Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011) by the ANTARES collaboration

TL;DR

This paper compiles the ANTARES neutrino telescope's diverse scientific results and detector studies presented at ICRC 2011, highlighting advances in astrophysical neutrino detection and detector performance analysis.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the ANTARES collaboration's latest physics results and detector studies as of 2011, showcasing the experiment's broad scientific scope.

Findings

Detection of steady point sources

Correlations with gamma-ray bursts

Measurements of diffuse neutrino fluxes

Abstract

The ANTARES detector, completed in 2008, is the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere. It is located at a depth of 2.5 km in the Mediterranean Sea, 40 km off the Toulon shore. The scientific scope of the experiment is very broad, being the search for astrophysical neutrinos the main goal. In this paper we collect the 22 contributions of the ANTARES collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011). At this stage of the experiment the scientific output is very rich and the contributions included in these proceedings cover the main physics results (steady point sources, correlations with GRBs, diffuse fluxes, target of opportunity programs, dark matter, exotic physics, oscillations, etc.) and some relevant detector studies (water optical properties, energy reconstruction, moon shadow, accoustic detection, etc.)