Calibration systems of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

TL;DR

This paper reviews the calibration systems and methods used by the ANTARES neutrino telescope, a large deep-sea detector with 885 photomultiplier tubes, to ensure accurate muon track and energy reconstruction for high-energy neutrino detection.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the calibration techniques developed specifically for the ANTARES neutrino telescope.

Findings

Calibration improves muon track reconstruction accuracy

Calibration methods enhance detector performance and data quality

The review summarizes calibration procedures for deep-sea neutrino detection

Abstract

The ANTARES detector is the largest deep sea underwater neutrino telescope in operation. The apparatus comprises a matrix of 885 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) which detect the Cherenkov light emitted by the charged leptons produced in the charged current interactions of high energy neutrinos with the matter inside or near the detector. Reconstruction of the muon track and energy can be achieved using the time, position and charge information of the hits arriving to the PMTs. A good calibration of the detector is necessary in order to ensure its optimal performance. This contribution reviews the different calibration systems and methods developed by the ANTARES Collaboration.