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Status and first results of the NEMO Phase-2 tower

Journal of Instrumentation, ISSN: 1748-0221, Vol: 9, Issue: 3, Page: C03045-C03045
2014
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Article Description

In March 2013, the NEMO Phase 2 tower has been successfully installed in the Capo Passero site, at a depth of 3500 m and 80 km off from the southern coast of Sicily. The unfurled tower is 450 m high; it is composed of 8 mechanical floors, for a total amount of 32 PMTs and various instruments for environmental measurements. The tower positioning is achieved by an acoustic system. The tower is continuously acquiring and transmitting all the measured signals to shore. Data reduction is completely performed in the Portopalo shore station by a dedicated computing facility connected to the persistent storage system at LNS, in Catania. Results from the last 9 months of acquisition will be presented. In particular, the analyzed optical rates, showing stable and low baseline values, are compatible with the contribution mainly of 40K light emission, with a small percentage of light bursts due to bioluminescence. These features reveal the optimal nature of the Capo Passero abyssal site to host a km3-sized Neutrino Telescope. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.

Bibliographic Details

E. Barbarito; A. Ceres; M. Circella; M. Mongelli; I. Sgura; S. Aiello; V. Giordano; E. Leonora; F. Longhitano; D. Lo Presti; C. Pugliatti; N. Randazzo; V. Sipala; C. Ventura; T. Chiarusi; S. Biagi; L. A. Fusco; A. Margiotta; C. Pellegrino; M. Spurio; G. Cacopardo; C. Calì; F. Caruso; R. Cocimano; R. Coniglione; M. Costa; G. Cuttone; C. D'Amato; V. D'Amato; A. D'Amico; V. De Luca; C. Distefano; G. Giovanetti; A. Gmerk; R. Grasso; M. Imbesi; G. Larosa; D. Lattuada; P. Litrico; E. Migneco; A. Miraglia; M. Musumeci; A. Orlando; R. Papaleo; M. G. Pellegriti; P. Piattelli; S. Pulvirenti; G. Riccobene; A. Rovelli; P. Sapienza; F. Speziale; A. Spitaleri; A. Trovato; S. Viola; A. Martini; L. Trasatti; M. Anghinolfi; C. Hugon; V. Kulikovsky; P. Musico; M. Sanguineti; M. Taiuti; G. Barbarino; F. Barbato; N. Deniskina; G. De Rosa; F. Garufi; P. Migliozzi; C. Mollo; D. Vivolo; N. Beverini; M. Calamai; V. Flaminio; E. Maccioni; M. Morganti; F. Raffaelli; G. Terreni; F. Ameli; A. Capone; G. Debonis; P. Fermani; A. Lonardo; C. A. Nicolau; C. Perrina; F. Simeone; P. Vicini; B. Bouhadef; R. Masullo; C. Bozza; G. Grella

IOP Publishing

Physics and Astronomy; Mathematics

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