| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 283, 2023
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR 2022)
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| Article Number | 04009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | UHECR Sources, Acceleration Mechanisms and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328304009 | |
| Published online | 28 April 2023 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328304009
First scientific results of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
1 INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell’Università, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127
* Corresponding author: francesco.benfenati@bo.infn.it
** Corresponding author: francesco.filippini@bo.infn.it
*** Corresponding author: tommaso.chiarusi@bo.infn.it
Published online: 28 April 2023
KM3NeT is a multidisciplinary observatory, for the detection and study of cosmic neutrinos and their sources in the Universe, as well as the measurement of neutrino properties such as the mass hierarchy and oscillation parameters. Two underwater detectors are under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. The configuration of the ARCA detector, located off-shore Sicily, Italy, is optimized for the detection of neutrinos in the energy range of 1 TeV-100 PeV. The ORCA detector off-shore Toulon, France is configured for the measurement of neutrinos with energy from about 100 MeV up to the sub-TeV region. At present, 21 and 14 detection units are taking data at the ARCA and the ORCA sites, respectively. Installation of additional detection units is foreseen in the next few years. In this contribution an overview of the expected performances of the full detectors will be reviewed and the main physics results obtained with ARCA and ORCA, still in their partial configuration, will be reported. Finally, in the context of the multi-messenger scenario the KM3NeT online alert system will be presented.
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