KM3NeT 数字光学模块原型的深海测试
天体物理仪器与方法
2015-06-19 v2 仪器与探测器
摘要
未来 KM3NeT 中微子望远镜的光电探测单元首个原型已部署在地中海深水中。该数字光学模块采用新颖设计，拥有极大的光阴极面积，并通过使用 31 个三英寸光电倍增管进行分割。它已集成到 ANTARES 探测器中用于原位测试和验证。本文报告了前几个月的数据采集和速率测量结果。分析结果突显了新模块设计在背景抑制和信号识别方面的能力。该光学模块的方向性使其能够识别来自同一 K 衰变的多个切伦科夫光子，并定位邻近区域的生物发光活动。该单单元能够清晰地识别大气μ子并提供对μ子到达方向的灵敏度。
引用
@article{arxiv.1405.0839,
title = {Deep sea tests of a prototype of the KM3NeT digital optical module},
author = {S. Adrián-Martínez and M. Ageron and F. Aharonian and S. Aiello and A. Albert and F. Ameli and E. G. Anassontzis and M. Anghinolfi and G. Anton and S. Anvar and M. Ardid and R. de Asmundis and K. Balasi and H. Band and G. Barbarino and E. Barbarito and F. Barbato and B. Baret and S. Baron and A. Belias and E. Berbee and A. M. van den Berg and A. Berkien and V. Bertin and S. Beurthey and V. van Beveren and N. Beverini and S. Biagi and S. Bianucci and M. Billault and A. Birbas and H. Boer Rookhuizen and R. Bormuth and V. Bouche and B. Bouhadef and G. Bourlis and M. Bouwhuis and C. Bozza and R. Bruijn and J. Brunner and G. Cacopardo and L. Caillat and M. Calamai and D. Calvo and A. Capone and L. Caramete and F. Caruso and S. Cecchini and A. Ceres and R. Cereseto and C. Champion and F. Chateau and T. Chiarusi and B. Christopoulou and M. Circella and L. Classen and R. Cocimano and S. Colonges and R. Coniglione and A. Cosquer and M. Costa and P. Coyle and A. Creusot and C. Curtil and G. Cuttone and C. D'Amato and A. D'Amico and G. De Bonis and G. De Rosa and N. Deniskina and J. -J. Destelle and C. Distefano and C. Donzaud and D. Dornic and Q. Dorosti-Hasankiadeh and E. Drakopoulou7 and D. Drouhin and L. Drury and D. Durand and T. Eberl and C. Eleftheriadis and D. Elsaesser and A. Enzenhofer and P. Fermani and L. A. Fusco and D. Gajana and T. Gal and S. Galata and F. Gallo and F. Garufi and M. Gebyehu and V. Giordano and N. Gizani and R. Gracia Ruiz and K. Graf and R. Grasso and G. Grella and A. Grmek and R. Habel and H. van Haren and T. Heid and A. Heijboer and E. Heine and S. Henry and J. J. Hernandez-Rey and B. Herold and M. A. Hevinga and M. van der Hoek and J. Hofestadt and J. Hogenbirk and C. Hugon and J. Hosl and M. Imbesi and C. James and P. Jansweijer and J. Jochum and M. de Jong and M. Kadler and O. Kalekin and A. Kappes and E. Kappos and U. Katz and O. Kavatsyuk and P. Keller and G. Kieft and E. Koffeman and H. Kok and P. Kooijman and J. Koopstra and A. Korporaal and A. Kouchner and S. Koutsoukos and I. Kreykenbohm and V. Kulikovskiy and R. Lahmann and P. Lamare and G. Larosa and D. Lattuada and H. Le Provost and A. Leisos and D. Lenis and E. Leonora and M. Lindsey Clark and A. Liolios and C. D. Llorens Alvarez and H. Lohner and D. Lo Presti and F. Louis and E. Maccioni and K. Mannheim and K. Manolopoulos and A. Margiotta and O. Maris and C. Markou and J. A. Martinez-Mora and A. Martini and R. Masullo and T. Michael and P. Migliozzi and E. Migneco and A. Miraglia and C. Mollo and M. Mongelli and M. Morganti and S. Mos and Y. Moudden and P. Musico and M. Musumeci and C. Nicolaou and C. A. Nicolau and A. Orlando and A. Orzelli and K. Papageorgiou and A. Papaikonomou and R. Papaleo and G. E. Pavalas and H. Peek and C. Pellegrino and M. G. Pellegriti and C. Perrina and C. Petridou and P. Piattelli and K. Pikounis and V. Popa and Th. Pradier and M. Priede and G. Puhlhofer and S. Pulvirenti and C. Racca and F. Raffaelli and N. Randazzo and P. A. Rapidis and P. Razis and D. Real and L. Resvanis and J. Reubelt and G. Riccobene and A. Rovelli and J. Royon and M. Saldana and D. F. E. Samtleben and M. Sanguineti and A. Santangelo and P. Sapienza and I. Savvidis and J. Schmelling and J. Schnabel and M. Sedita and T. Seitz and I. Sgura and F. Simeone and I. Siotis and V. Sipala and M. Solazzo and A. Spitaleri and M. Spurio and G. Stavropoulos and J. Steijger and T. Stolarczyk and D. Stransky and M. Taiuti and G. Terreni and D. Tezier and S. Theraube and L. F. Thompson and P. Timmer and H. I. Trapierakis and L. Trasatti and A. Trovato and M. Tselengidou and A. Tsirigotis and S. Tzamarias and E. Tzamariudaki and B. Vallage and V. Van Elewyck and J. Vermeulen and P. Vernin and S. Viola and D. Vivolo and P. Werneke and L. Wiggers and J. Wilms and E. de Wolf and R. H. L. van Wooning and K. Yatkin and K. Zachariadou and E. Zonca and J. D. Zornoza and J. Zúñiga and A. Zwart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.0839},
year = {2015}
}