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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-14
Number of pages8
JournalAstroparticle Physics
Volume42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb-2013

Keywords

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

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