Neutrinos from LHC and the Mediterranean very large neutrino telescope (KM3NeT)

Abstract

High-energy neutrinos will be copiously produced from the proton beams of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. We consider neutrino fluxes from the LHC and estimate possible event rates for a future very large volume neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea (KM3NeT). The rates were obtained for the case when the LHC neutrinos are directed to the neutrino telescope, although in the current configuration neutrino fluxes are not pointing to the possible KM3NeT sites. Availability of the artificial and controllable source of neutrinos could significantly enhance the physics potential of the KM3NeT project.