PT Journal
AU ANTARES Collaboration (Ageron, Mea
   Aguilar, JA
   Bigongiari, C
   Dornic, D
   Emanuele, U
   Gomez-Gonzalez, JP
   Hernandez-Rey, JJ
   Mangano, S
   Ruiz-Rivas, J
   Salesa, F
   Sanchez-Losa, A
   Toscano, S
   Yepes, H
   Zornoza, JD
   Zuñiga, J
TI The ANTARES telescope neutrino alert system
SO Astroparticle Physics
JI Astropart Phys.
PY 2012
BP 530
EP 536
VL 35
IS 8
DI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.11.011
LA English
DE ANTARES; Neutrino astronomy; Transient sources; Optical follow-up
AB 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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