The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

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作者
Adrian-Martinez, S. [2 ]
Ageron, M. [4 ]
Aguilar, J. A. [3 ]
Al Samarai, I. [4 ]
Albert, A. [5 ]
Andre, M. [6 ]
Anghinolfi, M. [7 ]
Anton, G. [1 ]
Anvar, S. [8 ]
Ardid, M. [2 ]
Jesus, A. C. Assis [9 ]
Astraatmadja, T. [9 ,42 ]
Aubert, J. -J. [4 ]
Baret, B. [10 ]
Basa, S. [11 ]
Bertin, V. [4 ]
Biagi, S. [12 ,13 ]
Bigi, A. [14 ]
Bigongiari, C. [3 ]
Bogazzi, C. [9 ]
Bou-Cabo, M. [2 ]
Bouhou, B. [10 ]
Bouwhuis, M. C. [9 ]
Brunner, J. [4 ]
Busto, J. [4 ]
Camarena, F. [2 ]
Capone, A. [15 ,16 ]
Carloganu, C. [17 ]
Carminati, G. [12 ,13 ]
Carr, J. [4 ]
Cecchini, S. [12 ]
Charif, Z. [4 ]
Charvis, Ph. [18 ,19 ]
Chiarusi, T. [12 ]
Circella, M. [20 ]
Coniglione, R. [23 ]
Costantini, H. [4 ,7 ]
Coyle, P. [4 ]
Curtil, C. [4 ]
De Bonis, G. [15 ,16 ]
Decowski, M. P. [9 ]
Dekeyser, I. [21 ,22 ]
Deschamps, A. [18 ,19 ]
Distefano, C. [23 ]
Donzaud, C. [10 ,24 ]
Dornic, D. [3 ]
Dorosti, Q. [25 ]
Drouhin, D. [5 ]
Eberl, T. [1 ]
Emanuele, U. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen Ctr Astroparticle Phys, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[2] Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Gestio Integrada Zones Costaneres IGI, Gandia 46730, Spain
[3] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46071, Spain
[4] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS, IN2P3, Marseille, France
[5] GRPHE Inst Univ Technol Colmar, F-68008 Colmar, France
[6] Tech Univ Catalonia, Lab Appl Bioacoust, Barcelona 08800, Spain
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[8] CEA Saclay, Direct Sci Matiere, Inst Rech Lois Fondamentales Univers, Serv Elect Detecteurs & Informat, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[9] Nikhef, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[10] Univ Paris 07, APC Lab AstroParticule & Cosmol, UMR 7164, CNRS,CEA,Observ Paris, F-75205 Paris 13, France
[11] LAM, F-13388 Marseille 13, France
[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[13] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[16] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[17] Univ Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Univ, CNRS, Phys Corpusculaire Lab,IN2P3, F-63000 Clermont Ferrand, France
[18] Geoazur Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, IRD, Observ Cote Azur,INSU, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[19] Univ Paris 06, F-06235 Villefranche Sur Mer, France
[20] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[21] CNRS, INSU, COM, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[22] Univ Aix Marseille 2, F-13288 Marseille 9, France
[23] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, LNS, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[24] Univ Paris 11, F-91405 Orsay, France
[25] Univ Groningen, KVI, NL-9747 AA Groningen, Netherlands
[26] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[27] Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res NIOZ, NL-1797 SZ T Horntje, Texel, Netherlands
[28] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Dr Remeis Sternwarte, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany
[29] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, ECAP, D-96049 Bamberg, Germany
[30] Univ Utrecht, Fac Betawetenschappen, NL-3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands
[31] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Hoge Energie Fys, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
[32] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
[33] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95125 Catania, Italy
[34] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95125 Catania, Italy
[35] CEA Saclay, Direct Sci Matiere, Inst Rech Lois Fondament Univers, Serv Phys Particules, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[36] Univ Geneva, Dept Phys Nucl & Corpusculaire, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[37] Inst Space Sci, R-77125 Bucharest, Magurele, Romania
[38] Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France
[39] CNRS, IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France
[40] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117218, Russia
[41] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[42] Leiden Univ, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | 2012年 / 7卷
关键词
Timing detectors; Detector modelling and simulations II (electric fields; charge transport; multiplication and induction; pulse formation; electron emission; etc); Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers; sources; particle-beams); Detector control systems (detector and experiment monitoring and slow-control systems; architecture; hardware; algorithms; databases); SOUND;
D O I
10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/T08002
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located 40km off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea at a mooring depth of about 2475m, consists of twelve detection lines equipped typically with 25 storeys. Every storey carries three optical modules that detect Cherenkov light induced by charged secondary particles (typically muons) coming from neutrino interactions. As these lines are flexible structures fixed to the sea bed and held taut by a buoy, sea currents cause the lines to move and the storeys to rotate. The knowledge of the position of the optical modules with a precision better than 10cm is essential for a good reconstruction of particle tracks. In this paper the ANTARES positioning system is described. It consists of an acoustic positioning system, for distance triangulation, and a compass-tiltmeter system, for the measurement of the orientation and inclination of the storeys. Necessary corrections are discussed and the results of the detector alignment procedure are described.
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