TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT
AU - KM3NeT Collaboration
AU - Kalaczyński, Piotr
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 - du Pree, S. Basegmez
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 - Busto, J.
AU - Caiffi, B.
AU - Caillat, L.
AU - Calvo, D.
AU - Razzaque, S.
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PY - 2022/3/18
Y1 - 2022/3/18
N2 - The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December 2016 and January 2020 has been used to measure the atmospheric muon rate at two different depths under the sea level: 3.5 km with KM3NeTARCA and 2.5 km with KM3NeT-ORCA. Atmospheric muons represent an abundant signal in a neutrino telescope and can be used to test the reliability of the Monte Carlo simulation chain and to study the physics of extensive air showers caused by highly-energetic primary nuclei impinging the Earth’s atmosphere. At energies above PeV the contribution from prompt muons, created right after the first interaction in the shower, is expected to become dominant, however its existence has not yet been experimentally confirmed. In this talk, data collected with the first detection units of KM3NeT are compared to Monte Carlo simulations based on MUPAGE and CORSIKA codes. The main features of the simulation and reconstruction chains are presented. Additionally, the first results of the simulated signal from the prompt muon component for KM3NeT-ARCA and KM3NeT-ORCA obtained with CORSIKA are discussed.
AB - The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December 2016 and January 2020 has been used to measure the atmospheric muon rate at two different depths under the sea level: 3.5 km with KM3NeTARCA and 2.5 km with KM3NeT-ORCA. Atmospheric muons represent an abundant signal in a neutrino telescope and can be used to test the reliability of the Monte Carlo simulation chain and to study the physics of extensive air showers caused by highly-energetic primary nuclei impinging the Earth’s atmosphere. At energies above PeV the contribution from prompt muons, created right after the first interaction in the shower, is expected to become dominant, however its existence has not yet been experimentally confirmed. In this talk, data collected with the first detection units of KM3NeT are compared to Monte Carlo simulations based on MUPAGE and CORSIKA codes. The main features of the simulation and reconstruction chains are presented. Additionally, the first results of the simulated signal from the prompt muon component for KM3NeT-ARCA and KM3NeT-ORCA obtained with CORSIKA are discussed.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85145019236
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85145019236
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 395
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 1112
T2 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -