Help in the hunt for neutrinos while exploring deep-sea ecosystems

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The Deep Sea Explorers project is calling for volunteers to help remove noise from data collected by a neutrino telescope at the bottom of the sea, finds Layal Liverpool

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18 January 2023

By Layal Liverpool

Launching vehicle loaded with an ORCA type detection unit KM3NeT - LOM-on-anchor.jpg KM3NeT the next generation neutrino telescopes KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino telescopes. Once completed, the telescopes will have detector volumes between megaton and several cubic kilometres of clear sea water. Located in the deepest seas of the Mediterranean, KM3NeT will open a new window on our Universe, but also contribute to the research of the properties of the elusive neutrino particles. With the ARCA telescope, KM3NeT scientists will search for neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as supernovae, gamma ray bursters or colliding stars. The ORCA telescope is the instrument for KM3NeT scientists studying neutrino properties exploiting neutrinos generated in the Earth's atmosphere. Arrays of thousands of optical sensors will detect the faint light in the deep sea from charged particles originating from collisions of the neutrinos and the Earth. The facility will also house instrumentation for Earth and Sea sciences for long-term and on-line monitoring of the deep sea environment and the sea bottom at depth of several kilometers. — KM3NeT

I AM heading under the sea to help physicists find traces of one of the universe’s most mysterious particles. You can join me by participating in the Deep Sea Explorers project, which is looking for volunteers to remove noise from data collected by the KiloMeter Cube Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

Neutrinos are tiny, invisible elementary particles that are extremely elusive and difficult to observe under normal conditions. But when neutrinos interact with matter, the resulting charged particles that are produced emit shock waves of bluish light known as Cherenkov radiation, which KM3NeT can …

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