Acoustic positioning systems and passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans with the KM3NeT underwater neutrino telescope ...
KM3NeT (Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope) is an underwater telescope for cosmic neutrinos detection and neutrino oscillation study. There are two detectors located in France, offshore the coast of Toulon (KM3NeT-ORCA, Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) and in Italy, offshore Capo Pass...
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Universit� degli studi di Genova
2022
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15167/guidi-carlo_phd2022-01-25 https://iris.unige.it//handle/11567/1062558 |
| Summary: | KM3NeT (Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope) is an underwater telescope for cosmic neutrinos detection and neutrino oscillation study. There are two detectors located in France, offshore the coast of Toulon (KM3NeT-ORCA, Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) and in Italy, offshore Capo Passero, Sicily (KM3NeT-ARCA, Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss). Each experimental setup detects the photons produced by the Cherenkov effect due to charged particles, which derive from the interactions of neutrinos with matter. In order to correctly reconstruct the original neutrino direction, energy and the interaction type, it is necessary to know very accurately the position of the photomultipliers. So, acoustic systems are used to monitor the flexible detector geometry. The detectors consist of several vertical structures, called Detection Units (DUs), along which 18 Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), each containing 31 photomultipliers, are positioned. During the deployment of the DUs the position ... |
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