Reconstruction efficiency and discovery potential of a Mediterranean neutrino telescope: A simulation study using the Hellenic Open University Reconstruction and Simulation (HOURS) package

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 725, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-71

  Tsirigotis, A G ^a   Leisos, A ^a   Tzamarias, S E ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Detector evaluation; Event simulation; Neutrino telescope

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS; EVENT SIMULATION; HADRONIC INTERACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; RECONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCY; SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 84885468634     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.155     Document Type: Article

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