Baikal-GVD

A.D. Avrorin; A.V. Avrorin; V.M. Aynutdinov; R. Bannash; I.A. Belolaptikov; V.B. Brudanin; N.M. Budnev; I.A. Danilchenko; S.V. Demidov; G.V. Domogatsky; A.A. Doroshenko; R. Dvornicky; A.N. Dyachok; Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev; L. Fajt; 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; A.V. Korobchenko; A.P. Koshechkin; F.K. Koshel; A.V. Kozhin; V.F. Kulepov; D.A. Kuleshov; M.B. Milenin; R.A. Mirgazov; E.R. Osipova; A.I. Panfilov; L.V. Pan’kov; E.N. Pliskovsky; M.I. Rozanov; E.V. Rjabov; F.A. Shamakhov; B.A. Shaybonov; A.A. Sheifler; M.D. Shelepov; F. Simkovic; A.V. Skurihin; A.A. Smagina; I. Stekl; O.V. Suvorova; V.A. Tabolenko; B.A. Tarashansky; S.A. Yakovlev; A.V. Zagorodnikov; V.L. Zurbanov

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201713604007

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EPJ Web of Conferences 136, 04007 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713604007

Baikal-GVD

A.D. Avrorin¹, A.V. Avrorin¹, V.M. Aynutdinov¹, R. Bannash⁹, I.A. Belolaptikov², V.B. Brudanin², N.M. Budnev³, I.A. Danilchenko¹, S.V. Demidov¹, G.V. Domogatsky¹, A.A. Doroshenko¹, R. Dvornicky²^,7, A.N. Dyachok³, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev¹, L. Fajt⁷^,8, S.V. Fialkovsky⁵, A.R. Gafarov³, O.N. Gaponenko¹, K.V. Golubkov¹, T.I. Gress³, Z. Honz², K.G. Kebkal⁹, O.G. Kebkal⁹, K.V. Konischev², A.V. Korobchenko², A.P. Koshechkin¹, F.K. Koshel¹, A.V. Kozhin⁴, V.F. Kulepov⁵, D.A. Kuleshov¹, M.B. Milenin⁵, R.A. Mirgazov³, E.R. Osipova⁴, A.I. Panfilov¹, L.V. Pan’kov³, E.N. Pliskovsky², M.I. Rozanov⁶, E.V. Rjabov³, F.A. Shamakhov², B.A. Shaybonov², A.A. Sheifler¹, M.D. Shelepov¹, F. Simkovic⁷^,2, A.V. Skurihin⁴, A.A. Smagina², I. Stekl², O.V. Suvorova¹^a, V.A. Tabolenko³, B.A. Tarashansky³, S.A. Yakovlev⁹, A.V. Zagorodnikov³ and V.L. Zurbanov³

¹ Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow, 117312 Russia
² Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
³ Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664003 Russia
⁴ Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991 Russia
⁵ Nizhni Novgorod State Technical University, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950 Russia
⁶ St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, St. Petersburg, 190008 Russia
⁷ Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F1, SK-842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
⁸ Czech Technical University in Prague, 12800 Prague, Czech Republic
⁹ EvoLogics, Germany

^a e-mail: suvorova@cpc.inr.ac.ru

Published online: 23 March 2017

Abstract

We present the status of the Gigaton Volume Detector in Lake Baikal (Baikal-GVD) designed for the detection of high energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. The telescope consists of functionally independent clusters, sub-arrays of optical modules (OMs), which are connected to shore by individual electro-optical cables. During 2015 the GVD demonstration cluster, comprising 192 OMs, has been successfully operated in Lake Baikal. In 2016 this array was upgraded to baseline configuration of GVD cluster with 288 OMs arranged on eight vertical strings. Thus the instrumented water volume has been increased up to about 5.9 Mtons. The array was commissioned in early April 2016 and takes data since then. We describe the configuration and design of the 2016 array. Preliminary results obtained with data recorded in 2015 are also discussed.

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