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The KM3NeT Project

ESFRI Meeting, Brussels, 09.03.2007. The KM3NeT Project. Uli Katz Univ. Erlangen. Objectives Current membership and funding Preparatory Phase The EMSO connection Structural funds. KM3NeT Objectives. Observe high-energy cosmic neutrinos

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The KM3NeT Project

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  1. ESFRI Meeting, Brussels, 09.03.2007 The KM3NeT Project Uli Katz Univ. Erlangen Objectives Current membership and funding Preparatory Phase The EMSO connection Structural funds

  2. KM3NeT Objectives • Observe high-energy cosmic neutrinos • Opens new window to the most violent processes in the universe • Key objective of astroparticle physics • Convergence towards two major neutrino telescopes covering the full sky: ANTARES NEMO NESTOR Mediterranean Sea: KM3NeT ? Baikal experiment Lake Baikal: Antarctica: IceCube AMANDA • Provide infrastructure for long-term deep-sea measurements • Highly interesting for marine biologists, geologists and geophysicists, environmental scientists, oceanographers, …. • Strong links to the EMSO project. U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

  3. How Neutrino Telescopes Work n KM3NeT n • Earth: screening against other particles Neutrino telescopes look downward (at high n energies: also upward sensitivity!) • Neutrinos interact weakly ~1 km3 (1 billion tons) target material • Light signals are weak need environment shielded against daylight IceCube n Galactic Centre 3 U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project ESFRI Meeting, Brussels, 9.3.07 3

  4. The KM3NeT Design Study • 3-year FP6 Design Study, Feb. 2006 – Jan. 2009, 9 M€ from EU, overall budget ~20 M€ • Participants:30Particle/Astroparticle institutes +7 Sea science/technology institutes • Main Deliverables • Conceptual Design Report (fall 2007) • Technical Design Report (early 2009) } from 9 EU countries: U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

  5. Current National/Regional Funding • Pilot projects: • ANTARES (cap. investment only) 20.1 M€ • FR, GER, IT, NL, ES funding agencies 14.5 M€ • France: Regional sources 1.9 M€ • FEDER/France 3.7 M€ • NEMO (IT,cap. investment only)17.0 M€ • IT funding agencies 10.9 M€ • FEDER/Italy 6.1 M€ • NESTOR (GR, cap. investment only) 8.0 M€ • Greek government 6.5 M€ • FEDER/Peloponnese 1.5 M€ _______45.1 M€ • KM3NeT (cap. + pers.) ca. 11.0 M€ • CY, FR, GER, GR, IRL, IT, NL, ES, UK funding agencies and other sources U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

  6. The KM3NeT Preparatory Phase Proposal • Application in preparation(time very tight due to overlap with 1st-year Design Study report) • Major objectives to be addressed: • Path to convergence on funding decisions (KM3NeT cost estimate: roughly 250 M€) • Legal and governance aspects • Site decision (including assessment of multi-site options) • Production preparation • Data dissemination, data formats, computing • Coordination with marine sciences • Major goal: • Go ahead with construction in 2010/11! U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

  7. The EMSO Connection • Large overlap in participating institutes • IFREMER, INGV, HCMR, Oceanlab/Aberdeen, … • Marine sciences represented in all KM3NeT management and steering bodies • Regular informal exchanges • Funding agencies are aware • INFN requests cross-coordination of KM3NeT and EMSOPP proposals • … • KM3NeT site(s) likely to become part of EMSO U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

  8. Structural Funds • ERDF funds may be a major source of KM3NeT construction money • ERDF and FP7 run concurrently (2007-2013) • KM3NeT candidate sites are target-1/target-2 regions • Political coordination needed • Cross-coordination between ESFRI, EU DG Research (FP7), EU DG Regio (ERDF) and national authorities to promote research infrastructures • Avoid conflicting boundary conditions in both programs • Support for the concept of spending regional funds locally, but in the framework of pan-European projects • The situation must be clarified very soon! U. Katz: The KM3NeT Project

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