Performance of the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment

Twagirayezu JP, Niederhausen H, Sclafani S, Whitehorn N, Nisa M, Yu S, Halliday R, Agostini M, Bailly N, Baron AJ, Bedard J, Bellenghi C, Böhmer M, Bosma C, Brussow D, Clark K, Crudele B, Danninger M, De Leo F, Deis N, DeYoung T, Dinkel M, Garriz J, Gärtner A, Gernhäuser R, Ghuman D, Gousy-Leblanc V, Grant D, Haack C, Hatch P, Henningsen F, Holzapfel K, Jenkyns R, Kerscher T, Kerschtien S, Kopański K, Kopper C, Krauss CB, Kulin I, Kurahashi N, Lai PC, Lavallee T, Leismüller K, Leys S, Li R, Malecki P, McElroy T, Maunder A, Michel J, Trejo SM, Miller C, Molberg N, Moore R, Noga W, Papp L, Park N, Paulson M, Pirenne B, Qiu T, Resconi E, Retza N, Agreda SR, Robertson S, Ruskey A, Schumacher L, Spannfellner C, Stacho J, Taboada I, Terliuk A, Tradewell M, Traxler M, Tung CF, Veenstra B, Wagner S, Weaver C, Wu K, Yañez JP, Zheng Y (2024)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2024

Journal

PoS - Proceedings of Science SISSA

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 444

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Nagoya JP

Abstract

The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) is a proposed undersea neutrino detector in the northern Pacific near the British Columbia-Washington maritime boundary, with pathfinder instrumentation already deployed. P-ONE will consist of 1400 digital optical modules distributed across 70 strings. By deploying in a deep-sea environment, the scattering of Cherenkov photons is reduced relative to experiments in glacial ice, allowing event resolutions at or below a tenth of a degree. In this poster, we present and evaluate using Monte Carlo simulations a track reconstruction method that is based on a maximum likelihood method. Recorded light pulses are evaluated using pre-computed arrival time distributions of Cherenkov photons at optical modules as functions of track parameters. The corresponding angular resolution of the detector, when combined with the anticipated neutrino effective area, can be used to estimate the discovery potential, the flux needed to discover a point source of astrophysical neutrinos with P-ONE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christian Haack Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Claudio Kopper Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Lisa Schumacher Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik

Additional Organisation(s)

Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)

Involved external institutions

Michigan State University US United States (USA) (US) University of Alberta CA Canada (CA) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk PL Poland (PL) Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) University of Victoria (UVic) CA Canada (CA) Simon Fraser University CA Canada (CA) Queen's University CA Canada (CA) University College London (UCL) GB United Kingdom (GB) Georgia Institute of Technology US United States (USA) (US) Drexel University US United States (USA) (US) GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Twagirayezu, J.P., Niederhausen, H., Sclafani, S., Whitehorn, N., Nisa, M., Yu, S.,... Zheng, Y. (2024). Performance of the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment. In Proceedings of Science. Nagoya, JP: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Twagirayezu, Jean Pierre, et al. "Performance of the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment." Proceedings of the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023, Nagoya Sissa Medialab Srl, 2024.

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