The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

Adrian-Martinez S, Ageron M, Aguilar JA, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Jesus ACA, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigi A, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bou-Cabo M, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Camarena F, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carminati G, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Curtil C, De Bonis G, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fermani P, Ferri M, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Halladjian G, Hallewell G, Van Haren H, Hartman J, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Keller P, Kooijman P, Kopper C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Le Van Suu A, Lim G, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Meli A, Montaruli T, Moscoso L, Motz H, Neff M, Nezri E, Niess V, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Payet K, Payre P, Petrovic J, Piattelli P, Picot-Clemente N, Popa V, Pradier T, Presani E, Racca C, Real D, Reed C, Riccobene GM, Richardt C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Ruiz-Rivas J, Rujoiu M, Russo GV, Salesa F, Samtleben DFE, Schoeck F, Schuller JP, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Sanchez-Losa A, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Toscano S, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Vannoni G, Vecchi M, Vernin P, Wagner S, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2012)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Book Volume: 7

Article Number: ARTN T08002

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/T08002

Abstract

The ANTARES neutrino telescope, located 40km off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea at a mooring depth of about 2475m, consists of twelve detection lines equipped typically with 25 storeys. Every storey carries three optical modules that detect Cherenkov light induced by charged secondary particles (typically muons) coming from neutrino interactions. As these lines are flexible structures fixed to the sea bed and held taut by a buoy, sea currents cause the lines to move and the storeys to rotate. The knowledge of the position of the optical modules with a precision better than 10cm is essential for a good reconstruction of particle tracks. In this paper the ANTARES positioning system is described. It consists of an acoustic positioning system, for distance triangulation, and a compass-tiltmeter system, for the measurement of the orientation and inclination of the storeys. Necessary corrections are discussed and the results of the detector alignment procedure are described.

Authors with CRIS profile

Oleg Kalekin Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) Gisela Anton Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Thomas Eberl Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Alexander Enzenhöfer Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Florian Folger Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Ulf Fritsch Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik Kay Graf Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Björn Herold Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Jürgen Hößl Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Matthias Kadler Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Alexander Kappes Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Ulrich Katz Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Ingo Kreykenbohm Dr.Karl-Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg, Astronomisches Institut Robert Lahmann Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Holger Motz Physikalisches Institut Max Neff Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Roland Richter Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Kathrin Roensch Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Thomas Seitz Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Rezo Shanidze Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Andreas Spies Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Astroteilchenphysik Stefanie Wagner Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Astroteilchenphysik) Jörn Wilms Professur für Astronomie und Astrophysik

Involved external institutions

National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) IT Italy (IT) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université FR France (FR) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia ES Spain (ES) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) NL Netherlands (NL) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot FR France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València ES Spain (ES) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis / Université Nice Sophia Antipolis FR France (FR) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen NL Netherlands (NL) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) FR France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) NL Netherlands (NL) Universiteit Utrecht (UU) / Utrecht University NL Netherlands (NL) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) FR France (FR) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique FR France (FR) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) FR France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) FR France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale RO Romania (RO) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики RU Russian Federation (RU) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University FR France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ES Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Ageron, M., Aguilar, J.A., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M.,... Zuniga, J. (2012). The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope. Journal of Instrumentation, 7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/T08002

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope." Journal of Instrumentation 7 (2012).

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