2009/08/06 by Francesco Simeone, Simeone, Francesco
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Neutrino Physics Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0908.0862
openalex publication_date 2009/08/06 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope is a water Cherenkov detector composed of an array of approximately 900 photomultiplier tubes in 12 vertical strings, spread over an area of about 0.1 km2 with an instrumented height of about 350 metres. ANTARES, built in the Mediterranean Sea, is the biggest neutrino Telescope operating in the northern hemisphere. Acoustic sensors (AMADEUS project) have been integrated into the infrastructure of ANTARES, grouped in small arrays, to evaluate the feasibility of a future acoustic neutrino telescope in the deep sea operating in the ultra-high energy regime. In this contribution, the basic principles of acoustic neutrino detection will be presented. The AMADEUS array of acoustic sensors will be described and the latest results of the project summarized.