The optical detection unit for Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

A.D. Avrorin; A.V. Avrorin; V.M. Aynutdinov; R. Bannash; I.A. Belolaptikov; D.Yu. Bogorodsky; V.B. Brudanin; N.M. Budnev; I.A. Danilchenko; G.V. Domogatsky; A.A. Doroshenko; A.N. Dyachok; Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev; S.V. Fialkovsky; A.R. Gafarov; O.N. Gaponenko; K.V. Golubkov; T.I. Gress; Z. Honz; K.G. Kebkal; O.G. Kebkal; K.V. Konischev; E.N. Konstantinov; A.V. Korobchenko; A.P. Koshechkin; F.K. Koshel; A.V. Kozhin; V.F. Kulepov; D.A. Kuleshov; V.I. Ljashuk; M.B. Milenin; R.A. Mirgazov; E.R. Osipova; A.I. Panfilov; L.V. Pan'kov; A.A. Perevalov; E.N. Pliskovsky; M.I. Rozanov; V.Yu. Rubtzov; E.V. Rjabov; B.A. Shaybonov; A.A. Sheifler; A.V. Skurihin; A.A. Smagina; O.V. Suvorova; V.A. Tabolenko; B.A. Tarashansky; S.A. Yakovlev; A.V. Zagorodnikov; V.A. Zhukov; V.L. Zurbanov

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EPJ Web of Conferences 121, 05008 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612105008

The optical detection unit for Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

A.D. Avrorin¹, A.V. Avrorin¹, V.M. Aynutdinov¹^a, R. Bannash⁷, I.A. Belolaptikov², D.Yu. Bogorodsky³, V.B. Brudanin², N.M. Budnev³, I.A. Danilchenko¹, G.V. Domogatsky¹, A.A. Doroshenko¹, A.N. Dyachok³, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev¹, S.V. Fialkovsky⁵, A.R. Gafarov³, O.N. Gaponenko¹, K.V. Golubkov¹, T.I. Gress³, Z. Honz², K.G. Kebkal⁷, O.G. Kebkal⁷, K.V. Konischev², E.N. Konstantinov³, A.V. Korobchenko³, A.P. Koshechkin¹, F.K. Koshel¹, A.V. Kozhin⁴, V.F. Kulepov⁵, D.A. Kuleshov¹, V.I. Ljashuk¹, M.B. Milenin⁵, R.A. Mirgazov³, E.R. Osipova⁴, A.I. Panfilov¹, L.V. Pan'kov³, A.A. Perevalov³, E.N. Pliskovsky², M.I. Rozanov⁶, V.Yu. Rubtzov³, E.V. Rjabov³, B.A. Shaybonov², A.A. Sheifler¹, A.V. Skurihin⁴, A.A. Smagina², O.V. Suvorova¹, V.A. Tabolenko³, B.A. Tarashansky³, S.A. Yakovlev⁷, A.V. Zagorodnikov³, V.A. Zhukov¹ and V.L. Zurbanov³

¹ Institute for Nuclear Research, 60th October Anniversary pr. 7A, Moscow 117312, Russia
² Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
³ Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk 664003, Russia
⁴ Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics MSU, Moscow 119991, Russia
⁵ Nizhni Novgorod State Technical University, Nizhni Novgorod 603950, Russia
⁶ St. Petersburg State Marine University, St. Petersburg 190008, Russia
⁷ EvoLogics GmbH, Berlin, Germany

^a Corresponding author: aynutdin@yandex.ru

Published online: 6 July 2016

Abstract

The first stage of the GVD-cluster composed of five strings was deployed in April 2014. Each string consists of two sections with 12 optical modules per section. A section is the basic detection unit of the Baikal neutrino telescope. We will describe the section design, review its basic elements – optical modules, FADC readout units, slow control and calibration systems, and present selected results for section in-situ tests in Lake Baikal.

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