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Astrophysical point source search with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

The ANTARES neutrino telescope is installed at a depth of 2.5 km of the Mediterranean Sea and consists of a three-dimensional array of 885 photomultipliers arranged on twelve detector lines. The prime objective is to detect high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Salvatore Mangano

Status report of the ANTARES experiment

The ANTARES Collaboration is building an underwater neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean sea. The telescope is designed to search for high energy (E $>1$ TeV) galactic and extra-galactic neutrino sources, but could also be sensitive to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Y. Becherini

KM3NeT/ARCA stacking search for high-energy neutrinos from blazars

Blazars are promising targets for neutrino astronomy, as highlighted by IceCube's identification of TXS 0506+056 as a cosmic neutrino source candidate. High-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs) stand out due to their characteristic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-03 Francesco Carenini , Giulia Illuminati

The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope, at a depth of 2475 m in the Mediterranean Sea, near Toulon, is taking data in its final configuration of 12 detection lines. Each line is equipped with 75 photomultipliers (PMT) housed in glass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 G. Giacomelli

Long term monitoring of the optical background in the Capo Passero deep-sea site with the NEMO tower prototype

The NEMO Phase-2 tower is the first detector which was operated underwater for more than one year at the "record" depth of 3500 m. It was designed and built within the framework of the NEMO (NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory) project. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-01 S. Adrián-Martínez , S. Aiello , F. Ameli , M. Anghinolfi , M. Ardid , G. Barbarino , E. Barbarito , F. C. T. Barbato , N. Beverini , S. Biagi , A. Biagioni , B. Bouhadef , C. Bozza , G. Cacopardo , M. Calamai , C. Calí , D. Calvo , A. Capone , F. Caruso , A. Ceres , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Cocimano , R. Coniglione , M. Costa , G. Cuttone , C. D'Amato , A. D'Amico , G. De Bonis , V. De Luca , N. Deniskina , G. De Rosa , F. di Capua , C. Distefano , A. Enzenhöfer , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , V. Flaminio , L. A. Fusco , F. Garufi , V. Giordano , A. Gmerk , R. Grasso , G. Grella , C. Hugon , M. Imbesi , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , K. P. Leismüller , E. Leonora , P. Litrico , C. D. Llorens Alvarez , A. Lonardo , F. Longhitano , D. Lo Presti , E. Maccioni , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , A. Martini , R. Masullo , P. Migliozzi , E. Migneco , A. Miraglia , C. M. Mollo , M. Mongelli , M. Morganti , P. Musico , M. Musumeci , C. A. Nicolau , A. Orlando , A. Orzelli , R. Papaleo , C. Pellegrino , M. G. Pellegriti , C. Perrina , P. Piattelli , C. Pugliatti , S. Pulvirenti , F. Raffaelli , N. Randazzo , D. Real , G. Riccobene , A. Rovelli , M. Saldaña , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , V. Sciacca , I. Sgura , F. Simeone , V. Sipala , F. Speziale , A. Spitaleri , M. Spurio , S. M. Stellacci , M. Taiuti , G. Terreni , L. Trasatti , A. Trovato , C. Ventura , P. Vicini , S. Viola , D. Vivolo

The ANTARES neutrino telescope: a status report

ANTARES is a large volume neutrino telescope currently under construction off La Seyne-sur-mer, France, at 2475m depth. Neutrino telescopes aim at detecting neutrinos as a new probe for a sky study at energies greater than 1 TeV. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 A. Kouchner

The KM3NeT multi-PMT optical module

The optical module of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope is an innovative, multi-faceted large area photodetection module. It contains 31 three-inch photomultiplier tubes in a single 0.44 m diameter pressure-resistant glass sphere. The module is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-21 KM3NeT Collaboration

The Sound Emission Board of the KM3NeT Acoustic Positioning System

We describe the sound emission board proposed for installation in the acoustic positioning system of the future KM3NeT underwater neutrino telescope. The KM3NeT European consortium aims to build a multi-cubic kilometre underwater neutrino…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-06 C. D. Llorens , M. Ardid , T. Sogorb , M. Bou--Cabo , J. A. Martínez-Mora , G. Larosa , S. Adrián-Martínez

NEMO-\onde: a submarine station for real-time monitoring of acoustic background installed at 2000 m depth in the Mediterranean Sea

The NEMO (NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory) Collaboration installed, 25 km E offshore the port of Catania (Sicily) at 2000 m depth, an underwater laboratory to perform long-term tests of prototypes and new technologies for an underwater…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-21 The NEMO Collaboration , L. Cosentino , M. Favetta , G. Larosa , G. Pavan , D. J. Romeo , S. Privitera , F. Speziale

The Power Board of the KM3NeT Digital Optical Module: design, upgrade, and production

The KM3NeT Collaboration is building an underwater neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea consisting of two neutrino telescopes, both composed of a three-dimensional array of light detectors, known as digital optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-28 S. Aiello , A. Albert , S. Alves Garre , Z. Aly , A. Ambrosone , F. Ameli , M. Andre , E. Androutsou , M. Anguita , L. Aphecetche , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , H. Atmani , J. Aublin , F. Badaracco , L. Bailly-Salins , Z. Bardacova , B. Baret , A. Bariego Quintana , S. Basegmez du Pree , Y. Becherini , M. Bendahman , F. Benfenati , M. Benhassi , D. M. Benoit , E. Berbee , V. Bertin , V. van Beveren , S. Biagi , M. Boettcher , D. Bonanno , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. Bouwhuis , C. Bozza , R. M. Bozza , H. Branzas , F. Bretaudeau , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , R. Bruno , E. Buis , R. Buompane , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Careniniu , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , P. Castaldi , V. Cecchini , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , M. Chadolias , C. Champion , A. Chena , S. Cherubini , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Cocimano , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , S. Colonges , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , G. Cuttone , R. Dallier , Y. Darras , A. De Benedittis , B. De Martino , V. Decoene , R. Del Burgo , I. Del Rosso , U. M. Di Cerbo , L. S. Di Mauro , I. Di Palma , A. F. Díaz , C. Diaz , D. Diego-Tortosa , C. Distefano , A. Domia , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , M. Dorra , E. Drakopoulou , D. Drouhin , R. Dvornicky , T. Eberla , E. Eckerova , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , M. Eff , D. van Eijk , I. El Bojaddaini , S. El Hedri , A. Enzenhofer , G. Ferrara , M. D. Filipovica , F. Filippini , D. Franciotti , L. A. Fusco , O. Gabellaa , J. Gabriela , S. Gagliardini , T. Gal , J. Garcıa Mendez , A. Garcia Soto , C. Gatius Oliver , N. Geißelbrecht , H. Ghaddari , L. Gialanella , B. K. Gibson , E. Giorgio , I. Goos , P. Goswami , D. Goupilliere , S. R. Gozzini , R. Gracia , K. Grafa , C. Guidi , B. Guillon , M. Gutierrez , H. van Haren , A. Heijboer , A. Hekalo , L. Henniga , J. J. Hernandez-Rey , W. Idrissi Ibnsalih , G. Illuminati , P. Jansweijer , M. de Jonga , P. de Jonga , B. J. Jung , P. Kalaczynski , O. Kalekin , U. F. Katz , A. Khatun , G. Kistauri , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , V. Kueviakoe , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Kvatadze , M. Labalme , R. Lahmann , G. Larosa , C. Lastoria , A. Lazo , S. Le Stum , G. Lehaut , E. Leonora , N. Lessing , G. Levi , M. Lindsey Clark , P. Litrico , F. Longhitano , J. Majumdar , L. Malerba , F. Mamedov , J. Manczak , A. Manfredae , M. Marconi , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , C. Markou , L. Martin , J. A. Martınez-Mora , F. Marzaioli , M. Mastrodicasa , S. Mastroianni , S. Miccich , G. Miele , P. Migliozzi , E. Migneco , S. Minutoli , M. L. Mitsou , C. M. Mollo , L. Morales-Gallegos , M. Morga , A. Moussa , I. Mozun Mateo , R. Muller , P. Musico , M. R. Musone , M. Musumeci , S. Navas , A. Nayerhoda , C. A. Nicolau , B. Nkosi , B. O. Fearraigh , V. Oliviero , A. Orlando , E. Oukacha , D. Paesani , J. Palacios Gonzalez , G. Papalashvili , V. Parisi , E. J. Pastor Gomez , A. M. Pauna , G. E. Pavalas , G. Pellegrini , S. Peñaa Martinez , M. Perrin-Terrin , J. Perronnel , V. Pestel , R. Pestes , P. Piattelli , C. Poirre , V. Popa , T. Pradier , J. Prado , S. Pulvirenti , G. Quemener , C. A. Quiroz-Rangel , U. Rahaman , N. Randazzo , R. Randriatoamana , S. Razzaque , I. C. Rea , D. Real , G. Riccobene , J. Robinson , A. Romanov , A. Saina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sanchez Losa , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sanguineti , C. Santonastaso , D. Santonocito , P. Sapienza , J. Schmelling , J. Schnabel , J. Schumann , H. M. Schutt , J. Seneca , N. Sennan , B. Setter , I. Sgura , R. Shanidze , A. Sharma , Y. Shitov , F. Simkovic , A. Simonelli , A. Sinopoulou , M. V. Smirnov , B. Spisso , M. Spurio , D. Stavropoulos , I. Stekl , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , H. Thiersen , I. Tosta e Melo , E. Tragi , B. Trocme , V. Tsourapis , E. Tzamariudaki , A. Vacheret , A. Valer Melchor , V. Valsecchi , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoye , G. Vasileiadis , F. Vazquez de Sola , C. Verilhac , A. Veutro , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes Ramirez , G. Zarpapis , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , D. Zito , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zuniga , N. Zywuck

Mass hierarchy and CP-phase sensitivity of ORCA using Fermilab Neutrino Beam

We explore neutrino mass hierarchy determination and CP-phase measurement using multi-megaton water Cherenkov detector KM3NeT-Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss (ORCA) in the Mediterranean sea receiving neutrino beam from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-01 Ushak Rahaman , Soebur Razzaque

Detecting high-energy neutrinos from microquasars with the ANTARES telescope

The ANTARES project aims at the construction of a neutrino telescope 2500 m below the surface of the Mediterranean sea, close to the southern French coast. The apparatus will consist of a 3D array of photomultiplier tubes, which detects the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. F. Burgio

Antares: Towards a Large Underwater Neutrino Experiment

After a long R&D phase to validate its detector concept, the ANTARES (Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss environmental RESearch) collaboration is operating the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere, which is close…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Spurio

Ultra High Energy Neutrinos in the Mediterranean: detecting nu_tau and nu_mu with a km^3 Telescope

We perform a study of the ultra high energy neutrino detection performances of a km^3 Neutrino Telescope sitting at the three proposed sites for ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR in the Mediterranean sea. We focus on the effect of the underwater…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 A. Cuoco , G. Mangano , G. Miele , S. Pastor , L. Perrone , O. Pisanti , P. D. Serpico

Neutrino Telescopy in the Mediterranean Sea

The observation of high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos is one of the most promising future options to increase our knowledge on non-thermal processes in the universe. Neutrinos are e.g. unavoidably produced in environments where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ulrich F. Katz

Acoustic Calibration for the KM3NeT Pre-Production Module

The proposed large scale Cherenkov neutrino telescope KM3NeT will carry photo-sensors on flexible structures, the detection units. The Mediterranean Sea, where KM3NeT will be installed, constitutes a highly dynamic environment in which the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Alexander Enzenhöfer

Double cascade reconstruction in KM3NeT/ARCA

The detection of astrophysical $\nu_\tau$ is an important verification of the observed flux of high-energy neutrinos. A flavour ratio of approximately $\nu_{e} : \nu_\mu : \nu_\tau \approx 1 : 1 : 1$ is predicted for astrophysical neutrinos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-10 Thijs van Eeden , Aart Heijboer

The Positioning System of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Adrián-Martínez , 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. Carloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , G. De Bonis , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhöfer , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J. -L. Fuda , S. Galatá , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. P. Gómez-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. Keller , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefévre , A. Le Van Suu , 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 , V. Niess , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , D. Real , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , D. F. E. Samtleben , F. Schöck , J. -P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , T. Seitz , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , S. Wagner , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

Recent Results from the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope is located in the Mediterranean Sea about 40 km from Toulon at a depth of 2475 m. In its 12 line configuration it has almost 900 photomultipliers in 295 floors. The performance of the detector is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-01-01 Giorgio Giacomelli

The ANTARES Collaboration: contributions to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2009), Lodz, Poland, July 2009

The Antares neutrino telescope, operating at 2.5 km depth in the Mediterranean Sea, 40 km off the Toulon shore, represents the world's largest operational underwater neutrino telescope, optimized for the detection of Cerenkov light produced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 the ANTARES Collaboration