Sensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectors
- NázevTitle
- Sensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectorsSensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectors
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
- AutořiAuthors
- A.B. Bouasla, R. Attallah, O. Adriani, A. Albert, Z. Beňušová, E. Eckerová, Ľ. Krupa, F. Mamedov, M. Petropavlova, Y. Shitov, I. Štekl
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- KM3NeT, neutrino telescope, Sensitivity
- KonferenceConference
- 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Geneva, Switzerland, 2025-07-14)
- ExperimentCollaboration
- KM3NeT
- DOIDOI
- 10.22323/1.501.1071
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- In: Proceedings of 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2025), Sissa Medialab, 2025, pp. 1071 · ISSN 1824-8039
- RokYear
- 2025
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- ZáznamyRecords
- ProjektProject
- LSM-CZ III - Podzemní laboratoř LSM - účast České republiky - LM2023063 (2023–2026)LSM-CZ III - Podzemní laboratoř LSM - účast České republiky - LM2023063 (2023–2026); Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane - účast ČRLaboratoire Souterrain de Modane – participation of the Czech Republic
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- 1 (INSPIRE-HEP)
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AbstraktAbstract
The network of two next-generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes: ARCA and ORCA is being successively deployed in the Mediterranean Sea by the KM3NeT Collaboration. The focus of ARCA is neutrino astronomy, while ORCA is mainly dedicated to neutrino oscillation studies. Both detectors are already operational in their intermediate states and collect valuable results. This work explores the potential of intermediate as well as complete detector configurations of ARCA and ORCA to observe the prompt component of the atmospheric muon flux, originating from cosmic ray interactions. It builds upon a dedicated reconstruction of observables characteristic for events composed of multiple muons, called muon bundles. The obtained results show that KM3NeT is sensitive to the prompt muon flux component and should be able to verify its existence within the first few years of data taking with completed detectors.
The network of two next-generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes: ARCA and ORCA is being successively deployed in the Mediterranean Sea by the KM3NeT Collaboration. The focus of ARCA is neutrino astronomy, while ORCA is mainly dedicated to neutrino oscillation studies. Both detectors are already operational in their intermediate states and collect valuable results. This work explores the potential of intermediate as well as complete detector configurations of ARCA and ORCA to observe the prompt component of the atmospheric muon flux, originating from cosmic ray interactions. It builds upon a dedicated reconstruction of observables characteristic for events composed of multiple muons, called muon bundles. The obtained results show that KM3NeT is sensitive to the prompt muon flux component and should be able to verify its existence within the first few years of data taking with completed detectors.