Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

The ANTARES optical module

2002; Elsevier BV; Volume: 484; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0168-9002(01)02026-5

1872-9576

Philippe Amram, M. Anghinolfi, S. Anvar, F. Ardellier-Desages, E. Aslanides, J.-J. Aubert, R. Azoulay, D. Bailey, S. Basa, M. Battaglieri, R. Bellotti, Y. Benhammou, F. Bernard, R. Berthier, V. Bertin, M. Billault, R. Blaes, R.W. Bland, F Blondeau, N. de Botton, J. Boulesteix, C.B. Brooks, J. Brünner, F. Cafagna, A. Calzas, A. Capone, L. Caponetto, C. Cârloganu, E. Carmona, J. Carr, P.H. Carton, S. L. Cartwright, F. Cassol-Brunner, S. Cecchini, F. Ciacio, M. Circella, Chantal Compère, S. J. Cooper, P. Coyle, J. Croquette, S. Cuneo, M. Danilov, R. van Dantzig, C. De Marzo, R. DeVita, P. Deck, J.-J. Destelle, G. Dispau, J.-F. Drougou, F. Druillole, J. Engelen, F. Feinstein, D. Festy, J. Fopma, J.-M. Gallone, P. Giacomelli, P. Goret, L. Gösset, J.F. Gournay, A. Heijboer, J.J. Hernandez, G. Herrouin, John P. Hubbard, M. Jaquet, M. de Jong, M. Karolak, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. A. Kudryavtsev, D. Lachartre, H. Lafoux, P. Lamare, J.C. Languillat, Lucien Laubier, J.-P. Laugier, Y. Le Guen, H. Le Provost, A. Le Van Suu, L. Lemoine, L. Lo Nigro, D. Lo Presti, S. Loucatos, F. Louis, Vladimir Lyashuk, P. Magnier, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Massol, R. Masullo, F. Mazéas, B. Mazeau, A. Mazure, J. E. McMillan, J. Michel, E. Migneco, Claude Millot, P.P.G. Mols, F. Montanet, T. Montaruli, Jean‐Pierre Morel, L. Moscoso, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, E. Nezri, G. Nooren, J.E.J. Oberski, C. Olivetto, A Oppelt-Pohl, N. Palanque‐Delabrouille, R. Papaleo, P. Payre, Patrick Perrin, M Petruccetti, C. Petta, P. Piattelli, J. Poinsignon, R. Potheau, Y. Queinec, C. Racca, G. Raia, N. Randazzo, F. Réthoré, G. Riccobene, J. S. Ricol, M. Ripani, V. Roca-Blay, Jean-François Rolin, A Rostovstev, G.V. Russo, Y. Sacquin, E. Salusti, J.-P. Schuller, W. J. Schuster, J.P. Soirat, O Souvorova, N.J.C. Spooner, M. Spurio, Th. Stolarczyk, D. Stubert, M. Taiuti, C. Tao, Y. Tayalati, L.F. Thompson, S. Tilav, R. Triay, V. Valente, Ilya Varlamov, G. Vaudaine, P. Vernin, P. de Witt Huberts, E. de Wolf, V.I. Zakharov, S. Zavatarelli, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga,

Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1km2 and will be equipped with about 1000 optical modules. Each of these optical modules consists of a large area photomultiplier and its associated electronics housed in a pressure resistant glass sphere. The design of the ANTARES optical module, which is a key element of the detector, has been finalized following extensive R&D studies and is reviewed here in detail.