Observation of an ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrino with KM3NeT
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · +70 more institutions
Abstract
The detection of cosmic neutrinos with energies above a teraelectronvolt (TeV) offers a unique exploration into astrophysical phenomena1–3. Electrically neutral and interacting only by means of the weak interaction, neutrinos are not deflected by magnetic fields and are rarely absorbed by interstellar matter: their direction indicates that their cosmic origin might be from the farthest reaches of the Universe. High-energy neutrinos can be produced when ultra-relativistic cosmic-ray protons or nuclei interact with other matter or photons, and their observation could be a signature of these processes. Here we report an exceptionally high-energy event observed by KM3NeT, the deep-sea neutrino telescope in the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 196.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 100
Authors
286- SAS. AielloCorresponding
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania
- AAA. Albert
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Haute-Alsace, Université de Strasbourg
- AAA.R Alhebsi
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- MAM. Alshamsi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université
- SAS. Alves Garre
Universitat de València, Instituto de Física Corpuscular
Topics & keywords
- Physics
- Neutrino
- Cosmic ray
- Muon
- Neutrino detector
- Astrophysics
- Cosmic neutrino background
- COSMIC cancer database
- Affordable and clean energy