标题： ANTARES中微子望远镜 显示英文标题

标题： The ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

摘要： 在法国土伦海岸约40公里处，地中海海床2475米深处，安坐于此的是ANTARES：世界上第一个水下中微子望远镜，也是目前唯一一个正在运行的此类望远镜。 该探测器由885个光电倍增管组成，排列成12根每根长达450米的缆索，旨在探测由中微子超光速相互作用产生的电荷产物所诱导的切伦科夫光。 其主要科学目标是寻找超高能（TeV及以上）的宇宙加速器产生的中微子，这与强子相互作用模型预测一致，并测量宇宙中微子的弥散通量，重点关注来自地平线以下（上行事件）的事件，以显著减少大气muon背景。 通过开发一种识别来自地平线以上（下行事件）中微子的策略，望远镜的视场将得以扩展。 显示英文摘要

摘要： At about 40 km off the coast of Toulon (France), anchored at 2475 m deep in the Mediterranean Sea, there is ANTARES: the first undersea neutrino telescope and the only one currently operating. The detector consists of 885 photomultiplier tubes arranged into 12 strings of 450-metres high, with the aim to detect the Cherenkov light induced by the charged superluminal interaction products of neutrinos. Its main scientific target is the search for high-energy (TeV and beyond) neutrinos from cosmic accelerators, as predicted by hadronic interaction models, and the measurement of the cosmic neutrino diffuse flux, focusing in particular on events coming from below the horizon (up-going events) in order to significantly reduce the atmospheric muons background. Thanks to the development of a strategy for the identification of neutrinos coming from above the horizon (down-going events) the field of view of the telescope will be extended.