KM3NeT
KM3NeT is an experiment of Astroparticle physics. It is composed of a network of submarine neutrino telescopes that use the revelation of Cherenkov light to detect neutrino interactions.
Neutrino astronomy is a new and unique method to observe the most remote Universe. Neutrinos, neutral particles only weekly interacting, are ideal messengers as they can travel cosmological distances without being deflected or absorbed: their revelation from high-energy astrophysical sources can allow to acquire information about the internal structure and dynamics of the sources: in particular it will be possible to distinguish unambiguously between hadronic or leptonic particles acceleration inside those sources.
The KM3NeT international collaboration is building the telescope in three different sites of the Mediterranean Sea: KM3NeT-Fr (off-shore Toulon, France), KM3NeT-It (off-shore Porto Palo, Sicily, Italy) e KM3NeT-Gr (off-shore Pylos, Greece). The physics goals of KM3NeT are the discovery of high-energy neutrino sources in the Universe, the determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy and the indirect detection of Dark Matter.
The Group KM3NeT in Roma, in continuity with the work performed for the ANTARES and NEMO experiments, is involved in both technical topics and physics analysis: the group has developed the electronics and the firmware of the power distribution and submarine instruments of the detector, is performing the calibration of the detector, in situ (deep-Sea) and in a darkroom during the construction phase (in Caserta Laboratories). Regarding physics analysis, researchers are involved in many areas, as the search for high-energy neutrinos from GRBs, from supernovae (SNR) and active galactic nuclei (AGN). A big effort is in place in the multi-messenger astronomy which is looking for neutrinos in coincidence with transient phenomena and Gravitational Wave events.
The research infrastructure also provides the place for instruments of other scientific fields as marine biology, oceanography and geophysics for the long-term monitoring of the ocean floor.
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For information regarding thesis opportunities, please contact: Irene Di Palma.
Local Coordinator
Irene Di Palma| Name | Surname | Role | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrizio | Ameli | Dipendente | Ricercatore |
| Antonio | Capone | Associato | Prof. Ordinario |
| Silvia | Celli | Associata | Ricercatrice TD-A |
| Irene | Di Palma | Associata | Ricercatrice TD-B |
| Paolo | Fermani | Associato | Assegnista |
| Sara Rebecca | Gozzini | Associata | Assegnista |
| Carlo Alessandro | Nicolau | Dipendente | Ricercatore |
| Piero | Vicini | Dipendente | Ricercatore |
| Alessandro | Lonardo | Dipendente | Ricercatore |
| Angela | Zegarelli | Associata | Dottoranda |