The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 570; no. 1; pp. 107 - 116
• Main Authors: Ameli, F., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Aslanides, E., Beltramelli, J., Bouwhuis, M.C., Bradbury, S.M., Brunner, J., Cafagna, F., Capone, A., Carr, J., Cartwright, S.L., Castorina, E., Chauchot, P., Circella, M., Colnard, C., Compère, C., Cottini, N., Coyle, P., Cussatlegras, A.-S., Damy, G., De Marzo, C., Dekeyser, I., Delagnes, E., Denans, D., Dessages-Ardellier, F., Destelle, J.-J., Distefano, C., Drogou, J.-F., Druillole, F., Durand, D., Falchini, E., Feinstein, F., Ferry, S., Fiorello, C., Flaminio, V., Galeotti, S., Gallone, J.-M., Giacomelli, G., Goret, Ph, Hartmann, B., Hello, Y., Hernández-Rey, J.J., Hoffman, C., Jaquet, M., de Jong, M., Jouvenot, F., Kalantar-Nayestanaki, N., Karkar, S., Katz, U., Keller, P., Kok, H., Kopper, C., Kuch, S., Lafoux, H., Lagier, P., Lamanna, G., Lamare, P., Le Guen, Y., Le Provost, H., Lo Presti, D., Loehner, H., Louis, F., Lucarelli, F., Mazéas, F., Mazure, A., Melissas, M., Milovanovic, A., Moscoso, L., Naumann, C., Niess, V., Olivetto, C., Ostasch, R., Payre, P., Petta, C., Piattelli, P., Pineau, J.-P., Poinsignon, J., Randazzo, N., van Randwijk, J., Real, D., Rewiersma, P., Riccobene, G., Ripani, M., Roca, V., Rolin, J.F., Roux, J., Russo, G.V., Salesa, F., Schuller, J.-P., Sokalski, I., van der Steenhoven, G., Stubert, D., Tao, C., Valente, V., Venekamp, G., de Vries, G., de Wolf, E., Yao, A.-F., Zúñiga, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Astroparticle Physics; Astropartikelfysik; Astrophysics; Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics; Data acquisition system; Neutrino telescope; Physics; Sciences of the Universe; Data acquisition system; Neutrino telescope; 93.85.Bc; 07.05.Hd; 95.55.Vj; data acquisition system; neutrino telescope
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.098

The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector takes care of the digitisation of the photo-multiplier tube signals, data transport, data filtering, and data storage. The detector is operated using a control program interfaced with all elements. The design and the implementation of the data acquisition system are described.