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Report number	astro-ph/0112172
Title	The ANTARES Optical Module
Author(s)	Amram, P ; Anghinolfi, M ; Anvar, S ; Ardellier-Desages, F E ; Aslanides, Elie ; Aubert, Jean-Jacques ; Azoulay, R ; Bailey, D ; Basa, S ; Battaglieri, M ; Bellotti, R ; Benhammou, Ya ; Bernard, F ; Berthier, R ; Bertin, V ; Billault, M ; Blaes, R ; Bland, R W ; Blondeau, F ; De Botton, N R ; Boulesteix, J ; Brooks, B ; Brunner, J ; Cafagna, F ; Calzas, A ; Capone, A ; Caponetto, L ; Cârloganu, C ; Carmona, E ; Carr, J ; Carton, P H ; Cartwright, S L ; Cassol, F ; Cecchini, S ; Ciacio, F ; Circella, M ; Compere, C ; Cooper, S ; Coyle, P ; Croquette, J ; Cuneo, S ; Danilov, M ; Van Dantzig, R ; De Marzo, C ; De Vita, R ; Deck, P ; Destelle, J J ; Dispau, G ; Drougou, J F ; Druillole, F ; Engelen, J ; Feinstein, F ; Festy, D ; Fopma, J ; Gallone, J M ; Giacomelli, G ; Goret, P ; Gosset, L G ; Gournay, J F ; Heijboer, A ; Hernández-Rey, J J ; Herrouin, G ; Hubbard, John R ; Jacquet, M ; De Jong, M ; Karolak, M ; Kooijman, P M ; Kouchner, A ; Kudryavtsev, V A ; Lachartre, D ; Lafoux, H ; Lamare, P ; Languillat, J C ; Laubier, L ; Laugier, J P ; Le Guen, Y ; Le Provost, H ; Le Van-Suu, A ; Lemoine, L ; Lo Nigro, L ; Lo Presti, D ; Loucatos, Sotirios S ; Louis, F ; Lyashuk, V I ; Magnier, P ; Marcelin, M ; Margiotta, A ; Massol, A ; Masullo, R ; Mazéas, F ; Mazeau, B ; Mazure, A ; McMillan, J E ; Michel, J L ; Migneco, E ; Millot, C ; Mols, P ; Montanet, François ; Montaruli, T ; Morel, J P ; Moscoso, L ; Navas, S ; Nezri, E ; Nooren, G J L ; Oberski, J ; Olivetto, C ; Oppelt-pohl, A ; Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie ; Payre, P ; Perrin, P ; Petruccetti, M ; Petta, P ; Piattelli, P ; Poinsignon, J ; Popa, V ; Potheau, R ; Queinec, Y ; Racca, C ; Raia, G ; Randazzo, N ; Rethore, F ; Riccobene, G ; Ricol, J S ; Ripani, M ; Roca-Blay, V ; Rolin, J F ; Rostovtsev, A A ; Russo, G V ; Sacquin, Yu ; Salusti, E ; Schuller, J P ; Schuster, W ; Soirat, J P ; Suvorova, O ; Spooner, N J C ; Spurio, M ; Stolarczyk, T ; Stubert, D ; Taiuti, M ; Tao, Charling ; Tayalati, Y ; Thompson, L F ; Tilav, S ; Triay, R ; Valente, V ; Varlamov, I ; Vaudaine, G ; Vernin, P ; De Witt-Huberts, P K A ; De Wolf, E ; Zakharov, V ; Zavatarelli, S ; De Dios-Zornoza-Gomez, Juan ; Zúñiga, J
Publication	2002
Imprint	7 Dec 2001
Number of pages	23
In:	Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 484 (2002) 369-383
DOI	10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02026-5
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques ; Astrophysics and Astronomy
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	ANTARES RE6
Abstract	The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1 km-squared and will be equipped with about 1000 optical modules. Each of these optical modules consists of a large area photomultiplier and its associated electronics housed in a pressure resistant glass sphere. The design of the ANTARES optical module, which is a key element of the detector, has been finalized following extensive R & D studies and is reviewed here in detail.

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