The ANTARES Telescope Neutrino Alert System

M. Ageron (1) , J. A. Aguilar , Imen Al Samarai (1) , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J-J. Aubert (1) , B. Baret (2) , S. Basa (3) , V. Bertin (1) , S. Biagi , A. Bigi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou (2) , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner (1) , J. Busto (1) , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Cârloganu (4) , G. Carminati , J. Carr (1) , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif (1) , Ph. Charvis (5) , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , H. Costantini (1) , P. Coyle (1) , C. Curtil (1) , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser (6) , Anne Deschamps (5) , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud (2) , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenöfer , J.-P. Ernenwein (1) , S. Escoffier (1) , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J.-L. Fuda (6) , S. Galatà (1) , Pascal Gay (4) , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. Gòmez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard (4) , G. Halladjian (1) , G. Hallewell (1) , H. van Haren , J. Hartman , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello (5) , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hössl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner (2) , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamar , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , Dominique Lefèvre (6) , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , L. Moscoso (2) , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri (3) , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre (1) , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente (1) , V. Popa , T. Pradier (7) , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière (1) , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J-P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spuriol , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sànchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , Christian Tamburini (6) , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. van Elewyck (2) , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi (1) , P. Vernin , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov (1) , J.D. Zornoza , J. Zùñiga

1 CPPM - Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille
2 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
3 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
4 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
5 GEOAZUR 6526 - Géoazur
6 COM - Centre d'océanologie de Marseille
7 IPHC - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien

The ANTARES telescope has the capability to detect neutrinos produced in astrophysical transient sources. Potential sources include gamma-ray bursts, core collapse supernovae, and flaring active galactic nuclei. To enhance the sensitivity of ANTARES to such sources, a new detection method based on coincident observations of neutrinos and optical signals has been developed. A fast online muon track reconstruction is used to trigger a network of small automatic optical telescopes. Such alerts are generated for special events, such as two or more neutrinos, coincident in time and direction, or single neutrinos of very high energy.

Domaines: Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]; Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]; Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]; Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

M. Ageron, J. A. Aguilar, Imen Al Samarai, A. Albert, M. André, et al.. The ANTARES Telescope Neutrino Alert System. Astroparticle Physics, 2012, 35, pp.530-536. ⟨10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.11.011⟩. ⟨in2p3-00626650⟩