Measurements of light transmission in deep sea with the AC9 trasmissometer
- 標題
- Measurements of light transmission in deep sea with the AC9 trasmissometer
- 作者
- A Capone, T Digaetano, A Grimaldi, R Habel, D Lo Presti, E Migneco, R Masullo, F Moro, M Petruccetti, C Petta, P Piattelli, N Randazzo, G Riccobene, E Salusti, P Sapienza, M Sedita, L Trasatti, L Ursella
- 文件屬性
- 國外期刊
- 知識分類
- 基礎研究
- 出版年
- 2002
- 刊名
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- 關鍵字
- Neutrino telescope; NEMO; Attenuation; Absorption; Deep sea
- 點閱數
- 3165
摘要
The NEMO Collaboration aims to construct an underwater Cherenkov detector in the Mediterranean Sea, able to act as a neutrino telescope. One of the main tasks of this project, which implies difficult technological challenges, is the selection of an adequate marine site. In this framework the knowledge of light transmission properties in deep seawater is extremely important. The collaboration has measured optical properties in several marine sites near the Italian coasts, at depths View the MathML source, using a setup based on a AC9, a commercial trasmissometer, manufactured by WETLabs. The results obtained for the two sites reported in this paper (Alicudi and Ustica), show that deep seawater optical properties are comparable to those of the clearest waters