Time Calibration of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2011-02-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
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 about 1ns. The methods developed to attain this level of precision are described.
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@article{arxiv.1012.2204,
title = {Time Calibration of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope},
author = {The ANTARES Collaboration 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 R. Auer and B. Baret and S. Basa and M. Bazzotti and V. Bertin and S. Biagi and C. Bigongiari and M. Bou-Cabo and M. C. Bouwhuis and A. M. Brown 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 Ph. Charvis and T. Chiarusi and M. Circella and H. Costantini and N. Cottini and P. Coyle and C. Curtil and M. P. Decowski and I. Dekeyser and A. Deschamps and C. Distefano and C. Donzaud and D. Dornic and D. Drouhin and T. Eberl and U. Emanuele and J. P. Ernenwein and S. Escoffier and F. Fehr and V. Flaminio and U. Fritsch and J. L. Fuda and S. Galata and P. Gay and G. Giacomelli and J. P. Gómez-González and K. Graf and G. Guillard and G. Halladjian and G. Hallewell and H. van Haren 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 N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki and O. Kalekin and A. Kappes and U. Katz and P. Kooijman and C. Kopper and A. Kouchner and V. Kulikovskiy and R. Lahmann and P. Lamare and G. Larosa and D. Lefèvre and G. Lim and D. Lo Presti and H. Loehner and S. Loucatos and F. Lucarelli and S. Mangano and M. Marcelin and A. Margiotta and J. A. Martinez-Mora and A. Mazure and T. Montaruli and M. Morganti and L. Moscoso and H. Motz and C. Naumann and M. Neff and D. Palioselitis and G. E. Pavalas and P. Payre and J. Petrovic and P. Piattelli and N. Picot-Clemente and C. Picq and V. Popa and T. Pradier and E. Presani and C. Racca and C. Reed and G. Riccobene and C. Richardt and M. Rujoiu and G. V. Russo and F. Salesa and P. Sapienza and F. Schöck and J. P. Schuller and R. Shanidze and F. Simeone and A. Spies and M. Spurio and J. J. M. Steijger and Th. Stolarczyk and M. Taiuti and C. Tamburini and L. Tasca and S. Toscano and B. Vallage and V. Van Elewyck and G. Vannoni and M. Vecchi and P. Vernin and G. Wijnker and E. de Wolf and H. Yepes and D. Zaborov and J. D. Zornoza and J. Zúñiga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.2204},
year = {2011}
}
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23 pages, 20 figures, accepted by Astropart. Phys