Title :
Acoustic Positioning System for the Deep-Sea ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Author_Institution :
Univ. de la Mediterrannee, Marseille
Abstract :
The ANTARES collaboration is currently deploying a large underwater neutrino telescope at a depth of 2500 m in the Mediterranean Sea. The first detection line was connected in March 2006 and five of such lines are now currently operated. The spatial reconstruction of the detector is mainly based on an acoustic positioning system. This contribution presents the architecture and performances of this acoustic system, as well as first results obtained by the analysis of several months of data taking.
Keywords :
acoustic measurement; astronomical telescopes; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic ray neutrinos; neutrino detection; ANTARES collaboration; Mediterranean Sea; acoustic positioning system; deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope; detection line; large underwater neutrino telescope; spatial reconstruction; Acoustic signal detection; Containers; Detectors; Ethernet networks; International collaboration; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Sea measurements; Telescopes; Underwater acoustics;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Technologies and Applications, 2007. SensorComm 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2988-2
DOI :
10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.4394928
