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astro-ph.HE2021

The KM3NeT potential for the next core-collapse supernova observation with neutrinos

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +245

The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of two water Cherenkov neutrino detectors, ARCA and ORCA, aimed at neutrino astrophys…

astro-ph.HE2025

Characterizing Candidate Blazar Counterparts of the Ultra-High-Energy Event KM3-230213A

KM3NeT Collaboration, MessMapp Group, LAT Collaboration +13

High-energy astrophysical neutrinos serve as crucial messengers for understanding hadronic acceleration processes and identifying the origins of cosmic rays, with blazars among the…

hep-ex2024

Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +260

KM3NeT/ORCA is a water Cherenkov neutrino detector under construction and anchored at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The detector is designed to study oscillations of atmosph…

astro-ph.HE2025

The ultra-high-energy event KM3-230213A within the global neutrino landscape

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, S. Aiello +290

On February 13th, 2023, the KM3NeT/ARCA telescope detected a neutrino candidate with an estimated energy in the hundreds of PeVs. In this article, the observation of this ultra-hig…

hep-ex2021

Combined sensitivity of JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA to the neutrino mass ordering

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +275

This article presents the potential of a combined analysis of the JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA experiments to determine the neutrino mass ordering. This combination is particularly interes…

hep-ex2023

Probing invisible neutrino decay with KM3NeT-ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +252

In the era of precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters, upcoming neutrino experiments will also be sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. KM3NeT/ORCA…

astro-ph.HE2021

Implementation and first results of the KM3NeT real-time core-collapse supernova neutrino search

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +242

The KM3NeT research infrastructure is under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. KM3NeT will study atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos with two multi-purpose neutrino detecto…

hep-ex2026

Testing Heavy Dark Matter Decay as the Origin of KM3-230213A

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, J. A. Aguilar +287

This work explores the hypothesis that the ultra-high-energy neutrino event KM3-230213A originates from the decay of a heavy dark matter particle with a mass above PeV scale. The a…

astro-ph.HE2025

First Searches for Dark Matter with the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescopes

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +262

Indirect dark matter detection methods are used to observe the products of dark matter annihilations or decays originating from astrophysical objects where large amounts of dark ma…

astro-ph.IM2022

The KM3NeT multi-PMT optical module

KM3NeT Collaboration

The optical module of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope is an innovative, multi-faceted large area photodetection module. It contains 31 three-inch photomultiplier tubes in a single 0.…

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraining gamma-ray burst parameters with the first ultra-high energy neutrino event KM3-230213A

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +278

Context: The detection of the highest energy neutrino observed to date by KM3NeT, with an estimated energy of 220 PeV, opens up new possibilities for the study and identification o…

hep-ex2025

Study of tau neutrinos and non-unitary neutrino mixing with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +274

Oscillations of atmospheric muon and electron neutrinos produce tau neutrinos with energies in the GeV range, which can be observed by the ORCA detector of the KM3NeT neutrino tele…

hep-ex2026

Atmospheric neutrino constraints on Lorentz invariance violation with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +294

Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry underlying both the Standard Model of particle physics and General Relativity. Testing its validity provides a direct means of searchin…

hep-ex2025

Search for an eV-scale sterile neutrino with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +285

The existence of an eV-scale sterile neutrino has been proposed to explain several anomalous experimental results obtained over the course of the past 25 years. The first search fo…

astro-ph.HE2026

Optimizing the potential of KM3NeT in detecting core-collapse supernovae

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, A. Albert +285

Core-collapse supernovae mark the end of life of massive stars. However, despite their importance in astrophysics, their underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Neutrinos that emerge…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of the atmospheric flux with six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration

A measurement of the atmospheric flux with energies between 1--100 GeV is presented. The measurement has been performed using data taken with the first six detect…

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

KM3NeT Constraint on Lorentz-Violating Superluminal Neutrino Velocity

KM3NeT Collaboration, O. Adriani, S. Aiello +290

Lorentz invariance is a fundamental symmetry of spacetime and foundational to modern physics. One of its most important consequences is the constancy of the speed of light. This in…

astro-ph.HE2024

Searches for neutrino counterparts of gravitational waves from the LIGO/Virgo third observing run with KM3NeT

KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +273

The KM3NeT neutrino telescope is currently being deployed at two different sites in the Mediterranean Sea. First searches for astrophysical neutrinos have been performed using data…

astro-ph.HE2024

Differential Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA detector to a diffuse neutrino flux and to point-like source emission: exploring the case of the Starburst Galaxies

KM3NeT Collaboration

KM3NeT/ARCA is a Cherenkov neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean sea, optimised for the detection of astrophysical neutrinos with energies above 1~TeV. I…

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

Atmospheric muons measured with the KM3NeT detectors in comparison with updated numeric predictions

KM3NeT Collaboration

The measurement of the flux of muons produced in cosmic ray air showers is essential for the study of primary cosmic rays. Such measurements are important in extensive air shower d…

astro-ph.IM2023

First observation of the cosmic ray shadow of the Moon and the Sun with KM3NeT/ORCA

KM3NeT Collaboration

This article reports the first observation of the Moon and the Sun shadows in the sky distribution of cosmic-ray induced muons measured by the KM3NeT/ORCA detector. The analysed da…