NeT,the next generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino detector in the Mediterranean. Its primarygoal is to resolve the long-standing unsolved question of whether the neutrino mass orderingis normal or inverted by measuring matter oscillation effects with atmospheric neutrinos. TheORCA design foresees a dense configuration of KM3NeT detection units, optimised for studyingthe interactions of neutrinos in seawater at low (< 100 GeV) energies. To be deployed atthe French KM3NeT site, ORCA’s multi-PMT optical modules will exploit the excellent opticalproperties of deep seawater to accurately reconstruct both cascade (mostly electron neutrinos)and track events (mostly muon neutrinos) with a few GeV of energy. This contribution discussesthe potential of the ORCA detector both in neutrino mass ordering studies and in obtaining newconstraints on other key parameters such as theta_23. New sensitivity studies of exotic oscillationphenomena such as sterile neutrinos and non-standard interactions are also presented Conference Object Orca Université de Paris: Portail HAL Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017) 1027 |
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International audience ORCA (Oscillations Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) is the low-energy branch of KM3NeT,the next generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino detector in the Mediterranean. Its primarygoal is to resolve the long-standing unsolved question of whether the neutrino mass orderingis normal or inverted by measuring matter oscillation effects with atmospheric neutrinos. TheORCA design foresees a dense configuration of KM3NeT detection units, optimised for studyingthe interactions of neutrinos in seawater at low (< 100 GeV) energies. To be deployed atthe French KM3NeT site, ORCA’s multi-PMT optical modules will exploit the excellent opticalproperties of deep seawater to accurately reconstruct both cascade (mostly electron neutrinos)and track events (mostly muon neutrinos) with a few GeV of energy. This contribution discussesthe potential of the ORCA detector both in neutrino mass ordering studies and in obtaining newconstraints on other key parameters such as theta_23. New sensitivity studies of exotic oscillationphenomena such as sterile neutrinos and non-standard interactions are also presented |
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AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) KM3NeT |
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Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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Measuring the Neutrino Mass Ordering and other oscillation parameters with KM3NeT-ORCA |
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measuring the neutrino mass ordering and other oscillation parameters with km3net-orca |
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