| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 116, 2016
Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope (VLVnT-2015)
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| Article Number | 11003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Plenary Session | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611611003 | |
| Published online | 11 April 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611611003
KM3NeT-ARCA project status and plan
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, Catania 95123, Italy
a e-mail: coniglione@lns.infn.it
Published online: 11 April 2016
The KM3NeT Collaboration aims at building a research infrastructure in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea hosting a cubic kilometre neutrino telescope. The KM3NeT/ARCA detector is the ideal instrument to look for high-energy neutrino sources thanks to the latitude of the detector and to the optical characteristics of the sea water. The detector latitude allows for a wide coverage of the observable sky including the region of the Galactic centre and the optical sea water properties allow for the measure of the neutrino direction with excellent angular resolution also for cascade events. The technologically innovative components of the detector and the status of construction will be presented as well as the capability it offers to discover neutrinos.
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