2004/12/06 by J. A. Aguilar, ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert +98 · 135 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atmospheric Ozone and Climate #Neutrino #Neutrino detector #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Physics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Telecommunications #Telescope #Transmission (telecommunications) #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.11.006
published in Astroparticle Physics 23(1), 131-155 (Elsevier BV) · 40 pages, 23 figures (including 4 available as separate figures), to be published in Astroparticle Physics
arxiv created 2004/12/06 · openalex publication_date 2004/12/14 · arxiv updated 2012/08/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The ANTARES neutrino telescope is a large photomultiplier array designed to detect neutrino-induced upward-going muons by their Cherenkov radiation. Understanding the absorption and scattering of light in the deep Mediterranean is fundamental to optimising the design and performance of the detector. This paper presents measurements of blue and UV light transmission at the ANTARES site taken between 1997 and 2000. The derived values for the scattering length and the angular distribution of particulate scattering were found to be highly correlated, and results are therefore presented in terms of an absorption length lambdaabs and an effective scattering length lambdascteff. The values for blue (UV) light are found to be lambdaabs ~ 60(26) m, lambdascteff ~ 265(122) m, with significant (15%) time variability. Finally, the results of ANTARES simulations showing the effect of these water properties on the anticipated performance of the detector are presented.