THE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR THE ANTARES NEUTRINO TELESCOPE

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doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.098

The ANTARES neutrino telescope is being constructed in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The data acquisition system of the detector takes care of the digitisation of the photo-multiplier tube signals, data transport, data filtering, and data storage. The detector is operated using a control program interfaced with all elements. The design and the implementation of the data acquisition system are described.