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

Journal

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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University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) National Center for Energy Science & Nuclear Technology Morocco (MA) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES)

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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://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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