Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using K-40 decays in sea water

Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Avgitas T, Baret B, Barrios-Marti J, Basa S, Belhorma B, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bormuth R, Boumaaza J, Bourret S, Bouwhuis MC, Branzas H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Celli S, Chabab M, Cherkaoui El Moursli R, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coelho JAB, Coleiro A, Colomer M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Diaz AF, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Di Palma , Domi A, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, El Bojaddaini , El Khayati N, Elsaesser D, Enzenhöfer A, Ettahiri A, Fassi F, Felis , Ferrara G, Fusco LA, Gay P, Glotin H, Gregoire T, Ruiz RG, Graf K, Hallmann S, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Illuminati G, James C, De Jong M, Jongen M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Kouchner A, Kreter M, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lachaud C, Lahmann R, Lefevre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Lotze M, Loucatos S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martinez-Mora JA, Mele R, Melis K, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Navas S, Nezri E, Nunez A, Organokov M, Pavalas GE, Pellegrino C, Piattelli P, Popa , Pradier T, Quinn L, Racca C, Randazzo N, Riccobene G, Sanchez-Losa A, Saldana M, Salvadori , Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schussler F, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Trovato A, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Versari F, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2018)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2018

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Publisher: SPRINGER

Book Volume: 78

Article Number: 669

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6132-2

Abstract

Cherenkov light induced by radioactive decay products is one of the major sources of background light for deep-sea neutrino telescopes such as ANTARES. These decays are at the same time a powerful calibration source. Using data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope from mid 2008 to 2017, the time evolution of the photon detection efficiency of optical modules is studied. A modest loss of only 20% in 9 years is observed. The relative time calibration between adjacent modules is derived as well.

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APA:

Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J.-J.,... Zuniga, J. (2018). Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using K-40 decays in sea water. European Physical Journal C, 78(8). https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6132-2

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "Long-term monitoring of the ANTARES optical module efficiencies using K-40 decays in sea water." European Physical Journal C 78.8 (2018).

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