NESTOR
The Greek National NESTOR Institute for Deep Sea Research, Technology and
Neutrino Astroparticle Physics has been operating for several years and has its
headquarters at Pylos in Navarino Bay, 300 km south of Athens. Nearby is the
Hellenic trench, the deepest point in the Mediterranean. At these depths the goal
is to deploy 4 km high towers of optical modules. "Floors" of these towers of 34
m in diameter have already been tested (CERN CourierOctober 1997
p17). To support these towers and provide a staging post for the experiment,
NESTOR is developing the Delta Berenike ballasted floating platform.The picture
shows an artists's impression of the Delta Berenike ballasted floating platform
being made for the NESTOR underwater detector. The 60 m triangular platform
(hence Delta) is shown with an array of photodetectors. Berenike was the wife of
Ptolemy III and Coma Berenikes is a galaxy in the Bootes constellation.