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Transmission of light in deep sea water at the site of the Antares neutrino telescope
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PhotomultiplierPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicsNeutrino telescopeAstrophysicsLambda01 natural sciencesLight scattering[PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]Sea water properties: absorption and transmission of lightHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesAngular resolution07.89.+b 29.40.Ka 42.25.Bs 42.68.Xy 92.10.Bf 92.10.Pt 95.55.Vj010306 general physicsCherenkov radiationPhysicsneutrino telescope undersea Cherenkov detectors sea water properties absorption and transmission of lightUndersea Cherenkov detectors[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringAstrophysics (astro-ph)Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAttenuation lengthSea water properties: absorption and transmission of light.Astronomy and AstrophysicsScattering lengthabsorption and transmission of lightHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology13. Climate actionFísica nuclearsea water propertiesdescription
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 lambda_abs and an effective scattering length lambda_sct^eff. The values for blue (UV) light are found to be lambda_abs ~ 60(26) m, lambda_sct^eff ~ 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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-02-01 | Astroparticle Physics |