EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

KM3NeT/ARCA sensitivity and discovery potential for neutrino point-like sources

  • Trovato A.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611604006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 116
p. 04006

Abstract

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KM3NeT is a large research infrastructure with a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea. Of these, the KM3NeT/ARCA detector, installed in the KM3NeT-It node of the network, is optimised for studying high-energy neutrinos of cosmic origin. Sensitivities to galactic sources such as the supernova remnant RXJ1713.7-3946 and the pulsar wind nebula Vela X are presented as well as sensitivities to a generic point source with an E−2 spectrum which represents an approximation for the spectrum of extragalactic candidate neutrino sources.