https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611609002
Design and mass production of the optical modules for KM3NeT-Italia project
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, sezione di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
a e-mail: emanuele.leonora@ct.infn.it
Published online: 11 April 2016
The KM3NeT European project aims at constructing a km3 underwater neutrino telescope in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. The first phase that is under construction will comprise eight tower-like detection structures (KM3NeT-Italia), which will form the internal core of a km3-scale detector. The detection element of KM3NeT-Italia, the optical module, is made of a 13-inch pressure-resistant glass-vessel that contains a single 10-inch photomultiplier and the relative electronics. The design of the whole optical module, the main results obtained from the massive photomultipliers measurements, and the foremost phases of the mass production procedure performed at the production site of Catania are also presented.
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