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The ANTARES Optical Module

Astrophysics 2012-08-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1 km-squared and will be equipped with about 1000 optical modules. Each of these optical modules consists of a large area photomultiplier and its associated electronics housed in a pressure resistant glass sphere. The design of the ANTARES optical module, which is a key element of the detector, has been finalized following extensive R & D studies and is reviewed here in detail.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0112172,
  title  = {The ANTARES Optical Module},
  author = {The ANTARES Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0112172},
  year   = {2012}
}

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26 pages, 15 figures, to be published in NIM