Baikal-GVD: status and prospects

A.D. Avrorin; A.V. Avrorin; V.M. Aynutdinov; R. Bannash; I.A. Belolaptikov; V.B. Brudanin; N.M. Budnev; A.A. Doroshenko; G.V. Domogatsky; R. Dvornický; A.N. Dyachok; Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev; L. Fajt; S.V. Fialkovsky; A.R. Gafarov; K.V. Golubkov; T.I. Gres; Z. Honz; K.G. Kebkal; O.G. Kebkal; E.V. Khramov; M.M. Kolbin; K.V. Konischev; A.P. Korobchenko; A.P. Koshechkin; V.A. Kozhin; V.F. Kulepov; D.A. Kuleshov; M.B. Milenin; R.A. Mirgazov; E.R. Osipova; A.I. Panfilov; L.V. Pan’kov; D.P. Petukhov; E.N. Pliskovsky; M.I. Rozanov; E.V. Rjabov; V.D. Rushay; G.B. Safronov; F. Simkovic; B.A. Shoibonov; A.G. Solovjev; M.N. Sorokovikov; M.D. Shelepov; O.V. Suvorova; I. Shtekl; V.A. Tabolenko; B.A. Tarashansky; S.A. Yakovlev; A.V. Zagorodnikov; V.L. Zurbanov

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201819101006

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EPJ Web of Conferences 191, 01006 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201819101006

Baikal-GVD: status and prospects

A.D. Avrorin¹, A.V. Avrorin¹, V.M. Aynutdinov¹, R. Bannash⁷, I.A. Belolaptikov², V.B. Brudanin², N.M. Budnev³, A.A. Doroshenko¹, G.V. Domogatsky¹, R. Dvornický²^,8, A.N. Dyachok³, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev¹, L. Fajt²^,8^,9, S.V. Fialkovsky⁵, A.R. Gafarov³, K.V. Golubkov¹, T.I. Gres³, Z. Honz², K.G. Kebkal⁷, O.G. Kebkal⁷, E.V. Khramov², M.M. Kolbin², K.V. Konischev², A.P. Korobchenko², A.P. Koshechkin¹, V.A. Kozhin⁴, V.F. Kulepov⁵, D.A. Kuleshov¹, M.B. Milenin⁵, R.A. Mirgazov³, E.R. Osipova⁴, A.I. Panfilov¹, L.V. Pan’kov³, D.P. Petukhov¹, E.N. Pliskovsky², M.I. Rozanov⁶, E.V. Rjabov³, V.D. Rushay², G.B. Safronov², F. Simkovic²^,8, B.A. Shoibonov², A.G. Solovjev², M.N. Sorokovikov², M.D. Shelepov¹, O.V. Suvorova¹, I. Shtekl²^,9, V.A. Tabolenko³, B.A. Tarashansky³, S.A. Yakovlev⁷, 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 EvoLogics, Berlin, Germany
⁸ Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
⁹ Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Published online: 31 October 2018

Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a next generation, kilometer-scale neutrino telescope under construction in Lake Baikal. It is designed to detect astrophysical neutrino fluxes at energies from a few TeV up to 100 PeV. GVD is formed by multi-megaton subarrays (clusters). The array construction started in 2015 by deployment of a reduced-size demonstration cluster named "Dubna" . The first cluster in it’s baseline configuration was deployed in 2016, the second in 2017 and the third in 2018. The full-scale GVD will be an array of ~10.000 light sensors with an instrumented volume about of 2 cubic km. The first phase (GVD-1) is planned to be completed by 2020-2021. It will comprise 8 clusters with 2304 light sensors in total. We describe the design of Baikal-GVD and present selected results obtained in 2015 - 2017.

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