Long-term optical background measurements in the Capo Passero deep-sea site
Author(s) -
M. G. Pellegriti,
S. Aiello,
F. Ameli,
M. Anghinolfi,
G. C. Barbarino,
E. Barbarito,
Felicia Barbato,
N. Beverini,
S. Biagi,
B. Bouhadef,
C. Bozza,
G. Cacopardo,
M. Calamai,
Corrado Calì,
A. Capone,
Francesco Caruso,
A. Ceres,
T. Chiarusi,
M. Circella,
R. Cocimano,
R. Coniglione,
Marcia Vanessa Gomes Costa,
G. Cuttone,
C. D’Amato,
Vittorio D’Amato,
Antonio D’Amico,
G. De Bonis,
V. De Luca,
N. Deniskina,
G. De Rosa,
C. Distefano,
P. Fermani,
V. Flaminio,
L. Fusco,
F. Garufi,
V. Giordano,
Gabriele Giovanetti,
A. Gmerk,
Rosaria Grasso,
G. Grella,
C. Hugon,
M. Imbesi,
V. Kulikovsky,
G. Larosa,
D. Lattuada,
E. Leonora,
P. Litrico,
A. Lonardo,
F. Longhitano,
D. Lo Presti,
E. Maccioni,
A. Margiotta,
A. Martini,
R. Masullo,
P. Migliozzi,
E. Migneco,
A. Miraglia,
C.M. Mollo,
M. Mongelli,
M. Morganti,
P. Musico,
M. Musumeci,
C. A. Nicolau,
A. Orlando,
R. Papaleo,
C. Pellegrino,
C. Perrina,
P. Piattelli,
C. Pugliatti,
S. Pulvirenti,
F. Raffaelli,
N. Randazzo,
G. Riccobene,
A. Rovelli,
M. Sanguineti,
P. Sapienza,
I. Sgura,
Francesco Simeone,
V. Sipala,
M. Spurio,
F. Speziale,
C. Spitaleri,
M. Taiuti,
G. Terreni,
L. Trasatti,
A. Trovato,
Cynthia Ventura,
P. Vicini,
S. Viola,
D. Vivolo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4902780
Subject(s) - tower , shore , term (time) , baseline (sea) , remote sensing , geology , optics , physics , geodesy , oceanography , geography , astronomy , archaeology
In March 2013, the Nemo Phase-2 tower has been successfully installed at 100 km off-shore Capo Passero (Italy) and 3500 m depth. This 8-floor tower hosts 32 10-inch PMT's. Results from optical background measurements are presented. In particular, the analyzed rates show stable and low baseline values, compatible with the contribution of 40K light emission, with a small percentage of light bursts due to bioluminescence. All these features are a confirmation of the stability and good optical nature of the site
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