摘要
TheANTAREScollaborationisbuildingadeepunderwaterneutrinotelescopetobeimmersedintheMediterraneanSea40kmofftheFrenchcoast.ThisdetectorwillbeabletodetecttheCherenkovlightemittedbymuonsproducedinneutrinointeractionsusingathree-dimensionalmatrixofopticalsensors,Thetelescopewillbemadeofnearly1000oftheseelementaryunitsdistributedoverawideareaofabout0.1km2atanaveragedepthof2400mInordertoreachasub-nanosecondresolutiononlighpulsedetection,signalsfromallOMsareanalyzedanddigitizedlocallybeforebeingsenttoshorethrougha50kmelectro-opticalcable,Front-endelectronics,timealignment(clockdistribution),TriggeringanddataacquistitionforsuchalargeandremotedetectorrepresentarealhallengeandrequiredconsiderableR&Dstudies,Thetechnicalsolutionsadoptedbythecollaborationwillbedescribedandtheirperformancesdiscussed.
出版日期
2001年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)