A mechanical design for a detection unit for a deep-sea neutrino telescope
| Autor: | G. Mul, E. A. De Wolf, E. Berbee, H. Boer Rookhuizen, E. Heine |
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| Přispěvatelé: | KM3NeT (IHEF, IoP, FNWI) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics business.industry Neutrino telescope Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Deep sea law.invention Unit (housing) Telescope Optics Mediterranean sea KM3NeT law 0103 physical sciences 14. Life underwater 010306 general physics business Instrumentation Seabed Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 725, 237-240. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| Popis: | The future KM3NeT neutrino telescope will be built on the seabed of the Mediterranean Sea at a depth between three and five kilometers. The high ambient pressure, but also the fact that the detector is hardly accessible, put severe constraints on the mechanical design of the detection units of the telescope. A detection unit is a vertical structure that supports the optical sensors of the telescope. It has a height of almost 900 m; two data cables run along the full length of the structure. The detection unit will be installed at the seabed as a compact package. Once acoustically released, it unfurls to its full length. The stability of the detection unit during unfurling and during operation is an important requirement for the mechanical design of the structure. We present the evolution of the design of the detection unit for the KM3NeT detector. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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