The KM3NeT collaboration has reported the detection of the highest energy neutrino event observed to date. The energy of the event is of the order of 220PeV hinting towards a neutrino flux at the highest energies. In this article, the potential blazar origin for this event is explored. The publicly available Astro-Multimessenger Modeling software is used to model the blazar gamma-ray and neutrino fluxes. It is concluded that a population of blazars could produce the diffuse flux compatible with the observation of the ultra-high energy event detected by the KM3NeT/ARCA detector. At the same time, the gamma-ray flux produced by such a population of blazars is consistent with the diffuse gamma-ray flux measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

Adriani, O., Albert, A., Alhebsi, A.R., Alshalloudi, S., Alves Garre, S., Ambrosone, A., et al. (2026). Blazars as a potential origin of the KM3-230213A event. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2026(03), 0-19 [10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/033].

Blazars as a potential origin of the KM3-230213A event

Benfenati Gualandi, F.;Carenini, F.;Castaldi, P.;Del Rosso, I.;Filippini, F.;Levi, G.;Margiotta, A.;Spurio, M.;
2026

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The KM3NeT collaboration has reported the detection of the highest energy neutrino event observed to date. The energy of the event is of the order of 220PeV hinting towards a neutrino flux at the highest energies. In this article, the potential blazar origin for this event is explored. The publicly available Astro-Multimessenger Modeling software is used to model the blazar gamma-ray and neutrino fluxes. It is concluded that a population of blazars could produce the diffuse flux compatible with the observation of the ultra-high energy event detected by the KM3NeT/ARCA detector. At the same time, the gamma-ray flux produced by such a population of blazars is consistent with the diffuse gamma-ray flux measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope.
2026
Adriani, O., Albert, A., Alhebsi, A.R., Alshalloudi, S., Alves Garre, S., Ambrosone, A., et al. (2026). Blazars as a potential origin of the KM3-230213A event. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2026(03), 0-19 [10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/033].
Adriani, O.; Albert, A.; Alhebsi, A. R.; Alshalloudi, S.; Alves Garre, S.; Ambrosone, A.; Ameli, F.; Andre, M.; Aphecetche, L.; Ardid, M.; Ardid, S.; ...espandi
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