Search for neutrino emission from gamma-ray sources with the Antares Telescope

摘要

ANTARES is the first undersea neutrino detector ever built and presently theneutrino telescope with the largest effective area operating in the NorthernHemisphere. A three- dimensional array of photomultiplier tubes detects theCherenkov light induced by the muons produced in the interaction of high energyneutrinos with the matter surrounding the detector. The detection ofastronomical neutrino sources is one of the main goals of ANTARES. The searchfor point-like neutrino sources with the ANTARES telescope is described and thepreliminary results obtained with data collected from 2007 to 2010 are shown.No cosmic neutrino source has been observed and neutrino flux upper limits havebeen calculated for the most promising source candidates.