Since 1998 the NEMO Collaboration started a long term activity dedicated to improve deep-seatechnologies and to characterize an optimal site for the installation of a km3 neutrino Telescopein the Mediterranean sea. More than 25 sea campaigns were performed to deploy and recoverinstrumented lines of multi-functional detectors, dedicated to survey the environmental character-istics and water optical properties at different sites. A site close to Capo Passero, 80 km from thesouthern coast of Sicily, Italy, at 3500 m below the Sea levelshows excellent peculiarity to host akm3underwater detector. A complete feasibility study, which considered all the detector criticalcomponents and the deployment procedures, has been carriedout demonstrating that technologi-cal solutions exist for the realization of an underwater km3detector. In parallel, an intense R&Dactivity finalized at the development of new solutions for the sensors and the DAQ electronics isin progress. The realization of a technological demonstrator of the apparatus (the NEMO Phase 1project) near the Catania harbour, at a depth of 2000 m, is scheduled in 2006. The realization ofa second demonstrator (a full tower with 16 storeys, 64 optical modules) at the Capo Passero siteis foreseen for 2007.
THE NEUTRINO MEDITERRANEAN OBSERVATORY (NEMO) PROJECT / M. Spurio. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - ELETTRONICO. - 021:(2006), pp. 024.e1-024.e4. (Intervento presentato al convegno HEP2005 - International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics tenutosi a Lisboa, Portugal nel July 21st - 27th 2005) [10.22323/1.021.0024].
THE NEUTRINO MEDITERRANEAN OBSERVATORY (NEMO) PROJECT.
SPURIO, MAURIZIO
2006
Abstract
Since 1998 the NEMO Collaboration started a long term activity dedicated to improve deep-seatechnologies and to characterize an optimal site for the installation of a km3 neutrino Telescopein the Mediterranean sea. More than 25 sea campaigns were performed to deploy and recoverinstrumented lines of multi-functional detectors, dedicated to survey the environmental character-istics and water optical properties at different sites. A site close to Capo Passero, 80 km from thesouthern coast of Sicily, Italy, at 3500 m below the Sea levelshows excellent peculiarity to host akm3underwater detector. A complete feasibility study, which considered all the detector criticalcomponents and the deployment procedures, has been carriedout demonstrating that technologi-cal solutions exist for the realization of an underwater km3detector. In parallel, an intense R&Dactivity finalized at the development of new solutions for the sensors and the DAQ electronics isin progress. The realization of a technological demonstrator of the apparatus (the NEMO Phase 1project) near the Catania harbour, at a depth of 2000 m, is scheduled in 2006. The realization ofa second demonstrator (a full tower with 16 storeys, 64 optical modules) at the Capo Passero siteis foreseen for 2007.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
