Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-08-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 8 figures. To appear in the Proc. Cosmic Ray International Seminar CRIS 2004, Catania, Italy, May 31 - June 4, 2004
Scientific paper
ANTARES is a neutrino telescope designed to search for high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources such as quasars, gamma-ray bursters, microquasars, supernova remnants and AGN. The objectives also include the indirect search for WIMPs, primary candidates for non-baryonic dark matter, by looking for neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the centres of the Sun, Earth and Galaxy. The array of 12 lines with 900 photomultiplier tubes will be deployed by 2007 at a depth of about 2500 m in the Mediterranean sea near Toulon (France), 40 km off the coast. It will detect the Cherenkov light emitted in sea water by muons produced via charged-current interactions of neutrinos with surrounding matter. A prototype line and an instrumentation line for monitoring environmental parameters have been successfully deployed and connected to the electro-optical cable, which transmitted the data to the shore station. The current status of the project is presented.
ANTARES collaboration for the
Korolkova E. V.
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