Evaluation of the discovery potential of an underwater Mediterranean neutrino telescope taking into account the estimated directional resolution and energy of the reconstructed tracks

TL;DR

This paper develops and demonstrates advanced search methods for point-like and extended neutrino sources using the KM3NeT underwater telescope, improving its ability to discover galactic neutrino sources by leveraging tracking and energy estimation.

Contribution

It introduces new search techniques that enhance the discovery potential of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope by incorporating directional resolution and energy reconstruction.

Findings

Significant improvement in detection capabilities for neutrino sources.

Potential to discover galactic neutrino sources with KM3NeT.

Enhanced analysis methods for point-like and extended sources.

Abstract

We report on the development of search methods for point-like and extended neutrino sources, utilizing the tracking and energy estimation capabilities of an underwater, Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope (VLVnT). We demonstrate that the developed techniques offer a significant improvement on the telescope's discovery potential. We also present results on the potential of the Mediterranean KM3NeT to discover galactic neutrino sources.