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Measurement of the atmospheric νμ flux with six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

NázevTitle
Measurement of the atmospheric νμ flux with six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCAMeasurement of the atmospheric νμ flux with six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
N. Zywucka, J. Zúñiga, J.D. Zornoza, D. Zito, I. Štekl, Y. Shitov, F. Mamedov, Ľ. Krupa, E. Eckerová, Z. Bardacova
DOIDOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14513-2
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
European Physical Journal C. 2025, 85(8), 1-11. ISSN 1434-6044.
RokYear
2025
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001573299300001
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-105014124467
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/25:00384867!RIV26-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

A measurement of the atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ flux with energies between 1 and 100 GeV is presented. The measurement has been performed using data taken with the first six detection units of the KM3NeT/ORCA detector, referred to as ORCA6. The data were collected between January 2020 and November 2021 and correspond to 510 days of livetime, with a total exposure of 433 kton·years. Using machine learning classification, 3894 neutrino candidate events have been selected with an atmospheric muon contamination of less than 1%. The atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ energy spectrum is derived using an unfolding procedure and the impact of systematic uncertainties is estimated. The atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ flux measured using the ORCA6 configuration is in agreement with the values measured by other experiments.

A measurement of the atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ flux with energies between 1 and 100 GeV is presented. The measurement has been performed using data taken with the first six detection units of the KM3NeT/ORCA detector, referred to as ORCA6. The data were collected between January 2020 and November 2021 and correspond to 510 days of livetime, with a total exposure of 433 kton·years. Using machine learning classification, 3894 neutrino candidate events have been selected with an atmospheric muon contamination of less than 1%. The atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ energy spectrum is derived using an unfolding procedure and the impact of systematic uncertainties is estimated. The atmospheric νμ+ν¯μ flux measured using the ORCA6 configuration is in agreement with the values measured by other experiments.