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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 78: Experimentelle Methoden

T 78.4: Talk

Thursday, March 7, 2013, 17:30–17:45, WIL-C133

The digital optical module for the KM3NeT neutrino telescope — •Oleg Kalekin — ECAP, Uni Erlangen

KM3NeT is a future multi-cubic-kilometer neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. As a first step towards project implementation, a preproduction model of the telescope detection unit will be produced and deployed in the sea in March 2013. The detection unit is a flexible, vertical structure of a few 100 m length holding digital optical modules (DOMs). A facet-like DOM encapsulates 31 photomultiplier tubes of 80 mm diameter inside of 17-inch pressure resistant glass sphere. One of such DOMs will be produced at Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics. This contribution describes design, functionality and assembly of the DOM.

Supported by the "Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Phyics HAP" funded by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association.