Sensitivity estimates for diffuse, point-like, and extended neutrino sources with KM3NeT/ARCA. (28th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caiffi, B.; Garcia Soto, A.; Heijboer, A.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Muller, R.S.; Sanguineti, M.
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 16:Number 9(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-09-28
• Subjects: Analysis and statistical methods -- Neutrino detectors -- Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors -- Software architectures (event data models, frameworks and databases); Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/C09030
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: The identification of cosmic objects emitting high energy neutrinos could provide new insights about the Universe and its active sources. The existence of these cosmic neutrinos has been proven by the IceCube Collaboration, but the big question of which sources these neutrinos originate from, remains unanswered. The KM3NeT detector for Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss (ARCA), with a cubic kilometer instrumented volume, is currently being built in the Mediterranean Sea. It will excel at identifying cosmic neutrino sources due to its unprecedented angular resolution for muon neutrinos (< 0.2 degree for E > 10 TeV events). KM3NeT has a view of the sky complementary to IceCube, and is sensitive to neutrinos across a wide range of energies. In order to identify the signature of cosmic neutrino sources in the background of atmospheric neutrinos and muons, statistical methods are being developed and tested with Monte-Carlo pseudo-experiments. This contribution presents the most recent sensitivity estimates for diffuse, point-like, and extended neutrino sources with KM3NeT/ARCA.