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Modelling the Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA and KM3NeT/ORCA to Neutrinos from Quiescent Blazars
(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023-09) Nkosi, Bhuti Linda; Chen, Andrew
Blazar jet emission has been modelled using two families of models, leptonic and hadronic, to explain the double-peaked SED. In hadronic models, the higher energy peak is explained by proton interactions with the jet material and external fields. Lepto-hadronic models are a type of blazar emission model that accounts for both leptonic and hadronic processes in the jet. In these models, the low-energy bump of the spectral energy distribution SED is produced by synchrotron radiation from primary electrons, while the high-energy bump is produced by a combination of radiation from protons and secondary particles. Lepto-hadronic models can explain the variability and spectral features of blazars in different states, such as flaring or quiescent. In this project, we used a one-zone lepto-hadronic model to simulate the blazar jet and calculate the neutrino emission and detection prospects with KM3NeT.