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ANTARES Collaboration (Aguilar, J.A. et al); Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Salesa, F.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Time calibration of the ANTARES neutrino telescope |
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Journal Article |
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2011 |
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Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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34 |
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7 |
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539-549 |
| Keywords |
Time calibration; Neutrino telescopes; ANTARES |
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The ANTARES deep-sea neutrino telescope comprises a three-dimensional array of photomultipliers to detect the Cherenkov light induced by upgoing relativistic charged particles originating from neutrino interactions in the vicinity of the detector. The large scattering length of light in the deep sea facilitates an angular resolution of a few tenths of a degree for neutrino energies exceeding 10 TeV. In order to achieve this optimal performance, the time calibration procedures should ensure a relative time calibration between the photomultipliers at the level of similar to 1 ns. The methods developed to attain this level of precision are described. |
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[Aguilar, J. A.; Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P.; Hernandez-Rey, J. J.; Mangano, S.; Salesa, F.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zuniga, J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular, IFIC, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: zornoza@ific.uv.es |
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ISI:000287955500004 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Ageron, M. et al); Aguilar, J.A.; Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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The ANTARES telescope neutrino alert system |
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Journal Article |
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2012 |
Publication |
Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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35 |
Issue |
8 |
Pages |
530-536 |
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ANTARES; Neutrino astronomy; Transient sources; Optical follow-up |
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The ANTARES telescope has the capability to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. Potential sources include gamma-ray bursts, core collapse supernovae, and flaring active galactic nuclei. To enhance the sensitivity of ANTARES to such sources, a new detection method based on coincident observations of neutrinos and optical signals has been developed. A fast online muon track reconstruction is used to trigger a network of small automatic optical telescopes. Such alerts are generated for special events, such as two or more neutrinos, coincident in time and direction, or single neutrinos of very high energy. |
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[Ageron, M.; Al Samarai, I.; Aubert, J. -J.; Bertin, V.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Carr, J.; Charif, Z.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Curtil, C.; Ernenwein, J-P.; Escoffier, S.; Galata, S.; Halladjian, G.; Hallewell, G.; Payre, P.; Picot-Clemente, N.; Riviere, C.; Vecchi, M.] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS, IN2P3, Marseille, France, Email: vecchi@cppm.in2p3.fr |
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0927-6505 |
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WOS:000301312000005 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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933 |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Mangano, S.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Measurement of the group velocity of light in sea water at the ANTARES site |
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Journal Article |
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2012 |
Publication |
Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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35 |
Issue |
9 |
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552-557 |
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ANTARES; Neutrino telescope; Optical beacon system; Velocity of light; Refractive index |
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The group velocity of light has been measured at eight different wavelengths between 385 nm and 532 nm in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of about 2.2 km with the ANTARES optical beacon systems. A parametrisation of the dependence of the refractive index on wavelength based on the salinity, pressure and temperature of the sea water at the ANTARES site is in good agreement with these measurements. |
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[Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P.; Hernandez-Rey, J. J.; Mangano, S.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J. D.; Zuniga, J.] Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: manganos@ific.uv.es |
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WOS:000302109200002 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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964 |
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Wurm, M. et al; Mena, O. |
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The next-generation liquid-scintillator neutrino observatory LENA |
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Journal Article |
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2012 |
Publication |
Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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35 |
Issue |
11 |
Pages |
685-732 |
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Neutrino detectors; Liquid-scintillator detectors; Low-energy neutrinos; Proton decay; Longbaseline neutrino beams |
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As part of the European LAGUNA design study on a next-generation neutrino detector, we propose the liquid-scintillator detector LENA (Low Energy Neutrino Astronomy) as a multipurpose neutrino observatory. The outstanding successes of the Borexino and KamLAND experiments demonstrate the large potential of liquid-scintillator detectors in low-energy neutrino physics. Low energy threshold, good energy resolution and efficient background discrimination are inherent to the liquid-scintillator technique. A target mass of 50 kt will offer a substantial increase in detection sensitivity. At low energies, the variety of detection channels available in liquid scintillator will allow for an energy and flavor-resolved analysis of the neutrino burst emitted by a galactic Supernova. Due to target mass and background conditions, LENA will also be sensitive to the faint signal of the Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background. Solar metallicity, time-variation in the solar neutrino flux and deviations from MSW-LMA survival probabilities can be investigated based on unprecedented statistics. Low background conditions allow to search for dark matter by observing rare annihilation neutrinos. The large number of events expected for geoneutrinos will give valuable information on the abundances of Uranium and Thorium and their relative ratio in the Earth's crust and mantle. Reactor neutrinos enable a high-precision measurement of solar mixing parameters. A strong radioactive or pion decay-at-rest neutrino source can be placed close to the detector to investigate neutrino oscillations for short distances and sub-MeV to MeV energies. At high energies, LENA will provide a new lifetime limit for the SUSY-favored proton decay mode into kaon and antineutrino, surpassing current experimental limits by about one order of magnitude. Recent studies have demonstrated that a reconstruction of momentum and energy of GeV particles is well feasible in liquid scintillator. Monte Carlo studies on the reconstruction of the complex event topologies found for neutrino interactions at multi-GeV energies have shown promising results. If this is confirmed. LENA might serve as far detector in a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment currently investigated in LAGUNA-LBNO. |
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[Wurm, Michael; Bick, Daniel; Hagner, Caren; Lorenz, Sebastian] Univ Hamburg, Inst Expt Phys, Hamburg, Germany, Email: michael.wurm@desy.de |
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WOS:000304787800001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1054 |
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ANTARES Collaboration (Adrian-Martinez, S. et al); Bigongiari, C.; Dornic, D.; Emanuele, U.; Gomez-Gonzalez, J.P.; Hernandez-Rey, J.J.; Lambard, G.; Mangano, S.; Ruiz-Rivas, J.; Salesa, F.; Sanchez-Losa, A.; Toscano, S.; Yepes, H.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zuñiga, J. |
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Search for neutrino emission from gamma-ray flaring blazars with the ANTARES telescope |
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Journal Article |
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2012 |
Publication |
Astroparticle Physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Astropart Phys. |
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36 |
Issue |
1 |
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204-210 |
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ANTARES; Neutrino astronomy; Fermi LAT transient sources; Time-dependent search; Blazars |
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The ANTARES telescope is well-suited to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources as it can observe a full hemisphere of the sky at all times with a high duty cycle. Radio-loud active galactic nuclei with jets pointing almost directly towards the observer, the so-called blazars, are particularly attractive potential neutrino point sources. The all-sky monitor LAT on board the Fermi satellite probes the variability of any given gamma-ray bright blazar in the sky on time scales of hours to months. Assuming hadronic models, a strong correlation between the gamma-ray and the neutrino fluxes is expected. Selecting a narrow time window on the assumed neutrino production period can significantly reduce the background. An unbinned method based on the minimization of a likelihood ratio was applied to a subsample of data collected in 2008 (61 days live time). By searching for neutrinos during the high state periods of the AGN light curve, the sensitivity to these sources was improved by about a factor of two with respect to a standard time-integrated point source search. First results on the search for neutrinos associated with ten bright and variable Fermi sources are presented. |
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[Al Samarai, I.; Aubert, J-J.; Bertin, V.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Carr, J.; Charif, Z.; Core, L.; Costantini, H.; Coyle, P.; Curtil, C.; Dornic, D.; Ernenwein, J-P.; Escoffier, S.; Galata, S.; Halladjian, G.; Hallewell, G.; Payre, P.; Picot-Clemente, N.; Riviere, C.; Vallee, C.; Vecchi, M.] Aix Marseille Univ, CPPM, CNRS, IN2P3, Marseille, France, Email: dornic@in2p3.fr |
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WOS:000309787000024 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1190 |
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