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Expectations for the high-energy neutrino detection from starburst galaxies with KM3NeT/ARCA

  • the KM3NeT Collaboration
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Uppsala University
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • University of Padua
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Université de Haute-Alsace
  • Université de Paris
  • IFIC (CSIC-Universitat de València)
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
  • University of Granada
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Groningen
  • North West University
  • Unidad Mixta IEO-UPV
  • Mohamed I University
  • Nantes Université
  • University of Salerno
  • Institute for Space Sciences
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Cadi Ayyad University
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • University of Catania
  • International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
  • University of Bari
  • University of Würzburg
  • Western Sydney University
  • University of Münster
  • University of Genoa
  • Université de Caen
  • Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ
  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  • Leiden University
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research
  • Utrecht University
  • Institut universitaire de France
  • University of Johannesburg
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Pisa
  • Université Montpellier 2

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Abstract

Star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and starburst galaxies (SBGs) are extragalactic sources which could produce high-energy neutrinos. In principle, they could play a rather important role for explaining at least a sizeable part of IceCube’s observations of astophysical neutrino. Using a recent theoretical model which implemented a blending of spectral indeces, we present the KM3NeT/ARCA sensitivities for such a diffuse flux from the startburst galaxies. In particular, we provide the 5-year differential sensitivity for the two building blocks of ARCA. We make use only of the track-like events in the range of 100 GeV - 10 PeV differentiate in 11 bins of energy. We show how the upcoming neutrino telescope could observe the diffuse SFG and SBG within 5 years of data taking. We found the minimum of the sensitivity at around 100 TeV, which is also the energy where the SBG contribution is expected to peak. This would not only constrain the multi-component fit of the observed astrophysical neutrino flux at that energy (100 TeV), but would also provide us a direct link between the star-forming activity in the reservoir environments and the hadronic emissions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1168
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
Publication statusPublished - 18 Mar 2022
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202123 Jul 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Multidisciplinary

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