Abstract
Abstract. KM3NeT is an international consortium involving more than 300 scientists from 10 EU countries. Its main objective is the construction of a multi-km3 high-energy neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea that will also host an interdisciplinary observatory for marine sciences. KM3NeT has been included in the roadmap of the European Strategy Forum of Research Infrastructures (ESFRI). Very high energy neutrinos are important messengers to study non-thermal phenomena in the Universe. The pioneering ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR underwater neutrino telescope projects include the extensive R&D knowledge base behind the KM3NeT project. A Technical Design Report has been published that describes the technological solutions chosen for the detector. The present status of the project is presented.
Highlights
Neutrinos are the perfect probe to explore the far Universe
Its main objective is the construction of a multi-km3 high-energy neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea that will host an interdisciplinary observatory for marine sciences
The discovery of astrophysical neutrinos will open a new perspective of astronomy and astrophysics, complementing present gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray studies
Summary
A. Margiotta1,* 1Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitaand Sezione INFN – Bologna, viale C. Berti Pichat, 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy * on behalf of the KM3NeT Consortium. Received: 28 July 2012 – Published in Geosci. Discuss.: 16 August 2012 Revised: 14 December 2012 – Accepted: 17 December 2012 – Published: 23 January 2013
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