Project PNRR KM3Net4RR

Title KM3Net4RR – KM3 Neutrino Telescope for Recovery and Resilience

Project Type National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Call for tender
Directorial Decree No. 3264 of 12/28/2021 – “Strengthening and creation of Research Infrastructures” to be financed within the PNRR Mission 4, “Education and Research” – Component 2, “From research to business” – Investment line 3.1, “Fund for the creation of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, reference action 3.1.1 “Creation of new IRs or strengthening of existing ones that contribute to the objectives of Scientific Excellence of Horizon Europe and establishment of networks”

Identification code IR0000002

CUP I57G21000040001

Fund grant deed D. D. No. 06/21/2022

Purpose
The KM3neT4RR Project, of which INFN is both proponent and leader, finances crucial actions for the expansion at the Italian site of Capo Passero, off the coast of Sicily, of the KM3NeT submarine neutrino observatory, the ambitious international project for neutrino research in the Mediterranean. The observatory includes the ARCA (Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) submarine devices, off the coast of Sicily, which once completed will have 230 underwater detection lines, and ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), off the coast of Toulon in France, for which 115 detection lines are planned. The KM3NeT4RR project will significantly expand the potential of the ARCA submarine neutrino telescope aimed at searching for cosmic neutrinos up to extreme energies, contributing significantly to the development of scientific multimessage astronomy programs. Thanks to funding from the PNRR, approximately 2/3 of the final infrastructure will be completed in 30 months, also providing the INFN with the laboratories and personnel necessary for the expansion, construction and installation of the underlying network and systems of submarine detection.

Scientific coordinator of the project – INFN Scientific Manager
Giacomo Cuttone – INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

Local Scientific Manager – INFN Bari
Marco Circella

Administrative manager of the project
Barbara Artivi – INFN Genova

Local Administrative Contact – INFN Bari
Addolorata Macina

Duration
36 months
Start Date 12/01/2022
End Date 11/30/2025

Financing
Contribution for INFN € 59.330.290,48

Partners
Università di Catania
INAF
Università di Napoli Federico II
Università di Roma La Sapienza
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Università degli studi di Genova
Politecnico di Bari
Università di Salerno

for further information see https://km3net4rr.infn.it