what is km3net – the vision
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What is KM3NeT – the Vision. Future cubic-kilometre sized neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea Exceeds Northern-hemisphere telescopes by factor ~50 in sensitivity Exceeds IceCube sensitivity by substantial factor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Jan 2009 U. Katz: Astroparticle Physics 1
What is KM3NeT – the Vision
Future cubic-kilometre sized neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea
Exceeds Northern-hemisphere telescopes by factor ~50 in sensitivity
Exceeds IceCube sensitivity by substantial factor
Focus of scientific interest: Neutrino astronomy in the energy range 1 to 100 TeV
Platform for deep-sea research (marine sciences)
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Jan 2009 U. Katz: Astroparticle Physics 17
Timeline towards construction
Note: “Construction” includes the final prototyping stage