Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector
Creators: name: Adrián-Martínez, S.
name: Ageron, M.
name: Aiello, S.
name: Albert, A.
name: Ameli, F.
name: Anassontzis, E. G.
name: Andre, M.
name: Androulakis, G.
name: Anghinolfi, M.
name: Anton, G.
name: Ardid, M.
name: Avgitas, T.
name: Barbarino, G.
name: Barbarito, E.
name: Baret, B.
name: Barrios-Martí, J.
name: Belias, A.
name: Berbee, E.
name: Berg, A. van den
name: Bertin, V.
name: Beurthey, S.
name: van Beveren, V.
name: Beverini, N.
name: Biagi, S.
name: Biagioni, A.
name: Billault, M.
name: Bondì, M.
name: Bormuth, R.
name: Bouhadef, B.
name: Bourlis, G.
name: Bourret, S.
name: Boutonnet, C.
name: Bouwhuis, M.
name: Bozza, C.
name: Bruijn, R.
name: Brunner, J.
name: Buis, E.
name: Buompane, R.
name: Busto, J.
name: Cacopardo, G.
name: Caillat, L.
name: Calamai, M.
name: Calvo, D.
name: Capone, A.
name: Caramete, L.
name: Cecchini, S.
name: Celli, S.
name: Champion, C.
name: Cherubini, S.
name: Chiarella, V.
name: Chiarusi, T.
name: Circella, M.
name: Classen, L.
name: Cobas, D.
name: Cocimano, R.
name: Coelho, J. A. B.
name: Coleiro, A.
name: Colonges, S.
name: Coniglione, R.
name: Cordelli, M.
name: Cosquer, A.
name: Coyle, P.
name: Creusot, A.
name: Cuttone, G.
name: D'Amato, C.
name: D'Amico, A.
name: D'Onofrio, A.
name: De Bonis, G.
name: De Sio, C.
name: Di Palma, I.
name: Díaz, A. F.
name: Distefano, C.
name: Donzaud, C.
name: Dornic, D.
name: Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, Q.
name: Drakopoulou, E.
name: Drouhin, D.
name: Durocher, M.
name: Eberl, T.
name: Eichie, S.
name: van Eijk, D.
name: Bojaddaini, I. El
name: Elsaesser, D.
name: Enzenhöfer, A.
name: Favaro, M.
name: Fermani, P.
name: Ferrara, G.
name: Frascadore, G.
name: Fusco, L. A.
name: Gal, T.
name: Galatà, S.
name: Garufi, F.
name: Gay, P.
name: Gebyehu, M.
name: Giacomini, F.
name: Gialanella, L.
name: Giordano, V.
name: Gizani, N.
name: Gracia, R.
name: Graf, K.
name: Grégoire, T.
name: Grella, G.
name: Grmek, A.
name: Habel, R.
name: Hallmann, S.
name: van Haren, H.
name: Harissopulos, S.
name: Heid, T.
name: Heijboer, A.
name: Heine, E.
name: Henry, S.
name: Hernández-Rey, J. J.
name: Hevinga, M.
name: Hofestädt, J.
name: Hugon, C. M. F.
name: Illuminati, G.
name: James, C. W.
name: Jansweijer, P.
name: Jongen, M.
name: de Jong, M.
name: Kadler, M.
name: Kalekin, O.
name: Kappes, A.
name: Katz, U. F.
name: Keller, P.
name: Kieft, G.
name: Kießling, D.
name: Koffeman, E. N.
name: Kooijman, P.
name: Kouchner, A.
name: Kreter, M.
name: Kulikovskiy, V.
name: Lahmann, R.
name: Lamare, P.
name: Larosa, G.
name: Leisos, A.
name: Leone, F.
name: Leonora, E.
name: Clark, M. Lindsey
name: Liolios, A.
name: Alvarez, C. D. Llorens
name: Presti, D. Lo
name: Löhner, H.
name: Lonardo, A.
name: Lotze, M.
name: Loucatos, S.
name: Maccioni, E.
name: Mannheim, K.
name: Manzali, M.
name: Margiotta, A.
name: Marinelli, A.
name: Mariş, O.
name: Markou, C.
name: Martínez-Mora, J. A.
name: Martini, A.
name: Marzaioli, F.
name: Mele, R.
name: Melis, K. W.
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name: Migliozzi, P.
name: Migneco, E.
name: Mijakowski, P.
name: Miraglia, A.
name: Mollo, C. M.
name: Mongelli, M.
name: Morganti, M.
name: Moussa, A.
name: Musico, P.
name: Musumeci, M.
name: Navas, S.
name: Nicolau, C. A.
name: Olcina, I.
name: Olivetto, C.
name: Orlando, A.
name: Orzelli, A.
name: Papaikonomou, A.
name: Papaleo, R.
name: Păvălaş, G. E.
name: Peek, H.
name: Pellegrini, G.
name: Pellegrino, C.
name: Perrina, C.
name: Pfutzner, M.
name: Piattelli, P.
name: Pikounis, K.
name: Pleinert, M. -O.
name: Poma, G. E.
name: Popa, V.
name: Pradier, T.
name: Pratolongo, F.
name: Pühlhofer, G.
name: Pulvirenti, S.
name: Quinn, L.
name: Racca, C.
name: Raffaelli, F.
name: Randazzo, N.
name: Rauch, T.
name: Real, D.
name: Resvanis, L.
name: Reubelt, J.
name: Riccobene, G.
name: Rossi, C.
name: Rovelli, A.
name: Saldaña, M.
name: Salvadori, I.
name: Samtleben, D. F. E.
name: García, A. Sánchez
name: Losa, A. Sánchez
name: Sanguineti, M.
name: Santangelo, A.
name: Santonocito, D.
name: Sapienza, P.
name: Schimmel, F.
name: Schmelling, J.
name: Schnabel, J.
name: Sciacca, V.
name: Sedita, M.
name: Seitz, T.
name: Sgura, I.
name: Simeone, F.
name: Sipala, V.
name: Spisso, B.
name: Spurio, M.
name: Stavropoulos, G.
name: Steijger, J.
name: Stellacci, S. M.
name: Stransky, D.
name: Taiuti, M.
name: Tayalati, Y.
name: Terrasi, F.
name: Tézier, D.
name: Theraube, S.
name: Timmer, P.
name: Tönnis, C.
name: Trasatti, L.
name: Travaglini, R.
name: Trovato, A.
name: Tsirigotis, A.
name: Tzamarias, S.
name: Tzamariudaki, E.
name: Vallage, B.
name: Van Elewyck, V.
name: Vermeulen, J.
name: Vicini, P.
name: Viola, S.
name: Vivolo, D.
name: Volkert, M.
name: Wiggers, L.
name: Wilms, J.
name: de Wolf, E.
name: Zachariadou, K.
name: Zornoza, J. D.
name: Zúñiga, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Studying atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the few-GeV range with a multimegaton detector promises to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy. This is the main science goal pursued by the future KM3NeT/ORCA water Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, the processes that limit the obtainable resolution in both energy and direction in charged-current neutrino events in the ORCA detector are investigated. These processes include the composition of the hadronic fragmentation products, the subsequent particle propagation and the photon-sampling fraction of the detector. GEANT simulations of neutrino interactions in seawater produced by GENIE are used to study the effects in the 1 - 20 GeV range. It is found that fluctuations in the hadronic cascade in conjunction with the variation of the inelasticity y are most detrimental to the resolutions. The effect of limited photon sampling in the detector is of significantly less importance. These results will therefore also be applicable to similar detectors/media, such as those in ice.
description: 37 pages, 28 figures, JHEP published version