ANTARES Proposal: Towards a Large Scale High Energy Cosmic Neutrino - undersea detector
P. Amram
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C. Arpesella
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E. Aslanides
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J.J. Aubert
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R. Azoulay
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D. Bailey
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S. Basa
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R. Berthier
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V. Bertin
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M. Billault
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S. Biller
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F. Blanc
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P.E. Blanc
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F. Blondeau
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J. Boulesteix
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B. Brooks
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A. Calzas
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C. Carloganu
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J. Carr
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P H. Carton
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R. Cases
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M. Cribier
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N. de Botton
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F. Desages
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J.J. Destelle
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G. Dispau
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J F. Drogou
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F. Feinstein
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D. Festy
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J.-L. Fuda
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P. Galumian
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P. Goret
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L. Gosset
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J F. Gournay
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J J. Hernandez
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G. Herrouin
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F. Hubaut
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N. Jelley
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E. Kajfasz
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D. Lachartre
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P. Lamare
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J C. Languillat
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L. Laubier
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J P. Laugier
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R. Le Gac
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H. Le Provost
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A. Le van Suu
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L. Lemoine
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D. Loiseau
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S. Loucatos
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P. Magnier
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M. Marcelin
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L. Martin
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F. Mazeas
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A. Mazure
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J. Mcnutt
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C. Meessen
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C. Millot
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P. Mols
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F. Montanet
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M E. Moorhead
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L. Moscoso
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S. Navas
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C. Olivetto
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P. Payre
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P. Perrin
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J. Poinsignon
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R. Potheau
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M. Raymond
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Y. Sacquin
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J P. Schuller
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J P. Soirat
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A. Tabary
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M. Talby
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R. Triay
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P. Valdy
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J. Velasco
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E. Vigeolas
(1)
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D. Vignaud
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D. Vilanova
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D. Wark
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J. Zuniga
P. Amram
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R. Azoulay
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D. Bailey
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R. Berthier
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S. Biller
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F. Blanc
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F. Blondeau
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J. Boulesteix
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B. Brooks
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C. Carloganu
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P H. Carton
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R. Cases
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M. Cribier
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N. de Botton
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F. Desages
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G. Dispau
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J F. Drogou
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F. Feinstein
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D. Festy
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J.-L. Fuda
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P. Galumian
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P. Goret
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L. Gosset
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J F. Gournay
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J J. Hernandez
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G. Herrouin
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N. Jelley
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E. Kajfasz
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D. Lachartre
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P. Lamare
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J C. Languillat
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L. Laubier
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J P. Laugier
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H. Le Provost
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L. Lemoine
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D. Loiseau
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S. Loucatos
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P. Magnier
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M. Marcelin
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L. Martin
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F. Mazeas
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A. Mazure
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J. Mcnutt
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C. Millot
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P. Mols
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M E. Moorhead
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L. Moscoso
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P. Perrin
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J. Poinsignon
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Y. Sacquin
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J P. Schuller
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J P. Soirat
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A. Tabary
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R. Triay
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P. Valdy
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J. Velasco
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D. Vignaud
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D. Vilanova
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D. Wark
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J. Zuniga
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Abstract
The ANTARES collaboration propose to observe high energy cosmic neutrinos using a deep sea Cherenkov detector. The sky survey with high energy neutrinos is complementary to the observations with photons and will shed a new light on the understanding of the origin of cosmics rays. We propose to explore the possibility of a km-scale detector to be installed in a deep site in the Mediterranean sea, for which a broad collaboration will be needed. With the help of collaborators and partners which have experience in sea science engineering (COM, CSTN, CTME, IFREMER, France Télécom Câbles, INSU-CNRS...) we will test the sea engineering part of a detector including test deployments close to the Toulon coast (France) where technical support is available and where several sites at depths down to 2500~m are easily accessible. We propose to build and install a demonstrator (a fully equipped 3-dimensional test array) the design of which can be extended to a km-scale detector. During the same time, autonomous systems allowing to measure undersea optical parameters in view of the selection of a site for the future km-scale detector will be realized.