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Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino telescope to point-like neutrino sources

KM3NeT will be a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ARCA detector, to be installed at the Capo Passero site (Italy), is optimised for the detection of high-energy neutrinos of cosmic origin. Thanks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 The KM3NeT Collaboration , S. Aiello , S. E. Akrame , F. Ameli , E. G. Anassontzis , M. Andre , G. Androulakis , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. Aublin , T. Avgitas , C. Bagatelas , G. Barbarino , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Martí , A. Belias , E. Berbee , A. van den Berg , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , A. Biagioni , C. Biernoth , J. Boumaaza , S. Bourret , M. Bouta , M. Bouwhuis , C. Bozza , H. Brânzas , M. Bruchner , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , E. Buis , R. Buompane , J. Busto , 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 , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , G. Cuttone , A. D'Onofrio , R. Dallier , C. De Sio , I. Di Palma , A. F. Díaz , D. Diego-Tortosa , C. Distefano , A. Domi , R. Donà , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , M. Dörr , M. Durocher , T. Eberl , D. van Eijk , I. El Bojaddaini , H. Eljarrari , D. Elsaesser , A. Enzenhöfer , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , M. D. Filipovic , L. A. Fusco , T. Gal , A. Garcia , F. Garufi , L. Gialanella , E. Giorgio , A. Giuliante , S. R. Gozzini , R. Gracia , K. Graf , D. Grasso , T. Grégoire , G. Grella , S. Hallmann , H. Hamdaoui , H. van Haren , T. Heid , A. Heijboer , A. Hekalo , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Hofestädt , G. Illuminati , C. W. James , M. Jongen , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , M. Kadler , P. Kalaczynski , O. Kalekin , U. F. Katz , N. R. Khan Chowdhury , D. Kiessling , E. N. Koffeman , P. Kooijman , A. Kouchner , M. Kreter , V. Kulikovskiy , M. Kunhikannan-Kannichankandy , R. Lahmann , G. Larosa , R. Le Breton , F. Leone , E. Leonora , G. Levi , M. Lincetto , A. Lonardo , F. Longhitano , D. Lopez Coto , M. Lotze , L. Maderer , G. Maggi , J. Manczak , K. Mannheim , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , C. Markou , L. Martin , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Martini , F. Marzaioli , R. Mele , K. W. Melis , P. Migliozzi , E. Migneco , P. Mijakowski , L. S. Miranda , C. M. Mollo , M. Morganti , M. Moser , A. Moussa , R. Muller , M. Musumeci , L. Nauta , S. Navas , C. A. Nicolau , C. Nielsen , B. Ó Fearraigh , M. Organokov , A. Orlando , S. Ottonello , V. Panagopoulos , G. Papalashvili , R. Papaleo , G. E. Păvălaş , C. Pellegrino , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Piattelli , K. Pikounis , O. Pisanti , C. Poirè , G. Polydefki , V. Popa , M. Post , T. Pradier , G. Pühlhofer , S. Pulvirenti , L. Quinn , F. Raffaelli , N. Randazzo , S. Razzaque , D. Real , L. Resvanis , J. Reubelt , G. Riccobene , M. Richer , L. Rigalleau , A. Rovelli , M. Saffer , I. Salvadori , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sánchez Losa , M. Sanguineti , A. Santangelo , D. Santonocito , P. Sapienza , J. Schumann , V. Sciacca , J. Seneca , I. Sgura , R. Shanidze , A. Sharma , F. Simeone , A. Sinopoulou , B. Spisso , M. Spurio , D. Stavropoulos , J. Steijger , S. M. Stellacci , B. Strandberg , D. Stransky , T. Stüven , M. Taiuti , F. Tatone , Y. Tayalati , E. Tenllado , T. Thakore , A. Trovato , E. Tzamariudaki , D. Tzanetatos , V. Van Elewyck , F. Versari , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

Software Tools for the Analysis of the Photocathode Response of Photomultiplier Vacuum Tubes

The central institute of electronics (ZEA-2) in the Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) has developed a system to scan the response of the photocathode of photomultiplier tubes (PMT). The PMT sits tight on a supporting structure, while a blue…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-05 R. Fabbri

High-Energy Astrophysics with Neutrino Telescopes

Neutrino astrophysics offers new perspectives on the Universe investigation: high energy neutrinos, produced by the most energetic phenomena in our Galaxy and in the Universe, carry complementary (if not exclusive) information about the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-02-11 T. Chiarusi , M. Spurio

Use of floating surface detector stations for the calibration of a deep-sea neutrino telescope

We propose the operation of floating Extensive Air Shower (EAS) detector stations in coincidence with the KM3NeT Mediterranean deep-sea neutrino telescope to determine the absolute position and orientation of the underwater detector and to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-09 A. G. Tsirigotis , G. Bourlis , N. A. B. Gizani , A. Leisos , S. E. Tzamarias

Study of Large Hemispherical Photomultiplier Tubes for the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The ANTARES neutrino telescope, to be immersed depth in the Mediterranean Sea, will consist of a 3 dimensional matrix of 900 large area photomultiplier tubes housed in pressure resistant glass spheres. The selection of the optimal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-08-27 The ANTARES Collaboration

Comparison of Geometrical Layouts for Next-Generation Large-volume Cherenkov Neutrino Telescopes

Water-(Ice-) Cherenkov neutrino telescopes have played a pivotal role in the search and discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. Experimental collaborations are developing and constructing next-generation neutrino telescopes with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-05 Tong Zhu , Miaochen Jin , Carlos A. Argüelles

Analysis of vertex-contained high energy neutrino events for the KM3NeT/ARCA detector

KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino detectors in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. The ARCA detector, which is currently under construction, is optimized for searches for neutrinos from astrophysical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Konstantinos Pikounis , Ekaterini Tzamariudaki

Cherenkov Neutrino Telescopes: Recent Progress and Next Steps

Neutrino telescopes provide a unique observational gateway to the high-energy universe, enabling the study of cosmic accelerators and extreme environments that remain inaccessible to the other high-energy messengers. Although they share…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Aya Ishihara

Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT

The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. The data sample collected between December…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-08-11 Piotr Kalaczyński

The ANTARES Optical Module

The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1 km-squared and will be equipped with about 1000 optical modules. Each of these optical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The ANTARES Collaboration

Hellenic Open University Reconstruction & Simulation (HOURS) software package: User Guide & short reference of Event Generation, Cherenkov photon production and Optical Module simulation

In this document the simulation part of the Hellenic Open University Reconstruction & Simulation (HOURS) software package is described in detail. HOURS can be used for the generation, simulation, pattern recognition and reconstruction of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-06 A. G. Tsirigotis , G. Bourlis , A. Leisos , S. E. Tzamarias

Extreme High-Energy Neutrinos: IceCube vs. KM3NeT

We review the state of the art in the detection of extreme high-energy neutrinos, focusing on the IceCube and KM3NeT neutrino telescopes. IceCube, operating deep in Antarctic ice, and KM3NeT, a new array in the Mediterranean Sea, employ…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Lu Lu , Tianlu Yuan

Astronomy potential of KM3NeT/ARCA

The KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino detector is currently under construction at 3500 m depth offshore Capo Passero, Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. The main science objectives are the detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos and the discovery of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-18 S. Aiello , A. Albert , M. Alshamsi , S. Alves Garre , Z. Aly , A. Ambrosone , F. Ameli , M. Andre , E. Androutsou , M. Anguita , L. Aphecetche , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , H. Atmani , J. Aublin , F. Badaracco , L. Bailly-Salins , Z. Bardacová , B. Baret , A. Bariego-Quintana , A. Baruzzi , S. Basegmez du Pree , Y. Becherini , M. Bendahman , F. Benfenati , M. Benhassi , D. M. Benoit , E. Berbee , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , M. Boettcher , D. Bonanno , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. Bouwhuis , C. Bozza , R. M. Bozza , H. Brânzas , F. Bretaudeau , M. Breuhaus , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , R. Bruno , E. Buis , R. Buompane , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Carenini , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , P. Castaldi , V. Cecchini , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , M. Chadolias , A. Chen , S. Cherubini , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Cocimano , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , G. Cuttone , R. Dallier , Y. Darras , A. De Benedittis , B. De Martino , V. Decoene , R. Del Burgo , I. Del Rosso , L. S. Di Mauro , I. Di Palma , A. F. Díaz , C. Diaz , D. Diego-Tortosa , C. Distefano , A. Domi , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , M. Dörr , E. Drakopoulou , D. Drouhin , J. G. Ducoin , R. Dvornický , T. Eberl , E. Eckerová , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , M. Eff , D. van Eijk , I. El Bojaddaini , S. El Hedri , A. Enzenhöfer , G. Ferrara , M. D. Filipovic , F. Filippini , D. Franciotti , L. A. Fusco , J. Gabriel , S. Gagliardini , T. Gal , J. García Méndez , A. Garcia Soto , C. Gatius Oliver , N. Geißelbrecht , H. Ghaddari , L. Gialanella , B. K. Gibson , E. Giorgio , I. Goos , P. Goswami , D. Goupilliere , S. R. Gozzini , R. Gracia , K. Graf , C. Guidi , B. Guillon , M. Gutiérrez , H. van Haren , A. Heijboer , A. Hekalo , L. Hennig , J. J. Hernández-Rey , W. Idrissi Ibnsalih , G. Illuminati , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , B. J. Jung , P. Kalaczynski , O. Kalekin , U. F. Katz , G. Kistauri , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , V. Kueviakoe , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Kvatadze , M. Labalme , R. Lahmann , G. Larosa , C. Lastoria , A. Lazo , S. Le Stum , G. Lehaut , E. Leonora , N. Lessing , G. Levi , M. Lindsey Clark , F. Longhitano , F. Magnani , J. Majumdar , L. Malerba , F. Mamedov , J. Manczak , A. Manfreda , M. Marconi , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , C. Markou , L. Martin , J. A. Martínez-Mora , F. Marzaioli , M. Mastrodicasa , S. Mastroianni , S. Miccichè , G. Miele , P. Migliozzi , E. Migneco , M. L. Mitsou , C. M. Mollo , L. Morales-Gallegos , M. Morga , A. Moussa , I. Mozun Mateo , R. Muller , M. R. Musone , M. Musumeci , S. Navas , A. Nayerhoda , C. A. Nicolau , B. Nkosi , B. Ó Fearraigh , V. Oliviero , A. Orlando , E. Oukacha , D. Paesani , J. Palacios González , G. Papalashvili , V. Parisi , E. J. Pastor Gomez , A. M. Paun , G. E. Pavalas , I. Pelegris , S. Peña Martínez , M. Perrin-Terrin , J. Perronnel , V. Pestel , R. Pestes , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , J. Prado , S. Pulvirenti , C. A. Quiroz-Rangel , U. Rahaman , N. Randazzo , R. Randriatoamanana , S. Razzaque , I. C. Rea , D. Real , G. Riccobene , J. Robinson , A. Romanov , A. Šaina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sánchez Losa , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sanguineti , C. Santonastaso , D. Santonocito , P. Sapienza , J. Schnabel , J. Schumann , H. M. Schutte , J. Seneca , N. Sennan , B. Setter , I. Sgura , R. Shanidze , A. Sharma , Y. Shitov , F. Šimkovic , A. Simonelli , A. Sinopoulou , M. V. Smirnov , B. Spisso , M. Spurio , D. Stavropoulos , I. Štekl , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , H. Thiersen , I. Tosta e Melo , E. Tragia , B. Trocmé , V. Tsourapis , A. Tudorache , E. Tzamariudaki , A. Vacheret , A. Valer Melchor , V. Valsecchi , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoye , G. Vasileiadis , F. Vazquez de Sola , C. Verilhac , A. Veutro , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes-Ramirez , G. Zarpapis , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , D. Zito , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga , N. Zywucka

Comparison of the measured atmospheric muon rate with Monte Carlo simulations and sensitivity study for detection of prompt atmospheric muons with KM3NeT

The KM3NeT Collaboration has successfully deployed the first detection units of the next generation undersea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea at the two sites in Italy and in France. A sample of the data collected between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-20 Piotr Kalaczyński

Selected results from the ANTARES neutrino telescope

The ANTARES telescope is the largest underwater neutrino telescope existing at present. It is based on the detection of Cherenkov light produced in sea water by neutrino-induced muons. The detector, consisting of a tri-dimensional array of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Salvatore Mangano

Enhancing Neutrino Reconstruction in Water-Cherenkov Air Shower Arrays Using Multi-Photosensors

In this article, the potential of water Cherenkov detectors equipped with multi-PMT modules for background-free upward-going neutrino detection and improved direction reconstruction is demonstrated. By analyzing signal time traces with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-08 J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Colalillo , R. Conceição , B. S. González , V. M. Grieco , F. Guarino , M. Pimenta , B. Tomé , M. Waqas

A Feasibility Study for the Detection of Supernova Explosions with an Undersea Neutrino Telescope

We study the potential of a very large volume underwater Mediterranean neutrino telescope to observe neutrinos from supernova (SN) explosions within our galaxy. The intense neutrino burst emitted in a SN explosion results in a large number…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Leisos , A. G. Tsirigotis , S. E. Tzamarias

Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using $^{40}\mathrm{K}$ decays in sea water

Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration source. Using data collected by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-24 ANTARES collaboration , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , J. Aublin , T. Avgitas , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Martí , S. Basa , B. Belhorma , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , R. Bormuth , J. Boumaaza , S. Bourret , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Brânzaş , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , J. Carr , S. Celli , M. Chabab , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , M. Colomer , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Díaz , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , A. Domi , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , I. El Bojaddaini , N. El Khayati , D. Elsässer , A. Enzenhöfer , A. Ettahiri , F. Fassi , I. Felis , G. Ferrara , L. A. Fusco , P. Gay , H. Glotin , T. Grégoire , R. Gracia Ruiz , K. Graf , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Hößl , J. Hofestädt , G. Illuminati , C. W. James , M. de Jong , M. Jongen , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , A. Kouchner , M. Kreter , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , C. Lachaud , R. Lahmann , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , M. Lotze , S. Loucatos , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martínez-Mora , R. Mele , K. Melis , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , S. Navas , E. Nezri , A. Nuñez , M. Organokov , G. E. Păvălaş , C. Pellegrino , P. Piattelli , V. Popa , T. Pradier , L. Quinn , C. Racca , N. Randazzo , G. Riccobene , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Saldaña , I. Salvadori , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , F. Schüssler , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , A. Trovato , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , F. Versari , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

The Positioning System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located 40km off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea at a mooring depth of about 2475m, consists of twelve detection lines equipped typically with 25 storeys. Every storey carries three optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Adrián-Martínez , M. Ageron , J. A. Aguilar , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J. -J. Aubert , B. Baret , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , A. Bigi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Carloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , G. De Bonis , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhöfer , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J. -L. Fuda , S. Galatá , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. P. Gómez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , J. Hartman , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Keller , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefévre , A. Le Van Suu , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri , V. Niess , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , D. Real , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , D. F. E. Samtleben , F. Schöck , J. -P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , T. Seitz , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , S. Wagner , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

Optical calibration hardware for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

The optical properties of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) heavy water Cherenkov neutrino detector are measured in situ using a light diffusing sphere ("laserball"). This diffuser is connected to a pulsed nitrogen/dye laser via…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 B. A. Moffat , R. J. Ford , F. A. Duncan , K. Graham , A. L. Hallin , C. A. W. Hearns , J. Maneira , P. Skensved , D. R. Grant