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astro-ph.IM2015

The prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron +246

A prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT deep-sea neutrino telescope has been installed at 3500m depth 80km offshore the Italian coast. KM3NeT in its final configuration will conta…

physics.ins-det2020

Dependence of atmospheric muon flux on seawater depth measured with the first KM3NeT detection units

KM3NeT Collaboration, M. Ageron, S. Aiello +262

KM3NeT is a research infrastructure located in the Mediterranean Sea, that will consist of two deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino detectors. With one detector (ARCA), the KM3NeT Collabora…

physics.ins-det2017

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

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, S. Aiello +250

Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursue…

astro-ph.IM2014

Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, F. Aharonian +247

The first prototype of a photo-detection unit of the future KM3NeT neutrino telescope has been deployed in the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This digital optical module has…

astro-ph.HE2019

Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino telescope to point-like neutrino sources

The KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, S. E. Akrame +219

KM3NeT will be a network of deep-sea neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ARCA detector, to be installed at the Capo Passero site (Italy), is optimised for the…

astro-ph.IM2019

The Control Unit of the KM3NeT Data Acquisition System

S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. Andre +217

The KM3NeT Collaboration runs a multi-site neutrino observatory in the Mediterranean Sea. Water Cherenkov particle detectors, deep in the sea and far off the coasts of France and I…

astro-ph.IM2019

KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware and software

The KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, F. Ameli +237

The KM3NeT research infrastructure being built at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will host water-Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. The neutrino teles…

astro-ph.IM2016

Letter of Intent for KM3NeT 2.0

S. Adrián-Martínez, M. Ageron, F. Aharonian +244

The main objectives of the KM3NeT Collaboration are i) the discovery and subsequent observation of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe and ii) the determination of the mas…