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.

The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope / S., Adrian Martinez; M., Ageron; 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; 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; Capone, Antonio; C., Carloganu; G., Carminati; J., Carr; S., Cecchini; Z., Charif; Ph, Charvis; T., Chiarusi; M., Circella; R., Coniglione; H., Costantini; P., Coyle; C., Curtil; DE BONIS, Giulia; M. p., Decowski; I., Dekeyser; A., Deschamps; C., Distefano; C., Donzaud; D., Dornic; Q., Dorosti; D., Drouhin; T., Eberl; U., Emanuele; A., Enzenhofer; J. P., Ernenwein; S., Escoffier; Fermani, Paolo; M., Ferri; V., Flaminio; F., Folger; U., Fritsch; J. L., Fuda; S., Galata; P., Gay; G., Giacomelli; V., Giordano; J. p., Gomez Gonzalez; K., Graf; G., Guillard; G., Halladjian; G., Hallewell; H., Van Haren; J., Hartman; A. j., Heijboer; Y., Hello; J. j., Hernandez Rey; B., Herold; J., Hol; J., Hossl; 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., Lefevre; A., Le Van Suu; G., Lim; D., Lo Presti; H., Loehner; S., Loucatos; S., Mangano; M., Marcelin; A., Margiotta; J. a., Martinez Mora; A., Meli; T., Montaruli; L., Moscoso; H., Motz; M., Neff; E., Nezri; V., Niess; D., Palioselitis; G. e., Pavalas; 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., Riviere; A., Robert; K., Roensch; A., Rostovtsev; J., Ruiz Rivas; M., Rujoiu; G. v., Russo; F., Salesa; D. f. e., Samtleben; F., Schock; J. P., Schuller; F., Schussler; T., Seitz; R., Shanidze; Simeone, Francesco; A., Spies; M., Spurio; J. j. m., Steijger; Th, Stolarczyk; A., Sanchez 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., Zuniga. - In: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION. - ISSN 1748-0221. - STAMPA. - 7:8(2012), pp. T08002-T08002. [10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/t08002]

The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

CAPONE, Antonio;DE BONIS, Giulia;FERMANI, PAOLO;SIMEONE, Francesco;
2012

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.
2012
detector modelling and simulations ii (electric fields; antares neutrino telescope; multiplication and induction; charge transport; pulse formation; electron emission; etc); hardware; architecture; timing detectors; detector control systems (detector and experiment monitoring and slow-control systems; algorithms; databases); sources; detector alignment; calibration.; acoustic positioning; detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers; particle-beams)
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The positioning system of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope / S., Adrian Martinez; M., Ageron; 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; 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; Capone, Antonio; C., Carloganu; G., Carminati; J., Carr; S., Cecchini; Z., Charif; Ph, Charvis; T., Chiarusi; M., Circella; R., Coniglione; H., Costantini; P., Coyle; C., Curtil; DE BONIS, Giulia; M. p., Decowski; I., Dekeyser; A., Deschamps; C., Distefano; C., Donzaud; D., Dornic; Q., Dorosti; D., Drouhin; T., Eberl; U., Emanuele; A., Enzenhofer; J. P., Ernenwein; S., Escoffier; Fermani, Paolo; M., Ferri; V., Flaminio; F., Folger; U., Fritsch; J. L., Fuda; S., Galata; P., Gay; G., Giacomelli; V., Giordano; J. p., Gomez Gonzalez; K., Graf; G., Guillard; G., Halladjian; G., Hallewell; H., Van Haren; J., Hartman; A. j., Heijboer; Y., Hello; J. j., Hernandez Rey; B., Herold; J., Hol; J., Hossl; 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., Lefevre; A., Le Van Suu; G., Lim; D., Lo Presti; H., Loehner; S., Loucatos; S., Mangano; M., Marcelin; A., Margiotta; J. a., Martinez Mora; A., Meli; T., Montaruli; L., Moscoso; H., Motz; M., Neff; E., Nezri; V., Niess; D., Palioselitis; G. e., Pavalas; 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., Riviere; A., Robert; K., Roensch; A., Rostovtsev; J., Ruiz Rivas; M., Rujoiu; G. v., Russo; F., Salesa; D. f. e., Samtleben; F., Schock; J. P., Schuller; F., Schussler; T., Seitz; R., Shanidze; Simeone, Francesco; A., Spies; M., Spurio; J. j. m., Steijger; Th, Stolarczyk; A., Sanchez 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., Zuniga. - In: JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION. - ISSN 1748-0221. - STAMPA. - 7:8(2012), pp. T08002-T08002. [10.1088/1748-0221/7/08/t08002]
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