Detection potential of the KM3NeT detector for high-energy neutrinos from the Fermi bubbles

Type Article
Date 2013-02
Language English
Author(s) Adrian-Martinez S.45, Ageron M., Aguilar J. A.16, 17, Aharonian F.11, Aiello S.22, Albert A.13, Alexandri M.14, Ameli F.29, Anassontzis E. G.4, Anghinolfi M.24, Anton G.12, Anvar S.6, Ardid M.45, Jesus A. Assis39, Aubert J-J9, Bakke R.40, Ball A. E.41, Barbarino G.27, Barbarito E.19, Barbato F.27, Baret B.3, de Bel M.2, Belias A.14, 41, Bellou N.34, Berbee E.39, Berkien A.39, Bersani A.24, Bertin V.9, Beurthey S.9, Biagi S.20, Bigongiari C.16, 17, Bigourdan Benoit18, Billault M.9, de Boer R.39, Rookhuizen H. Boer39, Bonori M.30, Borghini M.8, Bou-Cabo H. M.45, Bouhadef B.28, Bourlis G.15, Bouwhuis M.39, Bradbury S.36, Brown A.9, Bruni F.43, Brunner J.9, Brunoldi M.24, Busto J.9, Cacopardo G., Caillat L.9, Diaz-Aldagalan D. Calvo16, 17, Calzas A.9, Canals M.5, Capone A.30, Carr J.9, Castorina E.28, Cecchini S.20, Ceres A.19, Cereseto R.24, Chaleil Th.6, Chateau F.6, Chiarusi T.20, Choqueuse Dominique18, Christopoulou P. E.15, Chronis G.14, Ciaffoni O.25, Circella M.19, Cocimano R., Cohen F.13, Colijn F.34, Coniglione R., Cordelli M.25, Cosquer A.9, Costa M., Coyle P.9, Craig J.1, Creusot A.3, Curtil C.9, D'Amico A., Damy Gilbert18, de Asmundis R.26, de Bonis G.30, Decock G.6, Decowski P.39, Delagnes E.6, de Rosa G.27, Distefano C., Donzaud C.3, Dornic D.9, Dorosti-Hasankiadeh Q.35, Drogou Jean-Francois18, Drouhin D.13, Druillole F.6, Drury L.11, Durand D6, Durand G.A.6, Eberl T.12, Emanuele U.16, 17, Enzenhoefer A.12, Ernenwein J-P9, Escoffier S.9, Espinosa V.45, Etiope G.31, Favali P.31, Felea D.33, Ferri M.45, Ferry S.6, Flaminio V.28, Folger F.12, Fotiou A.41, Fritsch U.12, Gajanana D.39, Garaguso R.28, Gasparini G. P.8, Gasparoni F.43, Gautard V.6, Gensolen F.9, Geyer K.12, Giacomelli G.20, Gialas I.15, Giordano V., Giraud J.6, Gizani N.15, Gleixner A.12, Gojak Carl9, Gomez-Gonzalez J. P.16, 17, Graf K.12, Grasso D.28, Grimaldi A.22, Groenewegen R.40, Guede Zakoua18, Guillard G.32, Guilloux F.6, Habel R.25, Hallewell G.9, Van Haren H.40, Van Heerwaarden J.40, Heijboer A.39, Heine E.39, Hernandez-Rey J. J.16, 17, Herold B.12, Hillebrand T.40, Van De Hoek M.39, Hogenbirk J.39, Hoessl J.12, Hsu C. C.39, Imbesi M., Jamieson A.1, Jansweijer P.39, de Jong M.39, Jouvenot F.37, Kadler M.12, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N.35, Kalekin O.12, Kappes A.12, Karolak M.6, Katz U. F.12, Kavatsyuk O.35, Keller P.9, Kiskiras Y.41, Klein R.12, Kok H.39, Kontoyiannis H.14, Kooijman P.2, 39, 44, Koopstra J.2, 39, Kopper C.39, Korporaal A.39, Koske P.34, Kouchner A.3, Koutsoukos S.4, Kreykenbohm I.12, Kulikovskiy V.24, Laan M.40, La Fratta C.31, Lagier P.9, Lahmann R.12, Lamare P.9, Larosa G.45, Lattuada D., Leisos A.15, Lenis D.15, Leonora E.22, Le Provost H.6, Lim G.2, Llorens C. D.45, Lloret J.45, Loehner H.35, Lo Presti D.23, Lotrus P.6, Louis F.6, Lucarelli F.30, Lykousis V.14, Malyshev D.11, Mangano S.16, 17, Marcoulaki E. C.38, Margiotta A.20, Marinaro G.31, Marinelli A.28, Maris O.33, Markopoulos E.41, Markou C.38, Martinez-Mora J. A.45, Martini A.25, Marvaldi Jean18, Masullo R.30, Maurin G.6, Migliozzi P.26, Migneco E., Minutoli S.24, Miraglia A., Mollo C. M.26, Mongelli M.19, Monmarthe E.6, Morganti M.28, Mos S.39, Motz H.12, Moudden Y.6, Mul G.39, Musico P.24, Musumeci M., Naumann Ch6, Neff M.12, Nicolaou C.10, Orlando A., Palioselitis D.39, Papageorgiou K.15, Papaikonomou A.4, Papaleo R., Papazoglou I. A.38, Pavalas G. E.34, Peek H. Z.39, Perkin J.42, Piattelli P., Popa V.33, Pradier T.32, Presani E.39, Priede I. G.1, Psallidas A.41, Rabouille C7, Racca C.13, Radu A.33, Randazzo N.22, Rapidis P. A.38, Razis P.36, Real D.16, 17, Reed C.39, Reito S.22, Resvanis L. K.4, 41, Riccobene G., Richter R.12, Roensch K.12, Rolin Jean-Francois18, Rose J36, Roux J9, Rovelli A., Russo A.27, Russo G. V.23, Salesa F.16, 17, Samtleben D.39, Sapienza P., Schmelling J-W39, Schmid J.12, Schnabel J.12, Schroeder K.8, Schuller J-P6, Schussler F.6, Sciliberto D.22, Sedita M., Seitz T.12, Shanidze R.12, Simeone F.30, Siotis I.38, Sipala V.21, Sollima C.28, Sparnocchia S.8, Spies A.12, Spurio M.20, Staller T.34, Stavrakakis S.14, Stavropoulos G.41, Steijger J.39, Stolarczyk Th.6, Stransky D.12, Taiuti M.24, Taylor A.11, Thompson L.42, Timmer P.39, Tonoiu D.33, Toscano S.16, 17, Touramanis C.37, Trasatti L.25, Traverso P.8, Trovato A., Tsirigotis A.15, Tzamarias S.15, Tzamariudaki E.38, Urbano F.16, 17, Vallage B.6, Van Elewyck V.3, Vannoni G.6, Vecchi M.9, Vernin P.6, Viola S., Vivolo D.27, Wagner S.12, Werneke P.39, White R. J.36, Wijnker G.39, Wilms J.12, de Wolf E.2, 39, Yepes H.16, 17, Zhukov V.41, Zonca E.6, Zornoza J. D.16, 17, Zuniga J.16, 17
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 1FX, Scotland.
2 : Univ Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
3 : Univ Paris 07, CNRS, UMR 7164, CEA,Observ Paris, Paris, France.
4 : Univ Athens, GR-10679 Athens, Greece.
5 : Univ Barcelona, E-08007 Barcelona, Spain.
6 : CEA, IRFU, Ctr Saclay, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
7 : CEA CNRS UVSQ LSCE IPSL, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
8 : CNR ISMAR, Genoa, Italy.
9 : Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS IN2P3, Marseille, France.
10 : Univ Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
11 : Dublin Inst Adv Studies, Dublin, Ireland.
12 : Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, Erlangen, Germany.
13 : Univ Haute Alsace, GRPHE, EA3438, Colmar, France.
14 : HCMR, Anavyssos, Greece.
15 : Hellen Open Univ, Patras, Greece.
16 : CSIC, IFIC Inst Fis Corpuscular, Madrid, Spain.
17 : Univ Valencia, E-46003 Valencia, Spain.
18 : IFREMER, Issy Les Moulineaux, France.
19 : Univ Bari, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70121 Bari, Italy.
20 : Univ Bologna, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.
21 : Univ Sassari, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Cagliari, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.
22 : Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Rome, Italy.
23 : Univ Catania, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95124 Catania, Italy.
24 : Univ Genoa, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, Genoa, Italy.
25 : Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, Frascati, Italy.
26 : Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, Naples, Italy.
27 : Univ Naples Federico II, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80138 Naples, Italy.
28 : Univ Pisa, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy.
29 : Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy.
30 : Univ Roma 1 La Sapienza, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, Rome, Italy.
31 : Ist Nazl Geofis & Vulcanol INGV, Milan, Italy.
32 : Univ Strasbourg, Inst Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien CNRS IN2P3, Strasbourg, France.
33 : Inst Space Sci, Magurele, Romania.
34 : Univ Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
35 : Univ Groningen, KVI, NL-9700 AB Groningen, Netherlands.
36 : Univ Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England.
37 : Univ Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, Merseyside, England.
38 : Natl Ctr Sci Res Demokritos, Athens, Greece.
39 : NIKHEF H, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands.
40 : Koninklijk Nederlands Inst Onderzoek Zee NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands.
41 : NOA NESTOR, Pylos, Greece.
42 : Univ Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England.
43 : Tecnomare, Ven, Italy.
44 : Univ Utrecht, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands.
45 : Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres, Gandia, Spain.
46 : Univ Paris 11, F-91405 Orsay, France.
47 : Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow, Russia.
Source Astroparticle Physics (0927-6505) (Elsevier Science Bv), 2013-02 , Vol. 42 , P. 7-14
DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010
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Keyword(s) Neutrino telescope, Fermi Bubbles, KM3NeT
Abstract A recent analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data provided evidence for a high-intensity emission of high-energy gamma rays with a E-2 spectrum from two large areas, spanning 50 above and below the Galactic centre (the "Fermi bubbles"). A hadronic mechanism was proposed for this gamma-ray emission making the Fermi bubbles promising source candidates of high-energy neutrino emission. In this work Monte Carlo simulations regarding the detectability of high-energy neutrinos from the Fermi bubbles with the future multi-km(3) neutrino telescope KM3NeT in the Mediterranean Sea are presented. Under the hypothesis that the gamma-ray emission is completely due to hadronic processes, the results indicate that neutrinos from the bubbles could be discovered in about one year of operation, for a neutrino spectrum with a cutoff at 100 TeV and a detector with about 6 km(3) of instrumented volume. The effect of a possible lower cutoff is also considered. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Adrian-Martinez S., Ageron M., Aguilar J. A., Aharonian F., Aiello S., Albert A., Alexandri M., Ameli F., Anassontzis E. G., Anghinolfi M., Anton G., Anvar S., Ardid M., Jesus A. Assis, Aubert J-J, Bakke R., Ball A. E., Barbarino G., Barbarito E., Barbato F., Baret B., de Bel M., Belias A., Bellou N., Berbee E., Berkien A., Bersani A., Bertin V., Beurthey S., Biagi S., Bigongiari C., Bigourdan Benoit, Billault M., de Boer R., Rookhuizen H. Boer, Bonori M., Borghini M., Bou-Cabo H. M., Bouhadef B., Bourlis G., Bouwhuis M., Bradbury S., Brown A., Bruni F., Brunner J., Brunoldi M., Busto J., Cacopardo G., Caillat L., Diaz-Aldagalan D. Calvo, Calzas A., Canals M., Capone A., Carr J., Castorina E., Cecchini S., Ceres A., Cereseto R., Chaleil Th., Chateau F., Chiarusi T., Choqueuse Dominique, Christopoulou P. E., Chronis G., Ciaffoni O., Circella M., Cocimano R., Cohen F., Colijn F., Coniglione R., Cordelli M., Cosquer A., Costa M., Coyle P., Craig J., Creusot A., Curtil C., D'Amico A., Damy Gilbert, de Asmundis R., de Bonis G., Decock G., Decowski P., Delagnes E., de Rosa G., Distefano C., Donzaud C., Dornic D., Dorosti-Hasankiadeh Q., Drogou Jean-Francois, Drouhin D., Druillole F., Drury L., Durand D, Durand G.A., Eberl T., Emanuele U., Enzenhoefer A., Ernenwein J-P, Escoffier S., Espinosa V., Etiope G., Favali P., Felea D., Ferri M., Ferry S., Flaminio V., Folger F., Fotiou A., Fritsch U., Gajanana D., Garaguso R., Gasparini G. P., Gasparoni F., Gautard V., Gensolen F., Geyer K., Giacomelli G., Gialas I., Giordano V., Giraud J., Gizani N., Gleixner A., Gojak Carl, Gomez-Gonzalez J. P., Graf K., Grasso D., Grimaldi A., Groenewegen R., Guede Zakoua, Guillard G., Guilloux F., Habel R., Hallewell G., Van Haren H., Van Heerwaarden J., Heijboer A., Heine E., Hernandez-Rey J. J., Herold B., Hillebrand T., Van De Hoek M., Hogenbirk J., Hoessl J., Hsu C. C., Imbesi M., Jamieson A., Jansweijer P., de Jong M., Jouvenot F., Kadler M., Kalantar-Nayestanaki N., Kalekin O., Kappes A., Karolak M., Katz U. F., Kavatsyuk O., Keller P., Kiskiras Y., Klein R., Kok H., Kontoyiannis H., Kooijman P., Koopstra J., Kopper C., Korporaal A., Koske P., Kouchner A., Koutsoukos S., Kreykenbohm I., Kulikovskiy V., Laan M., La Fratta C., Lagier P., Lahmann R., Lamare P., Larosa G., Lattuada D., Leisos A., Lenis D., Leonora E., Le Provost H., Lim G., Llorens C. D., Lloret J., Loehner H., Lo Presti D., Lotrus P., Louis F., Lucarelli F., Lykousis V., Malyshev D., Mangano S., Marcoulaki E. C., Margiotta A., Marinaro G., Marinelli A., Maris O., Markopoulos E., Markou C., Martinez-Mora J. A., Martini A., Marvaldi Jean, Masullo R., Maurin G., Migliozzi P., Migneco E., Minutoli S., Miraglia A., Mollo C. M., Mongelli M., Monmarthe E., Morganti M., Mos S., Motz H., Moudden Y., Mul G., Musico P., Musumeci M., Naumann Ch, Neff M., Nicolaou C., Orlando A., Palioselitis D., Papageorgiou K., Papaikonomou A., Papaleo R., Papazoglou I. A., Pavalas G. E., Peek H. Z., Perkin J., Piattelli P., Popa V., Pradier T., Presani E., Priede I. G., Psallidas A., Rabouille C, Racca C., Radu A., Randazzo N., Rapidis P. A., Razis P., Real D., Reed C., Reito S., Resvanis L. K., Riccobene G., Richter R., Roensch K., Rolin Jean-Francois, Rose J, Roux J, Rovelli A., Russo A., Russo G. V., Salesa F., Samtleben D., Sapienza P., Schmelling J-W, Schmid J., Schnabel J., Schroeder K., Schuller J-P, Schussler F., Sciliberto D., Sedita M., Seitz T., Shanidze R., Simeone F., Siotis I., Sipala V., Sollima C., Sparnocchia S., Spies A., Spurio M., Staller T., Stavrakakis S., Stavropoulos G., Steijger J., Stolarczyk Th., Stransky D., Taiuti M., Taylor A., Thompson L., Timmer P., Tonoiu D., Toscano S., Touramanis C., Trasatti L., Traverso P., Trovato A., Tsirigotis A., Tzamarias S., Tzamariudaki E., Urbano F., Vallage B., Van Elewyck V., Vannoni G., Vecchi M., Vernin P., Viola S., Vivolo D., Wagner S., Werneke P., White R. J., Wijnker G., Wilms J., de Wolf E., Yepes H., Zhukov V., Zonca E., Zornoza J. D., Zuniga J. (2013). Detection potential of the KM3NeT detector for high-energy neutrinos from the Fermi bubbles. Astroparticle Physics, 42, 7-14. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00128/23959/