Published November 11, 2011 | Version v1
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ANTARES: The first undersea neutrino telescope

Creators

  • 1. CPPM, Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille (France)
  • 2. IFIC-Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Edificios Investigacion de Paterna, CSIC-Universitat de Valencia, Apdo. de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia (Spain)
  • 3. GRPHE-Institut universitaire de technologie de Colmar, 34 rue du Grillenbreit BP 50568, 68008 Colmar (France)
  • 4. INFN-Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma (Italy)
  • 5. Technical University of Catalonia, Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics, Rambla Exposicio, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 6. INFN-Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
  • 7. Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
  • 8. Direction des Sciences de la Matiere-Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'Univers-Service d'Electronique des Detecteurs et d'Informatique, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 9. Institut d'Investigacio per a la Gestio Integrada de Zones Costaneres (IGIC)-Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. C/Paranimf 1., 46730 Gandia (Spain)
  • 10. Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 11. INFN-Sezione di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari (Italy)
  • 12. APC-Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, UMR 7164 (CNRS, Universite Paris 7 Diderot, CEA, Observatoire de Paris), 10 rue Alice Domon et Leonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)

Description

The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope was completed in May 2008 and is the first operational Neutrino Telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. The main purpose of the detector is to perform neutrino astronomy and the apparatus also offers facilities for marine and Earth sciences. This paper describes the design, the construction and the installation of the telescope in the deep sea, offshore from Toulon in France. An illustration of the detector performance is given.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.103

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.103;
arXiv
arXiv:1104.1607v2;
PII
S0168-9002(11)01399-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
656
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 11-38
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44002140
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; INSTALLATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIPLEXERS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINOS; POSITIONING; SENSORS; SOLAR PROTONS; SOUND WAVES; SUBMARINES; TELESCOPES; WAVE FORMS; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; PROTONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SEAS; SHIPS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATERS

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