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.

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

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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://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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