Sensitivity of the KM3NeT detector to neutrino fluxes from Galactic point-like sources

  • A. Trovato*
  • , P. Kooijman
  • , R. Coniglione
  • , P. Sapienza
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The KM3NeT collaboration has started the implementation of the first phase of a cubic-kilometre-scale neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere with an integrated platform for Earth and deep sea sciences. The location in the Mediterranean Sea will allow for surveying a large part of the sky, including most of the Galactic Plane and the Galactic Centre, thus complementing the sky coverage of IceCube at the South Pole. Amongst the potential Galactic neutrino sources, SuperNova Remnants are particularly promising since their measured gamma-ray emission extends to several tenths of TeV and exhibits indications for hadronic processes. Assuming a hadronic origin of the gamma-ray emission, the models for neutrino emission from SuperNova Remnants and also from other source types such as pulsars are robustly constrained by gamma-ray measurements. We report expected KM3NeT sensitivities for neutrino fluxes from RXJ1713.7-3946 and Vela X. The sensitivity to point-like sources with a E-2 power law energy spectrum is also reported and compared to the other existing detectors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th International Workshop on Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes VLVνT 13
Subtitle of host publicationStockholm, Sweden 5–7 August 2013
EditorsChad Finley, Markus Ahlers, Anastasios Belias
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics
Pages62-65
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780735412699
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event6th International Workshop on Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes, VLVnT 2013 - Stockholm, United Kingdom
Duration: 5 Aug 20137 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1630
ISSN (Print)0094-243X

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes, VLVnT 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityStockholm
Period5/08/137/08/13

Keywords

  • Cherenkov detectors
  • neutrino telescope
  • RXJ1713.7-3946
  • VelaX

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