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ANTARES: Status, first results and multi-messenger astronomy

The ANTARES Collaboration has completed in 2008 the deployment of what is currently the largest high energy neutrino detector in the Northern hemisphere. The search for cosmic neutrinos in the energy range between tens of GeV and tens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Manuela Vecchi

The ANTARES neutrino project: status report

The ANTARES project aims to build a deep underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. Currently the experiment is in the construction phase and has recently achieved two important milestones. The electro-optical cable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 I. Sokalski

The ANTARES neutrino telescope

The ANTARES collaboration completed the installation of the first neutrino detector in the sea in 2008. It consists of a three dimensional array of 885 photomultipliers to gather the Cherenkov photons induced by relativistic muons produced…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-10-11 Juan de Dios Zornoza , Juan Zúñiga

The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope

The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector takes care of the digitisation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-27 J. A. Aguilar , ANTARES collaboration

Simulation study on the optical processes at deep-sea neutrino telescope sites

The performance of a large-scale water Cherenkov neutrino telescope relies heavily on the transparency of the surrounding water, quantified by its level of light absorption and scattering. A pathfinder experiment was carried out to measure…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-28 Fan Hu , Zhenyu Wei , Wei Tian , Ziping Ye , Fuyudi Zhang , Zhengyang Sun , Wei Zhi , Qichao Chang , Qiao Xue , Zhuo Li , Donglian Xu

The ANTARES Telescope Neutrino Alert System

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Ageron , J. A. Aguilar , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J-J. Aubert , B. Baret , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , A. Bigi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Cârloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenöfer , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J-L. Fuda , S. Galatà , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. Gòmez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , J. Hartman , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamar , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefèvre , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J-P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spuriol , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sànchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zùñiga

The ANTARES Optical Module

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The ANTARES Collaboration

ANTARES and other Neutrino Telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere

Several projects are concentrating their efforts on opening the high energy neutrino window on the Universe with km-scale detectors. The detection principle relies on the observation, using photomultipliers, of the Cherenkov light emitted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-08 Antoine Kouchner

ANTARES Status & Milestones : News from Deep-Sea

The ANTARES project aims to build a deep-sea Cherenkov Telescope for High Energy Neutrino Astronomy located in the Mediterranean Sea. The experiment, currently in the construction phase, has recently achieved an important milestone : the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Thierry Pradier

Search for neutrino emission in gamma-ray flaring blazars with the ANTARES telescope

The ANTARES telescope observes a full hemisphere of the sky all the time with a duty cycle close to 100%. This makes it well suited for an extensive observation of neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. In the surrounding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Agustín Sánchez-Losa

Search for steady and flaring neutrino emission from cosmic sources using the complete ANTARES dataset

ANTARES, a neutrino detector located in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, operated successfully for over 15 years before being decommissioned in 2022. The telescope offered an ideal vantage view of the Southern Sky and benefited from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-11 ANTARES Collaboration , A. Albert , S. Alves , M. André , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , J. J. Aubert , J. Aublin , B. Baret , S. Basa , Y. Becherini , B. Belhorma , F. Benfenati , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Brânzaş , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Carenini , J. Carr , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Díaz , B. De Martino , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , D. van Eijk , S. El Hedri , N. El Khayati , A. Enzenhöfer , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , F. Filippini , L. Fusco , S. Gagliardini , J. García , C. Gatius Oliver , P. Gay , N. Geißelbrecht , H. Glotin , R. Gozzini , R. Gracia Ruiz , K. Graf , C. Guidi , L. Haegel , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , L. Hennig , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Hößl , F. Huang , G. Illuminati , B. Jisse-Jung , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , M. Lamoureux , A. Lazo , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , S. Le Stum , S. Loucatos , J. Manczak , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martínez-Mora , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , R. Muller , S. Navas , E. Nezri , B. Ó Fearraigh , E. Oukacha , A. M. Păun , G. E. Păvălaş , S. Peña-Martínez , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , N. Randazzo , D. Real , G. Riccobene , A. Romanov , A. Sánchez Losa , A. Saina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , F. Schüssler , J. Seneca , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , B. Vallage , G. Vannoye , V. Van Elewyck , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

Overview of ANTARES results on Dark Matter Searches

The search for dark matter is one of the most important goals of neutrino telescopes. The ANTARES detector, installed in the Mediterranean Sea, is taking data since 2007. Neutrino telescopes have interesting advantages for this kind of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-03 J. D. Zornoza

AMADEUS - The Acoustic Neutrino Detection Test System of the ANTARES Deep-Sea Neutrino Telescope

The AMADEUS (ANTARES Modules for the Acoustic Detection Under the Sea) system which is described in this article aims at the investigation of techniques for acoustic detection of neutrinos in the deep sea. It is integrated into the ANTARES…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-10 ANTARES collaboration , J. A. Aguilar , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J. -J. Aubert , R. Auer , E. Barbarito , B. Baret , S. Basa , M. Bazzotti , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , C. Bigongiari , M. Bou-Cabo , M. C. Bouwhuis , A. Brown , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Cârloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , B. Cassano , E. Castorina , V. Cavasinni , S. Cecchini , A. Ceres , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , N. Chon Sen , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , N. Cottini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , G. De Bonis , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , F. Fehr , C. Fiorello , V. Flaminio , U. Fritsch , J. -L. Fuda , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , J. P. Gómez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , E. Heine , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , M. de Jong , N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , P. Keller , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , W. Kretschmer , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Lambard , G. Larosa , H. Laschinsky , H. Le Provost , D. Lefèvre , G. Lelaizant , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , F. Louis , F. Lucarelli , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martinez-Mora , A. Mazure , M. Mongelli , T. Montaruli , M. Morganti , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , C. Naumann , M. Neff , R. Ostasch , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Pavalas , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , N. Picot-Clemente , C. Picq , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , A. Radu , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , M. Rujoiu , M. Ruppi , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J. -P. Schuller , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , L. Tasca , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , G. Wijnker , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

The ANTARES Detector: Electronics and Readout

In this paper, we illustrate the main features of the electronics and data acquisition systems of the ANTARES apparatus, a large volume, deep-sea neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Circella

Development of Acoustic Sensors for the ANTARES Experiment

In order to study the possibility of acoustic detection of ultra-high energy neutrinos in water, our group is planning to deploy and operate an array of acoustic sensors using the ANTARES Neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-05 Christopher Lindsay Naumann , Gisela Anton , Kay Graf , Juergen Hoessl , Alexander Kappes , Timo Karg , Uli Katz , Robert Lahmann , Karsten Salomon

Transient Point Source Analyses in the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The ANTARES telescope, with a duty cycle close to unity and a full hemisphere of the sky at all the times visible, is well suited to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. Assuming a known neutrino production period,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Agustín Sánchez-Losa

Neutrino telescopes under the ocean: The case for ANTARES

Neutrino telescopes offer an alternative way to explore the Universe. Several projects are in operation or under construction. A detector under the ocean is very promising because of the very accurate angular resolution that it provides.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Moscoso

Time-dependent search for neutrino emission from x-ray binaries with the ANTARES telescope

ANTARES is currently the largest neutrino telescope operating in the Northern Hemisphere, aiming at the detection of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources. Neutrino telescopes constantly monitor at least one complete hemisphere…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 A. Albert , M. André , G. Anton , M. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , T. Avgitas , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Martí , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , R. Bormuth , M. C. Bouwhuis , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , J. Carr , S. Celli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. Deschamps , G. De Bonis , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , I. El Bojaddaini , D. Elsässer , A. Enzenhöfer , I. Felis , L. A. Fusco , S. Galatà , P. Gay , S. Geiÿelsöder , K. Geyer , V. Giordano , A. Gleixner , H. Glotin , R. Gracia-Ruiz , K. Graf , S. Hallmann , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , J. Höÿl , J. Hofestädt , C. Hugon , G. Illuminati , C. W. James , M. de Jong , M. Jongen , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , D. Kieÿling , A. Kouchner , M. Kreter , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , C. Lachaud , R. Lahmann , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , S. Loucatos , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Mathieu , K. Melis , T. Michael , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , C. Mueller , E. Nezri , G. E. Pavalas , C. Pellegrino , C. Perrina , P. Piattelli , V. Popa , T. Pradier , C. Racca , G. Riccobene , K. Roensch , M. Saldaña , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , J. Schnabel , F. Schüssler , T. Seitz , C. Sieger , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , A. Trovato , M. Tselengidou , D. Turpin , C. Tönnis , B. Vallage , C. Vallée , V. Van Elewyck , D. Vivolo , S. Wagner , J. Wilms , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

A Fast Algorithm for Muon Track Reconstruction and its Application to the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

An algorithm is presented, that provides a fast and robust reconstruction of neutrino induced upward-going muons and a discrimination of these events from downward-going atmospheric muon background in data collected by the ANTARES neutrino…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 ANTARES collaboration , J. A. Aguilar , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. Andre , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J-J. Aubert , R. Auer , B. Baret , S. Basa , M. Bazzotti , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , M. C. Bouwhuis , A. M. Brown , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Carloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , N. Cottini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , F. Fehr , V. Flaminio , U. Fritsch , J-L. Fuda , S. Galata , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , J. P. Gomez-Gonzalez , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernandez-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Larosa , D. Lefevre , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , F. Lucarelli , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martinez-Mora , A. Mazure , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , M. Morganti , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , C. Naumann , M. Neff , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Pavalas , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , N. Picot-Clemente , C. Picq , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , R. Richter , A. Rostovtsev , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J-P. Schuller , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spiess , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , L. Tasca , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , G. Wijnker , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zuniga

Reconstruction efficiency and discovery potential of a Mediterranean neutrino telescope: A simulation study using the Hellenic Open University Reconstruction & Simulation (HOURS) package

We report on the evaluation of the performance of a Mediterranean very large volume neutrino telescope. We present results of our studies concerning the capability of the telescope in detecting/discovering galactic (steady point sources)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. G. Tsirigotis , A. Leisos , S. E. Tzamarias