Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986ncimc...9..222g&link_type=abstract
(Symposium on Underground Physics, 1st, Saint Vincent, Italy, Apr. 25-28, 1985) Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1 (ISSN 0390-5551), vol.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
2
Cerenkov Counters, Cosmic Ray Showers, Energetic Particles, Muons, Neutrinos, Underwater Structures, Astrophysics, Elementary Particle Interactions, High Energy Interactions, Prototypes, Site Selection
Scientific paper
The aims, equipment, and development schedule of the deep underwater muon and neutrino detector (DUMAND) being constructed for operation at 5-km depth in the Pacific near Hawaii are reviewed. DUMAND comprises a 6 x 6 x 21 array of Cerenkov-detector modules occupying a 250 x 250 x 500-m volume, 108 environmental modules, and 36 string-bottom control modules to handle and transmit data and commands to and from the land station. The aims of the project are detecting astrophysical sources of energetic muon neutrinos; locating high-energy hadronic processes in space; studying the properties of cosmic-ray muons of energy 3 TeV or greater and the processes involved in their production, propagation, interactions, multiplicity, decoherence, and lateral distribution; identifying the 10-100,000-TeV interactions by which cosmic rays produce muons in the atmosphere; and investigating high-energy neutrino interactions. Full operation of DUMAND is planned for 1989.
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