Measurements of light transmission in deep sea with the AC9 trasmissometer

被引：42

作者：

Capone, A

Digaetano, T

Grimaldi, A

Habel, R

Lo Presti, D

Migneco, E

Masullo, R

Moro, F

Petruccetti, M

Petta, C

Piattelli, P

Randazzo, N

Riccobene, G

Salusti, E

Sapienza, P

Sedita, M

Trasatti, L

Ursella, L

机构：

[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, I-95123 Catania, Italy

[2] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma 1, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[4] Osservatorio Geofis Sperimentale, Dipartimento Oceanog Fis, I-34016 Sgonico, TS, Italy

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, I-95129 Catania, Italy

[6] Univ Cagliari, Dipartimento Fis, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy

[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy

[8] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95124 Catania, Italy

[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, RM, Italy

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2002年 / 487卷 / 03期

关键词：

neutrino telescope; NEMO; attenuation; absorption; deep sea;

D O I：

10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02194-5

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The NEMO Collaboration aims to construct an underwater Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea, able to act as a neutrino telescope. One of the main tasks of this project, which implies difficult technological challenges, is the selection of an adequate marine site. In this framework the knowledge of light transmission properties in deep seawater is extremely important. The collaboration has measured optical properties in several marine sites near the Italian coasts, at depths > 3000 m, using a setup based on a AC9, a commercial trasmissometer, manufactured by WETLabs. The results obtained for the two sites reported in this paper (Alicudi and Ustica), show that deep seawater optical properties are comparable to those of the clearest waters. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：423 / 434

页数：12

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