Time Calibration of the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Creators: name: The ANTARES Collaboration
name: Aguilar, J. A.
name: Samarai, I. Al
name: Albert, A.
name: André, M.
name: Anghinolfi, M.
name: Anton, G.
name: Anvar, S.
name: Ardid, M.
name: Jesus, A. C. Assis
name: Astraatmadja, T.
name: Aubert, J. J.
name: Auer, R.
name: Baret, B.
name: Basa, S.
name: Bazzotti, M.
name: Bertin, V.
name: Biagi, S.
name: Bigongiari, C.
name: Bou-Cabo, M.
name: Bouwhuis, M. C.
name: Brown, A. M.
name: Brunner, J.
name: Busto, J.
name: Camarena, F.
name: Capone, A.
name: Carloganu, C.
name: Carminati, G.
name: Carr, J.
name: Cecchini, S.
name: Charvis, Ph.
name: Chiarusi, T.
name: Circella, M.
name: Costantini, H.
name: Cottini, N.
name: Coyle, P.
name: Curtil, C.
name: Decowski, M. P.
name: Dekeyser, I.
name: Deschamps, A.
name: Distefano, C.
name: Donzaud, C.
name: Dornic, D.
name: Drouhin, D.
name: Eberl, T.
name: Emanuele, U.
name: Ernenwein, J. P.
name: Escoffier, S.
name: Fehr, F.
name: Flaminio, V.
name: Fritsch, U.
name: Fuda, J. L.
name: Galata, S.
name: Gay, P.
name: Giacomelli, G.
name: Gómez-González, J. P.
name: Graf, K.
name: Guillard, G.
name: Halladjian, G.
name: Hallewell, G.
name: van Haren, H.
name: Heijboer, A. J.
name: Hello, Y.
name: Hernández-Rey, J. J.
name: Herold, B.
name: Hössl, J.
name: Hsu, C. C.
name: de Jong, M.
name: Kadler, M.
name: Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N.
name: Kalekin, O.
name: Kappes, A.
name: Katz, U.
name: Kooijman, P.
name: Kopper, C.
name: Kouchner, A.
name: Kulikovskiy, V.
name: Lahmann, R.
name: Lamare, P.
name: Larosa, G.
name: Lefèvre, D.
name: Lim, G.
name: Presti, D. Lo
name: Loehner, H.
name: Loucatos, S.
name: Lucarelli, F.
name: Mangano, S.
name: Marcelin, M.
name: Margiotta, A.
name: Martinez-Mora, J. A.
name: Mazure, A.
name: Montaruli, T.
name: Morganti, M.
name: Moscoso, L.
name: Motz, H.
name: Naumann, C.
name: Neff, M.
name: Palioselitis, D.
name: Pavalas, G. E.
name: Payre, P.
name: Petrovic, J.
name: Piattelli, P.
name: Picot-Clemente, N.
name: Picq, C.
name: Popa, V.
name: Pradier, T.
name: Presani, E.
name: Racca, C.
name: Reed, C.
name: Riccobene, G.
name: Richardt, C.
name: Rujoiu, M.
name: Russo, G. V.
name: Salesa, F.
name: Sapienza, P.
name: Schöck, F.
name: Schuller, J. P.
name: Shanidze, R.
name: Simeone, F.
name: Spies, A.
name: Spurio, M.
name: Steijger, J. J. M.
name: Stolarczyk, Th.
name: Taiuti, M.
name: Tamburini, C.
name: Tasca, L.
name: Toscano, S.
name: Vallage, B.
name: Van Elewyck, V.
name: Vannoni, G.
name: Vecchi, M.
name: Vernin, P.
name: Wijnker, G.
name: de Wolf, E.
name: Yepes, H.
name: Zaborov, D.
name: Zornoza, J. D.
name: Zúñiga, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ANTARES deep-sea neutrino telescope comprises a three-dimensional array of photomultipliers to detect the Cherenkov light induced by upgoing relativistic charged particles originating from neutrino interactions in the vicinity of the detector. The large scattering length of light in the deep sea facilitates an angular resolution of a few tenths of a degree for neutrino energies exceeding 10 TeV. In order to achieve this optimal performance, the time calibration procedures should ensure a relative time calibration between the photomultipliers at the level of about 1ns. The methods developed to attain this level of precision are described.
description: 23 pages, 20 figures, accepted by Astropart. Phys