Sensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectors

KM3NeT Collaboration

doi:10.22323/1.501.1071

Sensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectors

KM3NeT Collaboration

Physics

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

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The network of two next-generation underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes: ARCA and ORCA is being successively deployed in the Mediterranean Sea by the KM3NeT Collaboration. The focus of ARCA is neutrino astronomy, while ORCA is mainly dedicated to neutrino oscillation studies. Both detectors are already operational in their intermediate states and collect valuable results. This work explores the potential of intermediate as well as complete detector configurations of ARCA and ORCA to observe the prompt component of the atmospheric muon flux, originating from cosmic ray interactions. It builds upon a dedicated reconstruction of observables characteristic for events composed of multiple muons, called muon bundles. The obtained results show that KM3NeT is sensitive to the prompt muon flux component and should be able to verify its existence within the first few years of data taking with completed detectors.

Original language	English
Article number	1071
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	501
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.501.1071
Publication status	Published - 30 Dec 2025
Event	39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: 15 Jul 2025 → 24 Jul 2025

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Sensitivity study for the prompt component in the atmospheric muon flux with KM3NeT detectors

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