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The KM3NeT ultra-high-energy event

NázevTitle
The KM3NeT ultra-high-energy eventThe KM3NeT ultra-high-energy event
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
DOIDOI
10.22323/1.501.1018
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025). Trieste: PoS - Proceedings of Science, Sissa Medialab srl, 2025. p. 1-11. vol. 501. ISSN 1824-8039.
JazykLanguage
eng
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-105029050732
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/25:00389274!RIV26-MSM-21670___
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

AbstraktAbstract

A neutrino event of exceptional energy, in the hundreds of PeV regime, was detected with the KM3NeT-ARCA detector. At the time of the detection, on February 13, 2023, the ARCA detector consisted of 21 detection lines, about 10% of the total volume of the full planned detector. This ultra-high-energy event lies in an unexplored energy range where cosmic neutrinos have been predicted but never observed until now. The KM3NeT Collaboration has considered several hypotheses regarding the possible origin of this event, though no clear indication has been found yet. In this contribution, the details of the event energy and direction reconstruction, together with the investigated hypotheses on its nature, will be reported.

A neutrino event of exceptional energy, in the hundreds of PeV regime, was detected with the KM3NeT-ARCA detector. At the time of the detection, on February 13, 2023, the ARCA detector consisted of 21 detection lines, about 10% of the total volume of the full planned detector. This ultra-high-energy event lies in an unexplored energy range where cosmic neutrinos have been predicted but never observed until now. The KM3NeT Collaboration has considered several hypotheses regarding the possible origin of this event, though no clear indication has been found yet. In this contribution, the details of the event energy and direction reconstruction, together with the investigated hypotheses on its nature, will be reported.