Understanding Piezo Based Sensors for Acoustic Neutrino Detection
| Autor: | Gisela Anton, J Höβl, K. Salomon, C. L. Naumann, R. Lahmann, Alexander Kappes, U. Katz, Kay Graf |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Physics
History Piezoelectric sensor business.industry Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Particle detector Computer Science Applications Education Noise Optics Neutrino detector Equivalent circuit ddc:530 Neutrino business Lepton |
| Popis: | The ANTARES collaboration is currently installing a neutrino telescope off the French Mediterranean coast to measure diffuse fluxes and point sources of high energy cosmic neutrinos. The complete detector will consist of 900 photomultipliers on 12 detector lines, using 0.01km3 of sea water as target material[1]. As part of the ANTARES deep-sea research infrastructure, the Erlangen group is planning to modify several ANTARES storeys by fitting them with acoustic receivers to study the feasibility of acoustic neutrino detection in the deep sea. In this paper, studies of the electromechanical properties of piezoelectric sensors are presented, based on an equivalent circuit diagram for the coupled mechanical and electrical oscillations of a piezoelectric element. A method for obtaining the system parameters as well as derivations of sensor properties like pressure sensitivity and intrinsic noise are treated and results compared to measurements. Finally, a possible application of these results for simulating system response and optimising reconstruction algorithms is discussed. |
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