The infrastructure, situated at eight,038 feet (two,450 meters) underwater, is dwelling to cutting-edge scientific gear, which includes the  Kilometer Cube Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) neutrino detector, which comprises two,070 spheres arranged on 115 lines anchored to the ocean floor and held taut by submerged floats. The platform also homes EMSO environmental sensors, vital for monitoring the ocean’s well being.

According to the LSPM, the facility will function the following underwater infrastructure:

• electro-optical cables for shore connection,

• junction boxes for interfacing underwater instrumentation,

• extended base acoustic positioning program,

• junction box devoted to environmental measures.

Back on Terra Firma, the lab will function the following vital infrastructure:

• A principal manage area in La Seyne-sur-Mer: genuine-time manage of experiments, information acquisition, and processing, higher-speed connection to other manage and storage centers,

• The remote manage area at the CPPM: the showroom, reception, and multimedia installations.

Artist’s impression of the completed lab.

“These gigantic arrays of detectors can detect neutrinos emanating from the Southern Hemisphere sky. On the uncommon occasions [the neutrinos] interact with water molecules, they generate a bluish flash of light in the darkness of the ocean abyss,” Paschal Coyle, director of investigation at the Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille and director of LSPM, told Ars Technica. “Detecting this light permits us to measure the directions and energies of the neutrinos.”

The platform will also function an underwater robot referred to as “BathyBot.” This robot has sophisticated sensors that can measure different oceanic parameters such as temperature, oxygen, carbon dioxide concentrations, existing speed and path, salinity, and particle concentration. Like other instruments on the LPSM, this robot will be remotely controlled from the shore.