The ANTARES detector: Two decades of neutrino searches in the Mediterranean Sea
Albert, A.; Alves, S.; André, M.; Ardid, M.; Ardid, S.; Aubert, J.- J.; Aublin, J.; Baret, B.; Basa, S.; Becherini, Y.; Belhorma, B.; Benfenati, F.; Bertin, V.; Biagi, S.; Boumaaza, J.; Bouta, M.; Bouwhuis, M.C.; Brânzaş, H.; Bruijn, R.; Brunner, J.; Busto, J.; Caiffi, B.; Calvo, D.; Campion, S.; Capone, A.; Carenini, F.; Carr, J.; Carretero, V.; Cartraud, T.; Celli, S.; Cerisy, L.; Chabab, M.; Moursli, R. Cherkaoui El; Chiarusi, T.; Circella, M.; Coelho, J.A.B.; Coleiro, A.; Coniglione, R.; Coyle, P.; Creusot, A.; Díaz, A.F.; De Martino, B.; Rosso, I. Del; Distefano, C.; Palma, I. Di; Donzaud, C.; Dornic, D.; Drouhin, D.; Eberl, T.; Eddymaoui, A.; van Eeden, T.; van Eijk, D.; Hedri, S. El; Khayati, N. El; Enzenhöfer, A.; Fermani, P.; Ferrara, G.; Filippini, F.; Fusco, L.; Gagliardini, S.; García-Méndez, J.; Oliver, C. Gatius; Gay, P.; Geißelbrecht, N.; Glotin, H.; Gozzini, R.; Ruiz, R. Gracia; Graf, K.; Guidi, C.; Haegel, L.; van Haren, H.; Heijboer, A.J.; Hello, Y.; Hennig, L.; Hernández-Rey, J.J.; Hößl, J.; Huang, F.; Illuminati, G.; Jisse-Jung, B.; de Jong, M.; de Jong, P.; Kadler, M.; Kalekin, O.; Katz, U.; Kouchner, A.; Kreykenbohm, I.; Kulikovskiy, V.; Lahmann, R.; Lamoureux, M.; Lazo, A.; Lefèvre, D.; Leonora, E.; Levi, G.; Stum, S. Le; Loucatos, S.; Manczak, J.; Marcelin, M.; Margiotta, A.; Marinelli, A.; Martínez-Mora, J.A.; Migliozzi, P.; Moussa, A.; Muller, R.; Navas, S.; Nezri, E.; Fearraigh, B. Ó; Oukacha, E.; Păun, A.M.; Păvălaş, G.E.; Peña-Martínez, S.; Perrin-Terrin, M.; Piattelli, P.; Poirè, C.; Popa, V.; Pradier, T.; Randazzo, N.; Real, D.; Riccobene, G.; Romanov, A.; Losa, A. Sánchez; Saina, A.; Greus, F. Salesa; Samtleben, D.F.E.; Sanguineti, M.; Sapienza, P.; Schüssler, F.; Seneca, J.; Spurio, M.; Stolarczyk, Th.; Taiuti, M.; Tayalati, Y.; Vallage, B.; Vannoye, G.; Van Elewyck, V.; Viola, S.; Vivolo, D.; Wilms, J.; Zavatarelli, S.; Zegarelli, A.; Zornoza, J.D.; Zúñiga, J. (2025). The ANTARES detector: Two decades of neutrino searches in the Mediterranean Sea. Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters 1121-1124: 1-46. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2025.04.001
In: Physics Reports-Review Section of Physics Letters. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV: Amsterdam. ISSN 0370-1573; e-ISSN 1873-6270, more
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| Abstract |
Interest for studying cosmic neutrinos using deep-sea detectors has increased after the discovery of a diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos by the IceCube collaboration and the possibility of wider multi-messenger studies with the observations of gravitational waves. The ANTARES detector was the first neutrino telescope in seawater, operating successfully in the Mediterranean Sea for more than a decade and a half. All challenges related to the operation in the deep sea were accurately addressed by the collaboration. Deployment and connection operations became smoother over time; data taking and constant re-calibration of the detector due to the variable environmental conditions were fully automated. A wealth of results on the subject of astroparticle physics, particle physics and multi-messenger astronomy have been obtained, despite the relative modest size of the detector, paving the way to a new generation of larger undersea detectors. This review summarizes the efforts by the ANTARES collaboration that made the possibility to operate neutrino telescopes in seawater a reality and the results obtained in this endeavor. |
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