The Positioning System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
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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@article{arxiv.1202.3894,
title = {The Positioning System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope},
author = {S. Adrián-Martínez and M. Ageron and J. A. Aguilar and I. Al Samarai and A. Albert and M. André and M. Anghinolfi and G. Anton and S. Anvar and M. Ardid and A. C. Assis Jesus and T. Astraatmadja and J. -J. Aubert and B. Baret and S. Basa and V. Bertin and S. Biagi and A. Bigi and C. Bigongiari and C. Bogazzi and M. Bou-Cabo and B. Bouhou and M. C. Bouwhuis and J. Brunner and J. Busto and F. Camarena and A. Capone and C. Carloganu and G. Carminati and J. Carr and S. Cecchini and Z. Charif and Ph. Charvis and T. Chiarusi and M. Circella and R. Coniglione and H. Costantini and P. Coyle and C. Curtil and G. De Bonis and M. P. Decowski and I. Dekeyser and A. Deschamps and C. Distefano and C. Donzaud and D. Dornic and Q. Dorosti and D. Drouhin and T. Eberl and U. Emanuele and A. Enzenhöfer and J. -P. Ernenwein and S. Escoffier and P. Fermani and M. Ferri and V. Flaminio and F. Folger and U. Fritsch and J. -L. Fuda and S. Galatá and P. Gay and G. Giacomelli and V. Giordano and J. P. Gómez-González and K. Graf and G. Guillard and G. Halladjian and G. Hallewell and H. van Haren and J. Hartman and A. J. Heijboer and Y. Hello and J. J. Hernández-Rey and B. Herold and J. Hößl and C. C. Hsu and M. de Jong and M. Kadler and O. Kalekin and A. Kappes and U. Katz and O. Kavatsyuk and P. Keller and P. Kooijman and C. Kopper and A. Kouchner and I. Kreykenbohm and V. Kulikovskiy and R. Lahmann and P. Lamare and G. Larosa and D. Lattuada and D. Lefévre and A. Le Van Suu and G. Lim and D. Lo Presti and H. Loehner and S. Loucatos and S. Mangano and M. Marcelin and A. Margiotta and J. A. Martínez-Mora and A. Meli and T. Montaruli and L. Moscoso and H. Motz and M. Neff and E. Nezri and V. Niess and D. Palioselitis and G. E. Păvălaş and K. Payet and P. Payre and J. Petrovic and P. Piattelli and N. Picot-Clemente and V. Popa and T. Pradier and E. Presani and C. Racca and D. Real and C. Reed and G. Riccobene and C. Richardt and R. Richter and C. Rivière and A. Robert and K. Roensch and A. Rostovtsev and J. Ruiz-Rivas and M. Rujoiu and G. V. Russo and F. Salesa and D. F. E. Samtleben and F. Schöck and J. -P. Schuller and F. Schüssler and T. Seitz and R. Shanidze and F. Simeone and A. Spies and M. Spurio and J. J. M. Steijger and Th. Stolarczyk and A. Sánchez-Losa and M. Taiuti and C. Tamburini and S. Toscano and B. Vallage and V. Van Elewyck and G. Vannoni and M. Vecchi and P. Vernin and S. Wagner and G. Wijnker and J. Wilms and E. de Wolf and H. Yepes and D. Zaborov and J. D. Zornoza and J. Zúñiga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.3894},
year = {2015}
}