Differential Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA detector to a diffuse neutrino flux and to point-like source emission: Exploring the case of the Starburst Galaxies

S Aiello,A Albert,A Albert,M Alshamsi,M Alshamsi,S Alves Garre,Z Aly,A Ambrosone,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 Bardačová,Z Bardačová,B Baret,A Bariego-Quintana,S Basegmez Du Pree,Y Becherini,M Bendahman,M Bendahman,F Benfenati,F Benfenati,M Benhassi,M Benhassi,D.M Benoit,E Berbee,V Bertin,S Biagi,M Boettcher,D Bonanno,J Boumaaza,M Bouta,M Bouwhuis,C Bozza,C Bozza,R.M Bozza,R.M Bozza,H.brânzaş H.Brânzaş,F Bretaudeau,M Breuhaus,R Bruijn,R Bruijn,J Brunner,R Bruno,E Buis,E Buis,R Buompane,R Buompane,J Busto,B Caiffi,D Calvo,S Campion,S Campion,A Capone,A Capone,F Carenini,F Carenini,V Carretero,T Cartraud,P Castaldi,P Castaldi,V Cecchini,S Celli,S Celli,L Cerisy,M Chabab,M Chadolias,A Chen,S Cherubini,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,I Del Rosso,L.S Di Mauro,I Di Palma,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,D Drouhin,R Dvornický,T Eberl,E Eckerová,E Eckerová,A Eddymaoui,T Van Eeden,M Eff,D Van Eijk,I El Bojaddaini,S El Hedri,A Enzenhöfer,G Ferrara,M.D Filipović,F Filippini,F Filippini,D Franciotti,L.A Fusco,L.A Fusco,J Gabriel,S Gagliardini,T Gal,J García Méndez,A Garcia Soto,C Gatius Oliver,N Geißelbrecht,H Ghaddari,L Gialanella,L Gialanella,B.K Gibson,E Giorgio,I Goos,P Goswami,D Goupilliere,S.R Gozzini,R Gracia,K Graf,C Guidi,C Guidi,B Guillon,M Gutiérrez,H Van Haren,A Heijboer,A Hekalo,L Hennig,J.J Hernández-Rey,W Idrissi Ibnsalih,G Illuminati,G Illuminati,M De Jong,M De Jong,P De Jong,P De Jong,B.J Jung,P Kalaczyński,P Kalaczyński,O Kalekin,U.F Katz,G Kistauri,G Kistauri,C Kopper,A Kouchner,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,G Levi,M Lindsey Clark,F Longhitano,F Magnani,J Majumdar,L Malerba,F Mamedov,J Mańczak,A Manfreda,M Manzaneda,M Marconi,M Marconi,A Margiotta,A Margiotta,A Marinelli,A Marinelli,C Markou,L Martin,J.A Martínez-Mora,F Marzaioli,F Marzaioli,M Mastrodicasa,M Mastrodicasa,S Mastroianni,S Miccichè,G Miele,G Miele,P Migliozzi,E Migneco,M.L Mitsou,C.M Mollo,L Morales-Gallegos,L Morales-Gallegos,M Morga,A Moussa,I Mozun Mateo,R Muller,M.R Musone,M.R Musone,M Musumeci,S Navas,A Nayerhoda,C.A Nicolau,B Nkosi,B Ó Fearraigh,B Ó Fearraigh,V Oliviero,V Oliviero,A Orlando,E Oukacha,D Paesani,J Palacios González,G Papalashvili,G Papalashvili,V Parisi,V Parisi,E.J Pastor Gomez,A.M Păun,G.E Păvălaş,S Peña Martínez,M Perrin-Terrin,J Perronnel,V Pestel,R Pestes,P Piattelli,C Poirè,C Poirè,V Popa,T Pradier,J Prado,S Pulvirenti,G Quéméner,C.A Quiroz-Rangel,U Rahaman,N Randazzo,R Randriatoamanana,S Razzaque,I.C Rea,D Real,G Riccobene,J Robinson,A Romanov,A Romanov,A Šaina,F Salesa Greus,D.F.E Samtleben,D.F.E Samtleben,A Sánchez Losa,A Sánchez Losa,S Sanfilippo,M Sanguineti,M Sanguineti,C Santonastaso,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,M Spurio,D Stavropoulos,I Štekl,M Taiuti,M Taiuti,Y Tayalati,H Thiersen,I Tosta E Melo,I Tosta E Melo,E Tragia,B Trocmé,V Tsourapis,A Tudorache,A Tudorache,E Tzamariudaki,A Vacheret,A Valer Melchor,V Valsecchi,V Van Elewyck,V Van Elewyck,G Vannoye,G Vasileiadis,F Vazquez De Sola,C Verilhac,A Veutro,A Veutro,S Viola,D Vivolo,D Vivolo,J Wilms,E De Wolf,E De Wolf,H Yepes-Ramirez,G Zarpapis,S Zavatarelli,A Zegarelli,A Zegarelli,D Zito,J.D Zornoza,J Zúñiga,N Zywucka

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2024.102990

Abstract

KM3NeT/ARCA is a Cherenkov neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean sea, optimised for the detection of astrophysical neutrinos with energies above ∼1 TeV. In this work, using Monte Carlo simulations including all-flavour neutrinos, the integrated and differential sensitivities for KM3NeT/ARCA are presented considering the case of a diffuse neutrino flux as well as extended and point-like neutrino sources. This analysis is applied to Starburst Galaxies demonstrating that the detector has the capability of tracing TeV neutrinos from these sources. Remarkably, after eight years, a hard power-law spectrum from the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud can be constrained. The sensitivity and discovery potential for NGC 1068 is also evaluated showing that KM3NeT/ARCA will discriminate between different astrophysical components of the measured neutrino flux after 3 years of data taking.

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