| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 70, 2014
1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics
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| Article Number | 00070 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Thursday | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147000070 | |
| Published online | 10 April 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20147000070
The neutrino telescope ANTARES
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Erwin-Rommel-Str.1, 91058 Erlangen Germany
a e-mail: andreas.gleixner@physik.uni-erlangen.de
Published online: 10 April 2014
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is currently the largest neutrino detector in the Northern Hemisphere. The detector consists of a three-dimensional array of 885 photomultiplier tubes, distributed along 12 lines, located at a depth of 2500 m in the Mediterranean Sea. The purpose of the experiment is the detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. The detection principle is based on the observation of Cherenkov-Light emitted by muons resulting from charged-current interactions of muon neutrinos in the vicinity of the detection volume. The main scientific targets of ANTARES include the search for astrophysical neutrino point sources, the measurement of the diffuse neutrino flux and the indirect search for dark matter.
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