Title
KM3NeT Core Collapse Supernovae observation program in standalone and multi-messenger modes
Author
Coleiro, A.
van der Knaap, F.G.P.
Buis, E.J.
Publication year
2021
Abstract
The KM3NeT research infrastructure in the Mediterranean is a multi-purpose cubic-kilometre neutrino observatory consisting of two detectors optimised to study cosmic and atmospheric neutrinos between GeV to PeV energies. Additionally, KM3NeT multi-photomultiplier optical modules allow the detection of interaction products from neutrinos with energies of a few MeV by selecting nanosecond coincidences within the photomultipliers of the same module. The distribution of the number of photomultipliers forming a coincidence (multiplicity) for the duration of the supernova emission is used as a proxy of the average neutrino energy. Using an optimised coincidence selection the KM3NeT detectors will be sensitive to supernovae in our Galaxy and beyond. A high number of detected events from a core collapse supernova explosion is expected in KM3NeT thanks to its large effective volume. The measurement of the neutrino light curve properties, such as the light curve start time and the presence of the standing accretion shock instability oscillations is possible with such statistics. Sub-millisecond time synchronisation between KM3NeT detectors allows joint observation. Such a scheme can be also a viable solution to synchronise the KM3NeT telescopes with other detectors aiming to observe neutrino emission from core collapse supernovae through the SNEWS network.
Subject
Cosmology
Germanium compounds
Neutrons
Particle detectors
Supernovae
Atmospheric neutrinos
Core collapse supernovae
Cosmic neutrinos
Light curves
Multi-purpose
Neutrino energy
Optical modules
Research infrastructure
Supernovae explosions
Photomultipliers
KM3NeT
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TNO identifier
981038
Publisher
Sissa Medialab
ISSN
1824-8039
Source
37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC, 12–23 July 2021, Berlin, Germany, 395 (395)
Series
Proceedings of Science POS
Bibliographical note
Namens TNO: Knaap, F.G.P. van der, en Buis, E.J.
Document type
conference paper