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The optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope

A deep underwater Cherenkov telescope has been operating since 1993 in stages of growing size at 1.1 km depth in Lake Baikal. The key component of the telescope is the Optical Module (OM) which houses the highly sensitive phototube…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. I. Bagduev

Detectors and flux instrumentation for future neutrino facilities

This report summarises the conclusions from the detector group of the International Scoping Study of a future Neutrino Factory and Super-Beam neutrino facility. The baseline detector options for each possible neutrino beam are defined as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-05-29 T. Abe , H. Aihara , C. Andreopoulos , A. Ankowski , A. Badertscher , G. Battistoni , A. Blondel , J. Bouchez , A. Bross , A. Bueno , L. Camilleri , J. E. Campagne , A. Cazes , A. Cervera-Villanueva , G. De Lellis , F. Di Capua , M. Ellis , A. Ereditato , L. S. Esposito , C. Fukushima , E. Gschwendtner , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , M. Iwasaki , K. Kaneyuki , Y. Karadzhov , V. Kashikhin , Y. Kawai , M. Komatsu , E. Kozlovskaya , Y. Kudenko , A. Kusaka , H. Kyushima , A. Longhin , A. Marchionni , A. Marotta , C. McGrew , S. Menary , A. Meregaglia , M. Mezzeto , P. Migliozzi , N. K. Mondal , C. Montanari , T. Nakadaira , M. Nakamura , H. Nakumo , H. Nakayama , J. Nelson , J. Nowak , S. Ogawa , J. Peltoniemi , A. Pla-Dalmau , S. Ragazzi , A. Rubbia , F. Sanchez , J. Sarkamo , O. Sato , M. Selvi , H. Shibuya , M. Shozawa , J. Sobczyk , F. J. P. Soler , P. Strolin , M. Suyama , M. Tanak , F. Terranova , R. Tsenov , Y. Uchida , A. Weber , A. Zlobin

Operating Water Cherenkov Detectors in high altitude sites for the Large Aperture GRB Observatory

Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) are efficient detectors for detecting GRBs in the 10 GeV - 1 TeV energy range using the single particle technique, given their sensitivity to low energy secondary photons produced by high energy photons when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-05 D. Allard , C. Alvarez , H. Asorey , H. Barros , X. Bertou , M. Castillo , J. M. Chirinos , A. De Castro , S. Flores , J. Gonzalez , M. Gomez Berisso , J. Grajales , C. Guada , W. R. Guevara Day , J. Ishitsuka , J. A. Lopez , O. Martinez , A. Melfo , E. Meza , P. Miranda Loza , E. Moreno Barbosa , C. Murrugarra , L. A. Nunez , L. J. Otiniano Ormachea , G. Perez , Y. Perez , E. Ponce , J. Quispe , C. Quintero , H. Rivera , M. Rosales , A. C. Rovero , O. Saavedra , H. Salazar , J. C. Tello , R. Ticona Peralda , E. Varela , A. Velarde , L. Villasenor , D. Wahl , M. A. Zamalloa

Gaseous Detector with sub keV Threshold to Study Neutrino Scattering at Low Recoil Energies

Gaseous detector with a sub keV electron equivalent threshold is a very perspective tool for the precision measurement of the neutrino magnetic moment and to observe coherent scattering of neutrinos on nuclei. The progress in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-18 A. V. Kopylov , I. V. Orekhov , V. V. Petukhov , A. E. Solomatin

High-energy neutrino-induced cascade from the direction of the flaring radio blazar TXS 0506+056 observed by Baikal-GVD in 2021

The existence of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been unambiguously demonstrated, but their sources remain elusive. IceCube reported an association of a 290-TeV neutrino with a gamma-ray flare of TXS 0506+056, an active galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-27 GVD Collaboration , A. K. Erkenov , N. A. Kosogorov , Y. A. Kovalev , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. V. Plavin , A. V. Popkov , A. B. Pushkarev , D. V. Semikoz , Y. V. Sotnikova , S. V. Troitsky

Astroparticle Physics with High Energy Neutrino Telescopes

The first optical modules of the Baikal high energy neutrino telescope have recently been deployed. Commissioning of the AMANDA, DUMAND and NESTOR detectors will follow soon. Before discussing the detectors we review the arguments that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

An efficient hit finding algorithm for Baikal-GVD muon reconstruction

The Baikal-GVD is a large scale neutrino telescope being constructed in Lake Baikal. The majority of signal detected by the telescope are noise hits, caused primarily by the luminescence of the Baikal water. Separating noise hits from the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-03 V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannasch , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , I. V. Borina , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , V. Y. Dik , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , L. Fajt , S. V. Fialkovski , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , M. S. Katulin , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , K. A. Kopański , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , Pa. Malecki , Y. M. Malyshkin , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , V. Nazari , W. Noga , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , V. D. Rushay , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Šimkovic , A. E. Sirenko , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Štekl , A. P. Stromakov , E. O. Sushenok , O. V. Suvorova , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , Y. V. Yablokova , S. A. Yakovlev , D. N. Zaborov

First Gadolinium Loading to Super-Kamiokande

In order to improve Super-Kamiokande's neutron detection efficiency and to thereby increase its sensitivity to the diffuse supernova neutrino background flux, 13 tons of $\rm Gd_2(\rm SO_4)_3\cdot \rm 8H_2O$ (gadolinium sulfate octahydrate)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-27 K. Abe , C. Bronner , Y. Hayato , K. Hiraide , M. Ikeda , S. Imaizumi , J. Kameda , Y. Kanemura , Y. Kataoka , S. Miki , M. Miura , S. Moriyama , Y. Nagao , M. Nakahata , S. Nakayama , T. Okada , K. Okamoto , A. Orii , G. Pronost , H. Sekiya , M. Shiozawa , Y. Sonoda , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , Y. Takemoto , A. Takenaka , H. Tanaka , S. Watanabe , T. Yano , S. Han , T. Kajita , K. Okumura , T. Tashiro , J. Xia , G. D. Megias , D. Bravo-Berguno , L. Labarga , Ll. Marti , B. Zaldivar , B. W. Pointon , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , E. Kearns , J. L. Raaf , J. L. Stone , L. Wan , T. Wester , J. Bian , N. J. Griskevich , W. R. Kropp , S. Locke , S. Mine , M. B. Smy , H. W. Sobel , V. Takhistov , J. Hill , J. Y. Kim , I. T. Lim , R. G. Park , B. Bodur , K. Scholberg , C. W. Walter , L. Bernard , A. Coffani , O. Drapier , S. El Hedri , A. Giampaolo , M. Gonin , Th. A. Mueller , P. Paganini , B. Quilain , T. Ishizuka , T. Nakamura , J. S. Jang , J. G. Learned , L. H. V. Anthony , D. Martin , M. Scott , A. A. Sztuc , Y. Uchida , S. Cao , V. Berardi , M. G. Catanesi , E. Radicioni , N. F. Calabria , L. N. Machado , G. De Rosa , G. Collazuol , F. Iacob , M. Lamoureux , M. Mattiazzi , N. Ospina , L. Ludovici , Y. Maekawa , Y. Nishimura , M. Friend , T. Hasegawa , T. Ishida , T. Kobayashi , M. Jakkapu , T. Matsubara , T. Nakadaira , K. Nakamura , Y. Oyama , K. Sakashita , T. Sekiguchi , T. Tsukamoto , T. Boschi , J. Gao , F. Di Lodovico , J. Migenda , M. Taani , S. Zsoldos , Y. Kotsar , Y. Nakano , H. Ozaki , T. Shiozawa , A. T. Suzuki , Y. Takeuchi , S. Yamamoto , A. Ali , Y. Ashida , J. Feng , S. Hirota , T. Kikawa , M. Mori , T. Nakaya , R. A. Wendell , K. Yasutome , P. Fernandez , N. McCauley , P. Mehta , K. M. Tsui , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , H. Menjo , T. Niwa , K. Sato , M. Tsukada , J. Lagoda , S. M. Lakshmi , P. Mijakowski , J. Zalipska , J. Jiang , C. K. Jung , C. Vilela , M. J. Wilking , C. Yanagisawa , K. Hagiwara , M. Harada , T. Horai , H. Ishino , S. Ito , F. Kitagawa , Y. Koshio , W. Ma , N. Piplani , S. Sakai , G. Barr , D. Barrow , L. Cook , A. Goldsack , S. Samani , D. Wark , F. Nova , J. Y. Yang , S. J. Jenkins , M. Malek , J. M. McElwee , O. Stone , M. D. Thiesse , L. F. Thompson , H. Okazawa , S. B. Kim , J. W. Seo , I. Yu , A. K. Ichikawa , K. Nakamura , K. Nishijima , M. Koshiba , K. Iwamoto , Y. Nakajima , N. Ogawa , M. Yokoyama , K. Martens , M. R. Vagins , M. Kuze , S. Izumiyama , T. Yoshida , M. Inomoto , M. Ishitsuka , H. Ito , T. Kinoshita , R. Matsumoto , K. Ohta , M. Shinoki , T. Suganuma , J. F. Martin , H. A. Tanaka , T. Towstego , R. Akutsu , M. Hartz , A. Konaka , P. de Perio , N. W. Prouse , S. Chen , B. D. Xu , M. Posiadala-Zezula , D. Hadley , M. O'Flaherty , B. Richards , B. Jamieson , J. Walker , A. Minamino , K. Okamoto , G. Pintaudi , S. Sano , R. Sasaki

Method and portable bench for tests of the laser optical calibration system components for the Baikal-GVD underwater neutrino Cherenkov telescope

The large-scale deep underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes like Baikal-GVD, ANTARES or KM3NeT, require calibration and testing methods of their optical modules. These methods usually include laser-based systems which allow to check the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannasch , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , I. V. Borina , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , V. Y. Dik , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , L. Fajt f S. V. Fialkovski , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , M. S. Katulin , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , K. A. Kopański , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , Pa. Malecki , Y. M. Malyshkin , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , V. Nazari , W. Noga , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , V. D. Rushay , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Šimkovic , A. E. Sirenko , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Štekl , A. P. Stromakov , E. O. Sushenok , O. V. Suvorova , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , Y. V. Yablokova , S. A. Yakovlev , D. N. Zaborov

Search for Neutrinos from the Core of the Earth with the Baikal Underwater Detector NT-36

The first stage of the Baikal Neutrino Telescope NT-200, the detector NT-36, was operated from 1993 to 95. The data obtained with this small array were analysed to search for vertically upward muons. Apart from neutrinos generated in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Baikal Collaboration

Prospects of the search for neutrino bursts from Supernovae with Baksan Large Volume Scintillation Detector

Observing a high-statistics neutrino signal from the supernova explosions in the Galaxy is a major goal of low-energy neutrino astronomy. The prospects for detecting all flavors of neutrinos and antineutrinos from the core-collapse…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-12 V. B. Petkov

QUASAR-370 hybrid phototube as a prototype of a photodetector for the next generation of deep underwater neutrino telescopes

In this paper we show that QUASAR-370 large area hybrid phototube developed for and successfully used in a number of astroparticle physics experiments, the lake Baikal deep underwater neutrino experiment among them, could be used as a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-08 B. K. Lubsandorzhiev

Track-Like Event Analysis at the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Reconstructed tracks of muons produced in neutrino interactions provide the precise probe for the neutrino direction. Therefore, track-like events are a powerful tool to search for neutrino point sources. Recently, Baikal-GVD has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-06 V. M. Aynutdinov , V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , E. A. Bondarev , I. V. Borina , N. M. Budnev , V. A. Chadymov , A. S. Chepurnov , V. Y. Dik , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , L. Fajt , V. N. Fomin , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , K. G. Kebkal , I. V. Kharuk , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , S. O. Koligaev , K. V. Konischev , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , V. F. Kulepov , Y. E. Lemeshev , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , A. S. Nikolaev , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , D. Seitova , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , S. D. Shilkin , E. V. Shirokov , F. Šimkovic , A. E. Sirenko , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Štekl , A. P. Stromakov , O. V. Suvorova , V. A. Tabolenko , B. B. Ulzutuev , Y. V. Yablokova , D. N. Zaborov , S. I. Zavyalov , D. Y. Zvezdov

A Search for Very High Energy Neutrinos from Active Galactic Nuclei

We report the results of a search for neutrino-induced particle cascades using a deep ocean water Cherenkov detector. The effective mass of the detector, a string of seven 40 cm diameter photomultipliers at 5.2 m spacing, is found through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 J. W. Bolesta , H. Bradner , U. Camerini , J. Clem , S. T. Dye , J. George , P. W. Gorham , P. K. F. Grieder , J. Hauptman , T. Hayashino , M. Jaworski , T. Kitamura , S. Kondo , J. G. Learned , R. March , T. Matsumoto , S. Matsuno , K. Mauritz , P. Minkowski , T. Narita , D. J. O'Connor , Y. Ohashi , A. Okada , V. Peterson , V. J. Stenger , S. Uehara , M. Webster , R. J. Wilkes , K. K. Young , A. Yamaguchi

First results of the deployment of a SoLid detector module at the SCK-CEN BR2 reactor

The SoLid experiment aims to resolve the reactor neutrino anomaly by searching for electron-to-sterile anti-neutrino oscillations. The search will be performed between 5.5 and 10 m from the highly enriched uranium core of the BR2 reactor at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Nick Ryder

CeLAND: search for a 4th light neutrino state with a 3 PBq 144Ce-144Pr electron antineutrino generator in KamLAND

The reactor neutrino and gallium anomalies can be tested with a 3-4 PBq (75-100 kCi scale) 144Ce-144Pr antineutrino beta-source deployed at the center or next to a large low-background liquid scintillator detector. The antineutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-15 A. Gando , Y. Gando , S. Hayashida , H. Ikeda , K. Inoue , K. Ishidoshiro , H. Ishikawa , M. Koga , R. Matsuda , S. Matsuda , T. Mitsui , D. Motoki , K. Nakamura , Y. Oki , M. Otani , I. Shimizu , J. Shirai , F. Suekane , A. Suzuki , Y. Takemoto , K. Tamae , K. Ueshima , H. Watanabe , B. D. Xu , S. Yamada , Y. Yamauchi , H. Yoshida , M. Cribier , M. Durero , V. Fischer , J. Gaffiot , N. Jonqueres , A. Kouchner , T. Lasserre , D. Leterme , A. Letourneau , D. Lhuillier , G. Mention , G. Rampal , L. Scola , Ch. Veyssiere , M. Vivier , P. Yala , B. E. Berger , A. Kozlov , T. Banks , D. Dwyer , B. K. Fujikawa , K. Han , Yu. G. Kolomensky , Y. Mei , T. O'Donnell , P. Decowski , D. M. Markoff , S. Yoshida , V. N. Kornoukhov , T. V. M. Gelis , G. V. Tikhomirov , J. G. Learned , J. Maricic , S. Matsuno , R. Milincic , H. J. Karwowski , Y. Efremenko , A. Detwiler , S. Enomoto

Sadco: Hydroacoustic Detection of Super-High Energy Cosmic Neutrinos

An attractive technique to explore for super-high-energy cosmic neutrino fluxes, via deep underwater acoustic detection, is discussed. Acoustic signals emitted by the neutrino induced cascades at large distances (10-50 km) from cascades are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. G. Dedenko , A. V. Furduev , Ya. S. Karlik , J. G. Learned , A. A. Mironovich , V. D. Svet , I. M. Zheleznykh

Megaton Water Cerenkov Detectors and Astrophysical Neutrinos

Although formal proposals have not yet been made, the UNO and Hyper-Kamiokande projects are being developed to follow-up the tremendously successful program at Super-Kamiokande using a detector that is 20-50 times larger. The potential of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Maury Goodman

Data Quality and Performance of the NOvA Prototype Detector

The NOvA project is a long-baseline neutrino experiment. It utilizes the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and consists of two functionally-identical liquid scintillator filled detectors. The detectors are placed 14 milliradians off-axis from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Lein

Physics Potential of a Few Kiloton Scale Neutrino Detector at a Deep Underground Lab in Korea

The demand for underground labs for neutrino and rare event search experiments has been increasing over the last few decades. Yemilab, constructed in October 2022, is the first deep ($\sim$1~km) underground lab dedicated to science in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-09-26 Seon-Hee Seo , Jose Alonso , Pouya Bakhti , Janet Conrad , Steve Dye , Doojin Kim , Jost Migenda , Marco Pallavicini , Jong-Chul Park , Meshkat Rajaee , Mike Shaevitz , Seodong Shin , Joshua Spitz , Daniel Winklehner , Slawomir Wronka , Michael Wurm , Minfang Yeh