Status of the ANTARES Project

• Published in: The European Physical Journal C
• Main Author: Katz, U F
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; South Pole; Triplets; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjcd/s2004-03-1755-x; http://cds.cern.ch/record/678806

The ANTARES collaboration is constructing a neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 2400 metres, about 40 kilometres off the French coast near Toulon. The detector will consist of 12 vertical strings anchored at the sea bottom, each supporting 25 triplets of optical modules equippe...