https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13137-2
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Astronomy potential of KM3NeT/ARCA
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INFN, Sezione di Catania (INFN-CT), Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
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Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
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University of Sharjah, Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology, University Campus, POB 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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IFIC-Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de València), c/Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia ed. G, 80126, Naples, Italy
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Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Dip. Scienze Fisiche “E. Pancini”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia ed. G, 80126, Naples, Italy
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INFN, Sezione di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Laboratori d’Aplicacions Bioacústiques, Centre Tecnològic de Vilanova i la Geltrú, Avda. Rambla Exposició, s/n, 08800, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
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NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, 15310, Athens, Greece
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University of Granada, Dept. of Computer Architecture and Technology/CITIC, 18071, Granada, Spain
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Subatech, IMT Atlantique, IN2P3-CNRS, Nantes Université, BP 20722, 4 rue Alfred Kastler-La Chantrerie, 44307, Nantes, France
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Universitat Politècnica de València, Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de las Zonas Costeras, C/ Paranimf, 1, 46730, Gandia, Spain
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University Mohammed V in Rabat, Faculty of Sciences, B.P. 1014, 4 av. Ibn Battouta, R.P. 10000, Rabat, Morocco
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Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, 75013, Paris, France
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INFN, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genoa, Italy
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LPC CAEN, Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, 6 boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050, Caen, France
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Czech Technical University in Prague, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Husova 240/5, 110 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Mlynska dolina F1, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, PO Box 41882, 1009 DB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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INFN, Sezione di Bologna, v.le C. Berti-Pichat, 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, v.le C. Berti-Pichat, 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy
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Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, viale Lincoln 5, 81100, Caserta, Italy
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E. A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, UK
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INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Via S. Sofia 62, 95123, Catania, Italy
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North-West University, Centre for Space Research, Private Bag X6001, 2520, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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University Mohammed I, Faculty of Sciences, BV Mohammed VI, B.P. 717, R.P. 60000, Oujda, Morocco
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Università di Salerno e INFN Gruppo Collegato di Salerno, Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, Italy
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ISS, Atomistilor 409, 077125, Măgurele, Romania
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University of Amsterdam, Institute of Physics/IHEF, PO Box 94216, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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TNO, Technical Sciences, PO Box 155, 2600 AD, Delft, The Netherlands
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Università La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Energia Elettrica e dell’Informazione “Guglielmo Marconi”, Via dell’Università 50, 47521, Cesena, Italy
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Cadi Ayyad University, Physics Department, Faculty of Science Semlalia, P.O.B. 2390, Av. My Abdellah, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), School of Physics, Private Bag 3, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Ettore Majorana” (INFN-CT), Via Santa Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
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INFN, Sezione di Bari, via Orabona, 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
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University Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Straße 31, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Western Sydney University, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Locked Bag 1797, 2751, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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IN2P3, LPC, Campus des Cézeaux 24, avenue des Landais BP 80026, 63171, Aubière Cedex, France
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Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genoa, Italy
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University of Granada, Dpto. de Física Teórica y del Cosmos & C.A.F.P.E., 18071, Granada, Spain
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NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), PO Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
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Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Physics, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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National Centre for Nuclear Research, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
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Tbilisi State University, Department of Physics, 3, Chavchavadze Ave., 0179, Tbilisi, Georgia
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The University of Georgia, Institute of Physics, Kostava str. 77, 0171, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75005, Paris, France
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IN2P3, 3, Rue Michel-Ange, 75794, Paris 16, France
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LPC, Campus des Cézeaux 24, BP 80026, avenue des Landais, 63171, Aubière Cedex, France
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University of Johannesburg, Department Physics, PO Box 524, 2006, Auckland Park, South Africa
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Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon-CC 72, 34095, Montpellier Cédex 05, France
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Remeis Sternwarte, Sternwartstraße 7, 96049, Bamberg, Germany
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Université de Haute Alsace, rue des Frères Lumière, 68093, Mulhouse Cedex, France
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AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rektorska 4, 00-614, Warsaw, Poland
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Received:
14
February
2024
Accepted:
18
July
2024
Published online:
2
September
2024
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 their sources. Simulations were conducted for the full KM3NeT/ARCA detector, instrumenting a volume of 1 km
, to estimate the sensitivity and discovery potential to point-like neutrino sources. This paper covers the reconstruction of track- and shower-like signatures, as well as the criteria employed for neutrino event selection. With an angular resolution below 0.1
for tracks and under 2 for showers, the sensitivity to point-like neutrino sources surpasses existing observed limits across the entire sky.
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