The calibration units of KM3NeT
Le Breton R, Billault M, Boutonnet C, Champion C, Colonges S, Cosquer A, Creusot A, Henry S, Ilioni A, Keller P, Lagier P, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Lesrel J, Lindsey Clark M, Royon J, Riccobene G, Samtleben D, Van Elewyck V (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Journal
Book Volume: 16
Article Number: C09004
Journal Issue: 9
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/C09004
Abstract
KM3NeT is a deep-sea infrastructure composed of two neutrino telescopes being deployed in the Mediterranean Sea: ARCA, near Sicily in Italy, designed for neutrino astronomy, and ORCA, near Toulon in France, designed for neutrino oscillation physics. To achieve the best performance, the exact location of the optical modules, affected by sea current, must be known at any time and the timing resolution between optical modules must reach the nanosecond. Moreover, the properties of the environment in which the telescopes are deployed must be continuously monitored because they affect the timing and positioning calibration. KM3NeT is going to deploy several dedicated Calibration Units to meet these calibration goals. Because of the difference in size between ARCA and ORCA, the design of the Calibration Unit is not the same for the two sites. This proceeding describes all the devices, features and purposes of the Calibration Units with a focus on the ORCA Calibration Unit.
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Université de Paris
France (FR)
Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université
France (FR)
FOM Foundation
Netherlands (NL)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Italy (IT)
France (FR)
Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université
France (FR)
FOM Foundation
Netherlands (NL)
National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Italy (IT)
How to cite
APA:
Le Breton, R., Billault, M., Boutonnet, C., Champion, C., Colonges, S., Cosquer, A.,... Van Elewyck, V. (2021). The calibration units of KM3NeT. Journal of Instrumentation, 16(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/09/C09004
MLA:
Le Breton, R., et al. "The calibration units of KM3NeT." Journal of Instrumentation 16.9 (2021).
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