Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0

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Ερευνητικό υλικό ΕΚΠΑ
Τίτλος:
Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are (i) the discovery
and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the
Universe and (ii) the determination of the mass hierarchy of neutrinos.
These objectives are strongly motivated by two recent important
discoveries, namely: (1) the high-energy astrophysical neutrino signal
reported by IceCube and (2) the sizable contribution of electron
neutrinos to the third neutrino mass eigenstate as reported by Daya Bay,
Reno and others. To meet these objectives, the KM3NeT Collaboration
plans to build a new Research Infrastructure consisting of a network of
deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. A phased and
distributed implementation is pursued which maximises the access to
regional funds, the availability of human resources and the synergistic
opportunities for the Earth and sea sciences community. Three suitable
deep-sea sites are selected, namely off-shore Toulon (France), Capo
Passero (Sicily, Italy) and Pylos (Peloponnese, Greece). The
infrastructure will consist of three so-called building blocks. A
building block comprises 115 strings, each string comprises 18 optical
modules and each optical module comprises 31 photo-multiplier tubes.
Each building block thus constitutes a three-dimensional array of photo
sensors that can be used to detect the Cherenkov light produced by
relativistic particles emerging from neutrino interactions. Two building
blocks will be sparsely configured to fully explore the IceCube signal
with similar instrumented volume, different methodology, improved
resolution and complementary field of view, including the galactic
plane. One building block will be densely configured to precisely
measure atmospheric neutrino oscillations.
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2016
Συγγραφείς:
Adrian-Martinez, S.
Ageron, M.
Aharonian, F.
Aiello, S. and
Albert, A.
Ameli, F.
Anassontzis, E.
Andre, M. and
Androulakis, G.
Anghinolfi, M.
Anton, G.
Ardid, M. and
Avgitas, T.
Barbarino, G.
Barbarito, E.
Baret, B. and
Barrios-Marti, J.
Belhorma, B.
Belias, A.
Berbee, E.
van
den Berg, A.
Bertin, V.
Beurthey, S.
van Beveren, V. and
Beverini, N.
Biagi, S.
Biagioni, A.
Billault, M.
Bondi,
M.
Bormuth, R.
Bouhadef, B.
Bourlis, G.
Bourret, S. and
Boutonnet, C.
Bouwhuis, M.
Bozza, C.
Bruijn, R.
Brunner,
J.
Buis, E.
Busto, J.
Cacopardo, G.
Caillat, L. and
Calamai, M.
Calvo, D.
Capone, A.
Caramete, L.
Cecchini,
S.
Celli, S.
Champion, C.
Cherkaoui El Moursli, R. and
Cherubini, S.
Chiarusi, T.
Circella, M.
Classen, L. and
Cocimano, R.
Coelho, J. A. B.
Coleiro, A.
Colonges, S. and
Coniglione, R.
Cordelli, M.
Cosquer, A.
Coyle, P. and
Creusot, A.
Cuttone, G.
D'Amico, A.
De Bonis, G.
De
Rosa, G.
De Sio, C.
Di Capua, F.
Di Palma, I.
Diaz
Garcia, A. F.
Distefano, C.
Donzaud, C.
Dornic, D. and
Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q.
Drakopoulou, E.
Drouhin, D.
Drury,
L.
Durocher, M.
Eberl, T.
Eichie, S.
van Eijk, D.
El
Bojaddaini, I.
El Khayati, N.
Elsaesser, D.
Enzenhofer, A.
and Fassi, F.
Favali, P.
Fermani, P.
Ferrara, G. and
Filippidis, C.
Frascadore, G.
Fusco, L. A.
Gal, T. and
Galata, S.
Garufi, F.
Gay, P.
Gebyehu, M.
Giordano, V.
and Gizani, N.
Gracia, R.
Graf, K.
Gregoire, T.
Grella,
G.
Habel, R.
Hallmann, S.
van Haren, H.
Harissopulos, S.
and Heid, T.
Heijboer, A.
Heine, E.
Henry, S. and
Hernandez-Rey, J. J.
Hevinga, M.
Hofestaedt, J.
Hugon, C. M.
F.
Illuminati, G.
James, C. W.
Jansweijer, P.
Jongen, M.
and de Jong, M.
Kadler, M.
Kalekin, O.
Kappes, A.
Katz,
U. F.
Keller, P.
Kieft, G.
Kiessling, D.
Koffeman, E. N.
and Kooijman, P.
Kouchner, A.
Kulikovskiy, V.
Lahmann, R.
and Lamare, P.
Leisos, A.
Leonora, E.
Clark, M. Lindsey and
Liolios, A.
Llorens Alvarez, C. D.
Lo Presti, D.
Lohner, H.
and Lonardo, A.
Lotze, M.
Loucatos, S.
Maccioni, E. and
Mannheim, K.
Margiotta, A.
Marinelli, A.
Maris, O. and
Markou, C.
Martinez-Mora, J. A.
Martini, A.
Mele, R. and
Melis, K. W.
Michael, T.
Migliozzi, P.
Migneco, E. and
Mijakowski, P.
Miraglia, A.
Mollo, C. M.
Mongelli, M. and
Morganti, M.
Moussa, A.
Musico, P.
Musumeci, M.
Navas,
S.
Nicolau, C. A.
Olcina, I.
Olivetto, C.
Orlando, A.
and Papaikonomou, A.
Papaleo, R.
Pavalas, G. E.
Peek, H. and
Pellegrino, C.
Perrina, C.
Pfutzner, M.
Piattelli, P. and
Pikounis, K.
Poma, G. E.
Popa, V.
Pradier, T. and
Pratolongo, F.
Puehlhofer, G.
Pulvirenti, S.
Quinn, L. and
Racca, C.
Raffaelli, F.
Randazzo, N.
Rapidis, P.
Razis,
P.
Real, D.
Resvanis, L.
Reubelt, J.
Riccobene, G. and
Rossi, C.
Rovelli, A.
Saldana, M.
Salvadori, I. and
Samtleben, D. F. E.
Garcia, A. Sanchez
Losa, A. Sanchez and
Sanguineti, M.
Santangelo, A.
Santonocito, D.
Sapienza, P.
and Schimmel, F.
Schmelling, J.
Sciacca, V.
Sedita, M. and
Seitz, T.
Sgura, I.
Simeone, F.
Siotis, I.
Sipala, V.
and Spisso, B.
Spurio, M.
Stavropoulos, G.
Steijger, J. and
Stellacci, S. M.
Stransky, D.
Taiuti, M.
Tayalati, Y. and
Tezier, D.
Theraube, S.
Thompson, L.
Timmer, P.
Tonnis,
C.
Trasatti, L.
Trovato, A.
Tsirigotis, A.
Tzamarias, S.
and Tzamariudaki, E.
Vallage, B.
Van Elewyck, V.
Vermeulen,
J.
Vicini, P.
Viola, S.
Vivolo, D.
Volkert, M. and
Voulgaris, G.
Wiggers, L.
Wilms, J.
de Wolf, E. and
Zachariadou, K.
Zornoza, J. D.
Zuniga, J.
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Εκδότης:
IOP Publishing Ltd
Τόμος:
43
Αριθμός / τεύχος:
8
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
neutrino astronomy; neutrino physics; deep sea neutrino telescope;
neutrino mass hierarchy
Επίσημο URL (Εκδότης):
DOI:
10.1088/0954-3899/43/8/084001
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