  ANTARES is a project aiming at the operation of an underwater detector at a
depth of 2.5 km close to Toulon in the South of France. The detector is
expected to be completed at the beginning of 2007. The main purpose of the
experiment is the detection of high energy neutrinos produced in astrophysical
sources. Being weakly interacting, neutrinos could potentially be more powerful
messengers of the universe compared to photons, but their detection is
challenging. The technique employs phototubes to detect the arrival time and
the amplitude of photons emitted by neutrino charged secondaries due to the
Cherenkov effect. ANTARES will contribute significantly in the field of
neutrino astronomy, observing the Galactic Centre with unprecedented pointing
capabilities.
