KM3NeT/ARCA expectations in view of a novel multimessenger study of starburst galaxies

• Published in: Journal of instrumentation 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.C12016
• Main Authors: Ambrosone, A., Ibnsalih, W.I., Sharma, A., Ageron, M., Albert, A., Anguita, M., Ardid, M., Bagatelas, C., Baret, B., Bendahman, M., Beurthey, S., Biagi, S., Billault, M., Boumaaza, J., Bouta, M., Boutonnet, C., Bozza, C., Busto, J., Caiffi, B., Carretero, V., Cereseto, R., Circella, M., Colonges, S., Cosquer, A., Coyle, P., D’Amico, A., De Martino, B., Di Palma, I., Dörr, M., Eberl, T., Eddyamoui, A., Espinosa, V., Fermani, P., Filipović, M.D., Garufi, F., Giorgio, E., Guidi, C., Guillon, B., van Haren, H., Hennig, L., Hofestädt, J., Jansweijer, P., Kadler, M., Kalaczyński, P., Kalekin, O., Keller, P., Khan Chowdhury, N.R., Kistauri, G., van der Knaap, F., Kooijman, P., Kreter, M., Kulikovskiy, V., Lagier, P., Laurence, J., Lazo, A., Le Stum, S., Leonardi, O., Lipreau, T., Llorens Alvarez, C., Lopez-Coto, D., Lumb, N., Marini, A., Martini, A., Marzaioli, F., Migliozzi, P., Miranda, L.S., Mollo, C.M., Moussa, A., Nicolau, C.A., Nkosi, B., O’Sullivan, M., Ottonello, G., Palacios González, J., Pastore, C., Piattelli, P., Pisanti, O., Poirè, C., Probst, I., Pulvirenti, S., Randazzo, N., Razzaque, S., Reck, S., Rovelli, A., Samtleben, D.F.E., Santangelo, A., Schmelling, J., Shanidze, R., Steijger, J., Taiuti, M., Tatone, F., Tayalati, Y., Tézier, D., Thakore, T., Valieri, C., Vasileiadis, G., Viola, S., Wilms, J., de Wolf, E., Zavatarelli, S., Zegarelli, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cherenkov detectors; Cosmic rays; Luminosity; Neutrinos; Particle detectors; Simulation methods and programs; Space telescopes; Star & galaxy formation; Star formation rate; Starburst galaxies
• ISSN: 1748-0221; 1748-0221
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/C12016

Starburst galaxies (SBGs) and more in general star-forming galaxies represent a class of galaxies with a high star formation rate (up to 100 M ⊙ /year). Despite their low luminosity, they can be considered as guaranteed “factories” of high energy neutrinos, being “reservoirs” of accelerated cosmic rays and hosting a high density target gas in the central region. In this contribution we present a novel multimessenger study of these sources and the possibility of observing their neutrino signals with the KM3NeT/ARCA telescope. The differential sensitivity for different SBG scenarios is reported considering track-like neutrino events in the 100 GeV–100 PeV energy range.