Dependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units : the KM3NeT Collaboration

M. Ageron, S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, G. Barbarino, B. Baret, Seth Basegmez Pree, A. Belias, E. Berbee, A. M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, V. van Beveren, S. Biagi, A. BiagioniS. Bianucci, M. Billault, M. Bissinger, R. de Boer, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Branzaş, M. Briel, M. Bruchner, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, G. Cacopardo, L. Caillat, C. Calì, D. Calvo, A. Capone, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, S. Colonges, R. Coniglione, A. Cosquer, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, C. D’Amato, A. D’Amico, A. D’Onofrio, R. Dallier, M. De Palma, C. De Sio, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, R. Dona, C. Donzaud, L. van Dooren, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, M. Durocher, T. Eberl, T. van Eeden, I. El Bojaddaini, H. Eljarrari, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, et al

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Abstract

KM3NeT is a research infrastructure located in the Mediterranean Sea, that will consist of two deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino detectors. With one detector (ARCA), the KM3NeT Collaboration aims at identifying and studying TeV–PeV astrophysical neutrino sources. With the other detector (ORCA), the neutrino mass ordering will be determined by studying GeV-scale atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The first KM3NeT detection units were deployed at the Italian and French sites between 2015 and 2017. In this paper, a description of the detector is presented, together with a summary of the procedures used to calibrate the detector in-situ. Finally, the measurement of the atmospheric muon flux between 2232–3386 m seawater depth is obtained.
Original languageEnglish
Article number99
Number of pages11
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume80
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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Keywords

  • cosmology
  • gamma rays
  • neutrino interactions
  • neutrinos
  • neutron cross sections
  • telescopes

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