TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of optical water properties using stopping muons in KM3NeT/ORCA
AU - KM3NeT Collaboration
AU - Bouasla, Amani Besma
AU - Attallah, Reda
AU - Adriani, O.
AU - Albert, A.
AU - Alhebsi, A. R.
AU - Alshalloudi, S.
AU - Alshamsi, M.
AU - Alves Garre, S.
AU - Ameli, F.
AU - Andre, M.
AU - Aphecetche, L.
AU - Ardid, M.
AU - Ardid, S.
AU - Aublin, J.
AU - Badaracco, F.
AU - Bailly-Salins, L.
AU - Baret, B.
AU - Bariego-Quintana, A.
AU - Barnard, M.
AU - Becherini, Y.
AU - Bendahman, M.
AU - Benfenati Gualandi, F.
AU - Benhassi, M.
AU - Benoit, D. M.
AU - Beňušová, Z.
AU - Berbee, E.
AU - Berti, E.
AU - Bertin, V.
AU - Betti, P.
AU - Biagi, S.
AU - Boettcher, M.
AU - Bonanno, D.
AU - Bondì, M.
AU - Bottai, S.
AU - Bouasla, A. B.
AU - Boumaaza, J.
AU - Bouta, M.
AU - Bouwhuis, M.
AU - Bozza, C.
AU - Bozza, R. M.
AU - Brânzaş, H.
AU - Bretaudeau, F.
AU - Breuhaus, M.
AU - Bruijn, R.
AU - Brunner, J.
AU - Bruno, R.
AU - Buis, E.
AU - Buompane, R.
AU - Burriel, I.
AU - Tully, C.
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PY - 2025/12/30
Y1 - 2025/12/30
N2 - The KM3NeT Collaboration is currently building two neutrino detectors in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ARCA telescope is located off-shore Sicily, Italy, at a depth of about 3.5 km, designed to study cosmic neutrinos. KM3NeT/ORCA is being built off-shore Toulon, France, at a depth of about 2.5 km, with the main physics objective being the determination of the neutrino mass ordering and the precise measurement of oscillation parameters. Optical water properties and light detection efficiency are among the main systematic uncertainties for these objectives. In this work, reconstructed atmospheric muons stopping within KM3NeT/ORCA are studied in order to constrain these uncertainties. Such muons lose energy predominantly through ionisation, which makes them an eligible light source for this study. The improved constraints on these uncertainties will result in better sensitivities in neutrino oscillation studies.
AB - The KM3NeT Collaboration is currently building two neutrino detectors in the Mediterranean Sea. The KM3NeT/ARCA telescope is located off-shore Sicily, Italy, at a depth of about 3.5 km, designed to study cosmic neutrinos. KM3NeT/ORCA is being built off-shore Toulon, France, at a depth of about 2.5 km, with the main physics objective being the determination of the neutrino mass ordering and the precise measurement of oscillation parameters. Optical water properties and light detection efficiency are among the main systematic uncertainties for these objectives. In this work, reconstructed atmospheric muons stopping within KM3NeT/ORCA are studied in order to constrain these uncertainties. Such muons lose energy predominantly through ionisation, which makes them an eligible light source for this study. The improved constraints on these uncertainties will result in better sensitivities in neutrino oscillation studies.
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U2 - 10.22323/1.501.1158
DO - 10.22323/1.501.1158
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:105029043852
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 501
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 1158
T2 - 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025
Y2 - 15 July 2025 through 24 July 2025
ER -