DUMAND summer workshop, University of California, La Jolla, CA, July 24-September 2, 1978, proceedings. Volume 3 - oceanographic and ocean engineering studies

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6845807

Wilkins, G

The DUMAND (Deep Underwater Muon and Neutrino Detector) array, a hexagon 800 m on a side, 673 m high, and consisting of 22,698 sensor modules, is designed to detect neutrinos in the TeV range, hadronic cascades, muons and Cerenkov radiation. Its engineering, signal processing, and logistic aspects are considered, as are its optical detection (photomultiplier tubes) system and electronics. Geological and bottom current surveys were made at two proposed sites for the array (the Maui and Keahole Point basins of Hawaii), and a study of the steady-state response of a sensor string to current drag forces is reported. Biological interference with the DUMAND array, including mechanical entanglement by large animals, bioluminescence, and especially biofouling are considered, as well as the deployment, implantment and maintenance of the array.

• OSTI ID: 6845807
• Report Number(s): CONF-7808107-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSTRACTS
ANTENNAS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC SHOWERS
CURRENTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DUMAND PROJECT
EARTH CRUST
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EQUIPMENT
FERMIONS
FOULING
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
HADRONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEADING ABSTRACT
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEETINGS
MONITORS
MUONS
NEUTRINOS
OCEANIC CRUST
OCEANOGRAPHY
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PHOTOTUBES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION MONITORS
RADIATIONS
SEAWATER
SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
SHOWERS
SURVEYS
TEV RANGE
UNDERWATER FACILITIES
WATER
WATER CURRENTS