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1. Astronomy potential of KM3NeT/ARCA

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KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, E. Androutsou, M. Anguita, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, H. Atmani, J. Aublin, F. Badaracco, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardačová, B. Baret, A. Bariego-Quintana, A. Baruzzi, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, D. Bonanno, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, M. Breuhaus, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, M. Chadolias, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, I. Del Rosso, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Diaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, J.-G. Ducoin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, D. Franciotti, L. A. Fusco, J. Gabriel, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, I. Goos, P. Goswami, D. Goupilliere, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, V. Kueviakoe, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, F. Magnani, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Mańczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, M. Morga, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, D. Paesani, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, V. Parisi, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, I. Pelegris, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, J. Prado, S. Pulvirenti, C. A. Quiroz-Rangel, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, R. Randriatoamanana, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, A. Šaina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, S. Sanfilippo, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, N. Sennan, B. Setter, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Štekl, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, I. Tosta e Melo, E. Tragia, B. Trocmé, V. Tsourapis, A. Tudorache, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Vacheret, A. Valer Melchor, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, C. Verilhac, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, G. Zarpapis, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

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Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino detector is currently under construction at 3500 m depth offshore Capo Passero, Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. The main science objectives are the detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos and the discovery of their sources. Simulations were conducted for the full KM3NeT/ARCA detector, instrumenting a volume of 1 km $$^3$$ 3 , to estimate the sensitivity and discovery potential to point-like neutrino sources. This paper covers the reconstruction of track- and shower-like signatures, as well as the criteria employed for neutrino event selection. With an angular resolution below 0.1 $$^\circ $$ ∘ for tracks and under 2 $$^\circ $$ ∘ for showers, the sensitivity to point-like neutrino sources surpasses existing observed limits across the entire sky.

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2024
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2. Atmospheric muons measured with the KM3NeT detectors in comparison with updated numeric predictions

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KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, E. Androutsou, M. Anguita, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, A. Arsenic, H. Atmani, J. Aublin, F. Badaracco, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardačová, B. Baret, A. Bariego-Quintana, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, D. Bonanno, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, M. Breuhaus, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, M. Chadolias, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, A. Condorelli, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, I. Del Rosso, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Diaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, J.-G. Ducoin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, D. Franciotti, L. A. Fusco, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, I. Goos, P. Goswami, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, C. Haack, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, D. Joly, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, A. Khatun, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, V. Kueviakoe, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, F. Longhitano, F. Magnani, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Mańczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, G. Moretti, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó. Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, D. Paesani, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, V. Parisi, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, I. Pelegris, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, J. Prado, S. Pulvirenti, C. A. Quiroz-Rangel, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, A. Šaina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, S. Sanfilippo, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, N. Sennan, B. Setter, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Štekl, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, I. Tosta e Melo, E. Tragia, B. Trocmé, V. Tsourapis, A. Tudorache, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Vacheret, A. Valer Melchor, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, I. Yvon, G. Zarpapis, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

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Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The measurement of the flux of muons produced in cosmic ray air showers is essential for the study of primary cosmic rays. Such measurements are important in extensive air shower detectors to assess the energy spectrum and the chemical composition of the cosmic ray flux, complementary to the information provided by fluorescence detectors. Detailed simulations of the cosmic ray air showers are carried out, using codes such as CORSIKA, to estimate the muon flux at sea level. These simulations are based on the choice of hadronic interaction models, for which improvements have been implemented in the post-LHC era. In this work, a deficit in simulations that use state-of-the-art QCD models with respect to the measurement deep underwater with the KM3NeT neutrino detectors is reported. The KM3NeT/ARCA and KM3NeT/ORCA neutrino telescopes are sensitive to TeV muons originating mostly from primary cosmic rays with energies around 10 TeV. The predictions of state-of-the-art QCD models show that the deficit with respect to the data is constant in zenith angle; no dependency on the water overburden is observed. The observed deficit at a depth of several kilometres is compatible with the deficit seen in the comparison of the simulations and measurements at sea level.

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2024
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3. First observation of the cosmic ray shadow of the Moon and the Sun with KM3NeT/ORCA

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S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, L. Bailly-Salins, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, R. Del Burgo, I. Di Palma, A. F. Dìaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, J. Gabriel, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, A. Girardi, I. Goos, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, L. Haegel, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, D. Janezashvili, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, A. Lakhal, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, S. Liang, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, L. Maderer, J. Majumdar, J. Mańczak, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, C. Morley-Wong, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó. Fearraigh, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, A. Sathe, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, K. Tavzarashvili, Y. Tayalati, H. Tedjditi, H. Thiersen, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, H. Warnhofer, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract This article reports the first observation of the Moon and the Sun shadows in the sky distribution of cosmic-ray induced muons measured by the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. The analysed data-taking period spans from February 2020 to November 2021, when the detector had 6 Detection Units deployed at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, each composed of 18 Digital Optical Modules. The shadows induced by the Moon and the Sun were detected at their nominal position with a statistical significance of 4.2 $$\sigma $$ σ and 6.2 $$\sigma $$ σ , and an angular resolution of $$\sigma _{res}=0.49^\circ $$ σ res = 0 . 49 ∘ and $$\sigma _{res}=0.66^\circ $$ σ res = 0 . 66 ∘ , respectively, consistent with the prediction of $$0.53^\circ $$ 0 . 53 ∘ from simulations. This early result confirms the effectiveness of the detector calibration, in time, position and orientation and the accuracy of the event direction reconstruction. This also demonstrates the performance and the competitiveness of the detector in terms of pointing accuracy and angular resolution.

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2023
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4. Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT/ORCA

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The KM3NeT collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, L. Bailly-Salins, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, J. Gabriel, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, A. Girardi, I. Goos, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, L. Haegel, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, D. Janezashvili, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, A. Lakhal, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, S. Liang, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, L. Maderer, J. Majumdar, J. Mańczak, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, C. Morley-Wong, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, A. Sathe, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, K. Tavzarashvili, Y. Tayalati, H. Tedjditi, T. Thakore, H. Thiersen, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, H. Warnhofer, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Beyond Standard Model, Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Oscillation, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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Abstract In the era of precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters, upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. KM3NeT/ORCA is a neutrino detector optimised for measuring atmospheric neutrinos from a few GeV to around 100 GeV. In this paper, the sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ORCA detector to neutrino decay has been explored. A three-flavour neutrino oscillation scenario, where the third neutrino mass state ν 3 decays into an invisible state, e.g. a sterile neutrino, is considered. We find that KM3NeT/ORCA would be sensitive to invisible neutrino decays with 1/α 3 = τ 3 /m 3 < 180 ps/eV at 90% confidence level, assuming true normal ordering. Finally, the impact of neutrino decay on the precision of KM3NeT/ORCA measurements for θ 23, Δ m 31 2 $$ \Delta {m}_{31}^2 $$ and mass ordering have been studied. No significant effect of neutrino decay on the sensitivity to these measurements has been found.

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2023
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5. Embedded software of the KM3NeT central logic board.

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Sebastiano Aiello, Albert Akhriev, Sergio Alves Garre, Zineb Aly, A. Ambrosone, Fabrizio Ameli, Michel André 0002, E. Androutsou, Marco Anghinolfi, Mancia Anguita, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, H. Atmani, Julien Aublin, Christos Bagatelas, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardacová, Bruny Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, Vincent van Beveren, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzas, F. Bretaudeau, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, M. Chadolias, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipovic, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, O. Gabella, J. Gabriel, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, A. Girardi, I. Goos, D. Goupilliere, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, P. Jansweijer, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczynski, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, A. Khatun, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lindsey Clark, Fabio Longhitano, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Manczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, S. Miccichè, Gennaro Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, S. Minutoli, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, C. Morley-Wong, A. Mosbrugger, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. ó Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Paun, G. E. Pavalas, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, C. Quiroz, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, Diego Real, S. Reck, Giorgio Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, A. Saina, Francisco Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, Agustín Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, Y. Scarpetta, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, B. Setter, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, Y. Shitov, F. Simkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, Bernardino Spisso, Maurizio Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Stekl, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Tedjditi, H. Thiersen, I. Tosta e Melo, B. Trocme, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Vacheret, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, C. Verilhac, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, H. Warnhofer, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, G. Zarpapis, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, Juan Zúñiga, and Natalia Zywucka

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2024
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6. Searches for Neutrinos in the Direction of Radio-bright Blazars with the ANTARES Telescope

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A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, Y. Becherini, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, L. Caramete, F. Carenini, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. S. M. Cruz, A. F. Díaz, B. De Martino, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, S. El Hedri, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, S. Gagliardini, J. García, C. Gatius Oliver, P. Gay, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, L. Haegel, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, Y. A Kovalev, Y. Y Kovalev, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, A. Lazo, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, S. Le Stum, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, E. Oukacha, A. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, S. Peña-Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, A. Plavin, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, A. Pushkarev, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, A. Saina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S. J. Tingay, S. Troitsky, B. Vallage, G. Vannoye, V. Van Elewyck, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, ANTARES Collaboration, T. Hovatta, S. Kiehlmann, I. Liodakis, V. Pavlidou, A. C. S Readhead, and OVRO Collaboration

Subjects
Neutrino astronomy, Blazars, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

Active galaxies, especially blazars, are among the most promising extragalactic candidates for high-energy neutrino sources. To date, ANTARES searches included these objects and used GeV–TeV γ -ray flux to select blazars. Here, a statistically complete blazar sample selected by their bright radio emission is used as the target for searches of origins of neutrinos collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope over 13 yr of operation. The hypothesis of a neutrino–blazar directional correlation is tested by pair counting and a complementary likelihood-based approach. The resulting posttrial p -value is 3.0% (2.2 σ in the two-sided convention). Additionally, a time-dependent analysis is performed to search for temporal clustering of neutrino candidates as a means of detecting neutrino flares in blazars. None of the investigated sources alone reaches a significant flare detection level. However, the presence of 18 sources with a pretrial significance above 3 σ indicates a p = 1.4% (2.5 σ in the two-sided convention) detection of a time-variable neutrino flux. An a posteriori investigation reveals an intriguing temporal coincidence of neutrino, radio, and γ -ray flares of the J0242+1101 blazar at a p = 0.5% (2.9 σ in the two-sided convention) level. Altogether, the results presented here suggest a possible connection of neutrino candidates detected by the ANTARES telescope with radio-bright blazars.

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2024
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7. Search for non-standard neutrino interactions with 10 years of ANTARES data

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The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, S. LeStum, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, B. Martino, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, S. J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Non-standard interactions of neutrinos arising in many theories beyond the Standard Model can significantly alter matter effects in atmospheric neutrino propagation through the Earth. In this paper, a search for deviations from the prediction of the standard 3-flavour atmospheric neutrino oscillations using the data taken by the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. Ten years of atmospheric neutrino data collected from 2007 to 2016, with reconstructed energies in the range from ∼16 GeV to 100 GeV, have been analysed. A log-likelihood ratio test of the dimensionless coefficients ε μτ and ε ττ − ε μμ does not provide clear evidence of deviations from standard interactions. For normal neutrino mass ordering, the combined fit of both coefficients yields a value 1.7σ away from the null result. However, the 68% and 95% confidence level intervals for ε μτ and ε ττ − ε μμ , respectively, contain the null value. Best fit values, one standard deviation errors and bounds at the 90% confidence level for these coefficients are given for both normal and inverted mass orderings. The constraint on ε μτ is among the most stringent to date and it further restrains the strength of possible non-standard interactions in the μ − τ sector.

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2022
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8. Hint for a TeV neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with ANTARES

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A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, Y. Becherini, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M.C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, L. Caramete, F. Carenini, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, T.N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J.A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A.F. Díaz, B. De Martino, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, S. El Hedri, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, M. Fasano, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, S. Gagliardini, J. García, C. Gatius Oliver, P. Gay, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, L. Haegel, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, A. Lazo, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, S. Le Stum, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, A. Neronov, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G.E. Păvălaş, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, A. Saina, F. Salesa Greus, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, D. Savchenko, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S.J. Tingay, B. Vallage, G. Vannoye, V. Van Elewyck, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
ANTARES, Neutrino telescope, Galactic Centre, Cosmic ray, Pion-decay model, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Interactions of cosmic ray protons, atomic nuclei, and electrons in the interstellar medium in the inner part of the Milky Way produce a γ-ray flux from the Galactic Ridge. If the γ-ray emission is dominated by proton and nuclei interactions, a neutrino flux comparable to the γ-ray flux is expected from the same sky region.Data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope are used to constrain the neutrino flux from the Galactic Ridge in the 1-100 TeV energy range. Neutrino events reconstructed both as tracks and showers are considered in the analysis and the selection is optimized for the search of an excess in the region |l|

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2023
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9. Implementation and first results of the KM3NeT real-time core-collapse supernova neutrino search

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S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, B. De Martino, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, Y. Gatelet, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, J. Haefner, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, D. Janezashvili, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, O. Leonardi, F. Leone, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, T. Lipreau, C. LLorens Alvarez, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, L. Maderer, J. Majumdar, J. Mańczak, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. O’Sullivan, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, I. Probst, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Rovelli, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, S. Tingay, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, N. Zywucka, and KM3NeT Collaboration

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The KM3NeT research infrastructure is unconstruction in the Mediterranean Sea. KM3NeT will study atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos with two multi-purpose neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, primarily aimed at GeV–PeV neutrinos. Thanks to the multi-photomultiplier tube design of the digital optical modules, KM3NeT is capable of detecting the neutrino burst from a Galactic or near-Galactic core-collapse supernova. This potential is already exploitable with the first detection units deployed in the sea. This paper describes the real-time implementation of the supernova neutrino search, operating on the two KM3NeT detectors since the first months of 2019. A quasi-online astronomy analysis is introduced to study the time profile of the detected neutrinos for especially significant events. The mechanism of generation and distribution of alerts, as well as the integration into the SNEWS and SNEWS 2.0 global alert systems, are described. The approach for the follow-up of external alerts with a search for a neutrino excess in the archival data is defined. Finally, an overview of the current detector capabilities and a report after the first two years of operation are given.

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2022
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10. Combined sensitivity of JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA to the neutrino mass ordering

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KM3NeT collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer-Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, B. De Martino, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, Y. Gatelet, C. Gatius, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, J. Haefner, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, D. Janezashvili, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, O. Leonardi, F. Leone, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, T. Lipreau, C. LLorens Alvarez, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, A. Lygda, L. Maderer, J. Majumdar, J. Mańczak, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. O’Sullivan, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, I. Probst, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Rovelli, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, S. Tingay, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, N. Zywucka, JUNO collaboration members, S. Ahmad, J. P. A. M. de André, E. Baussan, C. Bordereau, A. Cabrera, C. Cerna, G. Donchenko, E. A. Doroshkevich, M. Dracos, F. Druillole, C. Jollet, L. N. Kalousis, P. Kampmann, K. Kouzakov, A. Lokhov, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, S. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. Meregaglia, L. Miramonti, F. Perrot, L. F. Piñeres Rico, A. Popov, R. Rasheed, M. Settimo, K. Stankevich, H. Steiger, M. R. Stock, A. Studenikin, A. Triossi, W. Trzaska, M. Vialkov, B. Wonsak, J. Wurtz, and F. Yermia

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Oscillation, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract This article presents the potential of a combined analysis of the JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA experiments to determine the neutrino mass ordering. This combination is particularly interesting as it significantly boosts the potential of either detector, beyond simply adding their neutrino mass ordering sensitivities, by removing a degeneracy in the determination of ∆ m 31 2 $$ {m}_{31}^2 $$ between the two experiments when assuming the wrong ordering. The study is based on the latest projected performances for JUNO, and on simulation tools using a full Monte Carlo approach to the KM3NeT/ORCA response with a careful assessment of its energy systematics. From this analysis, a 5σ determination of the neutrino mass ordering is expected after 6 years of joint data taking for any value of the oscillation parameters. This sensitivity would be achieved after only 2 years of joint data taking assuming the current global best-fit values for those parameters for normal ordering.

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2022
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11. Determining the neutrino mass ordering and oscillation parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA

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S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, B. De Martino, M. De Palma, M. Di Marino, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, Y. Gatelet, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Grasso, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, J. Haefner, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, O. Leonardi, F. Leone, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, T. Lipreau, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, L. Maderer, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Morganti, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Ó. Fearraigh, M. O’Sullivan, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, C. Pastore, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, K. Pikounis, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, O. Rabyang, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Rovelli, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, E. Tenllado, H. Thiersen, S. Tingay, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, N. Zywucka, and KM3NeT Collaboration

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The next generation of water Cherenkov neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea are under construction offshore France (KM3NeT/ORCA) and Sicily (KM3NeT/ARCA). The KM3NeT/ORCA detector features an energy detection threshold which allows to collect atmospheric neutrinos to study flavour oscillation. This paper reports the KM3NeT/ORCA sensitivity to this phenomenon. The event reconstruction, selection and classification are described. The sensitivity to determine the neutrino mass ordering was evaluated and found to be 4.4 $$\sigma $$ σ if the true ordering is normal and 2.3 $$\sigma $$ σ if inverted, after 3 years of data taking. The precision to measure $$\varDelta m^2_{32}$$ Δ m 32 2 and $$\theta _{23}$$ θ 23 were also estimated and found to be $$85 . 10^{-6}~{\mathrm{eV}^{2}}$$ 85 . 10 - 6 eV 2 and $$(^{+1.9}_{-3.1})^{\circ }$$ ( - 3.1 + 1.9 ) ∘ for normal neutrino mass ordering and, $$75 . 10^{-6}~{\mathrm{eV}^{2}}$$ 75 . 10 - 6 eV 2 and $$(^{+2.0}_{-7.0})^{\circ }$$ ( - 7.0 + 2.0 ) ∘ for inverted ordering. Finally, a unitarity test of the leptonic mixing matrix by measuring the rate of tau neutrinos is described. Three years of data taking were found to be sufficient to exclude event rate variations larger than 20% at $$3\sigma $$ 3 σ level.

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2022
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12. Sensitivity to light sterile neutrino mixing parameters with KM3NeT/ORCA

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The KM3NeT collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, B. De Martino, M. De Palma, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, Y. Gatelet, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, M. Gutiérrez, J. Haefner, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Lara, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, O. Leonardi, F. Leone, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, T. Lipreau, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, A. Lygda, L. Maderer, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mastroianni, K. W. Melis, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. O’Sullivan, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, C. Pastore, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Pontoriere, V. Popa, T. Pradier, I. Probst, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Rovelli, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, F. Tatone, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, H. Thiersen, S. Tingay, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Oscillation, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract KM3NeT/ORCA is a next-generation neutrino telescope optimised for atmospheric neutrino oscillations studies. In this paper, the sensitivity of ORCA to the presence of a light sterile neutrino in a 3+1 model is presented. After three years of data taking, ORCA will be able to probe the active-sterile mixing angles θ 14, θ 24, θ 34 and the effective angle θ μe , over a broad range of mass squared difference ∆ m 41 2 $$ \Delta {m}_{41}^2 $$ ∼ [10 −5 , 10] eV2, allowing to test the eV-mass sterile neutrino hypothesis as the origin of short baseline anomalies, as well as probing the hypothesis of a very light sterile neutrino, not yet constrained by cosmology. ORCA will be able to explore a relevant fraction of the parameter space not yet reached by present measurements.

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2021
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13. The KM3NeT potential for the next core-collapse supernova observation with neutrinos

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S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, B. De Martino, M. De Palma, M. Di Marino, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L. A. Fusco, O. Gabella, T. Gal, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, Y. Gatelet, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Grasso, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, J. Haefner, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, O. Leonardi, F. Leone, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, T. Lipreau, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, L. Maderer, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mastroianni, S. Mazzou, K. W. Melis, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Morganti, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. O’Sullivan, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, G. Passaro, C. Pastore, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, K. Pikounis, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, O. Rabyang, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, S. Rivoire, A. Romanov, A. Rovelli, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, M. F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, F. Simeone, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, E. Tenllado, T. Thakore, H. Thiersen, S. Tingay, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, T. Unbehaun, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of two water Cherenkov neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, aimed at neutrino astrophysics and oscillation research, respectively. Instrumenting a large volume of sea water with $$\sim {6200}$$ ∼ 6200 optical modules comprising a total of $$\sim {200{,}000}$$ ∼ 200 , 000 photomultiplier tubes, KM3NeT will achieve sensitivity to $$\sim {10} \ \mathrm{MeV}$$ ∼ 10 MeV neutrinos from Galactic and near-Galactic core-collapse supernovae through the observation of coincident hits in photomultipliers above the background. In this paper, the sensitivity of KM3NeT to a supernova explosion is estimated from detailed analyses of background data from the first KM3NeT detection units and simulations of the neutrino signal. The KM3NeT observational horizon (for a $$5\,\sigma $$ 5 σ discovery) covers essentially the Milky-Way and for the most optimistic model, extends to the Small Magellanic Cloud ( $$\sim {60} \ \mathrm{kpc}$$ ∼ 60 kpc ). Detailed studies of the time profile of the neutrino signal allow assessment of the KM3NeT capability to determine the arrival time of the neutrino burst with a few milliseconds precision for sources up to 5–8 kpc away, and detecting the peculiar signature of the standing accretion shock instability if the core-collapse supernova explosion happens closer than 3–5 kpc, depending on the progenitor mass. KM3NeT’s capability to measure the neutrino flux spectral parameters is also presented.

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2021
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14. Search for Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidences Using HAWC and ANTARES Data

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H. A. Ayala Solares, S. Coutu, D. Cowen, D. B. Fox, T. Grégoire, F. McBride, M. Mostafá, K. Murase, S. Wissel, AMON Team, A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, B. De Martino, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, J. García, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, S. Le Stum, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S. J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, ANTARES Collaboration, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, R. Babu, E. Belmont-Moreno, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistrán, A. Carramiñana, S. Casanova, U. Cotti, O. Chaparro-Amaro, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutiño de León, E. De la Fuente, C. de León, R. Diaz Hernandez, M. A. DuVernois, M. Durocher, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, M. Fernández Alonso, N. Fraija, J. A. García-González, F. Garfias, M. M. González, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, P. Hüntemeyer, A. Iriarte, V. Joshi, S. Kaufmann, A. Lara, H. León Vargas, J. T. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, K. Malone, O. Martinez, I. Martinez-Castellanos, J. Martínez-Castro, J. A. Matthews, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. A. Morales-Soto, E. Moreno, A. Nayerhoda, L. Nellen, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, N. Omodei, A. Peisker, Y. Pérez Araujo, E. G. Pérez-Pérez, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-González, E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Salazar, F. Salesa Greus, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, A. J. Smith, Y. Son, R. W. Springer, O. Tibolla, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Ureña-Mena, E. Varela, X. Wang, K. Whitaker, E. Willox, A. Zepeda, H. Zhou, and HAWC Collaboration

Subjects
High energy astrophysics, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

In the quest for high-energy neutrino sources, the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network has implemented a new search by combining data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory and the Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch (ANTARES) neutrino telescope. Using the same analysis strategy as in a previous detector combination of HAWC and IceCube data, we perform a search for coincidences in HAWC and ANTARES events that are below the threshold for sending public alerts in each individual detector. Data were collected between 2015 July and 2020 February with a live time of 4.39 yr. Over this time period, three coincident events with an estimated false-alarm rate of

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2023
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15. Search for neutrino counterparts of gravitational-wave events detected by LIGO and Virgo during run O2 with the ANTARES telescope

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, G. Maggi, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, C. Nielsen, A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra, B. O’Fearraigh, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, B. Strandberg, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, S. J. Tingay, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract An offline search for a neutrino counterpart to gravitational-wave (GW) events detected during the second observation run (O2) of Advanced-LIGO and Advanced-Virgo performed with ANTARES data is presented. In addition to the search for long tracks induced by $$\nu _\mu $$ νμ ($${\overline{\nu }}_{\mu }$$ ν¯μ ) charged current interactions, a search for showering events induced by interactions of neutrinos of any flavour is conducted. The severe spatial and time coincidence provided by the gravitational-wave alert allows regions above the detector horizon to be probed, extending the ANTARES sensitivity over the entire sky. The results of this all-neutrino-flavour and all-sky time dependent analysis are presented. The search for prompt neutrino emission within ±500 s around the time of six GW events yields no neutrino counterparts. Upper limits on the neutrino spectral fluence and constraints on the isotropic energy radiated via high-energy neutrinos (from a few TeV to a few tens of PeV) are set for each GW event analysed.

Published
2020
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16. Dependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units

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M. Ageron, S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, G. Barbarino, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, A. Belias, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, V. van Beveren, S. Biagi, A. Biagioni, S. Bianucci, M. Billault, M. Bissinger, R. de Boer, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, M. Briel, M. Bruchner, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, G. Cacopardo, L. Caillat, C. Calì, D. Calvo, A. Capone, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, S. Colonges, R. Coniglione, A. Cosquer, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, C. D’Amato, A. D’Amico, A. D’Onofrio, R. Dallier, M. De Palma, C. De Sio, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, R. Donà, C. Donzaud, L. van Dooren, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, M. Durocher, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, I. El Bojaddaini, H. Eljarrari, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, L. A. Fusco, D. Gajanana, T. Gal, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, A. Giuliante, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Grasso, T. Grégoire, G. Grella, A. Grimaldi, A. Grmek, D. Guderian, M. Guerzoni, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, S. Henry, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, E. Huesca Santiago, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, P. Jansweijer, M. Jongen, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, F. Kayzel, P. Keller, N. R. Khan Chowdhury, F. van der Knaap, E. N. Koffeman, P. Kooijman, J. Koopstra, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, V. Kulikovskiy, K. K. Meghna, R. Lahmann, P. Lamare, G. Larosa, J. Laurence, R. Le Breton, F. Leone, E. Leonora, G. Levi, F. Librizzi, M. Lincetto, P. Litrico, C. D. Llorens Alvarez, A. Lonardo, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, G. Maggi, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, R. Mele, K. W. Melis, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L. S. Miranda, C. M. Mollo, M. Mongelli, M. Morganti, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, P. Musico, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, C. Nielsen, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, V. Panagopoulos, G. Pancaldi, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, C. Pastore, G. E. Păvălaş, G. Pellegrini, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, K. Pikounis, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, G. Polydefki, V. Popa, M. Post, T. Pradier, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, L. Quinn, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, A. Rapicavoli, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, J. Reubelt, G. Riccobene, L. Rigalleau, G. Rizza, R. Rocco, A. Rovelli, J. Royon, M. Salemi, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schmelling, V. Sciacca, D. Sciliberto, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, F. Simeone, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, J. Steijger, S. M. Stellacci, B. Strandberg, D. Stransky, T. Stüven, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, E. Tenllado, D. Tézier, T. Thakore, S. Theraube, P. Timmer, S. Tingay, A. Trovato, S. Tsagkli, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, C. Valieri, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, D. Zaborov, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract KM3NeT is a research infrastructure located in the Mediterranean Sea, that will consist of two deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino detectors. With one detector (ARCA), the KM3NeT Collaboration aims at identifying and studying TeV–PeV astrophysical neutrino sources. With the other detector (ORCA), the neutrino mass ordering will be determined by studying GeV-scale atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The first KM3NeT detection units were deployed at the Italian and French sites between 2015 and 2017. In this paper, a description of the detector is presented, together with a summary of the procedures used to calibrate the detector in-situ. Finally, the measurement of the atmospheric muon flux between 2232–3386 m seawater depth is obtained.

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2020
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17. Measurement of the atmospheric νe and νμ energy spectra with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author

A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M.C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T.N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer-Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A.F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, R. García, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N.R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra, B. O'Fearraigh, M. Organokov, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, F. Salesa Greus, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, S.J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Neutrino telescope, Atmospheric neutrinos, ANTARES, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

This letter presents a combined measurement of the energy spectra of atmospheric νe and νμ in the energy range between ∼100 GeV and ∼50 TeV with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The analysis uses 3012 days of detector livetime in the period 2007–2017, and selects 1016 neutrinos interacting in (or close to) the instrumented volume of the detector, yielding shower-like events (mainly from νe+ν‾e charged current plus all neutrino neutral current interactions) and starting track events (mainly from νμ+ν‾μ charged current interactions). The contamination by atmospheric muons in the final sample is suppressed at the level of a few per mill by different steps in the selection analysis, including a Boosted Decision Tree classifier. The distribution of reconstructed events is unfolded in terms of electron and muon neutrino fluxes. The derived energy spectra are compared with previous measurements that, above 100 GeV, are limited to experiments in polar ice and, for νμ, to Super-Kamiokande.

Published
2021
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18. Measuring the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters and constraining the 3+1 neutrino model with ten years of ANTARES data

Author

The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzas, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, R. Donà, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, L. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, G. Maggi, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, C. Nielsen, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălas, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, A. Salah-Eddine, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Oscillation, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The ANTARES neutrino telescope has an energy threshold of a few tens of GeV. This allows to study the phenomenon of atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance due to neutrino oscillations. In a similar way, constraints on the 3+1 neutrino model, which foresees the existence of one sterile neutrino, can be inferred. Using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2016, a new measurement of Δm 32 2 and θ 23 has been performed — which is consistent with world best-fit values — and constraints on the 3+1 neutrino model have been derived.

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2019
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19. The cosmic ray shadow of the Moon observed with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J. -J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martít, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract One of the main objectives of the ANTARES telescope is the search for point-like neutrino sources. Both the pointing accuracy and the angular resolution of the detector are important in this context and a reliable way to evaluate this performance is needed. In order to measure the pointing accuracy of the detector, one possibility is to study the shadow of the Moon, i.e. the deficit of the atmospheric muon flux from the direction of the Moon induced by the absorption of cosmic rays. Analysing the data taken between 2007 and 2016, the Moon shadow is observed with $$3.5\sigma $$ 3.5σ statistical significance. The detector angular resolution for downward-going muons is $$0.73^{\circ }\pm 0.14^{\circ }.$$ 0.73∘±0.14∘. The resulting pointing performance is consistent with the expectations. An independent check of the telescope pointing accuracy is realised with the data collected by a shower array detector onboard of a ship temporarily moving around the ANTARES location.

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2018
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20. Search for dark matter towards the Galactic Centre with 11 years of ANTARES data

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. Bouta, M.C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T.N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A.F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N.R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, G. Maggi, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, C. Nielsen, A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra, B. O'Fearraigh, M. Organokov, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, A. Salah-Eddine, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, B. Strandberg, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, S.J. Tingay, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Dark matter indirect detection, Neutrino telescope, Galactic Centre, ANTARES, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Neutrino detectors participate in the indirect search for the fundamental constituents of dark matter (DM) in form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). In WIMP scenarios, candidate DM particles can pair-annihilate into Standard Model products, yielding considerable fluxes of high-energy neutrinos. A detector like ANTARES, located in the Northern Hemisphere, is able to perform a complementary search looking towards the Galactic Centre, where a high density of dark matter is thought to accumulate. Both this directional information and the spectral features of annihilating DM pairs are entered into an unbinned likelihood method to scan the data set in search for DM-like signals in ANTARES data. Results obtained upon unblinding 3170 days of data reconstructed with updated methods are presented, which provides a larger, and more accurate, data set than a previously published result using 2101 days. A non-observation of dark matter is converted into limits on the velocity-averaged cross section for WIMP pair annihilation.

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2020
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21. Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using $$^{40}\mathrm{{K}}$$ 40K decays in sea water

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, G. Ferrara, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration source. Using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from mid 2008 to 2017, the time evolution of the photon detection efficiency of optical modules is studied. A modest loss of only 20% in 9 years is observed. The relative time calibration between adjacent modules is derived as well.

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2018
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22. All-sky search for high-energy neutrinos from gravitational wave event GW170104 with the Antares neutrino telescope

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, V. Giordano, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzoca, J. Wilms, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Advanced LIGO detected a significant gravitational wave signal (GW170104) originating from the coalescence of two black holes during the second observation run on January 4th, 2017. An all-sky high-energy neutrino follow-up search has been made using data from the Antares neutrino telescope, including both upgoing and downgoing events in two separate analyses. No neutrino candidates were found within $$\pm 500$$ ± 500 s around the GW event time nor any time clustering of events over an extended time window of $$\pm 3$$ ± 3 months. The non-detection is used to constrain isotropic-equivalent high-energy neutrino emission from GW170104 to less than $$\sim {1.2}\times 10^{{55}}$$ ∼ 1.2 × 10 55 erg for a $$E^{-2}$$ E - 2 spectrum. This constraint is valid in the energy range corresponding to the 5–95% quantiles of the neutrino flux [3.2 TeV; 3.6 PeV], if the GW emitter was below the Antares horizon at the alert time.

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2017
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23. Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with five years of the ANTARES detector data

Author

The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, I. Felis, L. A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, V. Giordano, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C. W James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălas, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzoca, J. Wilms, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Exotics, Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract A search for magnetic monopoles using five years of data recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from January 2008 to December 2012 with a total live time of 1121 days is presented. The analysis is carried out in the range β > 0.6 of magnetic monopole velocities using a strategy based on run-by-run Monte Carlo simulations. No signal above the background expectation from atmospheric muons and atmospheric neutrinos is observed, and upper limits are set on the magnetic monopole flux ranging from 5.7 × 10−16 to 1.5 × 10−18 cm−2·s−1·sr−1.

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2017
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24. An algorithm for the reconstruction of high-energy neutrino-induced particle showers and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, I. Felis, F. Folger, L. A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, V. Giordano, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, E. Nezri, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzoca, J. Wilms, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract A novel algorithm to reconstruct neutrino-induced particle showers within the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. The method achieves a median angular resolution of $$6^\circ $$ 6 ∘ for shower energies below 100 TeV. Applying this algorithm to 6 years of data taken with the ANTARES detector, 8 events with reconstructed shower energies above 10 TeV are observed. This is consistent with the expectation of about 5 events from atmospheric backgrounds, but also compatible with diffuse astrophysical flux measurements by the IceCube collaboration, from which 2–4 additional events are expected. A $$90\%$$ 90 % C.L. upper limit on the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux with a value per neutrino flavour of $$\text {E}^2\cdot \Phi ^{90\%} = 4.9 \cdot 10^{-8}\,\mathrm {GeV} \cdot \mathrm {cm^{-2} \cdot s^{-1}\cdot sr^{-1}}$$ E 2 · Φ 90 % = 4.9 · 10 - 8 GeV · cm - 2 · s - 1 · sr - 1 is set, applicable to the energy range from 23 TeV to 7.8 PeV, assuming an unbroken $$\text {E}^{-2}$$ E - 2 spectrum and neutrino flavour equipartition at Earth.

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2017
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25. Results from the search for dark matter in the Milky Way with 9 years of data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M.C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J.A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, I. Felis, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Mathieu, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, C. Mueller, E. Nezri, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, K. Roensch, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzoca, S. Wagner, J. Wilms, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Dark matter, WIMP, Indirect detection, Neutrino telescope, Galactic Centre, ANTARES, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Using data recorded with the ANTARES telescope from 2007 to 2015, a new search for dark matter annihilation in the Milky Way has been performed. Three halo models and five annihilation channels, WIMP+WIMP→bb¯,W+W−,τ+τ−,μ+μ− and νν¯, with WIMP masses ranging from 50 GeVc2 to 100 TeVc2, were considered. No excess over the expected background was found, and limits on the thermally averaged annihilation cross-section were set.

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2017
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26. Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector

Author

The KM3NeT collaboration, S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, S. Aiello, A. Albert, F. Ameli, E. G. Anassontzis, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, T. Avgitas, G. Barbarino, E. Barbarito, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Mart, A. Belias, E. Berbee, A. van den Berg, V. Bertin, S. Beurthey, V. van Beveren, N. Beverini, S. Biagi, A. Biagioni, M. Billault, M. Bondì, R. Bormuth, B. Bouhadef, G. Bourlis, S. Bourret, C. Boutonnet, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, G. Cacopardo, L. Caillat, M. Calamai, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, S. Cecchini, S. Celli, C. Champion, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, L. Chiarelli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, L. Classen, D. Cobas, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, S. Colonges, R. Coniglione, M. Cordelli, A. Cosquer, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, C. D’Amato, A. D’Amico, A. D’Onofrio, G. De Bonis, C. De Sio, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, M. Durocher, T. Eberl, S. Eichie, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, M. Favaro, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, G. Frascadore, M. Furini, L. A. Fusco, T. Gal, S. Galatà, F. Garufi, P. Gay, M. Gebyehu, F. Giacomini, L. Gialanella, V. Giordano, N. Gizani, R. Gracia, K. Graf, T. Grégoire, G. Grella, A. Grmek, M. Guerzoni, R. Habel, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, S. Harissopulos, T. Heid, A. Heijboer, E. Heine, S. Henry, J. J. Hernández-Rey, M. Hevinga, J. Hofestädt, C. M. F. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, P. Jansweijerf, M. Jongen, M. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, A. Kappes, U. F. Katz, P. Keller, G. Kieft, D. Kießling, E. N. Koffeman, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, P. Lamare, G. Larosa, A. Leisos, F. Leone, E. Leonora, M. Lindsey Clark, A. Liolios, C. D. Llorens Alvarez, D. Lo Presti, H. Löhner, A. Lonardo, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, E. Maccioni, K. Mannheim, M. Manzali, A. Margiotta, A. Margotti, A. Marinelli, O. Maris, C. Markou, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, R. Mele, K. W. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, A. Miraglia, C. M. Mollo, M. Mongelli, M. Morganti, A. Moussa, P. Musico, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, C. A. Nicolau, I. Olcina, C. Olivetto, A. Orlando, A. Orzelli, G. Pancaldi, A. Papaikonomou, R. Papaleo, G. E. Păvălas, H. Peek, G. Pellegrini, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, M. Pfutzner, P. Piattelli, K. Pikounis, M.-O. Pleinert, G. E. Poma, V. Popa, T. Pradier, F. Pratolongo, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, L. Quinn, C. Racca, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, T. Rauch, D. Real, L. Resvanis, J. Reubelt, G. Riccobene, C. Rossi, A. Rovelli, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez García, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, F. Schimmel, J. Schmelling, J. Schnabel, V. Sciacca, M. Sedita, T. Seitz, I. Sgura, F. Simeone, V. Sipala, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, G. Stavropoulos, J. Steijger, S. M. Stellacci, D. Stransky, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, F. Terrasi, D. Tézier, S. Theraube, P. Timmer, C. Tönnis, L. Trasatti, R. Travaglini, A. Trovato, A. Tsirigotis, S. Tzamarias, E. Tzamariudaki, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, J. Vermeulen, F. Versari, P. Vicini, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, M. Volkert, L. Wiggers, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, K. Zachariadou, S. Zani, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes that limit the obtainable resolution in both energy and direction in charged-current neutrino events in the ORCA detector are investigated. These processes include the composition of the hadronic fragmentation products, the subsequent particle propagation and the photon-sampling fraction of the detector. GEANT simulations of neutrino interactions in seawater produced by GENIE are used to study the effects in the 1-20 GeV range. It is found that fluctuations in the hadronic cascade in conjunction with the variation of the inelasticity y are most detrimental to the resolutions. The effect of limited photon sampling in the detector is of significantly less importance. These results will therefore also be applicable to similar detectors/media, such as those in ice.

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2017
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27. KM3NeT broadcast optical data transport system

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S. Aiello, A. Albert, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi, M. Anguita, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, L. Bailly-Salins, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, M. Bou Cabo, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, P. Castaldi, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, N. Chau, A. Chen, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J.A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Cruz, G. Cuttone, A. D'Amico, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, R. Del Burgo, I. Di Palma, A.F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, A. Eddyamoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, V. Espinosa, G. Ferrara, M.D. Filipović, F. Filippini, L.A. Fusco, J. Gabriel, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, A. Girardi, I. Goos, S.R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, L. Haegel, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J.J. Hernández-Rey, F. Huang, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, D. Janezashvili, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B.J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U.F. Katz, N.R. Khan Chowdhury, G. Kistauri, F. van der Knaap, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, A. Lakhal, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, R. Le Breton, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, S. Liang, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, L. Maderer, J. Majumdar, J. Mańczak, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, K.W. Melis, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, C.M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, C. Morley-Wong, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M.R. Musone, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C.A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, E.J. Pastor Gomez, A.M. Păun, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, S. Pulvirenti, G. Quéméner, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I.C. Rea, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, F. Salesa Greus, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, A. Sathe, J. Schmelling, J. Schnabel, M.F. Schneider, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M.V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, S.M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, K. Tavzarashvili, Y. Tayalati, H. Tedjditi, H. Thiersen, S. Tsagkli, V. Tsourapis, E. Tzamariudaki, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, H. Warnhofer, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, T. Yousfi, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, N. Zywucka, Aiello, S., Albert, A., Alves Garre, S., Aly, Z., Ambrosone, A., Ameli, F., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anguita, M., Ardid, M., Ardid, S., Aublin, J., Bagatelas, C., Bailly-Salins, L., Baret, B., Basegmez du Pree, S., Becherini, Y., Bendahman, M., Benfenati, F., Berbee, E., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Boettcher, M., Bou Cabo, M., Boumaaza, J., Bouta, M., Bouwhuis, M., Bozza, C., Brânzaş, H., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Bruno, R., Buis, E., Buompane, R., Busto, J., Caiffi, B., Calvo, D., Campion, S., Capone, A., Carenini, F., Carretero, V., Castaldi, P., Celli, S., Cerisy, L., Chabab, M., Chau, N., Chen, A., Cherkaoui El Moursli, R., Cherubini, S., Chiarella, V., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Cocimano, R., Coelho, J. A. B., Coleiro, A., Coniglione, R., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Cruz, A., Cuttone, G., D'Amico, A., Dallier, R., Darras, Y., De Benedittis, A., De Martino, B., Del Burgo, R., Di Palma, I., Díaz, A. F., Diego-Tortosa, D., Distefano, C., Domi, A., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dörr, M., Drakopoulou, E., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Eddyamoui, A., van Eeden, T., Eff, M., van Eijk, D., El Bojaddaini, I., El Hedri, S., Enzenhöfer, A., Espinosa, V., Ferrara, G., Filipović, M. D., Filippini, F., Fusco, L. A., Gabriel, J., Gal, T., García Méndez, J., Garcia Soto, A., Garufi, F., Gatius Oliver, C., Geißelbrecht, N., Gialanella, L., Giorgio, E., Girardi, A., Goos, I., Gozzini, S. R., Gracia, R., Graf, K., Guderian, D., Guidi, C., Guillon, B., Gutiérrez, M., Haegel, L., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A., Hekalo, A., Hennig, L., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Huang, F., Idrissi Ibnsalih, W., Illuminati, G., James, C. W., Janezashvili, D., de Jong, M., de Jong, P., Jung, B. J., Kalaczyński, P., Kalekin, O., Katz, U. F., Khan Chowdhury, N. R., Kistauri, G., van der Knaap, F., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kulikovskiy, V., Labalme, M., Lahmann, R., Lakhal, A., Lamoureux, M., Larosa, G., Lastoria, C., Lazo, A., Le Breton, R., Le Stum, S., Lehaut, G., Leonora, E., Lessing, N., Levi, G., Liang, S., Lindsey Clark, M., Longhitano, F., Maderer, L., Majumdar, J., Mańczak, J., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, A., Markou, C., Martin, L., Martínez-Mora, J. A., Martini, A., Marzaioli, F., Mastrodicasa, M., Mastroianni, S., Melis, K. W., Miccichè, S., Miele, G., Migliozzi, P., Migneco, E., Mijakowski, P., Mollo, C. M., Morales-Gallegos, L., Morley-Wong, C., Moussa, A., Muller, R., Musone, M. R., Musumeci, M., Nauta, L., Navas, S., Nicolau, C. A., Nkosi, B., Ó Fearraigh, B., Orlando, A., Oukacha, E., Palacios González, J., Papalashvili, G., Papaleo, R., Pastor Gomez, E. J., Păun, A. M., Păvălaş, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Peña Martínez, S., Perrin-Terrin, M., Perronnel, J., Pestel, V., Piattelli, P., Pisanti, O., Poirè, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Pulvirenti, S., Quéméner, G., Rahaman, U., Randazzo, N., Razzaque, S., Rea, I. C., Real, D., Reck, S., Riccobene, G., Robinson, J., Romanov, A., Salesa Greus, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sánchez Losa, A., Sanguineti, M., Santonastaso, C., Santonocito, D., Sapienza, P., Sathe, A., Schmelling, J., Schnabel, J., Schneider, M. F., Schumann, J., M. Schutte, H., Seneca, J., Sgura, I., Shanidze, R., Sharma, A., Simonelli, A., Sinopoulou, A., Smirnov, M. V., Spisso, B., Spurio, M., Stavropoulos, D., Stellacci, S. M., Taiuti, M., Tavzarashvili, K., Tayalati, Y., Tedjditi, H., Thiersen, H., Tsagkli, S., Tsourapis, V., Tzamariudaki, E., Van Elewyck, V., Vannoye, G., Vasileiadis, G., Versari, F., Viola, S., Vivolo, D., Warnhofer, H., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yepes-Ramirez, H., Yousfi, T., Zavatarelli, S., Zegarelli, A., Zito, D., Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga, J., Zywucka, N., Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA)), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique subatomique et des technologies associées (SUBATECH), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Nantes université - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (Nantes univ - UFR ST), Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université - pôle Sciences et technologie, Nantes Université (Nantes Univ)-Nantes Université (Nantes Univ), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), KM3NeT, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques

Subjects
Astrofísica, FOS: Physical sciences, Physique [physics]/Physique [physics], optical, Neutrins, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), KM3NeT, Mathematical Physics, Detectors òptics, Optical detectors, Data Processing, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Telescopis, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Cherenkov detectors, Optics, neutrino: VHE, neutrino: UHE, neutrino: detector, Terms—time calibration, fibre, network, Astroparticle physics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, performance, Telescopes
Abstract

The optical data transport system of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will provide more than 6000 optical modules in the detector arrays with a point-to-point optical connection to the control stations onshore. The ARCA and ORCA detectors of KM3NeT are being installed at a depth of about 3500m and 2500 m, respectively and their distance to the control stations is about 100 kilometers and 40 kilometers. In particular, the two detectors are optimised for the detection of cosmic neutrinos with energies above about 1 TeV (ARCA) and for the detection of atmospheric neutrinos with energies in the range 1 GeV–1 TeV (ORCA). The expected maximum data rate is 200 Mbps per optical module. The implemented optical data transport system matches the layouts of the networks of electro-optical cables and junction boxes in the deep sea. For efficient use of the fibres in the system the technology of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing is applied. The performance of the optical system in terms of measured bit error rates, optical budget are presented. The next steps in the implementation of the system are also discussed., Agence Nationale de la Recherche (contract ANR-15-CE31-0020), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commission Européenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), LabEx UnivEarthS (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-18-IDEX-0001), Paris Île-de-France Region, France; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany; The General Secretariat of Research and Innovation (GSRI), Greece Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), PRIN 2017 program (Grant NAT-NET 2017W4HA7S) Italy, Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Morocco, and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait, Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappel¼k Onderzoek (NWO), The National Science Centre, Poland (2021/41/N/ST2/01177), National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Investigación y Universidades (MCIU), Programa Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento (refs. PGC2018-096663-B-C41, A-C42, B-C43, B-C44, PID2021-124591NB-C41, C42, -C43), MCIU/FEDER, Generalitat Valenciana, Prometeo (PROMETEO/2020/019), Grisolía (refs. GRISOLIA/2018/119, /2021/192), GenT (refs. CIDEGENT/2018/034, /2019/043, /2020/049, /2021/023) programs, Junta de Andalucía (ref. A-FQM-053-UGR18), La Caixa Foundation (ref. LCF/BQ/IN17/11620019), EU: MSC program (ref. 101025085, Spain; María Zambrano program within the framework of grants for retaining in the Spanish university system (Spanish Ministry of Universities, The European Union, NextGenerationEU

Published
2023

28. Constraints on the neutrino emission from the Galactic Ridge with the ANTARES telescope

Author

S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, M.C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, K. Fehn, I. Felis, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, H. Glotin, R. Gracia-Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, M. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Mathieu, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, C. Mueller, E. Nezri, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, K. Roensch, M. Saldaña, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, E. Visser, D. Vivolo, S. Wagner, J. Wilms, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Neutrino telescope, Diffuse muon neutrino flux, ANTARES, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A highly significant excess of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been reported by the IceCube Collaboration. Some features of the energy and declination distributions of IceCube events hint at a North/South asymmetry of the neutrino flux. This could be due to the presence of the bulk of our Galaxy in the Southern hemisphere. The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located in the Mediterranean Sea, has been taking data since 2007. It offers the best sensitivity to muon neutrinos produced by galactic cosmic ray interactions in this region of the sky. In this letter a search for an extended neutrino flux from the Galactic Ridge region is presented. Different models of neutrino production by cosmic ray propagation are tested. No excess of events is observed and upper limits for different neutrino flux spectral indices Γ are set. For Γ=2.4 the 90% confidence level flux upper limit at 100 TeV for one neutrino flavour corresponds to Φ01f(100 TeV)=2.0⋅10−17 GeV−1cm−2s−1sr−1. Under this assumption, at most two events of the IceCube cosmic candidates can originate from the Galactic Ridge. A simple power-law extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT flux to account for IceCube High Energy Starting Events is excluded at 90% confidence level.

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2016
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29. Limits on dark matter annihilation in the sun using the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author

S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, M.C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, K. Fehn, I. Felis, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, H. Glotin, R. Gracia-Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Mathieu, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, C. Mueller, E. Nezri, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, K. Roensch, M. Saldaña, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, C. Tönnis, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, D. Turpin, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, D. Vivolo, S. Wagner, J. Wilms, J.D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Dark matter, WIMP, Neutralino, Indirect detection, Neutrino telescope, Sun, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

A search for muon neutrinos originating from dark matter annihilations in the Sun is performed using the data recorded by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2012. In order to obtain the best possible sensitivities to dark matter signals, an optimisation of the event selection criteria is performed taking into account the background of atmospheric muons, atmospheric neutrinos and the energy spectra of the expected neutrino signals. No significant excess over the background is observed and 90% C.L. upper limits on the neutrino flux, the spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections are derived for WIMP masses ranging from 50 GeV to 5 TeV for the annihilation channels WIMP+WIMP→bb¯,W+W− and τ+τ−.

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2016
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31. Search for Multimessenger Sources of Gravitational Waves and High-energy Neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its First Observing Run, ANTARES, and IceCube

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, R. Donà, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, L. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, G. Maggi, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, ANTARES collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, M. Ahrens, D. Altmann, K. Andeen, T. Anderson, I. Ansseau, G. Anton, C. Argüelles, J. Auffenberg, S. Axani, P. Backes, H. Bagherpour, X. Bai, A. Barbano, J. P. Barron, S. W. Barwick, V. Baum, R. Bay, J. J. Beatty, J. Becker Tjus, K.-H. Becker, S. BenZvi, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Z. 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Rutins, K. Ryan, S. Sachdev, T. Sadecki, M. Sakellariadou, L. Salconi, M. Saleem, A. Samajdar, L. Sammut, E. J. Sanchez, L. E. Sanchez, N. Sanchis-Gual, V. Sandberg, J. R. Sanders, K. A. Santiago, N. Sarin, B. Sassolas, P. R. Saulson, O. Sauter, R. L. Savage, P. Schale, M. Scheel, J. Scheuer, F. Schiettekatte, P. Schmidt, R. Schnabel, R. M. S. Schofield, A. Schönbeck, E. Schreiber, B. W. Schulte, B. F. Schutz, S. G. Schwalbe, J. Scott, S. M. Scott, E. Seidel, D. Sellers, A. S. Sengupta, N. Sennett, D. Sentenac, V. Sequino, A. Sergeev, Y. Setyawati, D. A. Shaddock, T. Shaffer, M. S. Shahriar, M. B. Shaner, L. Shao, P. Sharma, P. Shawhan, H. Shen, R. Shink, D. H. Shoemaker, D. M. Shoemaker, S. ShyamSundar, K. Siellez, M. Sieniawska, D. Sigg, A. D. Silva, L. P. Singer, N. Singh, A. Singhal, A. M. Sintes, S. Sitmukhambetov, V. Skliris, B. J. J. Slagmolen, T. J. Slaven-Blair, J. R. Smith, R. J. E. Smith, S. Somala, E. J. Son, B. Sorazu, F. Sorrentino, T. Souradeep, E. Sowell, A. P. Spencer, A. K. Srivastava, V. Srivastava, K. Staats, C. Stachie, M. Standke, D. A. Steer, M. Steinke, J. Steinlechner, S. Steinlechner, D. Steinmeyer, S. P. Stevenson, D. Stocks, R. Stone, D. J. Stops, K. A. Strain, G. Stratta, S. E. Strigin, A. Strunk, R. Sturani, A. L. Stuver, V. Sudhir, T. Z. Summerscales, L. Sun, S. Sunil, J. Suresh, P. J. Sutton, B. L. Swinkels, M. J. Szczepańczyk, M. Tacca, S. C. Tait, C. Talbot, D. Talukder, D. B. Tanner, M. Tápai, A. Taracchini, J. D. Tasson, R. Taylor, F. Thies, M. Thomas, P. Thomas, S. R. Thondapu, K. A. Thorne, E. Thrane, Shubhanshu Tiwari, Srishti Tiwari, V. Tiwari, K. Toland, M. Tonelli, Z. Tornasi, A. Torres-Forné, C. I. Torrie, D. Töyrä, F. Travasso, G. Traylor, M. C. Tringali, L. Trozzo, R. Trudeau, K. W. Tsang, M. Tse, R. Tso, L. Tsukada, D. Tsuna, D. Tuyenbayev, K. Ueno, D. Ugolini, C. S. Unnikrishnan, A. L. Urban, S. A. Usman, H. Vahlbruch, G. Vajente, G. Valdes, N. van Bakel, M. van Beuzekom, J. F. J. van den Brand, C. Van Den Broeck, D. C. Vander-Hyde, L. van der Schaaf, J. V. van Heijningen, A. A. van Veggel, M. Vardaro, V. Varma, S. Vass, M. Vasúth, A. Vecchio, G. Vedovato, J. Veitch, P. J. Veitch, K. Venkateswara, G. Venugopalan, D. Verkindt, F. Vetrano, A. Viceré, A. D. Viets, D. J. Vine, J.-Y. Vinet, S. Vitale, T. Vo, H. Vocca, C. Vorvick, S. P. Vyatchanin, A. R. Wade, L. E. Wade, M. Wade, R. Walet, M. Walker, L. Wallace, S. Walsh, G. Wang, H. Wang, J. Z. Wang, W. H. Wang, Y. F. Wang, R. L. Ward, Z. A. Warden, J. Warner, M. Was, J. Watchi, B. Weaver, L.-W. Wei, M. Weinert, A. J. Weinstein, R. Weiss, F. Wellmann, L. Wen, E. K. Wessel, P. Weßels, J. W. Westhouse, K. Wette, J. T. Whelan, B. F. Whiting, C. Whittle, D. M. Wilken, D. Williams, A. R. Williamson, J. L. Willis, B. Willke, M. H. Wimmer, W. Winkler, C. C. Wipf, H. Wittel, G. Woan, J. Woehler, J. K. Wofford, J. Worden, J. L. Wright, D. S. Wu, D. M. Wysocki, L. Xiao, H. Yamamoto, C. C. Yancey, L. Yang, M. J. Yap, M. Yazback, D. W. Yeeles, Hang Yu, Haocun Yu, S. H. R. Yuen, M. Yvert, A. K. Zadrozny, A. Zadrożny, M. Zanolin, T. Zelenova, J.-P. Zendri, M. Zevin, J. Zhang, L. Zhang, T. Zhang, C. Zhao, M. Zhou, Z. Zhou, X. J. Zhu, M. E. Zucker, J. Zweizig, and The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration

Subjects
gravitational waves, neutrinos, Astrophysics, QB460-466
Abstract

Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, such as binary neutron star and black hole mergers or core-collapse supernovae, can drive relativistic outflows, giving rise to non-thermal high-energy emission. High-energy neutrinos are signatures of such outflows. The detection of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos from common sources could help establish the connection between the dynamics of the progenitor and the properties of the outflow. We searched for associated emission of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical transients with minimal assumptions using data from Advanced LIGO from its first observing run O1, and data from the A ntares and IceCube neutrino observatories from the same time period. We focused on candidate events whose astrophysical origins could not be determined from a single messenger. We found no significant coincident candidate, which we used to constrain the rate density of astrophysical sources dependent on their gravitational-wave and neutrino emission processes.

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2019
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32. Search for magnetic monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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A. Albert, S. Alves, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M.C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T.N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A.F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, D. van Eijk, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, J. García, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N.R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, S. LeStum, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, B. Martino, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, B. Ó Fearraigh, A. Păun, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, D. Real, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, A. Romanov, A. Sánchez-Losa, F. Salesa Greus, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, F. Schüssler, J. Seneca, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, S.J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, Albert A., Alves S., Andre M., Anghinolfi M., Anton G., Ardid M., Ardid S., Aubert J.-J., Aublin J., Baret B., Basa S., Belhorma B., Bendahman M., Benfenati F., Bertin V., Biagi S., Bissinger M., Boumaaza J., Bouta M., Bouwhuis M.C., Branzas H., Bruijn R., Brunner J., Busto J., Caiffi B., Calvo D., Capone A., Caramete L., Carr J., Carretero V., Celli S., Chabab M., Chau T.N., Cherkaoui El Moursli R., Chiarusi T., Circella M., Coleiro A., Coniglione R., Coyle P., Creusot A., Diaz A.F., de Wasseige G., Distefano C., Di Palma I., Domi A., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Drouhin D., Eberl T., van Eeden T., van Eijk D., El Khayati N., Enzenhofer A., Fermani P., Ferrara G., Filippini F., Fusco L., Garcia J., Gatelet Y., Gay P., Glotin H., Gozzini R., Gracia Ruiz R., Graf K., Guidi C., Hallmann S., van Haren H., Heijboer A.J., Hello Y., Hernandez-Rey J.J., Hossl J., Hofestadt J., Huang F., Illuminati G., James C.W., Jisse-Jung B., de Jong M., de Jong P., Kadler M., Kalekin O., Katz U., Khan-Chowdhury N.R., Kouchner A., Kreykenbohm I., Kulikovskiy V., Lahmann R., Le Breton R., LeStum S., Lefevre D., Leonora E., Levi G., Lincetto M., Lopez-Coto D., Loucatos S., Maderer L., Manczak J., Marcelin M., Margiotta A., Marinelli A., Martinez-Mora J.A., Martino B., Melis K., Migliozzi P., Moussa A., Muller R., Nauta L., Navas S., Nezri E., O Fearraigh B., Paun A., Pavalas G.E., Pellegrino C., Perrin-Terrin M., Pestel V., Piattelli P., Pieterse C., Poire C., Popa V., Pradier T., Randazzo N., Real D., Reck S., Riccobene G., Romanov A., Sanchez-Losa A., Salesa Greus F., Samtleben D.F.E., Sanguineti M., Sapienza P., Schnabel J., Schumann J., Schussler F., Seneca J., Spurio M., Stolarczyk T., Taiuti M., Tayalati Y., Tingay S.J., Vallage B., Van Elewyck V., Versari F., Viola S., Vivolo D., Wilms J., Zavatarelli S., Zegarelli A., Zornoza J.D., Zuniga J., Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA)), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Laboratoire d'Informatique et Systèmes (LIS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), ANTARES, ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), KM3NeT (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), ANTARES (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), Astroparticle Physics (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), ATLAS (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), Albert, A., Alves, S., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Ardid, S., Aubert, J. -J., Aublin, J., Baret, B., Basa, S., Belhorma, B., Bendahman, M., Benfenati, F., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bissinger, M., Boumaaza, J., Bouta, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Branzas, H., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Caiffi, B., Calvo, D., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Carretero, V., Celli, S., Chabab, M., Chau, T. N., Cherkaoui El Moursli, R., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coleiro, A., Coniglione, R., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Diaz, A. F., de Wasseige, G., Distefano, C., Di Palma, I., Domi, A., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., van Eeden, T., van Eijk, D., El Khayati, N., Enzenhofer, A., Fermani, P., Ferrara, G., Filippini, F., Fusco, L., Garcia, J., Gatelet, Y., Gay, P., Glotin, H., Gozzini, R., Gracia Ruiz, R., Graf, K., Guidi, C., Hallmann, S., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Hossl, J., Hofestadt, J., Huang, F., Illuminati, G., James, C. W., Jisse-Jung, B., de Jong, M., de Jong, P., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Khan-Chowdhury, N. R., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Le Breton, R., Lestum, S., Lefevre, D., Leonora, E., Levi, G., Lincetto, M., Lopez-Coto, D., Loucatos, S., Maderer, L., Manczak, J., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, Antonio, Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martino, B., Melis, K., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Muller, R., Nauta, L., Navas, S., Nezri, E., O Fearraigh, B., Paun, A., Pavalas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Perrin-Terrin, M., Pestel, V., Piattelli, P., Pieterse, C., Poire, C., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Randazzo, N., Real, D., Reck, S., Riccobene, G., Romanov, A., Sanchez-Losa, A., Salesa Greus, F., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schnabel, J., Schumann, J., Schussler, F., Seneca, J., Spurio, M., Stolarczyk, T., Taiuti, M., Tayalati, Y., Tingay, S. J., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Versari, F., Viola, S., Vivolo, Daniele, Wilms, J., Zavatarelli, S., Zegarelli, A., Zornoza, J. D., Zuniga, J., Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Magnetic monopoles, Magnetic monopole, Telescopis, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ANTARES telescope, Neutrino, Neutrino astrophysics, neutrino: detector, Space and Planetary Science, FISICA APLICADA, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], magnetic monopole: flux, Neutrins, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Telescopes
Abstract

[EN] This work presents a new search for magnetic monopoles using data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope over a period of 10 years (January 2008 to December 2017). Compared to previous ANTARES searches, this analysis uses a run-by-run simulation strategy, with a larger exposure as well as a new simulation of magnetic monopoles taking into account the Kasama, Yang and Goldhaber model for their interaction cross-section with matter. No signal compatible with the passage of relativistic magnetic monopoles is observed, and upper limits on the ¿ux of magnetic monopoles with ß = v/c 0.55, are presented. For ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles the ¿ux limit is ~ 7 × 10¿18 cm¿2 s¿1 sr ., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Labex UnivEarthS (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-18-IDEX-0001), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contractCPER), Region ProvenceAlpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seynesur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion, Investigacion y Universidades (MCIU): Programa Estatal de Generacion de Conocimiento (refs. PGC2018-096663-B-C41, -A-C42, -B-C43, -B-C44) (MCIU/FEDER), Generalitat Valenciana: Prometeo (PROMETEO/2020/019), Grisolia (refs. GRISOLIA/2018/119,/2021/192) and GenT (refs. CIDEGENT/2018/034,/2019/043,/2020/049,/2021/023) programs, Junta de Andalucia (ref. A-FQM-053-UGR18), "la Caixa" Foundation(ref. LCF/BQ/IN17/11620019), EU: MSC program (ref. 101025085), Spain; Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Morocco, and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.

Published
2022

33. Model-independent search for neutrino sources with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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C. Donzaud, A. Enzenhöfer, Stéphane Basa, C. Mueller, A. Heijboer, H. Costantini, I. El Bojaddaini, A. Creusot, S. Biagi, P. Coyle, Th. Stolarczyk, A. Mathieu, S. Geißelsöder, M. Kreter, Gisela Anton, J-J. Aubert, C. Perrina, L. Quinn, Daniele Vivolo, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Giorgio Riccobene, H. van Haren, Jörn Wilms, J. Hößl, J.D. Zornoza, Dominique Lefèvre, L. Caramete, B. Baret, T. Grégoire, K. Roensch, C. Sieger, A. Vizzoca, S. Loucatos, T. Pradier, R. Coniglione, E. Leonora, Matthias Kadler, Dominik Elsässer, E. Nezri, S. Bourret, Uli Katz, K. Graf, Yann Hello, Tommaso Chiarusi, S. J. Wagner, M. Jongen, A. Moussa, M. Anghinolfi, R. Gracia Ruiz, T. Michael, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, D. F. E. Samtleben, T. Seitz, R. Bruijn, Annarita Margiotta, Michel André, D. Turpin, J. Hofestädt, L.A. Fusco, M. Saldaña, V. Bertin, Alexis Coleiro, J. Zúñiga, M. Taiuti, C. W. James, Miguel Ardid, K. Melis, R. Mele, Hervé Glotin, D. Dornic, A. Trovato, M. de Jong, J. Carr, T. Avgitas, J.A. Martínez-Mora, F. Schüssler, Piera Sapienza, A. Gleixner, Juan José Hernández-Rey, M. Tselengidou, Antonio Capone, Maurizio Spurio, I. Salvadori, Steffen Hallmann, Jutta Schnabel, R. Lahmann, V. Van Elewyck, J. Barrios-Martí, A. Sánchez-Losa, Arnauld Albert, Jose Busto, Joao A B Coelho, R. Bormuth, Ivan Felis, C. Lachaud, V. Popa, Marco Circella, Anne Deschamps, Matteo Sanguineti, Oleg Kalekin, D. Kießling, K. Geyer, Antonio Marinelli, G.E. Păvălaş, D. Drouhin, C. Tönnis, C. Racca, Jürgen Brunner, I. Di Palma, C. Vallée, V. Giordano, Giulia Illuminati, S. Galatà, B. Vallage, Paolo Piattelli, M. Marcelin, Y. Tayalati, P. Migliozzi, V. Kulikovskiy, Silvia Celli, M.C. Bouwhuis, C. Pellegrino, Thomas Eberl, M. Lotze, C. Hugon, Antoine Kouchner, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 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Subjects
Astrofísica, 85-04, 85-05, 85-08, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, IceCube, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), spatial distribution, track data analysis, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astropartícules, neutrino: detector, Anisotropy, Astroparticle physics, Neutrino astronomy, Pattern recognition, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astroparticle physic, emission: model, neutrino: production, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrins, Neutrinos, ANTARES, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, neutrino: VHE, Neutrino astrophysics, Sky, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], FISICA APLICADA, High Energy Physics::Experiment, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Anysotropy, Telescopes
Abstract

[EN] A novel method to analyse the spatial distribution of neutrino candidates recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope is introduced, searching for an excess of neutrinos in a region of arbitrary size and shape from any direction in the sky. Techniques originating from the domains of machine learning, pat- tern recognition and image processing are used to purify the sample of neutrino candidates and for the analysis of the obtained skymap. In contrast to a dedicated search for a speci¿c neutrino emission model, this approach is sensitive to a wide range of possible morphologies of potential sources of high-energy neutrino emission. The application of these methods to ANTARES data yields a large-scale excess with a post-trial signi¿cance of 2.5¿ . Applied to public data from IceCube in its IC40 con¿guration, an excess consistent with the results from ANTARES is observed with a post-trial signi¿cance of 2.1¿ ., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), IdEx program and UnivEarthS Labex program at Sorbonne Paris Cite (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), Labex OCEVU (ANR-11-LABX-0060) and the A*MIDEX project (ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and leading scientific schools supporting grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Economia y Cornpetitividad (MINECO): Plan Estatal de Investigacion (refs. FPA2015-65150-C3-1-P, -2-P and -3-P, (MINECO/FEDER)), Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence and MultiDark Consolider (MINECO), and Prometeo and Grisolia programs (Generalitat Valenciana), Spain; Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Professional Training, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.

Published
2020

34. Brand-new optical modules for the KM3NeT neutrino detector

Author

E. Leonora

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Photomultiplier, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Photodetector, 01 natural sciences, Photon counting, Photocathode, Optics, KM3NeT, Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, business, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

Neutrino telescopes in water and ice can be described as a grid of optical sensors, called optical modules, which are sensitive to the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles produced by neutrino interactions. Despite the same scientific objects, all the current projects adopted different optical module designs. IceCube, ANTARES and Baikal-GVD use a single large area photomultiplier, with a photocathode diameter of 10 inch, housed into 13" or 17" diameter transparent glass vessels. The KM3NeT project started a mass production of optical modules with an innovative multi-PMT design that comprises 31 3-inch photomultipliers integrated into a 17" glass sphere. This novel solution has several advantages with respect to the single large area photomultiplier solution: the segmented photocathode layout offers photon counting with higher efficiency and provides directional information and efficient rejection of optical background just at the photosensors detection level, with an almost uniform angular coverage. The paper deals with a general overview on the design of the different optical modules of the current neutrino detectors, with a particular focus on the multi-PMT solution of the KM3NeT project.

Published
2019

35. Development of a Real-Time, Large Area, High Spatial Resolution Particle Tracker Based on Scintillating Fibers

Author

D. Lo Presti, D. L. Bonanno, F. Longhitano, C. Pugliatti, S. Aiello, G. A. P. Cirrone, V. Giordano, E. Leonora, N. Randazzo, S. Reito, F. Romano, G. V. Russo, M. Russo, V. Sipala, C. Stancampiano, and C. Ventura

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The design of a detector for tracking charged particles is presented together with the characterization techniques developed to extract the main design specifications. The goals for the final detector are to achieve real-time imaging performances, a large detection area, and a high spatial resolution, particularly suitable for medical imaging applications. This paper describes the prototype of the tracker plane, which has a 20 × 20 cm2 sensitive area consisting of two crossed ribbons of 500 μm square scintillating fibers. The information about the hit position extracted real-time tracker in an innovative way, using a reduced number of the read-out channels to obtain a very large detection area but with moderate costs and complexity. The performances of the tracker have been investigated using β sources, cosmic rays, and a 62 MeV proton beam.

Published
2014
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36. ANTARES search for point sources of neutrinos using astrophysical catalogs: a likelihood analysis

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, B. Baret, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, V. Carretero, S. Celli, M. Chabab, T. N. Chau, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer-Molla, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, G. de Wasseige, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, N. El Khayati, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, F. Filippini, L. Fusco, Y. Gatelet, P. Gay, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, R. Gracía, K. Graf, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, B. Jisse-Jung, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, N. R. Khan-Chowdhury, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, R. Le Breton, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, D. Lopez-Coto, S. Loucatos, L. Maderer, J. Manczak, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, S. Mazzou, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, L. Nauta, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez-Castiñeyra, B. O’Fearraigh, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, N. Randazzo, S. Reck, G. Riccobene, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, T. Thakore, S. J. Tingay, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, A. Zegarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, S. Buson, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA)), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Laboratoire d'Informatique et Systèmes (LIS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, IUT Orsay, ANTARES, Albert A., Andre M., Anghinolfi M., Anton G., Ardid M., Aubert J.-J., Aublin J., Baret B., Basa S., Belhorma B., Bertin V., Biagi S., Bissinger M., Boumaaza J., Bouta M., Bouwhuis M.C., Branza H., Bruijn R., Brunner J., Busto J., Capone A., Caramete L., Carr J., Carretero V., Celli S., Chabab M., Chau T.N., Cherkaoui El Moursli R., Chiarusi T., Circella M., Coleiro A., Colomer-Molla M., Coniglione R., Coyle P., Creusot A., Diaz A.F., De Wasseige G., Deschamps A., Distefano C., Di Palma I., Domi A., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Drouhin D., Eberl T., El Khayati N., Enzenhofer A., Fermani P., Ferrara G., Filippini F., Fusco L., Gatelet Y., Gay P., Glotin H., Gozzini R., Gracia R., Graf K., Guidi C., Hallmann S., Van Haren H., Heijboer A.J., Hello Y., Hernandez-Rey J.J., Hossl J., Hofestadt J., Huang F., Illuminati G., James C.W., Jisse-Jung B., De Jong M., De Jong P., Jongen M., Kadler M., Kalekin O., Katz U., Khan-Chowdhury N.R., Kouchner A., Kreykenbohm I., Kulikovskiy V., Lahmann R., Le Breton R., Lefevre D., Leonora E., Levi G., Lincetto M., Lopez-Coto D., Loucatos S., Maderer L., Manczak J., Marcelin M., Margiotta A., Marinelli A., Martinez-Mora J.A., Mazzou S., Melis K., Migliozzi P., Moser M., Moussa A., Muller R., Nauta L., Navas S., Nezri E., Nunez-Castineyra A., O Fearraigh B., Organokov M., Pvla G.E., Pellegrino C., Perrin-Terrin M., Piattelli P., Pieterse C., Poire C., Popa V., Pradier T., Randazzo N., Reck S., Riccobene G., Salesa Greus F., Samtleben D.F.E., Sanchez-Losa A., Sanguineti M., Sapienza P., Schnabel J., Schossler F., Spurio M., Stolarczyk Th., Taiuti M., Tayalati Y., Thakore T., Tingay S.J., Vallage B., Van Elewyck V., Versari F., Viola S., Vivolo D., Wilms J., Zegarelli A., Zornoza J.D., Zuniga J., Buson S., KM3NeT (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), ATLAS (IHEF, IoP, FNWI), IHEF (IoP, FNWI), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
Astrofísica, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Radio galaxy, Astrophysics, astrophysical catalogs, 01 natural sciences, IceCube, Astronomy data analysis (1858), Investigació quantitativa, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), education.field_of_study, neutrinos, astrophysical catalogs, likelihood analysis, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, neutrinos, space-time, Neutrino astronomy, stacking, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Particle astrophysics, Catalogs (205), Active galactic nucleus, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, GLAST, VHE, Partícules (Física nuclear), blazar, muon, 0103 physical sciences, Particle astrophysics (96), AGN, education, Blazar, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Neutrino astronomy (1100), Particles (Nuclear physics), ANTARES, galaxy: radio wave, likelihood analysis, Astronomy and Astrophysics, neutrino: particle source, tracks, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, gamma ray, correlation, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Astronomy data analysis, Catalogs, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Quantitative research, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

A search for astrophysical pointlike neutrino sources using the data collected by the ANTARES detector between 2007 January 29 and 2017 December 31 is presented. A likelihood method is used to assess the significance of an excess of muon neutrinos inducing track-like events in correlation with the location of a list of possible sources. Different sets of objects are tested in the analysis: (a) a subsample of the Fermi 3LAC catalog of blazars, (b) a jet-obscured population of active galactic nuclei, (c) a sample of hard X-ray selected radio galaxies, (d) a star-forming galaxy catalog, and (e) a public sample of 56 very-high-energy track events from the IceCube experiment. None of the tested sources shows a significant association with the sample of neutrinos detected by ANTARES. The smallest p-value is obtained for the catalog of radio galaxies with an equal-weights hypothesis, with a pre-trial p-value equivalent to a 2.8σ excess, which is equivalent to 1.6σ post-trial. In addition, the results of a dedicated analysis for the blazar MG3 J225517+2409 are also reported: this source is found to be the most significant within the Fermi 3LAC sample, with five ANTARES events located less than one degree from the source. This blazar showed evidence of flaring activity in Fermi data, in spacetime coincidence with a high-energy track detected by IceCube. An a posteriori significance of 2.6σ for the combination of ANTARES and IceCube data is reported.

Published
2021

37. Erratum to 'Results from the search for dark matter in the Milky Way with 9 years of data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope' [Phys. Lett. B 769 (2017) 249–254]

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M.C. Bouwhuis, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J.A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, I. Felis, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, H. Glotin, R. Gozzini, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Mathieu, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, C. Mueller, E. Nezri, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, K. Roensch, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D.F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzoca, S. Wagner, J. Wilms, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Albert, A, Andre, M, Anghinolfi, M, Anton, G, Ardid, M, Aubert, Jj, Avgitas, T, Baret, B, Barrios-Marti, J, Basa, S, Bertin, V, Biagi, S, Bormuth, R, Bourret, S, Bouwhuis, Mc, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Busto, J, Capone, A, Caramete, L, Carr, J, Celli, S, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Coelho, Jab, Coleiro, A, Coniglione, R, Costantini, H, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Deschamps, A, Debonis, G, Distefano, C, Dipalma, I, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Drouhin, D, Eberl, T, Elbojaddaini, I, Elsasser, D, Enzenhofer, A, Felis, I, Fusco, A, Galata, S, Gay, P, Geisselsoder, S, Geyer, K, Giordano, V, Gleixner, A, Glotin, H, Gozzini, R, Gregoire, T, Ruiz, Rg, Graf, K, Hallmann, S, van Haren, H, Heijboer, Aj, Hello, Y, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Hossl, J, Hofestadt, J, Hugon, C, Illuminati, G, James, Cw, de Jong, M, Jongen, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Katz, U, Kiessling, D, Kouchner, A, Kreter, M, Kreykenbohm, I, Kulikovskiy, V, Lachaud, C, Lahmann, R, Lefevre, D, Leonora, E, Lotze, M, Loucatos, S, Marcelin, M, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Mathieu, A, Mele, R, Melis, K, Michael, T, Migliozzi, P, Moussa, A, Mueller, C, Nezri, E, Pavalas, Ge, Pellegrino, C, Perrina, C, Piattelli, P, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Quinn, L, Racca, C, Riccobene, G, Roensch, K, Sanchez-Losa, A, Saldana, M, Salvadori, I, Samtleben, Dfe, Sanguineti, M, Sapienza, P, Schnabel, J, Schussler, F, Seitz, T, Sieger, C, Spurio, M, Stolarczyk, T, Taiuti, M, Tayalati, Y, Trovato, A, Tselengidou, M, Turpin, D, Tonnis, C, Vallage, B, Vallee, C, Van Elewyck, V, Vivolo, D, Vizzoca, A, Wagner, S, Wilms, J, Zornoza, Jd, and Zuniga, J

Subjects
Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, neutrino astronomy, dark matter, ANTARES neutrino telescope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Milky Way, Dark matter, Neutrino telescope, Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

Erratum to “Results from the search for dark matter in the Milky Way with 9 years of data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope” [Phys. Lett. B 769 (2017) 249–254]

Published
2019

38. Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using $$^{40}\mathrm{{K}}$$ <math><mrow><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>40</mn></msup><mi>K</mi></mrow></math> decays in sea water

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, G. Ferrara, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, lcsh:QB460-466, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, lcsh:QC770-798, lcsh:Astrophysics, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
Abstract

Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration source. Using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from mid 2008 to 2017, the time evolution of the photon detection efficiency of optical modules is studied. A modest loss of only 20% in 9 years is observed. The relative time calibration between adjacent modules is derived as well.

Published
2018

39. Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using $$^{40}\mathrm{{K}}$$ 40 K decays in sea water

Author

A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J.-J. Aubert, J. Aublin, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brânzaş, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, M. Chabab, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, G. Ferrara, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, H. Glotin, T. Grégoire, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lotze, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, A. Nuñez, M. Organokov, G. E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, N. Randazzo, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldaña, I. Salvadori, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, D. Zaborov, J. D. Zornoza, and J. Zúñiga

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Time evolution, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Optical Module, 13. Climate action, Long term monitoring, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, Seawater, 14. Life underwater, Neutrino, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Cherenkov radiation, Radioactive decay
Abstract

Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration source. Using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from mid 2008 to 2017, the time evolution of the photon detection efficiency of optical modules is studied. A modest loss of only 20% in 9 years is observed. The relative time calibration between adjacent modules is derived as well.

Published
2018

40. A search for time dependent neutrino emission from microquasars with the ANTARES telescope

Author

C. Rivière, D. Elsässer, D. Lattuada, C. Racca, M. Saldaña, Oleg Kalekin, Z. Charif, G. De Rosa, P. Coyle, A. Gleixner, K. Geyer, Stephanie Escoffier, J-J. Aubert, F. Folger, Giorgio Riccobene, Thomas Eberl, Paolo Piattelli, J.D. Zornoza, S. Loucatos, Jörn Wilms, T. Pradier, A. Robert, B. Baret, Damien Dornic, Jos Steijger, R. Coniglione, Rainer Richter, Philippe Charvis, Daniele Vivolo, A. Mathieu, Yann Hello, M. Marcelin, D. Drouhin, Teresa Montaruli, Dominique Lefèvre, T. Seitz, Uli Katz, V. Kulikovskiy, Pasquale Migliozzi, Séverine Martini, L. A. Fusco, H. Loehner, E. A. De Wolf, R. Lahmann, J. Schmid, S. Schulte, A. Enzenhöfer, M. Neff, C. Vallée, J. P. Gómez-González, V. Giordano, B. Bouhou, Hugo Yepes, C. Perrina, E. Lambard, Tri L. Astraatmadja, Matthias Kadler, M. Anghinolfi, S. Galatà, C. Distefano, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Creusot, M. Taiuti, Gisela Anton, S. Biagi, Q. Dorosti, Giuseppina Larosa, Th. Stolarczyk, Annarita Margiotta, P. Vernin, T. Michael, L. Core, S. Geißelsöder, U. Emanuele, A. Kouchner, P.M. Kooijman, Antonio Capone, S. Adrián-Martínez, Maurizio Spurio, V. Popa, A. Trovato, Marco Circella, Anne Deschamps, Ivan Dekeyser, Jose Busto, M. de Jong, J.-P. Ernenwein, K. Fehn, G.E. Păvălaş, Cornelia Müller, H. Costantini, Matteo Sanguineti, S. Mangano, Guillaume Lambard, S. Cecchini, Alexander Kappes, F. Schüssler, Yahya Tayalati, G. De Bonis, Juan José Hernández-Rey, H. van Haren, Ivan Felis, A. Heijboer, E. Visser, Miguel Ardid, L. Caramete, A. Rostovtsev, Arnauld Albert, J. Carr, Christian Tamburini, J. Zúñiga, Michel André, J. Hofestädt, J.A. Martínez-Mora, V. Bertin, C. Donzaud, B. Herold, K. Roensch, Tommaso Chiarusi, S. Basa, Stefan Wagner, Jutta Schnabel, A. Dumas, G. Guillard, Ciro Bigongiari, V. Van Elewyck, A. Sánchez-Losa, J. Barrios, Piera Sapienza, C. Cârloganu, C. W. James, B. Vallage, Jürgen Brunner, E. Leonora, C. Bogazzi, E. Nezri, K. Graf, K. Yatkin, Ingo Kreykenbohm, A. Spies, J. Hößl, M.C. Bouwhuis, C. Sieger, P. Fermani, D. Palioselitis, Groupe de Recherche en Physique des Hautes Energies (GRPHE), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-IUT de Colmar, Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA)), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANTARES, Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Colmar, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sub Subatomic Physics (SAP), Subatomic Physics, Ecology and Biodiversity, Adrian-Martinez, S., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Astraatmadja, T., Aubert, J. -J., Baret, B., Barrios, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bigongiari, C., Bogazzi, C., Bouhou, B., Bouwhuis, M. C., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carloganu, C., Carr, J., Cecchini, S., Charif, Z., Charvis, P., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coniglione, R., Core, L., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., De Rosa, G., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., De Bonis, G., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Dumas, A., Eberl, T., Elsasser, D., Emanuele, U., Enzenhofer, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Escoffier, S., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fermani, P., Folger, F., Fusco, L. A., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geisselsoder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P., Graf, K., Guillard, G., van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hossl, J., Hofestadt, J., James, C. W., de Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lambard, E., Lambard, G., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Lefevre, D., Leonora, E., Loehner, H., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martini, S., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Montaruli, T., Muller, C., Neff, M., Nezri, E., Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G. E., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Richter, R., Riviere, C., Robert, A., Roensch, K., Rostovtsev, A., Saldana, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanchez-Losa, A., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schulte, S., Schussler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spies, A., Spurio, M., Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, T., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Tayalati, Y., Trovato, A., Vallage, B., Vallee, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vernin, P., Visser, E., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Yatkin, K., Yepes, H., Zornoza, J. D., Zuniga, J., Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), S. Adrián-Martínez, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, T. Astraatmadja, J.-J. Aubert, B. Baret, J. Barrio, S. Basa, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, C. Bigongiari, C. Bogazzi, B. Bouhou, M.C. Bouwhui, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, C. Cârloganu, J. Carr, S. Cecchini, Z. Charif, P. Charvi, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Coniglione, L. Core, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. De Rosa, I. Dekeyser, A. Deschamp, G. De Boni, C. Distefano, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti, D. Drouhin, A. Duma, T. Eberl, D. Elsässer, U. Emanuele, A. Enzenhöfer, J.-P. Ernenwein, S. Escoffier, K. Fehn, I. Feli, P. Fermani, F. Folger, L.A. Fusco, S. Galatà, P. Gay, S. Geißelsöder, K. Geyer, V. Giordano, A. Gleixner, J.P. Gómez-González, K. Graf, G. Guillard, H. van Haren, A.J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J.J. Hernández-Rey, B. Herold, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C.W. Jame, M. de Jong, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, A. Kappe, U. Katz, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, E. Lambard, G. Lambard, G. Larosa, D. Lattuada, D. Lefèvre, E. Leonora, H. Loehner, S. Loucato, S. Mangano, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, J.A. Martínez-Mora, S. Martini, A. Mathieu, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, T. Montaruli, C. Müller, M. Neff, E. Nezri, D. Palioseliti, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, R. Richter, C. Rivière, A. Robert, K. Roensch, A. Rostovtsev, M. Saldaña, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, J. Schmid, J. Schnabel, S. Schulte, F. Schüssler, T. Seitz, C. Sieger, A. Spie, M. Spurio, J.J.M. Steijger, T. Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, C. Tamburini, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, B. Vallage, C. Vallée, V. Van Elewyck, P. Vernin, E. Visser, D. Vivolo, S. Wagner, J. Wilm, E. de Wolf, K. Yatkin, H. Yepe, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, Vivolo, Daniele, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Luminosity, law.invention, Telescope, neutrino, Astrophysical jet, law, Microquasars, 0103 physical sciences, microquasar, Neutrinos, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino detector, Space and Planetary Science, FISICA APLICADA, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ANTARES neutrino telescope, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

[EN] Results are presented on a search for neutrino emission from a sample of six microquasars, based on the data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope between 2007 and 2010. By means of appropriate time cuts, the neutrino search has been restricted to the periods when the acceleration of relativistic jets was taking place at the microquasars under study. The time cuts have been chosen using the information from the X-ray telescopes RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT, and, in one case, the gamma-ray telescope Fermi/LAT. No statistically significant excess has been observed, thus upper limits on the neutrino fluences have been derived and compared to the predictions by models. Constraints have been put on the ratio of proton to electron luminosity in the jets., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Commission Européenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Région Alsace (contract CPER), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Département du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and leading scientific schools supporting grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Prometeo of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l’Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.

Published
2014

41. A search for Secluded Dark Matter in the Sun with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Author

B. Baret, R. Coniglione, P. Migliozzi, Paolo Piattelli, Silvia Celli, A. Creusot, Antonio Capone, S. Adrián-Martínez, Maurizio Spurio, A. Trovato, M. de Jong, Piera Sapienza, S. Geißelsöder, C. Donzaud, Stéphane Basa, Michel André, M. Marcelin, A. Moussa, G. De Bonis, A. Kouchner, A. Enzenhöfer, Thomas Eberl, D. Dornic, C. Mueller, A. Coleiro, F. Schüssler, A. Mathieu, Yann Hello, C. Hugon, Hervé Glotin, Daniele Vivolo, C. Lachaud, Ingo Kreykenbohm, I. El Bojaddaini, J. Barrios-Martí, M. Kreter, L. Caramete, L.A. Fusco, Gisela Anton, A. Gleixner, C. Perrina, Jörn Wilms, J. Hofestädt, C. Vallée, J. Hößl, Giulia Illuminati, V. Giordano, Jürgen Brunner, D. Turpin, V. Bertin, K. Roensch, Arnauld Albert, S. Galatà, J. Carr, B. Vallage, R. Gracia-Ruiz, C. Sieger, Th. Stolarczyk, D. Drouhin, T. Seitz, A. Heijboer, Matthias Kadler, E. Leonora, H. van Haren, Jutta Schnabel, M. Saldaña, Tommaso Chiarusi, T. Michael, H. Costantini, Steffen Hallmann, E. Nezri, J-J. Aubert, V. Kulikovskiy, K. Graf, Giorgio Riccobene, V. Van Elewyck, Uli Katz, M.C. Bouwhuis, J.D. Zornoza, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Bou-Cabo, S. Loucatos, T. Pradier, C. W. James, C. Pellegrino, Dominique Lefèvre, C. Tönnis, R. Bruijn, Annarita Margiotta, S. J. Wagner, C. Racca, Juan José Hernández-Rey, Dominik Elsässer, J. Zúñiga, V. Popa, Marco Circella, Anne Deschamps, Matteo Sanguineti, Ivan Felis, J. Busto, Miguel Ardid, M. Taiuti, T. Avgitas, K. Fehn, M. Tselengidou, C. Distefano, D. F. E. Samtleben, G.E. Păvălaş, R. Bormuth, S. Biagi, Oleg Kalekin, D. Kießling, R. Lahmann, K. Geyer, Antonio Marinelli, J.A. Martínez-Mora, P. Coyle, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Antares, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Adrian-Martinez, S., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. -J., Avgitas, T., Baret, B., Barrios-Marti, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bormuth, R., Bou-Cabo, M., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Celli, S., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coleiro, A., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Deschamps, A., De Bonis, G., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., El Bojaddaini, I., Elsasser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fusco, L. A., Galata, S., Gay, P., Geisselsoder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Glotin, H., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Graf, K., Hallmann, S., Van Haren, H., Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Hossl, J., Hofestadt, J., Hugon, C., Illuminati, G., James, C. W., De Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Kiessling, D., Kouchner, A., Kreter, M., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lachaud, C., Lahmann, R., Lefevre, D., Leonora, E., Loucatos, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Mueller, C., Nezri, E., Pavalas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Roensch, K., Saldana, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schnabel, J., Schussler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spurio, M., Stolarczyk, Th., Sanchez-Losa, A., Taiuti, M., Trovato, A., Tselengidou, M., Turpin, D., Tonnis, C., Vallage, B., Vallee, C., Van Elewyck, V., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., Zornoza, J. D., Zuniga, J., Adrián-Martínez, S., André, M., Aubert, J.-J., Barrios-Martí, J., Bouwhuis, M.C., Elsässer, D., Enzenhöfer, A., Fusco, L.A., Galatà, S., Geißelsöder, S., Heijboer, A.J., Hernández-Rey, J.J., Hößl, J., Hofestädt, J., James, C.W., Kießling, D., Lefèvre, D., Martínez-Mora, J.A., Pǎvǎlaš, G.E., Saldaña, M., Samtleben, D.F.E., Schüssler, F., Sánchez-Losa, A., Tönnis, C., Vallée, C., Zornoza, J.D., Zúñiga, J., Adrian-Martiez, S, Albert, A, Andre, M, Anton, G, Ardid, M, Aubert, Jj, Avgitas, T, Baret, B, Barrios-Marti, J, Basa, S, Bertin, V, Biagi, S, Bormuth, R, Bou-Cabo, M, Bouwhuis, Mc, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Busto, J, Capone, A, Caramete, L, Carr, J, Celli, S, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Coleiro, A, Coniglione, R, Costantini, H, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Deschamps, A, De Bonis, G, Distefano, C, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Drouhin, D, Eberl, T, El Bojaddaini, I, Elsasser, D, Enzenhofer, A, Fehn, K, Felis, I, Fusco, La, Galata, S, Gay, P, Geisselsoder, S, Geyer, K, Giordano, V, Gleixner, A, Glotin, H, Gracia-Ruiz, R, Graf, K, Hallmann, S, van Haren, H, Heijboer, Aj, Hello, Y, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Hossl, J, Hofestadt, J, Hugon, C, Illuminati, G, James, Cw, de Jong, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Katz, U, Kiessling, D, Kouchner, A, Kreter, M, Kreykenbohm, I, Kulikovskiy, V, Lachaud, C, Lahmann, R, Lefevre, D, Leonora, E, Loucatos, S, Marcelin, M, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Mathieu, A, Michael, T, Migliozzi, P, Moussa, A, Mueller, C, Nezri, E, Pavalas, Ge, Pellegrino, C, Perrina, C, Piattelli, P, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Racca, C, Riccobene, G, Roensch, K, Saldana, M, Samtleben, Dfe, Sanguineti, M, Sapienza, P, Schnabel, J, Schussler, F, Seitz, T, Sieger, C, Spurio, M, Stolarczyk, T, Sanchez-Losa, A, Taiuti, M, Trovato, A, Tselengidou, M, Turpin, D, Tonnis, C, Vallage, B, Vallee, C, Van Elewyck, V, Vivolo, D, Wagner, S, Wilms, J, Zornoza, Jd, and Zuniga, J

Subjects
Astrofísica, dark matter detector, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, dark matter experiment, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, neutrino astronomy, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Particle decay, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], ddc:530, Neutrins, Neutrinos, 010306 general physics, dark matter detectors, dark matter experiments, neutrino detectors, CANDIDATES, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Muon, Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Neutrino astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Neutrino detector, neutrino detector, FISICA APLICADA, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

A search for Secluded Dark Matter annihilation in the Sun using 2007 2012 data of the ANTARES neutrino telescope is presented. Three different cases are considered: a) detection of dimuons that result from the decay of the mediator, or neutrino detection from: b) mediator that decays into a dimuon and, in turn, into neutrinos, and c) mediator that decays directly into neutrinos. As no significant excess over background is observed, constraints are derived on the dark matter mass and the lifetime of the mediator., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), IdEx program and UnivEarthS Labex program at Sorbonne Paris Cite (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung and Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and leading scientific schools supporting grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO), Prometeo and Grisolia programs of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l'Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities.

Published
2016

42. Murchison Widefield Array Limits on Radio Emission from ANTARES Neutrino Events

Author

Daniele Vivolo, P. Coyle, A. Enzenhöfer, C. Mueller, Antonia Rowlinson, Tommaso Chiarusi, M. Kreter, A. Moussa, G. De Bonis, Gisela Anton, J-J. Aubert, WeiKang Zheng, Damien Dornic, Jos Steijger, Giorgio Riccobene, Alain Klotz, J. Hofestädt, David L. Kaplan, D. Drouhin, B. Baret, R. Coniglione, C. Vallée, J.D. Zornoza, P. Fermani, V. Giordano, C. Pellegrino, D. Turpin, S. Loucatos, Yann Hello, L.A. Fusco, T. Pradier, Oleg Kalekin, P. Migliozzi, Steven Tingay, Ivan Felis, S. Galatà, D. Kiessling, Tara Murphy, Matthias Kadler, E. Visser, J. Schmid, M. Boer, A. Creusot, V. Kulikovskiy, Steve Croft, A. Heijboer, T. Seitz, T. Michael, Thomas Eberl, J. Hossl, Jürgen Brunner, Uli Katz, C. Perrina, C. Hugon, Ingo Kreykenbohm, V. Popa, Marco Circella, A. Kouchner, Miguel Ardid, Jose Busto, B. Vallage, Vincent Bertin, Anne Deschamps, K. Geyer, J. Barrios-Martí, T. Avgitas, J. Zúñiga, Matteo Sanguineti, Paolo Piattelli, M.C. Bouwhuis, C. Sieger, Antonio Capone, S. Adrián-Martínez, Carl W. Akerlof, Alexis Coleiro, P.M. Kooijman, C. Tönnis, M. Tselengidou, C. Racca, Antonio Marinelli, Maurizio Spurio, R. Bruijn, Annarita Margiotta, Ivan Dekeyser, A. Trovato, Juan José Hernández-Rey, M. Marcelin, E. Leonora, Martin Bell, Michel André, A. Le Van Suu, C. Donzaud, J. Carr, Steffen Hallmann, E. Nezri, Stéphane Basa, K. Graf, R. Gracia-Ruiz, Hervé Glotin, I. El Bojaddaini, G.E. Păvălaş, F. Schüssler, A. Gleixner, H. Costantini, M. Taiuti, Arnauld Albert, Th. Stolarczyk, K. Fehn, S. Biagi, L. Caramete, H. van Haren, Christian Tamburini, K. Roensch, C. Distefano, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. de Jong, S. Geisselsöder, C. Lachaud, Jörn Wilms, C. W. James, Stefan Wagner, M. Saldaña, A. Mathieu, Jutta Schnabel, M. Ageron, V. Van Elewyck, A. Sánchez-Losa, Piera Sapienza, R. Bormuth, Dominique Lefèvre, Dominik Elsässer, R. Lahmann, J.A. Martínez-Mora, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MWA and ANTARES and TAROT and ROTSE Collaborations, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Croft, S., Kaplan, D. L., Tingay, S. J., Murphy, T., Bell, M. E., Rowlinson, A., Adrián Martínez, S., Ageron, M., Albert, A., André, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. J., Avgitas, T., Baret, B., Barrios Martí, J., Basa, S., Bertin, V., Biagi, S., Bormuth, R., Bouwhuis, M. C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Busto, J., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Carr, J., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Coleiro, A., Coniglione, R., Costantini, H., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Bonis, G. De, Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Bojaddaini, I. El, Elsässer, D., Enzenhöfer, A., Fehn, K., Felis, I., Fermani, P., Fusco, LUIGI ANTONIO, Galatà, S., Gay, P., Geißelsöder, S., Geyer, K., Giordano, V., Gleixner, A., Glotin, H., Gracia Ruiz, R., Graf, K., Hallmann, S., Haren, H. Van, Heijboer, A. J., Hello, Y., Hernández Rey, J. J., Hößl, J., Hofestädt, J., Hugon, C., James, C. W., Jong, M. De, Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Katz, U., Kießling, D., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kreter, M., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lachaud, C., Lahmann, R., Lefèvre, D., Leonora, E., Loucatos, S., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, Annarita, Marinelli, A., Martínez Mora, J. A., Mathieu, A., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Moussa, A., Mueller, C., Nezri, E., Pavalaş, G. E., Pellegrino, Carmelo, Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Racca, C., Riccobene, G., Roensch, K., Saldaña, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sánchez Losa, A., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Schmid, J., Schnabel, J., Schüssler, F., Seitz, T., Sieger, C., Spurio, Maurizio, Steijger, J. J. M., Stolarczyk, T., Taiuti, M., Tamburini, C., Trovato, A., Tselengidou, M., Turpin, D., Tönnis, C., Vallage, B., Vallée, C., Elewyck, V. Van, Visser, E., Vivolo, D., Wagner, S., Wilms, J., Zornoza, J. D., Zúñiga, J., Klotz, A., Boer, M., Le Van Suu, A., Akerlof, C., Zheng, W., High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Adrian-Martinez, S., Andre, M., Aubert, J. -J., Barrios-Marti, J., Bonis, G. D., Bojaddaini, I. E., Elsasser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fusco, L. A., Galata, S., Geisselsoder, S., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Haren, H. V., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Hossl, J., Hofestadt, J., Jong, M. D., Kiessling, D., Lefevre, D., Margiotta, A., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Pavalas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Saldana, M., Sanchez-Losa, A., Schussler, F., Spurio, M., Tonnis, C., Vallee, C., Elewyck, V. V., Zuniga, J., Croft, S, Kaplan, Dl, Tingay, Sj, Murphy, T, Bell, Me, Rowlinson, A, Adrian-Martinez, S, Ageron, M, Albert, A, Andre, M, Anton, G, Ardid, M, Aubert, Jj, Avgitas, T, Baret, B, Barrios-Marti, J, Basa, S, Bertin, V, Biagi, S, Bormuth, R, Bouwhuis, Mc, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Busto, J, Capone, A, Caramete, L, Carr, J, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Coleiro, A, Coniglione, R, Costantini, H, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Dekeyser, I, Deschamps, A, De Bonis, G, Distefano, C, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Drouhin, D, Eberl, T, El Bojaddaini, I, Elsasser, D, Enzenhofer, A, Fehn, K, Felis, I, Fermani, P, Fusco, La, Galata, S, Gay, P, Geisselsoder, S, Geyer, K, Giordano, V, Gleixner, A, Glotin, H, Gracia-Ruiz, R, Graf, K, Hallmann, S, van Haren, H, Heijboer, Aj, Hello, Y, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Hossl, J, Hofestadt, J, Hugon, C, James, Cw, de Jong, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Katz, U, Kiessling, D, Kooijman, P, Kouchner, A, Kreter, M, Kreykenbohm, I, Kulikovskiy, V, Lachaud, C, Lahmann, R, Lefevre, D, Leonora, E, Loucatos, S, Marcelin, M, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Mathieu, A, Michael, T, Migliozzi, P, Moussa, A, Mueller, C, Nezri, E, Pavalas, Ge, Pellegrino, C, Perrina, C, Piattelli, P, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Racca, C, Riccobene, G, Roensch, K, Saldana, M, Samtleben, Dfe, Sanchez-Losa, A, Sanguineti, M, Sapienza, P, Schmid, J, Schnabel, J, Schussler, F, Seitz, T, Sieger, C, Spurio, M, Steijger, Jjm, Stolarczyk, T, Taiuti, M, Tamburini, C, Trovato, A, Tselengidou, M, Turpin, D, Tonnis, C, Vallage, B, Vallee, C, Van Elewyck, V, Visser, E, Vivolo, D, Wagner, S, Wilms, J, Zornoza, Jd, Zuniga, J, Klotz, A, Boer, M, Le Van Suu, A, Akerlof, C, and Zheng, W

Subjects
High energy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino telescope, radio continuum: general, FOS: Physical sciences, Murchison Widefield Array, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, neutrino, 0103 physical sciences, neutrinos, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Neutrins, Neutrinos, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, general [Radio continuum], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Neutron star, 13. Climate action, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], FISICA APLICADA, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Event (particle physics)
Abstract

We present a search, using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), for electromagnetic (EM) counterparts to two candidate high-energy neutrino events detected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope in 2013 November and 2014 March. These events were selected by ANTARES because they are consistent, within 0 degrees.4, with the locations of galaxies within 20 Mpc of Earth. Using MWA archival data at frequencies between 118 and 182 MHz, taken similar to 20. days prior to, at the same time as, and up to a year after the neutrino triggers, we look for transient or strongly variable radio sources that are consistent with the neutrino positions. No such counterparts are detected, and we set a 5 sigma upper limit for low-frequency radio emission of similar to 10(37) erg s(-1) for progenitors at 20 Mpc. If the neutrino sources are instead not in nearby galaxies, but originate in binary neutron star coalescences, our limits place the progenitors at z greater than or similar to 0.2. While it is possible, due to the high background from atmospheric neutrinos, that neither event is astrophysical, the MWA observations are nevertheless among the first to follow up neutrino candidates in the radio, and illustrate the promise of wide-field instruments like MWA for detecting EM counterparts to such events., This scientific work makes use of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory, operated by CSIRO. We acknowledge the Wajarri Yamatji people as the traditional owners of the Observatory site. Support for the operation of the MWA is provided by the Australian Government Department of Industry and Science and Department of Education (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy: NCRIS), under a contract with Curtin University, administered by Astronomy Australia Limited. We acknowledge the iVEC Petabyte Data Store and the Initiative in Innovative Computing and the CUDA Center for Excellence sponsored by NVIDIA at Harvard University. D.L.K. and S.D.C. acknowledge support from the US National Science Foundation (grant AST-1412421). We acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat a l'enegie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA), Commission Europeenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Region Ile-de-France (DIM-ACAV), Region Alsace (contrat CPER), Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Departement du Var and Ville de La Seyne-sur-Mer, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), the Netherlands; Council of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Scientists and Leading Scientific Schools Supporting Grants, Russia; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), Prometeo of Generalitat Valenciana and MultiDark, Spain; Agence de l'Oriental and CNRST, Morocco. We also acknowledge the technical support of Ifremer, AIM, and Foselev Marine for the sea operation and the CC-IN2P3 for the computing facilities. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the OCEVU LabEx, France. We thank Nathan Whitehorn and the anonymous referee for helpful comments.

Published
2016

43. The effects of Earth's magnetic field on 3-inch diameter photomultipliers used in KM3NeT neutrino telescope

Author

S. Aiello, V. Giordano, E. Leonora, and Nunzio Randazzo

Subjects
Physics, Photomultiplier, business.industry, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, QC1-999, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Magnetic field, KM3NeT, Optics, Earth's magnetic field, Electromagnetic shielding, Underwater, Neutrino, business
Abstract

The KM3NeT neutrino telescope will be the largest underwater neutrino telescope and will be located in the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea. In neutrino telescopes the key element of the detector is the optical module and for KM3NeT it consists of 31 PMTs stored inside a transparent pressure-resistant glass sphere of 17-inch that serves as mechanical protection while ensuring good light transmission. Since the PMTs installed into an underwater neutrino telescope can change their orientation because of movements of the detector structure due to sea currents, the influence of Earth's magnetic field has been investigated. Magnetic shielding by means of a mu-metal cage is used to reduce magnetic effects and to make the response of the PMT sufficiently orientation independent. In order to quantify the effect on magnetic field, we compared measurements on variation of gain, transit time spread and detection efficiency for a 3-inch PMT in shielded and unshielded condition at 3 PMT inclinations. Data shows that variations are sufficiently low especially for timing properties.

Published
2016

44. Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0

Author

S Adrián-Martínez, M Ageron, F Aharonian, S Aiello, A Albert, F Ameli, E Anassontzis, M Andre, G Androulakis, M Anghinolfi, G Anton, M Ardid, T Avgitas, G Barbarino, E Barbarito, B Baret, J Barrios-Martí, B Belhorma, A Belias, E Berbee, A van den Berg, V Bertin, S Beurthey, V van Beveren, N Beverini, S Biagi, A Biagioni, M Billault, M Bondì, R Bormuth, B Bouhadef, G Bourlis, S Bourret, C Boutonnet, M Bouwhuis, C Bozza, R Bruijn, J Brunner, E Buis, J Busto, G Cacopardo, L Caillat, M Calamai, D Calvo, A Capone, L Caramete, S Cecchini, S Celli, C Champion, R Cherkaoui El Moursli, S Cherubini, T Chiarusi, M Circella, L Classen, R Cocimano, J A B Coelho, A Coleiro, S Colonges, R Coniglione, M Cordelli, A Cosquer, P Coyle, A Creusot, G Cuttone, A D’Amico, G De Bonis, G De Rosa, C De Sio, F Di Capua, I Di Palma, A F Díaz García, C Distefano, C Donzaud, D Dornic, Q Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, E Drakopoulou, D Drouhin, L Drury, M Durocher, T Eberl, S Eichie, D van Eijk, I El Bojaddaini, N El Khayati, D Elsaesser, A Enzenhöfer, F Fassi, P Favali, P Fermani, G Ferrara, C Filippidis, G Frascadore, L A Fusco, T Gal, S Galatà, F Garufi, P Gay, M Gebyehu, V Giordano, N Gizani, R Gracia, K Graf, T Grégoire, G Grella, R Habel, S Hallmann, H van Haren, S Harissopulos, T Heid, A Heijboer, E Heine, S Henry, J J Hernández-Rey, M Hevinga, J Hofestädt, C M F Hugon, G Illuminati, C W James, P Jansweijer, M Jongen, M de Jong, M Kadler, O Kalekin, A Kappes, U F Katz, P Keller, G Kieft, D Kießling, E N Koffeman, P Kooijman, A Kouchner, V Kulikovskiy, R Lahmann, P Lamare, A Leisos, E Leonora, M Lindsey Clark, A Liolios, C D Llorens Alvarez, D Lo Presti, H Löhner, A Lonardo, M Lotze, S Loucatos, E Maccioni, K Mannheim, A Margiotta, A Marinelli, O Mariş, C Markou, J A Martínez-Mora, A Martini, R Mele, K W Melis, T Michael, P Migliozzi, E Migneco, P Mijakowski, A Miraglia, C M Mollo, M Mongelli, M Morganti, A Moussa, P Musico, M Musumeci, S Navas, C A Nicolau, I Olcina, C Olivetto, A Orlando, A Papaikonomou, R Papaleo, G E Păvălaş, H Peek, C Pellegrino, C Perrina, M Pfutzner, P Piattelli, K Pikounis, G E Poma, V Popa, T Pradier, F Pratolongo, G Pühlhofer, S Pulvirenti, L Quinn, C Racca, F Raffaelli, N Randazzo, P Rapidis, P Razis, D Real, L Resvanis, J Reubelt, G Riccobene, C Rossi, A Rovelli, M Saldaña, I Salvadori, D F E Samtleben, A Sánchez García, A Sánchez Losa, M Sanguineti, A Santangelo, D Santonocito, P Sapienza, F Schimmel, J Schmelling, V Sciacca, M Sedita, T Seitz, I Sgura, F Simeone, I Siotis, V Sipala, B Spisso, M Spurio, G Stavropoulos, J Steijger, S M Stellacci, D Stransky, M Taiuti, Y Tayalati, D Tézier, S Theraube, L Thompson, P Timmer, C Tönnis, L Trasatti, A Trovato, A Tsirigotis, S Tzamarias, E Tzamariudaki, B Vallage, V Van Elewyck, J Vermeulen, P Vicini, S Viola, D Vivolo, M Volkert, G Voulgaris, L Wiggers, J Wilms, E de Wolf, K Zachariadou, J D Zornoza, J Zúñiga, Adrian-Martinez, S., Ageron, M., Aharonian, F., Aiello, S., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anassontzis, E., Andre, M., Androulakis, G., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Avgitas, T., Barbarino, G., Barbarito, E., Baret, B., Barrios-Marti, J., Belhorma, B., Belias, A., Berbee, E., Van Den Berg, A., Bertin, V., Beurthey, S., Van Beveren, V., Beverini, N., Biagi, S., Biagioni, A., Billault, M., Bondi, M., Bormuth, R., Bouhadef, B., Bourlis, G., Bourret, S., Boutonnet, C., Bouwhuis, M., Bozza, C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Buis, E., Busto, J., Cacopardo, G., Caillat, L., Calamai, M., Calvo, D., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Cecchini, S., Celli, S., Champion, C., El Moursli, R. C., Cherubini, S., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Classen, L., Cocimano, R., Coelho, J. A. B., Coleiro, A., Colonges, S., Coniglione, R., Cordelli, M., Cosquer, A., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Cuttone, G., D'Amico, A., De Bonis, G., De Rosa, G., De Sio, C., Di Capua, F., Di Palma, I., Diaz Garcia, A. F., Distefano, C., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q., Drakopoulou, E., Drouhin, D., Drury, L., Durocher, M., Eberl, T., Eichie, S., Van Eijk, D., El Bojaddaini, I., El Khayati, N., Elsaesser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fassi, F., Favali, P., Fermani, P., Ferrara, G., Filippidis, C., Frascadore, G., Fusco, L. A., Gal, T., Galata, S., Garufi, F., Gay, P., Gebyehu, M., Giordano, V., Gizani, N., Gracia, R., Graf, K., Gregoire, T., Grella, G., Habel, R., Hallmann, S., Van Haren, H., Harissopulos, S., Heid, T., Heijboer, A., Heine, E., Henry, S., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Hevinga, M., Hofestadt, J., Hugon, C. M. F., Illuminati, G., James, C. W., Jansweijer, P., Jongen, M., De Jong, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Katz, U. F., Keller, P., Kieft, G., Kiessling, D., Koffeman, E. N., Kooijman, P., Kouchner, A., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Leisos, A., Leonora, E., Clark, M. L., Liolios, A., Alvarez, C. D. L., Lo Presti, D., Lohner, H., Lonardo, A., Lotze, M., Loucatos, S., Maccioni, E., Mannheim, K., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, A., Maris, O., Markou, C., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martini, A., Mele, R., Melis, K. W., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Migneco, E., Mijakowski, P., Miraglia, A., Mollo, C. M., Mongelli, M., Morganti, M., Moussa, A., Musico, P., Musumeci, M., Navas, S., Nicolau, C. A., Olcina, I., Olivetto, C., Orlando, A., Papaikonomou, A., Papaleo, R., Pavalas, G. E., Peek, H., Pellegrino, C., Perrina, C., Pfutzner, M., Piattelli, P., Pikounis, K., Poma, G. 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D., Zuniga, J., Research unit Astroparticle Physics, Research unit Nuclear & Hadron Physics, Adrián-Martínez, S., Barrios-Martí, J., Bondì, M., El Moursli, R. Cherkaoui, Coelho, J.A.B., Díaz García, A.F., Enzenhöfer, A., Fusco, L.A., Galatà, S., Grégoire, T., Hernández-Rey, J.J., Hofestädt, J., Hugon, C.M.F., James, C.W., Katz, U.F., Kießling, D., Koffeman, E.N., Clark, M. Lindsey, Alvarez, C.D. Lloren, Löhner, H., Mariş, O., Martínez-Mora, J.A., Melis, K.W., Mollo, C.M., Nicolau, C.A., Pǎvǎlaş, G.E., Poma, G.E., Pühlhofer, G., Saldaña, M., Samtleben, D.F.E., García, A. Sánchez, Losa, A. Sánchez, Stellacci, S.M., Tézier, D., Tönnis, C., Zornoza, J.D., Zúñiga, J., Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Km3NeT Collaboration, Adrián Martínez, S., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Barrios Martí, J., DE ROSA, Gianfranca, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Díaz García, A. F., Dorosti Hasankiadeh, Q., Garufi, Fabio, Hernández Rey, J. J., Alvarez, C. D. Lloren, Martínez Mora, J. A., Mele, Rosa, Pǎvǎlaş, G. E., Vivolo, Daniele, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LAB - Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Other Research IHEF (IoP, FNWI), IoP (FNWI), Adrian-Martinez, S, Ageron, M, Aharonian, F, Aiello, S, Albert, A, Ameli, F, Anassontzis, E, Andre, M, Androulakis, G, Anghinolfi, M, Anton, G, Ardid, M, Avgitas, T, Barbarino, G, Barbarito, E, Baret, B, Barrios-Marti, J, Belhorma, B, Belias, A, Berbee, E, van den Berg, A, Bertin, V, Beurthey, S, van Beveren, V, Beverini, N, Biagi, S, Biagioni, A, Billault, M, Bondi, M, Bormuth, R, Bouhadef, B, Bourlis, G, Bourret, S, Boutonnet, C, Bouwhuis, M, Bozza, C, Bruijn, R, Brunner, J, Buis, E, Busto, J, Cacopardo, G, Caillat, L, Calamai, M, Calvo, D, Capone, A, Caramete, L, Cecchini, S, Celli, S, Champion, C, El Moursli, Rc, Cherubini, S, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Classen, L, Cocimano, R, Coelho, Jab, Coleiro, A, Colonges, S, Coniglione, R, Cordelli, M, Cosquer, A, Coyle, P, Creusot, A, Cuttone, G, D'Amico, A, De Bonis, G, De Rosa, G, De Sio, C, Di Capua, F, Di Palma, I, Garcia, Afd, Distefano, C, Donzaud, C, Dornic, D, Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q, Drakopoulou, E, Drouhin, D, Drury, L, Durocher, M, Eberl, T, Eichie, S, van Eijk, D, El Bojaddaini, I, El Khayati, N, Elsaesser, D, Enzenhofer, A, Fassi, F, Favali, P, Fermani, P, Ferrara, G, Filippidis, C, Frascadore, G, Fusco, La, Gal, T, Galata, S, Garufi, F, Gay, P, Gebyehu, M, Giordano, V, Gizani, N, Gracia, R, Graf, K, Gregoire, T, Grella, G, Habel, R, Hallmann, S, van Haren, H, Harissopulos, S, Heid, T, Heijboer, A, Heine, E, Henry, S, Hernandez-Rey, Jj, Hevinga, M, Hofestadt, J, Hugon, Cmf, Illuminati, G, James, Cw, Jansweijer, P, Jongen, M, de Jong, M, Kadler, M, Kalekin, O, Kappes, A, Katz, Uf, Keller, P, Kieft, G, Kiessling, D, Koffeman, En, Kooijman, P, Kouchner, A, Kulikovskiy, V, Lahmann, R, Lamare, P, Leisos, A, Leonora, E, Clark, Ml, Liolios, A, Alvarez, Cdl, Lo Presti, D, Lohner, H, Lonardo, A, Lotze, M, Loucatos, S, Maccioni, E, Mannheim, K, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Maris, O, Markou, C, Martinez-Mora, Ja, Martini, A, Mele, R, Melis, Kw, Michael, T, Migliozzi, P, Migneco, E, Mijakowski, P, Miraglia, A, Mollo, Cm, Mongelli, M, Morganti, M, Moussa, A, Musico, P, Musumeci, M, Navas, S, Nicolau, Ca, Olcina, I, Olivetto, C, Orlando, A, Papaikonomou, A, Papaleo, R, Pavalas, Ge, Peek, H, Pellegrino, C, Perrina, C, Pfutzner, M, Piattelli, P, Pikounis, K, Poma, Ge, Popa, V, Pradier, T, Pratolongo, F, Puhlhofer, G, Pulvirenti, S, Quinn, L, Racca, C, Raffaelli, F, Randazzo, N, Rapidis, P, Razis, P, Real, D, Resvanis, L, Reubelt, J, Riccobene, G, Rossi, C, Rovelli, A, Saldana, M, Salvadori, I, Samtleben, Dfe, Garcia, A, Losa, A, Sanguineti, M, Santangelo, A, Santonocito, D, Sapienza, P, Schimmel, F, Schmelling, J, Sciacca, V, Sedita, M, Seitz, T, Sgura, I, Simeone, F, Siotis, I, Sipala, V, Spisso, B, Spurio, M, Stavropoulos, G, Steijger, J, Stellacci, Sm, Stransky, D, Taiuti, M, Tayalati, Y, Tezier, D, Theraube, S, Thompson, L, Timmer, P, Tonnis, C, Trasatti, L, Trovato, A, Tsirigotis, A, Tzamarias, S, Tzamariudaki, E, Vallage, B, Van Elewyck, V, Vermeulen, J, Vicini, P, Viola, S, Vivolo, D, Volkert, M, Voulgaris, G, Wiggers, L, Wilms, J, de Wolf, E, Zachariadou, K, Zornoza, Jd, and Zuniga, J

Subjects
HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Computer science, Deep sea neutrino telescope, Física::Física de partícules [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Field of view, Electron, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, String (physics), KM3NeT, ARCA, ORCA, neutrino astronomy, neutrino astrophysics, neutrino mass hierarchy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Relativistic particle, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], neutrino physics, deep sea neutrino telescope, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, OPT - Optics, TS - Technical Sciences, Industrial Innovation, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, 16. Peace & justice, COSMIC-RAYS, Neutrino mass hierarchy, Neutrino physics, Neutrino astronomy, Nano Technology, Neutrino, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, SUPER-KAMIOKANDE, MONTE-CARLO GENERATOR, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, FOS: Physical sciences, PARAMETRIC-RESONANCE, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Neutrins, 14. Life underwater, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Cherenkov radiation, Block (data storage), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, SIGNAL (programming language), neutrino physic, Astronomy, Galactic plane, Neutrino astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], FISICA APLICADA, ddc:520, ICECUBE DATA, ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS, GALACTIC-CENTER
Abstract

The authors would like to thank D Allard, A Esmaili, G Fogli, O Mena, K Murase, S Palomares Ruiz, E Parizot, S T Petcov, S Razzaque, D Semikoz, A Yu Smirnov, F L Villante, F Vissani and R Zukanovich Funchal for their support and valuable discussions and suggestions in preparing this Letter of Intent., The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are (i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and (ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of neutrinos. These objectives are strongly motivated by two recent important discoveries, namely: (1) the highenergy astrophysical neutrino signal reported by IceCube and (2) the sizable contribution of electron neutrinos to the third neutrino mass eigenstate as reported by Daya Bay, Reno and others. To meet these objectives, the KM3NeT Collaboration plans to build a new Research Infrastructure consisting of a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. A phased and distributed implementation is pursued which maximises the access to regional funds, the availability of human resources and the synergistic opportunities for the Earth and sea sciences community. Three suitable deep-sea sites are selected, namely off-shore Toulon (France), Capo Passero (Sicily, Italy) and Pylos (Peloponnese, Greece). The infrastructure will consist of three so-called building blocks. A building block comprises 115 strings, each string comprises 18 optical modules and each optical module comprises 31 photo-multiplier tubes. Each building block thus constitutes a threedimensional array of photo sensors that can be used to detect the Cherenkov light produced by relativistic particles emerging from neutrino interactions. Two building blocks will be sparsely configured to fully explore the IceCube signal with similar instrumented volume, different methodology, improved resolution and complementary field of view, including the galactic plane. One building block will be densely configured to precisely measure atmospheric neutrino oscillations., The authors acknowledge the financial support of the funding agencies: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commission Européenne (FEDER fund and Marie Curie Program), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), IdEx program and UnivEarthS Labex program at Sorbonne Paris Cité (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), France; The General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell’Universitàe della Ricerca (MIUR), Italy; Agence de l’Oriental and CNRST, Morocco; Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Nederlandseorganisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), The Netherlands; National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), Romania; Plan Estatal de Investigación (refs. FPA2015-65150-C3-1-P, -2-P and -3-P, (MINECO/FEDER)), Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence and MultiDark Consolider (MINECO), and Prometeo and Grisolía programs (Generalitat Valenciana), Spain. The KM3NeT collaboration has received funding from the European Community Sixth Framework Programme under Contract 011937 and the Seventh Framework Programme under Grant Agreement 212525.

Published
2016

45. Long term monitoring of the optical background in the Capo Passero deep-sea site with the NEMO tower prototype

Author

Carmelo Pellegrino, F. Garufi, S. Pulvirenti, S. Aiello, M. Morganti, A. Spitaleri, Marco Circella, A. Enzenhöfer, Matteo Sanguineti, Giacomo Cuttone, Andrea Biagioni, Francesco Caruso, A. Gmerk, R. Masullo, Alberto Rovelli, A. Martini, Salvatore Viola, Annarita Margiotta, V. Giordano, C. D'Amato, Paolo Piattelli, M. Musumeci, L.A. Fusco, C. M. Mollo, E. Barbarito, S. Biagi, Irene Sgura, Giuseppina Larosa, D. Lattuada, M. Saldaña, Fabrizio Raffaelli, K. P. Leismüller, Mário Costa, Antonio Capone, S. Adrián-Martínez, D. Real, Giorgio Riccobene, Maurizio Spurio, F. Simeone, Alessandro Lonardo, F. Speziale, Antonio D'Amico, Nunzio Randazzo, Daniele Vivolo, M. Imbesi, C. Hugon, A. Trovato, C.A. Nicolau, D. Lo Presti, V. Sciacca, Cristiano Bozza, Nicolo' Beverini, P. Litrico, A. Miraglia, Emilio Migneco, Tommaso Chiarusi, F. C. T. Barbato, P. Migliozzi, N. Deniskina, G. De Rosa, V. Sipala, Carlo Ventura, G. De Bonis, Rosanna Cocimano, Riccardo Papaleo, Piera Sapienza, A. Orzelli, C. D. Llorens Alvarez, M. Anghinolfi, C. Pugliatti, A. Ceres, Simona Maria Stellacci, D. Calvo, V. Flaminio, Antonio Marinelli, F. Ameli, M. Mongelli, R. Coniglione, V. De Luca, F. Di Capua, Fabio Longhitano, Giovanna Ferrara, A. Orlando, Giancarlo Barbarino, B. Bouhadef, C. Distefano, M. Taiuti, Claudio Cali, V. Kulikovskiy, L. Trasatti, R. Lahmann, M. G. Pellegriti, Piero Vicini, G. Cacopardo, Miguel Ardid, Enrico Maccioni, Rosaria Grasso, E. Leonora, G. Terreni, P. Fermani, G. Grella, C. Perrina, P. Musico, M. Calamai, Adrián-Martínez, S., Aiello, S., Ameli, F., Anghinolfi, M., Ardid, M., Barbarino, G., Barbarito, E., Barbato, F.C.T., Beverini, N., Biagi, S., Biagioni, A., Bouhadef, B., Bozza, C., Cacopardo, G., Calamai, M., Calì, C., Calvo, D., Capone, A., Caruso, F., Ceres, A., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Cocimano, R., Coniglione, R., Costa, M., Cuttone, G., D’Amato, C., D’Amico, A., De Bonis, G., De Luca, V., Deniskina, N., De rosa, G., di Capua, F., Distefano, C., Enzenhöfer, A., Fermani, P., Ferrara, G., Flaminio, V., Fusco, L.A., Garufi, F., Giordano, V., Gmerk, A., Grasso, R., Grella, G., Hugon, C., Imbesi, M., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Leismüller, K.P., Leonora, E., Litrico, P., Llorens alvarez, C.D., Lonardo, A., Longhitano, F., Lo presti, D., Maccioni, E., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, A., Martini, A., Masullo, R., Migliozzi, P., Migneco, E., Miraglia, A., Mollo, C.M., Mongelli, M., Morganti, M., Musico, P., Musumeci, M., Nicolau, C.A., Orlando, A., Orzelli, A., Papaleo, R., Pellegrino, C., Pellegriti, M.G., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P, Pugliatti, C., Pulvirenti, S., Raffaelli, F., Randazzo, N., Real, D., Riccobene, G., Rovelli, A., Saldaña, M., Sanguineti, M., Sapienza, P., Sciacca, V., Sgura, I., Simeone, F., Sipala, V., Speziale, F., Spitaleri, A., Spurio, M., Stellacci, S.M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trasatti, L., Trovato, A., Ventura, C., Vicini, P., Viola, S., Vivolo, D., Adrian-Martinez, S, Aiello, S, Ameli, F, Anghinolfi, M, Ardid, M, Barbarino, G, Barbarito, E, Barbato, Fct, Beverini, N, Biagi, S, Biagioni, A, Bouhadef, B, Bozza, C, Cacopardo, G, Calamai, M, Cali, C, Calvo, D, Capone, A, Caruso, F, Ceres, A, Chiarusi, T, Circella, M, Cocimano, R, Coniglione, R, Costa, M, Cuttone, G, D'Amato, C, D'Amico, A, De Bonis, G, De Luca, V, Deniskina, N, De Rosa, G, di Capua, F, Distefano, C, Enzenhofer, A, Fermani, P, Ferrara, G, Flaminio, V, Fusco, La, Garufi, F, Giordano, V, Gmerk, A, Grasso, R, Grella, G, Hugon, C, Imbesi, M, Kulikovskiy, V, Lahmann, R, Larosa, G, Lattuada, D, Leismuller, Kp, Leonora, E, Litrico, P, Alvarez, Cdl, Lonardo, A, Longhitano, F, Lo Presti, D, Maccioni, E, Margiotta, A, Marinelli, A, Martini, A, Masullo, R, Migliozzi, P, Migneco, E, Miraglia, A, Mollo, Cm, Mongelli, M, Morganti, M, Musico, P, Musumeci, M, Nicolau, Ca, Orlando, A, Orzelli, A, Papaleo, R, Pellegrino, C, Pellegriti, Mg, Perrina, C, Pugliatti, C, Pulvirenti, S, Raffaelli, F, Randazzo, N, Real, D, Riccobene, G, Rovelli, A, Saldana, M, Sanguineti, M, Sapienza, P, Sciacca, V, Sgura, I, Simeone, F, Sipala, V, Speziale, F, Spitaleri, A, Spurio, M, Stellacci, Sm, Taiuti, M, Terreni, G, Trasatti, L, Trovato, A, Ventura, C, Vicini, P, Viola, S, Vivolo, D, Adrián Martínez, S., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Barbato, FELICIA CARLA TIZIANA, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, DI CAPUA, Francesco, Fusco, L. A., Garufi, Fabio, Leismüller, K. P., Llorens alvarez, C. D., Migliozzi, Pasquale, Mollo, C. M., Nicolau, C. A., Pellegriti, M. G., Stellacci, S. M., Vivolo, Daniele, Adrian-Martinez, S., Barbato, F. C. T., Cali, C., D'Amato, C., D'Amico, A., Derosa, G., Enzenhofer, A., Leismuller, K. P., Llorensalvarez, C. D., Lopresti, D., Piattelli, P., Saldana, M., ARAG - AREA FINANZA E PARTECIPATE, DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA E ASTRONOMIA 'AUGUSTO RIGHI', Da definire, and AREA MIN. 02 - Scienze fisiche

Subjects
optical properties, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Design, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Instrumentation, Neutrino astronomy, KM3, FOS: Physical sciences, Project, Mediterranean, PHASE-2, KM3, 01 natural sciences, ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEM, NEUTRINO TELESCOPES, PROJECT, DESIGN, SMO, water Cherenkov, NEMO, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Underwater, Engineering (miscellaneous), 010306 general physics, Phase-2, Remote sensing, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, neutrino telescope, Capopassero, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), KM3NeT, Neutrino astronomy, FISICA APLICADA, Environmental science, Submarine pipeline, Light emission, Acoustic positioning system, Neutrino, Neutrino telescopes, Tower
Abstract

The NEMO Phase-2 tower is the first detector which was operated underwater for more than one year at the "record" depth of 3500 m. It was designed and built within the framework of the NEMO (NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory) project. The 380 m high tower was successfully installed in March 2013 80 km offshore Capo Passero (Italy). This is the first prototype operated on the site where the italian node of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope will be built. The installation and operation of the NEMO Phase-2 tower has proven the functionality of the infrastructure and the operability at 3500 m depth. A more than one year long monitoring of the deep water characteristics of the site has been also provided. In this paper the infrastructure and the tower structure and instrumentation are described. The results of long term optical background measurements are presented. The rates show stable and low baseline values, compatible with the contribution of 40K light emission, with a small percentage of light bursts due to bioluminescence. All these features confirm the stability and good optical properties of the site., Comment: 12 pages, 17 figures

Published
2016

46. The prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector: KM3NeT Collaboration

Author

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, F. Aharonian, S. Aiello, A. Albert, F. Ameli, E. G. Anassontzis, G. C. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, S. Anvar, M. Ardid, T. Avgitas, K. Balasi, H. Band, G. Barbarino, E. Barbarito, F. Barbato, B. Baret, S. Baron, J. Barrios, A. Belias, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, A. Berkien, V. Bertin, S. Beurthey, V. van Beveren, N. Beverini, S. Biagi, A. Biagioni, S. Bianucci, M. Billault, A. Birbas, H. Boer Rookhuizen, R. Bormuth, V. Bouché, B. Bouhadef, G. Bourlis, C. Boutonnet, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, G. Cacopardo, L. Caillat, M. Calamai, D. Calvo, A. Capone, L. Caramete, F. Caruso, S. Cecchini, A. Ceres, R. Cereseto, C. Champion, F. Château, T. Chiarusi, B. Christopoulou, M. Circella, L. Classen, R. Cocimano, A. Coleiro, S. Colonges, R. Coniglione, A. Cosquer, M. Costa, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, C. D’Amato, A. D’Amico, G. De Bonis, G. De Rosa, N. Deniskina, J.-J. Destelle, C. Distefano, F. Di Capua, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, Q. Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, L. Drury, D. Durand, T. Eberl, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, L. A. Fusco, D. Gajanana, T. Gal, S. Galatà, F. Garufi, M. Gebyehu, V. Giordano, N. Gizani, R. Gracia Ruiz, K. Graf, R. Grasso, G. Grella, A. Grmek, R. Habel, H. van Haren, T. Heid, A. Heijboer, E. Heine, S. Henry, J. J. Hernández-Rey, B. Herold, M. A. Hevinga, M. van der Hoek, J. Hofestädt, J. Hogenbirk, C. Hugon, J. Hößl, M. Imbesi, C. W. James, P. Jansweijer, J. Jochum, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, A. Kappes, E. Kappos, U. Katz, O. Kavatsyuk, P. Keller, G. Kieft, E. Koffeman, H. Kok, P. Kooijman, J. Koopstra, A. Korporaal, A. Kouchner, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, P. Lamare, G. Larosa, D. Lattuada, H. Le Provost, K. P. Leismüller, A. Leisos, D. Lenis, E. Leonora, M. Lindsey Clark, C. D. Llorens Alvarez, H. Löhner, A. Lonardo, S. Loucatos, F. Louis, E. Maccioni, K. Mannheim, K. Manolopoulos, A. Margiotta, O. Mariş, C. Markou, J. A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, R. Masullo, K. W. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, A. Miraglia, C. M. Mollo, M. Mongelli, M. Morganti, S. Mos, Y. Moudden, P. Musico, M. Musumeci, C. Nicolaou, C. A. Nicolau, A. Orlando, A. Orzelli, A. Papaikonomou, R. Papaleo, G. E. Păvălaş, H. Peek, C. Pellegrino, M. G. Pellegriti, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, K. Pikounis, V. Popa, Th. Pradier, M. Priede, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, C. Racca, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, P. A. Rapidis, P. Razis, D. Real, L. Resvanis, J. Reubelt, G. Riccobene, A. Rovelli, M. Saldaña, D. F. E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, P. Sapienza, J. Schmelling, J. Schnabel, V. Sciacca, M. Sedita, T. Seitz, I. Sgura, F. Simeone, V. Sipala, A. Spitaleri, M. Spurio, G. Stavropoulos, J. Steijger, T. Stolarczyk, D. Stransky, M. Taiuti, G. Terreni, D. Tézier, S. Théraube, L. F. Thompson, P. Timmer, L. Trasatti, A. Trovato, M. Tselengidou, A. Tsirigotis, S. Tzamarias, E. Tzamariudaki, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, J. Vermeulen, P. Vernin, P. Vicini, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, P. Werneke, L. Wiggers, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, R. H. L. van Wooning, E. Zonca, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, A. Zwart, Adrian-Martinez, S., Ageron, M., Aharonian, F., Aiello, S., Albert, A., Ameli, F., Anassontzis, E. G., Androulakis, G. C., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Ardid, M., Avgitas, T., Balasi, K., Band, H., Barbarino, G., Barbarito, E., Barbato, F., Baret, B., Baron, S., Barrios, J., Belias, A., Berbee, E., van den Berg, A. M., Berkien, A., Bertin, V., Beurthey, S., van Beveren, V., Beverini, N., Biagi, S., Biagioni, A., Bianucci, S., Billault, M., Birbas, A., Boer Rookhuizen, H., Bormuth, R., Bouche, V., Bouhadef, B., Bourlis, G., Boutonnet, C., Bouwhuis, M., Bozza, C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Cacopardo, G., Caillat, L., Calamai, M., Calvo, D., Capone, A., Caramete, L., Caruso, F., Cecchini, S., Ceres, A., Cereseto, R., Champion, C., Chateau, F., Chiarusi, T., Christopoulou, B., Circella, M., Classen, L., Cocimano, R., Coleiro, A., Colonges, S., Coniglione, R., Cosquer, A., Costa, M., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Cuttone, G., D'Amato, C., D'Amico, A., De Bonis, G., De Rosa, G., Deniskina, N., Destelle, J. -J., Distefano, C., Di Capua, F., Donzaud, C., Dornic, D., Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q., Drakopoulou, E., Drouhin, D., Drury, L., Durand, D., Eberl, T., Elsaesser, D., Enzenhofer, A., Fermani, P., Fusco, L. A., Gajanana, D., Gal, T., Galata, S., Garufi, F., Gebyehu, M., Giordano, V., Gizani, N., Gracia Ruiz, R., Graf, K., Grasso, R., Grella, G., Grmek, A., Habel, R., van Haren, H., Heid, T., Heijboer, A., Heine, E., Henry, S., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Herold, B., Hevinga, M. A., van der Hoek, M., Hofestadt, J., Hogenbirk, J., Hugon, C., Hossl, J., Imbesi, M., James, C. W., Jansweijer, P., Jochum, J., de Jong, M., Jongen, M., Kadler, M., Kalekin, O., Kappes, A., Kappos, E., Katz, U., Kavatsyuk, O., Keller, P., Kieft, G., Koffeman, E., Kok, H., Kooijman, P., Koopstra, J., Korporaal, A., Kouchner, A., Kreykenbohm, I., Kulikovskiy, V., Lahmann, R., Lamare, P., Larosa, G., Lattuada, D., Le Provost, H., Leismuller, K. P., Leisos, A., Lenis, D., Leonora, E., Lindsey Clark, M., Llorens Alvarez, C. D., Lohner, H., Lonardo, A., Loucatos, S., Louis, F., Maccioni, E., Mannheim, K., Manolopoulos, K., Margiotta, A., Maris, O., Markou, C., Martinez-Mora, J. A., Martini, A., Masullo, R., Melis, K. W., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Migneco, E., Miraglia, A., Mollo, C. M., Mongelli, M., Morganti, M., Mos, S., Moudden, Y., Musico, P., Musumeci, M., Nicolaou, C., Nicolau, C. A., Orlando, A., Orzelli, A., Papaikonomou, A., Papaleo, R., Pavalas, G. E., Peek, H., Pellegrino, C., Pellegriti, M. G., Perrina, C., Piattelli, P., Pikounis, K., Popa, V., Pradier, T., Priede, M., Puhlhofer, G., Pulvirenti, S., Racca, C., Raffaelli, F., Randazzo, N., Rapidis, P. A., Razis, P., Real, D., Resvanis, L., Reubelt, J., Riccobene, G., Rovelli, A., Saldana, M., Samtleben, D. F. E., Sanguineti, M., Santangelo, A., Sapienza, P., Schmelling, J., Schnabel, J., Sciacca, V., Sedita, M., Seitz, T., Sgura, I., Simeone, F., Sipala, V., Spitaleri, A., Spurio, M., Stavropoulos, G., Steijger, J., Stolarczyk, T., Stransky, D., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Tezier, D., Theraube, S., Thompson, L. 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Subjects
Physics, Photomultiplier, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Monte Carlo method, 01 natural sciences, Signal, Optics, KM3NeT, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, 14. Life underwater, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, business, Engineering (miscellaneous), Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

A prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT deep-sea neutrino telescope has been installed at 3500m depth 80 km offshore the Italian coast. KM3NeT in its final configuration will contain several hundreds of detection units. Each detection unit is a mechanical structure anchored to the sea floor, held vertical by a submerged buoy and supporting optical modules for the detection of Cherenkov light emitted by charged secondary particles emerging from neutrino interactions. This prototype string implements three optical modules with 31 photomultiplier tubes each. These optical modules were developed by the KM3NeT Collaboration to enhance the detection capability of neutrino interactions. The prototype detection unit was operated since its deployment in May 2014 until its decommissioning in July 2015. Reconstruction of the particle trajectories from the data requires a nanosecond accuracy in the time calibration. A procedure for relative time calibration of the photomultiplier tubes contained in each optical module is described. This procedure is based on the measured coincidences produced in the sea by the $$^{40}$$40K background light and can easily be expanded to a detector with several thousands of optical modules. The time offsets between the different optical modules are obtained using LED nanobeacons mounted inside them. A set of data corresponding to 600 h of livetime was analysed. The results show good agreement with Monte Carlo simulations of the expected optical background and the signal from atmospheric muons. An almost background-free sample of muons was selected by filtering the time correlated signals on all the three optical modules. The zenith angle of the selected muons was reconstructed with a precision of about 3$$^circ $$∘.

Published
2016

47. The Data Acquisition and Transport Design for NEMO Phase 1

Author

A. Martini, M. Osipenko, M. Taiuti, Mario Musumeci, N. Randazzo, A. Grimaldi, E. Barbarito, M. Morganti, A. D'Amico, A. Anzalone, B. Bouhadef, Ralf Wischnewski, C. Petta, Francesco Simeone, Roberto Bellotti, D. Piombo, M. Anghinolfi, L. Maccione, M. Mongelli, E. Migneco, Emanuele Castorina, Tommaso Chiarusi, M. Bazzotti, G. De Bonis, G. De Ruvo, G. Cacopardo, S. Russo, M. Circella, G. Raia, G. Carminati, G. Terreni, G. De Rosa, E. Falchini, R. Habel, R. Masullo, A. Aloisio, M. Ripani, R. De Vita, G. Osteria, M. Cordelli, L. Caponetto, M. Ruppi, Riccardo Papaleo, A. Ceres, G. C. Barbarino, G. Giacomelli, L. Trasatti, C. Distefano, S. Reito, M. Bonori, R. Coniglione, S. Urso, Alessandro Gabrielli, Annarita Margiotta, Alessandro Lonardo, G. Ricco, C. Avanzini, B. Cassano, Teresa Montaruli, A. Bersani, D. Lo Presti, C.A. Nicolau, Nicolo' Beverini, Enzo Gandolfi, F. Ameli, G.V. Russo, S. Biagi, F. Giorgi, F. Lucarelli, F. Raffaelli, P. Piattelli, S. Galeotti, G. Riccobene, E. Shirokov, V. Valente, V. Pappalardo, P. Musico, V. Flaminio, M. Battaglieri, C. De Marzo, Rosanna Cocimano, Valeria Sipala, A. Orlando, Alberto Rovelli, Antonio Capone, Maurizio Spurio, Giuseppe Longo, A. Marinelli, M. Sedita, K. Fratini, Rosario Megna, Piero Vicini, Paolo Sapienza, S. Minutoli, I. Amore, Mário Costa, Manuela Vecchi, Sebastiano Aiello, E. Leonora, F., Ameli, S., Aiello, Aloisio, Alberto, I., Amore, M., Anghinolfi, A., Anzalone, C., Avanzini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, E., Barbarito, M., Battaglieri, M., Bazzotti, R., Bellotti, A., Bersani, N., Beverini, S., Biagi, M., Bonori, B., Bouhadef, G., Cacopardo, A., Capone, L., Caponetto, G., Carminati, B., Cassano, E., Castorina, A., Cere, T., Chiarusi, M., Circella, R., Cocimano, R., Coniglione, M., Cordelli, M., Costa, A., D'Amico, G., De Boni, C., De Marzo, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, G., De Ruvo, R., De Vita, C., Distefano, E., Falchini, V., Flaminio, K., Fratini, A., Gabrielli, S., Galeotti, E., Gandolfi, G., Giacomelli, F., Giorgi, A., Grimaldi, R., Habel, E., Leonora, D., Lo Presti, A., Lonardo, Longo, Giuseppe, F., Lucarelli, L., Maccione, A., Margiotta, A., Marinelli, A., Martini, R., Masullo, R., Megna, E., Migneco, S., Minutoli, M., Mongelli, T., Montaruli, M., Morganti, P., Musico, M., Musumeci, C. A., Nicolau, A., Orlando, M., Osipenko, G., Osteria, R., Papaleo, V., Pappalardo, C., Petta, P., Piattelli, D., Piombo, F., Raffaelli, G., Raia, N., Randazzo, S., Reito, G., Ricco, G., Riccobene, M., Ripani, A., Rovelli, M., Ruppi, G. V., Russo, S., Russo, P., Sapienza, M., Sedita, E., Shirokov, F., Simeone, V., Sipala, M., Spurio, M., Taiuti, G., Terreni, L., Trasatti, S., Urso, V., Valente, M., Vecchi, P., Vicini, R., Wischnewski, F. Ameli, S. Aiello, A. Aloisio, I. Amore, M. Anghinolfi, A. Anzalone, C. Avanzini, G. Barbarino, E. Barbarito, M. Battaglieri, M. Bazzotti, R. Bellotti, A. Bersani, N. Beverini, S. Biagi, M. Bonori, B. Bouhadef, G. Cacopardo, A. Capone, L. Caponetto, G. Carminati, B. Cassano, E. Castorina, A. Cere, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, R. Coniglione, M. Cordelli, M. Costa, A. D’Amico, G. De Boni, C. De Marzo, G. De Rosa, G. De Ruvo, R. De Vita, C. Distefano, E. Falchini, V. Flaminio, K. Fratini, A. Gabrielli, S. Galeotti, E. Gandolfi, G. Giacomelli, F. Giorgi, A. Grimaldi, R. Habel, E. Leonora, D. Lo Presti, A. Lonardo, G. Longo, F. Lucarelli, L. Maccione, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, A. Martini, R. Masullo, R. Megna, E. Migneco, S. Minutoli, M. Mongelli, T. Montaruli, M. Morganti, P. Musico, M. Musumeci, C. A. Nicolau, A. Orlando, M. Osipenko, G. Osteria, R. Papaleo, V. Pappalardo, C. Petta, P. Piattelli, D. Piombo, F. Raffaelli, G. Raia, N. Randazzo, S. Reito, G. Ricco, G. Riccobene, M. Ripani, A. Rovelli, M. Ruppi, G. V. Russo, S. Russo, P. Sapienza, M. Sedita, E. Shirokov, F. Simeone, V. Sipala, M. Spurio, M. Taiuti, G. Terreni, L. Trasatti, S. Urso, V. Valente, M. Vecchi, P. Vicini, and R. Wischnewski

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, business.industry, Optical link, Detector, Electrical engineering, dwdm, nemo, neutrino telescope, readout electronics, real-time architecture, Data acquisition, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Transmission (telecommunications), NEMO, Control system, Wavelength-division multiplexing, Nuclear electronics, DWDM, NEUTRINO TELESCOPE, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Underwater, business, READOUT ELECTRONICS, Computer hardware, REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURE
Abstract

The NEMO collaboration proposes to build an underwater neutrino telescope located South-East off the Sicily coast. This paper describes the concepts underlying the communication link design going over the whole data acquisition and transport from the front-end electronics to the module sending data on-shore through a fiber optic link which relies on Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing. An on-shore board, plugged into a PC, extracts and distributes data both to first-level trigger and control systems. Underwater apparatus monitoring and controls are guaranteed by oceanographic instruments and dedicated sensors, whose data are packed and sent back to shore using the same optical link. The communication is fully bidirectional, allowing transmission of timing and control commands. The architecture described here provides a complete real-time data transport layer between the onshore laboratory and the underwater detector. During winter 2006 a first prototype of the apparatus has been deployed: calibration results from the currently working system are here reported.

Published
2008

48. Geant4 simulation of plastic scintillator strips with embedded optical fibers for a prototype of tomographic system

Author

G. S. Pappalardo, D. Lo Presti, P. La Rocca, G.V. Russo, S. Riggi, E. Leonora, and Francesco Riggi

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Optical fiber, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmic ray muons, business.industry, STRIPS, Scintillator, Wavelength shifter, Photon yield, law.invention, Optics, law, Cosmic muons, business, Instrumentation
Abstract

The response to cosmic muons of plastic scintillator strips, with and without wavelength shifter fibers embedded, read out at both edges by photomultipliers has been studied through detailed GEANT4 simulations, with the aim of studying the light collection at the module ends under different conditions. The performed simulations, validated and tuned with data coming from a module prototype, could serve as an important guide for the design of a tomographic system based on cosmic ray muons.

Published
2010

49. The Digital Optical Module of KM3NeT

Author

E Leonora

Subjects
Physics, Optical Module, History, KM3NeT, business.industry, business, Computer hardware, Computer Science Applications, Education
Published
2018

50. Terrestrial magnetic field effects on large photomultipliers

Author

E. Leonora

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Resolution (electron density), Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Transit time, 01 natural sciences, Photocathode, Magnetic field, Optics, Earth's magnetic field, 0103 physical sciences, Electromagnetic shielding, 010306 general physics, business, Instrumentation
Abstract

The effects of the Earth's magnetic field on the performance of large PMTs for a cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino telescope has been studied. Measurements were performed for three Hamamatsu PMTs: two 8″ R5912 types; one with a standard and the other with a super bialkali photocathode, and a 10″ R7081 type with a standard bialkali photocathode. The main characteristics of the PMTs, such as detection efficiency, transit time, transit time spread, gain, peak-to-valley ratio, charge resolution and fractions of spurious pulses were measured while varying the PMT orientations with respect to the Earth's magnetic field. The measurements were performed both with and without a mu-metal cage magnetic shielding. For the 8″ PMTs the impact of the magnetic field was found to be smaller than for the 10″ PMT. The magnetic shielding strongly reduced the orientation-dependent variations measured for the 10″ PMT and even improved the performance. Although less pronounced, improvements were also measured for the 8″ PMTs.

Published
2013

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