The KM3NeT Consortium and the northern hemisphere neutrino telescope

Journal Article · Fri Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3700575· OSTI ID:22589288

Bersani, Andrea ^[1]

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1. INFN Sezione di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova (Italy)

The KM3NeT Consortium is currently carrying on a research and development activity to build a cubic kilometerscale neutrino telescope in the deep Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT Consortium follows on from the NEMO and NESTOR pilot projects, which have produced several prototypes and the ANTARES collaboration, which has built and is operating a 0.1 cubic kilometer volume deep-sea neutrino telescope. The KM3NeT Mediterranean neutrino telescope will complement the Antarctic Icecube observatory, allowing the complete survey of the sky using neutrinos as a probe. The main physics goals of KM3NeT include the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources such as active galactic nuclei, supernova remnants and γ-ray bursts as well as the search for new physics, such as neutrino signals from neutralino annihilation. To achieve the best performance, an extensive optimisation process is underway, looking for the best geometrical configuration of the detector for maximum sensitivity, and evaluating the most reliable technical solutions to allow long-term, low-maintenance operations.

• OSTI ID: 22589288
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1441; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ANNIHILATION
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ASTROPHYSICS
GALAXY NUCLEI
ICECUBE NEUTRINO DETECTOR
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
NEUTRALINOS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
SENSITIVITY
SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
TELESCOPE COUNTERS