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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS016 Oral Presentation 2346<br />

The NEMO station deployment first result<br />

Dr. Mario Salvatore Musumeci<br />

Laboratori Nazionali del Sud Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare IAPSO<br />

The Nemo Collaboration<br />

The NEMO collaboration is carring out an R&D activity aimed at the realization of a km3 an underwater<br />

Cherenkov neutrino detector. Long-term exploration of a 3500 m deep-sea site located at about 50 NM<br />

offshore the Sicilian coast (Capo Passero) has shown that it is optimal for the installation of the<br />

detector. The technological solutions proposed for the detector realization have been validated through<br />

a Phase-1 project, culminated in December 2006 with the deployment of a junction box and a prototype<br />

detector structure at a Test Site 14 nautical miles offshore the Catania harbour at 2000 m depth. The<br />

realization of a new infrastructure with a 100 km long electro-optical cable on the candidate site is<br />

under way. This Phase-2 project will provide the possibility to test detector components at 3500 m<br />

depth and will allow for a continuous monitoring of the site environmental properties. Both these cabled<br />

infrastructures, which were fully funded by the INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), are planned<br />

to be part of the future European underwater research infrastructure recently defined by ESFRI.<br />

Keywords: neutrino, cabled, infrastructures

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