Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector

A bstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of high energy physics 2017-05, Vol.2017 (5), p.1-39, Article 8
Hauptverfasser:	Adrián-Martínez, S., Androulakis, G., Anton, G., Barbarito, E., Belias, A., van Beveren, V., Bondì, M., Bormuth, R., Bourlis, G., Bozza, C., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Cacopardo, G., Caillat, L., Cecchini, S., Champion, C., Cocimano, R., Coelho, J. A. B., Coleiro, A., Colonges, S., Coniglione, R., Cordelli, M., Coyle, P., Creusot, A., Cuttone, G., De Sio, C., Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q., Drakopoulou, E., Drouhin, D., Eberl, T., Elsaesser, D., Fermani, P., Ferrara, G., Frascadore, G., Galatà, S., Gialanella, L., Gracia, R., Grégoire, T., Habel, R., Hernández-Rey, J. J., Illuminati, G., James, C. W., Jongen, M., de Jong, M., Katz, U. F., Kieft, G., Lahmann, R., Larosa, G., Leonora, E., Liolios, A., Margiotta, A., Margotti, A., Marinelli, A., Maris, O., Marzaioli, F., Melis, K. W., Michael, T., Migliozzi, P., Migneco, E., Mijakowski, P., Mongelli, M., Morganti, M., Moussa, A., Musico, P., Navas, S., Nicolau, C. A., Olcina, I., Orzelli, A., Papaleo, R., Păvălas, G. E., Pellegrino, C., Perrina, C., Pratolongo, F., Pühlhofer, G., Pulvirenti, S., Raffaelli, F., Reubelt, J., Riccobene, G., Salvadori, I., Sánchez Losa, A., Schimmel, F., Schnabel, J., Sciacca, V., Simeone, F., Sipala, V., Stavropoulos, G., Stransky, D., Taiuti, M., Tayalati, Y., Tönnis, C., Trasatti, L., Travaglini, R., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Viola, S., Volkert, M., Wiggers, L., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Zúñiga, J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astrofísica Astronomia i astrofísica Astronomy Classical and Quantum Gravitation Detectors Elasticity Elementary Particles Física High energy physics Instrumentation and Detectors Neutrino astrophysics Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments) Neutrinos Neutrins Observations Physics Physics and Astronomy Quantum Field Theories Quantum Field Theory Quantum Physics Regular Article - Experimental Physics Relativity Theory Sampling Seawater Sensors String Theory Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
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Zusammenfassung:	A bstract Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multi-megaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes that limit the obtainable resolution in both energy and direction in charged-current neutrino events in the ORCA detector are investigated. These processes include the composition of the hadronic fragmentation products, the subsequent particle propagation and the photon-sampling fraction of the detector. GEANT simulations of neutrino interactions in seawater produced by GENIE are used to study the effects in the 1-20 GeV range. It is found that fluctuations in the hadronic cascade in conjunction with the variation of the inelasticity y are most detrimental to the resolutions. The effect of limited photon sampling in the detector is of significantly less importance. These results will therefore also be applicable to similar detectors/media, such as those in ice.
ISSN:	1029-8479 1029-8479
DOI:	10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008