The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope: first results

TL;DR

The ANTARES neutrino telescope, deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, has begun collecting data to detect high-energy cosmic neutrinos, with initial results demonstrating its capability to reconstruct muons and search for neutrino events.

Contribution

This paper reports the first deployment and preliminary data analysis of the ANTARES neutrino telescope, a novel underwater detector for high-energy neutrino astronomy.

Findings

Successful deployment of 10 detector lines by 2007

Reconstruction of downward-going cosmic muons

Initial search for upward-going neutrino-induced muons

Abstract

The ANTARES Collaboration is completing the deployment of a 12 lines underwater detector, 2500m deep in the Mediterranean Sea, dedicated to high energy neutrino astronomy. Starting with the first line in 2006, 10 lines were continuously recording data by the end of 2007, which allow us to reconstruct downward-going cosmic muons, and search for the first upward-going neutrino-induced muons. Calibration topics will be described and preliminary results presented.