• DocumentCode
    2304058
  • Title

    Acoustic Positioning System for the Deep-Sea ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

  • Author

    Keller, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. de la Mediterrannee, Marseille
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    14-20 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    243
  • Lastpage
    247
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensor Technologies and Applications, 2007. SensorComm 2007. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Valencia
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-2988-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2007.4394928
  • Filename
    4394928