Detection Potential of the KM3NeT Detector for High-Energy Neutrinos from the Fermi Bubbles

S. Adriàn-Martίnez; M. Ageron; J.-J. Aubert; V. Bertin; S. Beurthey; M. Billault; A. Brown; J. Brunner; J. Busto; L. Caillat; A. Calzas; J. Carr; A. Cosquer; P. Coyle; C. Curtil; D. Dornic; J.-P. Ernenwein; S. Escoffier; F. Gensolen; C. Gojak; G. Hallewell; P. Keller; P. Lagier; P. Lamare; J. Roux; M. Vecchi; B. Baret; A. Creusot; C. Donzaud; A. Kouchner; V. Van Elewyck

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010, How to Cite or Link Using DOI

Detection Potential of the KM3NeT Detector for High-Energy Neutrinos from the Fermi Bubbles

S. Adriàn-Martίnez M. Ageron ¹ J.-J. Aubert ¹ V. Bertin ¹ S. Beurthey ¹ M. Billault ¹ A. Brown ¹ J. Brunner ¹ J. Busto ¹ L. Caillat ¹ A. Calzas ¹ J. Carr ¹ A. Cosquer ¹ P. Coyle ¹ C. Curtil ¹ D. Dornic ¹ J.-P. Ernenwein ¹ S. Escoffier ¹ F. Gensolen ¹ C. Gojak ¹ G. Hallewell ¹ P. Keller ¹ P. Lagier ¹ P. Lamare ¹ J. Roux ¹ M. Vecchi ¹ B. Baret ² A. Creusot ³ C. Donzaud ³ A. Kouchner ³ V. Van Elewyck ³

1 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

2 APC - AHE

APC - UMR 7164 - AstroParticule et Cosmologie

3 APC - UMR 7164 - AstroParticule et Cosmologie

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{\deg} 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.

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Astroparticle Physics, Elsevier, 2012, 42, pp.7-14. <10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.11.010, How to Cite or Link Using DOI>

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Physics / High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

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Detection Potential of the KM3NeT Detector for High-Energy Neutrinos from the Fermi Bubbles

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