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

S. Adrian-Martinez; M. Ageron; J. A. Aguilar; F. Aharonian; S. Aiello; A. Albert; M. Alexandri; F. Ameli; E. G. Anassontzis; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; S. Anvar; M. Ardid; A. Assis Jesus; J-J Aubert; R. Bakke; A. E. Ball; G. Barbarino; E. Barbarito; F. Barbato; B. Baret; M. de Bel; A. Belias; N. Bellou; E. Berbee; A. Berkien; A. Bersani; V. Bertin; S. Beurthey; S. Biagi; C. Bigongiari; B. Bigourdan; M. Billault; H. Boer Rookhuizen; M. Bonori; M. Borghini; H. M. Bou-Cabo; B. Bouhadef; G. Bourlis; M. Bouwhuis; S. Bradbury; A. Brown; F. Colijn; Q. Dorosti-Hasankiadeh; N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki; O. Kavatsyuk; Remko Klein; H. Loehner; K. Schroeder; KM3NeT Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010

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

S. Adrian-Martinez, M. Ageron, J. A. Aguilar, F. Aharonian, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alexandri, F. Ameli, E. G. Anassontzis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, S. Anvar, M. Ardid, A. Assis Jesus, J-J Aubert, R. Bakke, A. E. Ball, G. Barbarino, E. Barbarito, F. BarbatoB. Baret, M. de Bel, A. Belias, N. Bellou, E. Berbee, A. Berkien, A. Bersani, V. Bertin, S. Beurthey, S. Biagi, C. Bigongiari, B. Bigourdan, M. Billault, H. Boer Rookhuizen, M. Bonori, M. Borghini, H. M. Bou-Cabo, B. Bouhadef, G. Bourlis, M. Bouwhuis, S. Bradbury, A. Brown, F. Colijn, Q. Dorosti-Hasankiadeh, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, O. Kavatsyuk, Remko Klein, H. Loehner, K. Schroeder, KM3NeT Collaboration

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-14
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010
Publication status	Published - Feb-2013

Keywords

Neutrino telescope
Fermi Bubbles
KM3NeT
GAMMA-RAY HAZE
DARK-MATTER
SIGNALS
MUONS

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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. A., Aubert, J-J., Bakke, R., Ball, A. E., Barbarino, G., Barbarito, E., ... KM3NeT Collaboration (2013). Detection potential of the KM3NeT detector for high-energy neutrinos from the Fermi bubbles. Astroparticle Physics, 42, 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010

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