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Very large neutrino telescopes offer unique opportunities in detecting neutrinos from the next core-collapse supernova (CCSN), following the first and only detection in 1987. The TRopIcal DEep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) is a next-gen neutrino telescope to be built in the South China Sea. Although primarily designed for high energy neutrino detection, a nearby CCSN could register a high flux of MeV-scale neutrinos at TRIDENT, causing a sudden rise of noise level from inverse beta decay (IBD) events induced by antineutrinos from the CCSN. TRIDENT’s pixelized digital optical modules allow for a high-purity isolation of coincident pairs from the prompt positron and delayed neutron-captured events produced in the IBD interactions. The presence of chlorine in salt water is expected to further boost detection efficiency of the delayed neutrons. In this poster, we will present the study on TRIDENT's CCSN detection efficiency and alert time latency for a variety of CCSN models at different distances.
| Collaboration(s) | TRIDENT |
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