Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Proceedings of 31st ICRC conference, Lodz 2009, 4 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
In May 2008, the Antares neutrino telescope was completed at 2.5 km depth in the Mediterranean Sea; data taking has been going on since. A prerequisite for neutrino astronomy is an accurate reconstruction of the neutrino events, as well as a detailed understanding of the atmospheric muon and neutrino backgrounds. Several methods have been developed to confront the challenges of muon reconstruction in the sea water environment, which are posed by e.g. backgrounds due to radioactivity and bioluminescence. I will discuss the techniques that allowed Antares to confidently identify its first neutrino events, as well as recent results on the measurement of atmospheric neutrinos.
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