Evaluation of the discovery potential of an underwater Mediterranean neutrino telescope taking into account the estimated directional resolution and energy of the reconstructed tracks

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

Volumn 725, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-59

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

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Discovery potential; Galactic neutrino sources; KM3NeT; Neutrino telescope

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; TELESCOPES;

DIRECTIONAL RESOLUTION; DISCOVERY POTENTIAL; ENERGY ESTIMATION; KM3NET; LARGE VOLUMES; NEUTRINO SOURCES; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; SEARCH METHOD;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 84885481956     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.073     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. A. Tsirigotis, et al, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 639 (2011) 79.
2. P. Bagley, et al, KM3NeT Consortium, Technical Design Report for a Deep-Sea Research Infrastructure in the Mediterranean Sea Incorporating a Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope, 2011. ISBN 978-90-6488-033-9.
3. KM3NeT Consortium, Technical Description of the PPM of the KM3NeT Detection Unit, 2010 .
4. J. Wentz, et al, Physical Review D 67 (2003) 073020.
5. P.K.F. Grieder, Cosmic Rays at Earth, Elsevier, 2001, ISBN 9789444507105.
6. A.G. Tsirigotis, et al, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 626-627 (2011) S185.
7. T. Neunhoffer, Astroparticle Physics 25 (2006) 220.
8. V. Agrawal, et al, Physical Review D 53 (1996) 1314.
9. J. Braun, et al, Astroparticle Physics 29 (2008) 299.
10. R. Abassi, et al, Astrophysical Journal 732 (2011) 18.
11. A.G. Tsirigotis, et al, Reconstruction Efficiency and Discovery Potential of a Mediterranean Neutrino Telescope: A Simulation Study Using the HOURS Package, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.155, in press.
12. H.E.S.S. Source Catalogue .
13. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Nature 432 (2004) 75;
14. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A & A 449 (2006) 223;
15. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A & A 464 (2007) 235.
16. F. Vissani, Astroparticle Physics 26 (2006) 310;
17. V.N. Zirakashvili, F. Aharonian, The Astrophysical Journal 708-2 (2010) 965;
18. F. Vissani, F. Aharonian, Astroparticle Physics 34 (2011) 778.
19. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A & A 437 (2005);
20. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Astrophysical Journal 661 (2007) 236.
21. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Science 307 (2005) 1938;
22. H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Astrophysical Journal 636 (2006) 777.
23. A. Kappes, et al, Astrophysical Journal 656 (2007) 870.
24. A.G. Tsirigotis, et al, A Reconstruction Method for Neutrino Induced Muon Tracks Taking into Account the Apriori Knowledge of the Neutrino Source, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.156, in press.