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Differential Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA detector to a diffuse neutrino flux and to point-like source emission: Exploring the case of the Starburst Galaxies

  • KM3NeT Collaboration
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Université de Haute-Alsace
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences & Technology
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
  • University of Granada
  • Nantes Université
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • Université de Paris
  • Université de Caen
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Comenius University
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • University of Hull
  • North West University
  • Mohamed I University
  • University of Salerno
  • Institute for Space Sciences
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Cadi Ayyad University
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • University of Catania
  • University of Würzburg
  • Western Sydney University
  • University of Genoa
  • Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ
  • Leiden University
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research
  • Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
  • Institut universitaire de France
  • Université Montpellier 2

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Abstract

KM3NeT/ARCA is a Cherenkov neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean sea, optimised for the detection of astrophysical neutrinos with energies above ∼1 TeV. In this work, using Monte Carlo simulations including all-flavour neutrinos, the integrated and differential sensitivities for KM3NeT/ARCA are presented considering the case of a diffuse neutrino flux as well as extended and point-like neutrino sources. This analysis is applied to Starburst Galaxies demonstrating that the detector has the capability of tracing TeV neutrinos from these sources. Remarkably, after eight years, a hard power-law spectrum from the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud can be constrained. The sensitivity and discovery potential for NGC 1068 is also evaluated showing that KM3NeT/ARCA will discriminate between different astrophysical components of the measured neutrino flux after 3 years of data taking.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102990
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume162
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2024

Keywords

  • Differential
  • Galaxies
  • Neutrinos
  • Sensitivity
  • Starburst

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

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