1. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting ~ 38% THE CONTRIBUTION OF INFN TO WP5 Presented by M.Anghinolfi, INFN-Genova (It)

2. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting participation within INFN: InstitutionPartecipants Laboratori Nazionali del Sud Anzalone, Cacopardo, Cocimano, D'Amico, Migneco, Musumeci, Orlando, Papaleo, Piattelli, Raia, Riccobene, Rovelli, Schillaci, Sedita Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati Habel, Trasatti INFN Genova Anghinolfi, Brunoldi, Cuneo, Piombo, Taiuti INFN Pisa Bagnoli, Beverini, Garruso, Maccioni, Morganti, Pierro, Stefani INFN Roma Capone (WP5 coordinator), Simeone

3. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting CONISMA R/V UNIVERSITATIS 48m Capo Passero 3350 m Ustica 3500 m Alicudi 3500 m Catania 2000 m CNR R/V Thetis 32 m CNR R/V Urania 62 m NATO R/V Alliance 110m Sites investigated, ships Some previous experience... Sites investigated, ships

4. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting NEMO Site Selection Activity > 25 sea campaigns since 1998 – light transmission properties of deep sea water(AC9 transmissometer) – optical background (custom devices) – deep sea currents (RCM11 and RCM8 current metre) data analysis OGS – nature and quantity of sedimenting material (Sediment trap) data analysis IBM – seabed characteristics (cores and bottom profile) data analysis CEOM-ENI Other sites explored Lake Baikal, in collaboration with BAIKAL site evaluation group Toulon (ANTARES site), in collaboration with ANTARES site evaluation group V. Balkanov et al. NIM 2002 AC9 BiofoulingSedimentsOptical background

5. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting Oceanographic data measured in Capo Passero Two current metres and a sediment trap are moored in Capo Passero Region since 1998. Seabed 3350 m Current meter 3050 m Current metre 2900 m Sediment trap 3000 m

6. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting Capo Passero: sedimentation rate Sediment samples collected over more than 3 full years: Aug 1999-May 2000 and July-December 2001(analysed). Other periods under analysis Etna eruption July 2001

7. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting Joint Sea Campaign ANTARES-NEMO Detector: PMT (10 Hamamatsu) CPU and memory (160Mb) Energy ( > 350 h) Test 1

8. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting NEMO device (8 PMT at 0.3 spe) Toulon58.0 3.0 kHz Capo P.28.5 2.5 kHz Optical background in Capo Passero and Toulon PMT 1+ DAQ PMT 2+power PMT dark current 7 kHz

9. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting power distribution (See M. Sedita VLVnT II, Catania nov 05)

10. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting JUNCTION BOX Design and realization of power electrical and control systems for underwater deep sea networks Test and applications of power electric and electronics components under pressure Facilities and instrumentations for under pressure tests of working electric and electronic components (See R.Cocimano VLVnT II, Catania nov 05)

11. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting deployment and recovery of detector units (See M. Musumeci VLVnT II, Catania nov 05)

12. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting developement of a new hybrid electro optical wet-mateable connector (proposed by S.Cuneo INFN Genova)

13. M.AnghinolfiKM3NeT kickoff meeting