https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920707001
KM3NeT Time Calibration
Universitá di Roma La Sapienza and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, Italy, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
* e-mail: Irene.DiPalma@roma1.infn.it
Published online: 10 May 2019
The KM3NeT detectors are large three-dimensional arrays of several thousands digital optical modules under construction in the Mediterranean Sea. The basic detection element of the neutrino telescope is the digital optical module containing 31 three-inch photomultiplier tubes. Each detection unit, composed of 18 digital optical modules, is a mechanical structure anchored to the sea floor, held vertical by a submerged buoy for the detection of Cherenkov light emitted by charged secondary particles emerging from neutrino interactions. Detector calibration, i.e. timing, positioning and sea-water properties, is overviewed in this talk and discussed in detail in this conference.
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