6533b7d8fe1ef96bd1269a48
RESEARCH PRODUCT
Search for neutrino emission from gamma-ray sources with the Antares Telescope
Ciro Bigongiarisubject
PhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)PhotomultiplierMuonPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyGamma rayAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomyFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic raylaw.inventionTelescopeNeutrino detectorlawHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaCherenkov radiationdescription
ANTARES is the first undersea neutrino detector ever built and presently the neutrino telescope with the largest effective area operating in the Northern Hemisphere. A three- dimensional array of photomultiplier tubes detects the Cherenkov light induced by the muons produced in the interaction of high energy neutrinos with the matter surrounding the detector. The detection of astronomical neutrino sources is one of the main goals of ANTARES. The search for point-like neutrino sources with the ANTARES telescope is described and the preliminary results obtained with data collected from 2007 to 2010 are shown. No cosmic neutrino source has been observed and neutrino flux upper limits have been calculated for the most promising source candidates.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-26 |