https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713604008
Design and production of the digital optical module of the KM3NeT project
INFN, sezione di Catania, Via S. Sofia, 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
a Corresponding author: emanuele.leonora@ct.infn.it
Published online: 23 March 2017
The KM3NeT collaboration is building the ARCA and ORCA neutrino telescopes in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. They will consist of 3-dimensional arrays of photodetectors, called digital optical modules, suspended in the sea by means of vertical string structures, called detection units. The optical modules are composed of a pressure-resistant 17-inch spherical glass vessel, which contains 31 small photomultiplier tubes and all the associated electronics. The multi- photomultiplier solution represents an innovative design with respect to optical modules of all currently operated neutrino telescopes comprising a single large photomultipliers.
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