Time calibration with atmospheric muon tracks in the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Adrian-Martinez S, Albert A, Andre M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Barrios-Marti J, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bogazzi C, Bormuth R, Bou-Cabo M, Bouwhuis MC, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, De Bonis G, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Dumas A, Eberl T, Elsaesser D, Enzenhöfer A, Fehn K, Felis I, Fermani P, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fusco LA, Galata S, Gay P, Geißelsöder S, Geyer K, Giordano V, Gleixner A, Gracia-Ruiz R, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herrero A, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Hugon C, James C, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Kießling D, Kooijman P, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lambard G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Loucatos S, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martinez-Mora JA, Martini S, Mathieu A, Michael T, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Mueller C, Neff M, Nezri E, Pavalas GE, Pellegrino C, Perrina C, Piattelli P, Popa V, Pradier T, Racca C, Riccobene G, Richter R, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Saldana M, Samtleben DFE, Sanchez-Losa A, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schmid J, Schnabel J, Schulte S, Schussler F, Seitz T, Sieger C, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Trovato A, Tselengidou M, Tonnis C, Turpin D, Vallage B, Vallee C, Van Elewyck V, Visser E, Vivolo D, Wagner S, Wilms J, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2016)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Publisher: Elsevier

Book Volume: 78

Pages Range: 43-51

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.02.001

Abstract

The ANTARES experiment consists of an array of photomultipliers distributed along 12 lines and located deep underwater in the Mediterranean Sea. It searches for astrophysical neutrinos collecting the Cherenkov light induced by the charged particles, mainly muons, produced in neutrino interactions around the detector. Since at energies of ∼10 TeV the muon and the incident neutrino are almost collinear, it is possible to use the ANTARES detector as a neutrino telescope and identify a source of neutrinos in the sky starting from a precise reconstruction of the muon trajectory. To get this result, the arrival times of the Cherenkov photons must be accurately measured. A to perform time calibrations with the precision required to have optimal performances of the instrument is described. The reconstructed tracks of the atmospheric muons in the ANTARES detector are used to determine the relative time offsets between photomultipliers. Currently, this method is used to obtain the time calibration constants for photomultipliers on different lines at a precision level of 0.5 ns. It has also been validated for calibrating photomultipliers on the same line, using a system of LEDs and laser light devices.

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Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) Institute for Corpuscular Physics / Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) Spain (ES) University of Bologna / Università di Bologna Italy (IT) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Leiden University Netherlands (NL) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University France (FR) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Italy (IT) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J.-J.,... Zuniga, J. (2016). Time calibration with atmospheric muon tracks in the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astroparticle Physics, 78, 43-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2016.02.001

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "Time calibration with atmospheric muon tracks in the ANTARES neutrino telescope." Astroparticle Physics 78 (2016): 43-51.

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