Speaker
Mr
Tino Michael
(Nikhef)
Description
The future KM3NeT neutrino telescope will consist of several thousand
digital optical modules (DOM), each of which will be equipped with 31
3-inch photo-multiplier tubes. This design has various advantages, e.g.
concerning effective photocathode area per module, background suppression
and also directional reconstruction. Currently, KM3NeT is testing a
prototype DOM deployed on the instrumentation line of the ANTARES neutrino
telescope. The DOM is operational since mid-April and data taking is in
progress. First data are presented and compared to simulation results. The
results are very encouraging and indicate that muon identification and
also a coarse direction estimation are possible with a singular DOM.
Primary author
Mr
Tino Michael
(Nikhef)
