Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module

Adrian-Martinez S, Ageron M, Aharonian F, Aiello S, Albert A, Ameli F, Anassontzis EG, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, De Asmundis R, Balasi K, Band H, Barbarino G, Barbarito E, Barbato FCT, Baret B, Baron S, Belias A, Berbee E, Van Den Berg AM, Berkien A, Bertin V, Beurthey S, Van Beveren V, Beverini N, Biagi S, Bianucci S, Billault M, Birbas A, Rookhuizen HB, Bormuth R, Bouche V, Bouhadef B, Bourlis G, Bouwhuis M, Bozza C, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Cacopardo G, Caillat L, Calamai M, Calvo D, Capone A, Caramete L, Caruso F, Cecchini S, Ceres A, Cereseto R, Champion C, Chateau F, Chiarusi T, Christopoulou B, Circella M, Classen L, Cocimano R, Colonges S, Coniglione R, Cosquer A, Costa M, Coyle P, Creusot A, Curtil C, Cuttone G, D'Amato C, D'Amico A, De Bonis G, De Rosa G, Deniskina N, Destelle JJ, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti-Hasankiadeh Q, Drakopoulou E, Drouhin D, Drury L, Durand D, Eberl T, Eleftheriadis C, Elsaesser D, Enzenhöfer A, Fermani P, Fusco LA, Gajana D, Gal T, Galata S, Gallo F, Garufi F, Gebyehu M, Giordano V, Gizani N, Ruiz RG, Graf K, Grasso R, Grella G, Grmek A, Habel R, Van Haren H, Heid T, Heijboer A, Heine E, Henry S, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hevinga MA, Van Der Hoek M, Hofestädt J, Hogenbirk J, Hugon CM, Hößl J, Imbesi M, James C, Jansweijer P, Jochum J, De Jong M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Kappos E, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Keller P, Kieft G, Koffeman E, Kok H, Kooijman P, Koopstra J, Korporaal A, Kouchner A, Koutsoukos S, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Le Provost H, Leisos A, Lenis D, Leonora E, Clark ML, Liolios A, Llorens Alvarez CD, Loehner H, Lo Presti D, Louis F, Maccioni E, Mannheim K, Manolopoulos K, Margiotta A, Maris O, Markou C, Martinez-Mora JA, Martini A, Masullo R, Michael T, Migliozzi P, Migneco E, Miraglia A, Mollo CM, Mongelli M, Morganti M, Mos S, Moudden Y, Musico P, Musumeci MS, Nicolaou C, Nicolau CA, Orlando A, Orzelli A, Papageorgiou K, Papaikonomou A, Papaleo R, Pavalas GE, Peek H, Pellegrino C, Pellegriti MG, Perrina C, Petridou C, Piattelli P, Pikounis K, Popa V, Pradier T, Priede M, Pühlhofer G, Pulvirenti S, Racca C, Raffaelli F, Randazzo N, Rapidis PA, Razis P, Real D, Resvanis L, Reubelt J, Riccobene GM, Rovelli A, Royon J, Saldana M, Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Santangelo A, Sapienza P, Savvidis I, Schmelling J, Schnabel J, Sedita M, Seitz T, Sgura I, Simeone F, Siotis I, Sipala V, Solazzo M, Spitaleri A, Spurio M, Stavropoulos G, Steijger J, Stolarczyk T, Stransky D, Taiuti M, Terreni G, Tezier D, Theraube S, Thompson LF, Timmer P, Trapierakis HI, Trasatti L, Trovato A, Tselengidou M, Tsirigotis A, Tzamarias S, Tzamariudaki E, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Vermeulen J, Vernin P, Viola S, Vivolo D, Werneke P, Wiggers L, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Van Wooning RHL, Yatkin K, Zachariadou K, Zonca E, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J, Zwart A (2014)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Publisher: SPRINGER

Book Volume: 74

Article Number: 3056

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3056-3

Abstract

The first prototype of a photo-detection unit of the future KM3NeT neutrino telescope has been deployed in the deepwaters of the Mediterranean Sea. This digital optical module has a novel design with a very large photocathode area segmented by the use of 31 three inch photomultiplier tubes. It has been integrated in the ANTARES detector for in-situ testing and validation. This paper reports on the first months of data taking and rate measurements. The analysis results highlight the capabilities of the new module design in terms of background suppression and signal recognition. The directionality of the optical module enables the recognition of multiple Cherenkov photons from the same (40)Kdecay and the localisation of bioluminescent activity in the neighbourhood. The single unit can cleanly identify atmospheric muons and provide sensitivity to the muon arrival directions.

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Ageron, M., Aharonian, F., Aiello, S., Albert, A., Ameli, F.,... Zwart, A. (2014). Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module. European Physical Journal C, 74(9). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3056-3

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module." European Physical Journal C 74.9 (2014).

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