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On the Potential Cosmogenic Origin of the Ultra-high-energy Event KM3-230213A

  • O. Adriani
  • , S. Aiello
  • , A. Albert
  • , A. R. Alhebsi
  • , M. Alshamsi
  • , S. Alves Garre
  • , A. Ambrosone
  • , F. Ameli
  • , M. Andre
  • , L. Aphecetche
  • , M. Ardid
  • , S. Ardid
  • , C. Argüelles
  • , J. Aublin
  • , F. Badaracco
  • , L. Bailly-Salins
  • , Z. Bardacová
  • , B. Baret
  • , A. Bariego-Quintana
  • , Y. Becherini
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  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • University of Florence
  • Université de Strasbourg
  • Université de Haute-Alsace
  • Khalifa University of Science and Technology
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • University of Valencia
  • University of Naples Federico II
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • Nantes Université
  • Polytechnic University of Valencia
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  • University of Genoa
  • Université de Caen
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  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • University of Hull
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
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  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • University of Salerno
  • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • University of Rome La Sapienza
  • Cadi Ayyad University
  • University of the Witwatersrand
  • University of Catania
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  • University of Granada
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
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  • Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - NIOZ
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  • Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
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  • Institut universitaire de France
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  • Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
  • Université Montpellier 2

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Abstract

On 2023 February 13, the KM3NeT/ARCA telescope observed a track-like event compatible with a ultra-highenergy muon with an estimated energy of 120 PeV, produced by a neutrino with an even higher energy, making it the most energetic neutrino event ever detected. A diffuse cosmogenic component is expected to originate from the interactions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with ambient photon and matter fields. The flux level required by the KM3NeT/ARCA event is, however, in tension with the standard cosmogenic neutrino predictions based on the observations collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array over the last decade of the ultra-highenergy cosmic rays above the ankle (hence from the local Universe, z ≲ 1). We show here that both observations can be reconciled by extending the integration of the equivalent cosmogenic neutrino flux up to a redshift of zmax = 6 and considering either source evolution effects or the presence of a subdominant independent proton component in the ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray flux, thus placing constraints on known cosmic accelerators.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL41
JournalAstrophysical Journal Letters
Volume984
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2025

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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