1 N eutrino E xtended S ubmarine T elescope with O ceanographic R esearch Operation and performance of the NESTOR test detector.

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Operation and performance of the NESTOR test Operation and performance of the NESTOR test

detectordetector

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Successful deployment of one NESTOR star with 12 Optical Modules to 4000m

using the

cableship RAYMOND CROZE (FranceTelecom)

29th of March: The first deep sea muon data transmitted to shore

20032003

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NESTOR Star Deployment (March 2003) NESTOR Star Deployment (March 2003)

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Track Reconstruction

muon track generation

muon propagation & γ shower generation

Cherenkov photon emission and propagation

GEANT

FASTSIM

PMT response simulation

Digitization ATWD &Trigger simulation

background noise

Waveform Reconstruction

DST Production

Hit DefinitionData Quality Histograms

MiniDST Ntuples & Histograms

Calibration Data Analysis

Calibration Database Quality Histograms

Database (gains, baselines,attenuation etc)

Raw Data

Interface

Software Monitor Histograms

Data Analysis FlowData Analysis Flow

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Signal processing: Attenuation Corrections

Double pulse disentangling

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mV

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Before the attenuation corrections

After the attenuation corrections

“automatic” separation

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Time (ns)

Fit double pulses

Rise time “recovery”

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Signal processing

Timing and Amplitude Effects

Data from a depth of 3800mData from a depth of 3800m

σ: 0.8ns

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single p.e.

LED Run

single p.e. pulse height distribution

two p.e.s pulse height distribution

dark current pulse height distribution

sum of the above

Data from a depth of 3800 m

PMT Pulse Height Distribution

Calibration

K40 Background: A stable calibration source

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Trigger: ≥4fold CoincidenceSingle PMT RatesSingle PMT Rates

Data from a depth of 3800mData from a depth of 3800m

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Data from a depth of 3800 m

Bioluminescence Occurs for the 1.1% ± 0.1%

of the Active Experimental Time

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Calibration Data Analysis

Calibration Database Quality Histograms

LED Calibration Data

Gain Monitors

Data from a depth of 3800 mCalibration Run

Time Difference (ns)

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<Δt>: 0.6 ± 0.1 ns

σ : 3.3 ± 0.1 ns

<Δt>: 0.2 ± 0.1 ns

σ : 3.3 ± 0.1 ns

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Calibration Data Analysis

Calibration Database Quality Histograms

Data from a depth of 3800 mCalibration Run

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Data from a depth of 3800 mTrigger Studies

Experimental Points

M.C. Estimation (Atmospheric muons + K40 )

M.C. Estimation (Atmospheric muons only )

Data Collected with

4fold Majority Trigger

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Data from a depth of 3800 mTrigger StudiesData Collected with

4fold Majority Trigger

Experimental Points

M.C. Estimation (Atmospheric muons + K40 )

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Experimental Points

M.C. Estimation (Atmospheric muons + K40 )

PMT Pulse Height Distributions

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Charge & Timing information