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SubscribeUndersea neutrino observatory to be second-largest human structure
Cougar ROVs will be used to connect KM3NeT's cables and carry out deep-sea monitoring
A new platform specifically constructed for the deployment of KM3NeT
A new platform specifically constructed for the deployment of KM3NeT
Prototype of a KM3NeT detection unit's vertical backbone cable
Prototype of a KM3NeT detection unit's vertical backbone cable
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method tested in the field
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method tested in the field
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method tested in the field
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method tested in the field
Prototype KM3NeT deployment method tested in the field
Design of a KM3NeT detection unit in stacked form
Design of a KM3NeT detection unit in stacked form
Design of one component level of a KM3NeT detection unit
Visualized: the height of a KM3NeT detection unit
Visualized: the height of a KM3NeT detection unit
Visualized: the height of a KM3NeT detection unit
Inside the Prototype KM3NeT Digital Optical Module
Inside the Prototype KM3NeT Digital Optical Module
Component of the Prototype KM3NeT Digital Optical Module
Prototype KM3NeT Digital Optical Module
Prototype KM3NeT Digital Optical Module
Computer model of KM3NeT
KM3NeT seafloor network design
KM3NeT seafloor network design
Artist's impression of the KM3NeT infrastructure
Article Summary
An audacious project to construct a vast infrastructure housing a neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is being undertaken by a consortium of 40 institutes and universities from ten European countries. The consortium claims that KM3NeT, as it is known, will "open a new window on the Universe," as its "several" cubic kilometer observatory detects high-energy neutrinos from violent sources in outer space such as gamma-ray bursts, colliding stars and supernovae.
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