TY - JOUR
T1 - Atmospheric neutrinos with the first KM3NeT/ORCA data and prospects for measuring the atmospheric neutrino flux
AU - KM3NeT Collaboration
AU - Stavropoulos, Dimitris
AU - Pestel, Valentin
AU - Aly, Zineb
AU - Tzamariudaki, Ekaterini
AU - Markou, Christos
AU - Ageron, M.
AU - Aiello, S.
AU - Albert, A.
AU - Alshamsi, M.
AU - Alves Garre, S.
AU - Aly, Z.
AU - Ambrosone, A.
AU - Ameli, F.
AU - Andre, M.
AU - Androulakis, G.
AU - Anghinolfi, M.
AU - Anguita, M.
AU - Anton, G.
AU - Ardid, M.
AU - Ardid, S.
AU - Assal, W.
AU - Aublin, J.
AU - Bagatelas, C.
AU - Baret, B.
AU - Basegmez du Pree, S.
AU - Bendahman, M.
AU - Benfenati, F.
AU - Berbee, E.
AU - van den Berg, A. M.
AU - Bertin, V.
AU - Beurthey, S.
AU - van Beveren, V.
AU - Biagi, S.
AU - Billault, M.
AU - Bissinger, M.
AU - Boettcher, M.
AU - Bou Cabo, M.
AU - Boumaaza, J.
AU - Bouta, M.
AU - Boutonnet, C.
AU - Bouvet, G.
AU - Bouwhuis, M.
AU - Bozza, C.
AU - Brânzaş, H.
AU - Bruijn, R.
AU - Brunner, J.
AU - Bruno, R.
AU - Buis, E.
AU - Buompane, R.
AU - Razzaque, S.
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PY - 2022/3/18
Y1 - 2022/3/18
N2 - KM3NeT is a research infrastructure aiming to study astrophysical sources as well as to perform particle physics studies, through the detection of neutrinos in the abyssal depths of the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ORCA detector (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), currently under construction, is deployed at 2450 m depth near Toulon, France. It consists of vertical structures (Detection Units) equipped with spherical Digital Optical Modules, each hosting a set of photomultiplier tubes capable of detecting neutrino events from the Cherenkov radiation induced by the daughter particles. In this contribution, an analysis of data collected with the first 6 Detection Units (ORCA6) leading to a sample of atmospheric neutrino events is described. The angular resolution and the energy reconstruction performance for this event selection, which is a key factor for measuring the atmospheric neutrino flux are presented.
AB - KM3NeT is a research infrastructure aiming to study astrophysical sources as well as to perform particle physics studies, through the detection of neutrinos in the abyssal depths of the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ORCA detector (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), currently under construction, is deployed at 2450 m depth near Toulon, France. It consists of vertical structures (Detection Units) equipped with spherical Digital Optical Modules, each hosting a set of photomultiplier tubes capable of detecting neutrino events from the Cherenkov radiation induced by the daughter particles. In this contribution, an analysis of data collected with the first 6 Detection Units (ORCA6) leading to a sample of atmospheric neutrino events is described. The angular resolution and the energy reconstruction performance for this event selection, which is a key factor for measuring the atmospheric neutrino flux are presented.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85145559136
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85145559136
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 395
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 1125
T2 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -