Tools and methods for simulation and evaluation of very large volume Cherenkov neutrino detectors

✍ Scribed by A.G. Tsirigotis; A. Leisos; S.E. Tzamarias

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 295 KB
• Volume: 639
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.040

✦ Synopsis

We report on the use of the HOU Reconstruction & Simulation (HOURS) software package in evaluating the performance of a Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope. We present results of our study concerning the capability of a deep sea Cherenkov telescope in the Mediterranean Sea in detecting/ discovering galactic and extragalactic high energy neutrino sources as well as measuring diffuse neutrino fluxes. Finally, we study a construction strategy of a large neutrino telescope that will lead to an early discovery of extragalactic neutrinos from gamma ray bursts.