Nemo:: A project for a km3 underwater detector for astrophysical neutrinos in the Mediterranean Sea

被引:11
作者
Amore, I. [4 ,5 ]
Aiello, S. [3 ]
Ambriola, M. [1 ]
Ameli, F.
Anchinolfi, M. [7 ]
Anzalone, A.
Barbarino, G. [8 ]
Barbarito, E.
Battaglieri, M. [7 ]
Bellotti, R. [1 ]
Beverini, N.
Bonori, M.
Bouhadef, B. [10 ]
Brescia, M. [8 ,9 ]
Cacopardo, G. [5 ]
Cafagna, F.
Capone, A. [11 ]
Caponetto, L.
Castorina, E. [10 ]
Ceres, A. [1 ]
Chiarusi, T. [11 ]
Circella, M. [1 ]
Cocimano, R.
Coniglione, R. [5 ]
Cordelli, M. [6 ]
Costa, M.
Cuneo, S. [7 ]
D'Amico, A. [5 ]
De Bonis, G. [11 ]
De Marzo, C. [1 ]
De Rosa, G. [8 ]
De Vita, R.
Distefano, C.
Falchini, E. [10 ]
Fiorello, C. [1 ]
Flaminio, V. [10 ]
Fratini, K.
Gabrielli, A. [2 ]
Galeotti, S. [10 ]
Gandolfi, E. [2 ]
Giacomelli, G. [2 ]
Giorgi, F. [2 ]
Grimaldi, A. [3 ]
Habel, R.
Leonora, E.
Lonardo, A. [11 ]
Longo, G. [8 ]
Lo Presti, D. [3 ,4 ]
Lucarelli, F.
Maccioni, E. [10 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Intrateneo Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[2] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Bologna, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[4] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, I-95123 Catania, Italy
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[7] Univ Genoa, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Genova, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[8] Univ Naples Federico 2, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Napoli, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[9] Osserv Astron Capodimonte, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-80131 Naples, Italy
[10] Univ Pisa, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
[11] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl Sezione Roma 1, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[12] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53711 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 2007年 / 22卷 / 21期
关键词
underwater neutrino telescopes; Cherenkov detector; NEMO;
D O I
10.1142/S0217751X07037123
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
The status of the project is described: the activity on long term characterization of water optical and oceanographic parameters at the Capo Passero site candidate for the Mediterranean km(3) neutrino telescope; the feasibility study; the physics performances and underwater technology for the km3; the activity on NEMO Phase 1, a technological demonstrator that has been deployed at 2000 m depth 25 km offshore Catania; the realization of an underwater infrastructure at 3500 m depth at the candidate site (NEMO Phase 2).
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页数:12
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