Dr. Agustín Sánchez – KM3NeT: a new window into the Universe

From an idea first envisioned in the 1960s, neutrino telescopes have undergone decades of prototype development and pathfinder projects, culminating in the completion of the first cubic-kilometer detector, IceCube, beneath the Antarctic ice in 2010. Similar efforts in the Mediterranean Sea have faced different challenges, leading to KM3NeT, the first cubic-kilometer underwater neutrino telescope, currently under construction, with over a quarter already deployed and collecting data. 

Expected to surpass IceCube in angular resolution, KM3NeT has already detected an extraordinary neutrino in 2023 with unprecedented energy, whose origin remains unknown, fueling scientists’ imagination about the ultra high energy neutrino sky. A comprehensive guide to this remarkable event, KM3NeT and its posibilities within the field context will be presented.