Published August 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Astrophysical point source search with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Creators

  • 1. IFIC - Instituto de Física Corpuscular, Edificio Institutos de Investigación, Apartado de Correos 22085, 46071 (Spain)

Description

The ANTARES neutrino telescope is installed at a depth of 2.5 km of the Mediterranean Sea and consists of a three-dimensional array of 885 photomultipliers arranged on twelve detector lines. The prime objective is to detect high-energy neutrinos from extraterrestrial origin. Relativistic muons emerging from charged-current muon neutrino interactions in the detector surroundings produce a cone of Cerenkov light which allows the reconstruction of the original neutrino direction. The collaboration has implemented different methods to search for neutrino point sources in the data collected since 2007. Results obtained with these methods as well as the sensitivity of the telescope are presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.09.185

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.09.185;
arXiv
arXiv:1204.5873v1;
PII
S0920-5632(12)00402-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
229-232
Journal Page Range
p. 548
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
24. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics
Acronym
Neutrino 2010
Dates
14-19 Jun 2010
Place
Athens (Greece)

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Copyright
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