Antonis Leisos Antonis Leisos KM3NeT Design Study KM3NeT Design Study • the calibration principle using atmospheric showers the calibration principle using atmospheric showers • construction and performance of the prototype detector station construction and performance of the prototype detector station • Monte Carlo Studies Monte Carlo Studies XXV Workshop on Recent Developments in High Energy Physics & Cosmology NTUA Greece 28 - 31 March 2007 Calibration systems and methods for underwater neutrino telescope Calibration systems and methods for underwater neutrino telescope G. Bourlis, E. P. Christopoulou, N. Fragoulis, N. Gizani, A. Leisos, S. E. Tzamarias, A. Tsirigotis, B. Verganelakis
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Antonis LeisosAntonis Leisos
KM3NeT Design StudyKM3NeT Design Study
• the calibration principle using atmospheric showersthe calibration principle using atmospheric showers
• construction and performance of the prototype detector stationconstruction and performance of the prototype detector station
• Monte Carlo Studies Monte Carlo Studies
XXV Workshop on Recent Developments in High Energy Physics & Cosmology
NTUA Greece 28 - 31 March 2007
Calibration systems and methods for underwater neutrino telescopeCalibration systems and methods for underwater neutrino telescope
G. Bourlis, E. P. Christopoulou, N. Fragoulis, N. Gizani, A. Leisos, S. E. Tzamarias, A. Tsirigotis, B. Verganelakis
1 km
2 km
SPASE air shower arrays
calibration of AMANDA angular resolution and pointing !
resolution Amanda-B10 ~ 3.5°
spase-amanda
The General Idea…
•Angular offset
•Efficiency
•Resolution
•Position
Physics ? (ex. ICETOP)
C.R. composition
UHE ν - Horizontal Showers
Veto atmospheric background – Study background
~4km
~20km
Isotropic on the top of the atmosphere
BUT …
~ coscos
dN
d
Pierre Auger: M. Are et al. Ast.Part. 14: 109-120 2000
0 23 4km instrumented area
17
0 2
for detection Ε 6×10 eV
θ 80 0.35/km /year 1.4showers/year
Haverah Park (www.ast.leeds.ac.uk/haverah/havpark.html):
12km2 effective area and 2π coverage in φ
for 10 years operation less than 100 detected showers with 0θ 80