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author Holzapfel, Kilian
Spannfellner, Christian
Aghaei, Omid
Baron, Andrew
Bedard, Jeanette
Böhmer, Michael
Bosma, Jeff
Deis, Nathan
Fink, Christopher
Fruck, Christian
Gärtner, Andreas
Gernhäuser, Roman
Henningsen, Felix
Hotte, Ryan
Jenkyns, Reyna
Karl, Martina
Khera, Natasha
Khera, Nikhita
Kulin, Ian
Lam, Alex
Lavallee, Tim
Leismüller, Klaus
Papp, Laszlo
Pirenne, Benoit
Price, Emily
Qiu, Tom
Rea, Immacolata Carmen
Resconi, Elisa
Round, Adrian
Rott, Carsten
Ruskey, Albert
Ruohan, Li
Sasaki, Keita
Tradewell, Matt
Traxler, Michael
Vivolo, Daniele
Wagner, Seann
Winter, Eva Laura
Wolf, Martin
author_facet Holzapfel, Kilian
Spannfellner, Christian
Aghaei, Omid
Baron, Andrew
Bedard, Jeanette
Böhmer, Michael
Bosma, Jeff
Deis, Nathan
Fink, Christopher
Fruck, Christian
Gärtner, Andreas
Gernhäuser, Roman
Henningsen, Felix
Hotte, Ryan
Jenkyns, Reyna
Karl, Martina
Khera, Natasha
Khera, Nikhita
Kulin, Ian
Lam, Alex
Lavallee, Tim
Leismüller, Klaus
Papp, Laszlo
Pirenne, Benoit
Price, Emily
Qiu, Tom
Rea, Immacolata Carmen
Resconi, Elisa
Round, Adrian
Rott, Carsten
Ruskey, Albert
Ruohan, Li
Sasaki, Keita
Tradewell, Matt
Traxler, Michael
Vivolo, Daniele
Wagner, Seann
Winter, Eva Laura
Wolf, Martin
contents Since 2018, the potential for a high-energy neutrino telescope, named the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), has been thoroughly examined by two pathfinder missions, STRAW and STRAW-b, short for short for Strings for Absorption Length in Water. The P-ONE project seeks to install a neutrino detector with a one cubic kilometer volume in the Cascadia Basin's deep marine surroundings, situated near the western shores of Vancouver Island, Canada. To assess the environmental conditions and feasibility of constructing a neutrino detector of that scale, the pathfinder missions, STRAW and STRAW-b, have been deployed at a depth of 2.7 km within the designated site for P-ONE and were connected to the NEPTUNE observatory, operated by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). While STRAW focused on analyzing the optical properties of water in the Cascadia Basin, \ac{strawb} employed cameras and spectrometers to investigate the characteristics of bioluminescence in the deep-sea environment. This report introduces the STRAW-b concept, covering its scientific objectives and the instrumentation used. Furthermore, it discusses the design considerations implemented to guarantee a secure and dependable deployment process of STRAW-b. Additionally, it showcases the data collected by battery-powered loggers, which monitored the mechanical stress on the equipment throughout the deployment. The report also offers an overview of STRAW-b's operation, with a specific emphasis on the notable advancements achieved in the data acquisition (DAQ) system and its successful integration with the server infrastructure of ONC.
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spellingShingle STRAW-b (STRings for Absorption length in Water-b): the second pathfinder mission for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment
Holzapfel, Kilian
Spannfellner, Christian
Aghaei, Omid
Baron, Andrew
Bedard, Jeanette
Böhmer, Michael
Bosma, Jeff
Deis, Nathan
Fink, Christopher
Fruck, Christian
Gärtner, Andreas
Gernhäuser, Roman
Henningsen, Felix
Hotte, Ryan
Jenkyns, Reyna
Karl, Martina
Khera, Natasha
Khera, Nikhita
Kulin, Ian
Lam, Alex
Lavallee, Tim
Leismüller, Klaus
Papp, Laszlo
Pirenne, Benoit
Price, Emily
Qiu, Tom
Rea, Immacolata Carmen
Resconi, Elisa
Round, Adrian
Rott, Carsten
Ruskey, Albert
Ruohan, Li
Sasaki, Keita
Tradewell, Matt
Traxler, Michael
Vivolo, Daniele
Wagner, Seann
Winter, Eva Laura
Wolf, Martin
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Since 2018, the potential for a high-energy neutrino telescope, named the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE), has been thoroughly examined by two pathfinder missions, STRAW and STRAW-b, short for short for Strings for Absorption Length in Water. The P-ONE project seeks to install a neutrino detector with a one cubic kilometer volume in the Cascadia Basin's deep marine surroundings, situated near the western shores of Vancouver Island, Canada. To assess the environmental conditions and feasibility of constructing a neutrino detector of that scale, the pathfinder missions, STRAW and STRAW-b, have been deployed at a depth of 2.7 km within the designated site for P-ONE and were connected to the NEPTUNE observatory, operated by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). While STRAW focused on analyzing the optical properties of water in the Cascadia Basin, \ac{strawb} employed cameras and spectrometers to investigate the characteristics of bioluminescence in the deep-sea environment. This report introduces the STRAW-b concept, covering its scientific objectives and the instrumentation used. Furthermore, it discusses the design considerations implemented to guarantee a secure and dependable deployment process of STRAW-b. Additionally, it showcases the data collected by battery-powered loggers, which monitored the mechanical stress on the equipment throughout the deployment. The report also offers an overview of STRAW-b's operation, with a specific emphasis on the notable advancements achieved in the data acquisition (DAQ) system and its successful integration with the server infrastructure of ONC.
title STRAW-b (STRings for Absorption length in Water-b): the second pathfinder mission for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.16714