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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 74: Neutrinoastronomie II
T 74.1: Gruppenbericht
Mittwoch, 11. März 2015, 16:45–17:05, I.12.02 (HS 31)
KM3NeT - a multi-kilometre-cubed neutrino telescope for the Mediterranean — •Clancy James for the ANTARES-KM3NeT-Erlangen collaboration — ECAP, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
KM3NeT will be a multi-cubic-kilometre telescope for the study of neutrinos in the TeV to PeV range. Consisting of arrays of photomultiplier tubes on slender vertical structures anchored to the sea floor, it will detect the Cherenkov light induced by the passage of relativistic particles through the water surrounding the detector. To be located at three sites in the Mediterranean Sea, its Northern latitude, and the sheer size of the detection volume, will make KM3NeT well-positioned to study the expected neutrino flux from galactic objects such as supernova remnants, while it will also be sensitive to higher-energy fluxes, such as that discovered by IceCube.
This contribution gives an overview of the KM3NeT detector. The current status of KM3NeT Phase 1 construction, the physics potential of Phase 1.5, and the envisioned final (Phase 2) detector are described. The projected ability of KM3NeT to determine the energies and arrival directions of cosmic neutrinos is presented, in particular the detector resolution to through-going muons and cascade-like interactions inside the instrumented volume. Finally, the projected sensitivities of the different stages of KM3NeT to both diffuse and point-like cosmic neutrino fluxes are given. Specific details of KM3NeT methods and technology, including the ORCA project to resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy and θ23, will be presented in other contributions.