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ANTARES NEWS: Successful Deployment and Operation of the ANTARES Instrumentation Line April 16, 2013 - On the 16th April 2013 the ANTARES Instrumentation Line (IL) was successfully connected to the ANTARES seabed infrastructure. This line is very different from the ANTARES detection lines, in that it does not host optical modules for the neutrino telescope…
From geosphere to cosmos December 2, 2010 -   EN Excerpt from the program The completion of the ANTARES high-energy neutrino telescope in the deep Mediterranean Sea has enabled a large program of synergetic research in the fields of Earth and Sea sciences. Located at a depth of…
First Antares 5-line events / Premiers événements à  5 lignes November 30, 2010 - The size of the coloured sphere is proportionnal to the amount of light received by the optical module (in fact to the electric charge obtained from the photomultiplier). The colour of the sphere depends on the arrival time. Before and…
A secondary junction box on Antares October 30, 2010 -   EN On the 30th October 2010, the IFREMER remotely operated submersible, VICTOR, has successfully connected onto the ANTARES infrastructure a new secondary junction box (SJB) dedicated for the operation of interdisciplinary Earth and Sea science projects. The SJB, developed…
A first look at the sky June 6, 2009 -   EN Since 2007 ANTARES scrutinizes the sky in the search for neutrinos of a cosmic origin that could witness the most violent phenomena in the Universe. At present, more than one thousand neutrinos have been detected, enabling the first…
Antares back to life after a cable incident September 6, 2008 - September 6th, 2008 Antares back to life after a cable incident On June 24th, 9:40 AM, the shift crew reported a general power failure of the detector. After investigations, it became evident that this was due to the 40 km…
ANTARES DETECTOR COMPLETED May 30, 2008 - May 30th, 2008 ANTARES DETECTOR COMPLETED May 30th, in the night, the last 2 Antares lines have been powered on, thus bringing the total number of detection lines to 12 (*) and marking the completion of the largest undersea neutrino…
From 5 to 10 lines A major step toward completion December 7, 2007 -   December 7th, 2007 From 5 to 10 lines A major step toward completion This morning, while the crew on "Pourquoi Pas?" was recovering the remotely operated submarine, the on-shore team powered on the  5 new detection lines and the new…
First neutrinos detected February 21, 2007 - February 21st, 2007 First neutrinos detected The picture below shows an event before (on the left) and after (on the right) the hits due to bioluminescence have been filtered. Colours vary with time, the event lasting about 2 microseconds. The…
Neutrino astronomy in the Mediterranean! January 29, 2007 - January 29th, 2007 Neutrino astronomy in the Mediterranean!   On January 29, at dawn, the last of the 3 recently immersed lines was connected, and the 5 lines that make the Antares detector were powered. At the end of the…