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First constraints on point-like astrophysical sources using Baikal-GVD muon neutrino events

Baikal-GVD is a new-generation neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal, Russia. With an instrumented volume already at 0.7 km$^3$, Baikal-GVD is currently the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern hemisphere. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 GVD Collaboration , V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , I. A. Belolaptikov , Z. Beňušová , E. A. Bondarev , I. V. Borina , N. M. Budnev , V. A. Chadymov , A. S. Chepurnov , V. Y. Dik , A. N. Dmitrieva , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornický , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , E. Eckerová , T. V. Elzhov , V. N. Fomin , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , A. R. Gordeev , T. I. Gress , K. G. Kebkal , V. K. Kebkal , I. V. Kharuk , S. S. Khokhlov , 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 , A. A. Kulikov , Y. E. Lemeshev , M. V. Lisitsin , S. V. Lovtsov , R. R. Mirgazov , E. S. Morgunov , D. V. Naumov , A. S. Nikolaev , I. A. Perevalova , A. A. Petrukhin , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , A. S. Sheshukov , V. Y. Shishkin , 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 , V. I. Tretyak , G. V. Trubnikov , B. B. Ulzutuev , Z. Wang , Y. V. Yablokova , D. N. Zaborov , S. I. Zavyalov , D. Y. Zvezdov

A search for very high energy neutrinos with the Baikal Neutrino Telescope

We present the results of a search for high energy neutrinos with the Baikal underwater Cherenkov detector {\it NT-200.} An upper limit on the ($\nu_e+\tilde{\nu_e}$) diffuse flux of $E^2 \Phi_{\nu}(E)<(1.3 \div 1.9)\cdot 10^{-6} {cm}^{-2}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Zh. -A. Dzhilkibaev

Measuring muon tracks in Baikal-GVD using a fast reconstruction algorithm

The Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector (Baikal-GVD) is a km$^3$-scale neutrino detector currently under construction in Lake Baikal, Russia. The detector consists of several thousand optical sensors arranged on vertical strings, with 36 sensors…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-11-25 GVD Collaboration , 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

Performance of the muon track reconstruction with the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Baikal-GVD is a km$^3$-scale neutrino telescope being constructed in Lake Baikal. Muon and partially tau (anti)neutrino interactions near the detector through the W$^{\pm}$-boson exchange are accompanied by muon tracks. Reconstructed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-26 Grigory Safronov

Double cascade reconstruction in the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector is a cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope under construction in Lake Baikal. As of July 2023, Baikal-GVD consists of 96 fully deployed strings resulting in 3456 optical modules installed. The observation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-02 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

High-energy neutrino astronomy and the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Neutrino astronomy offers a novel view of the non-thermal Universe and is complementary to other astronomical disciplines. The field has seen rapid progress in recent years, including the first detection of astrophysical neutrinos in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-08 Dmitry Zaborov

The Baikal-GVD detector calibration

In April 2019, the Baikal-GVD collaboration finished the installation of the fourth and fifth clusters of the neutrino telescope Baikal-GVD. Momentarily, 1440 Optical Modules (OM) are installed in the largest and deepest freshwater lake in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-16 GVD Collaboration , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannash , I. A Belolaptikov , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornicky , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , L. Fajth , S. V Fialkovsky , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , R. Ivanov , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , A. V. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , M. B. Milenin , R. A. Mirgazov , V. Nazari , A. I. Panfilov , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , E. V. Rjabov , V. D. Rushay , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Simkovic , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Stekl , O. V. Suvorova , E. O. Sushenok , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , S. A. Yakovlev

Diffuse neutrino flux measurements with the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Baikal-GVD is a next generation, kilometer-scale neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal. GVD consists of multi-megaton subarrays (clusters) and is designed for the detection of astrophysical neutrino fluxes at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-02 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 , N. A. Kosogorov , Y. Y. Kovalev , G. V. Lipunova , A. V. Plavin , D. V. Semikoz , S. V. Troitsky

The prototype string for the km3-scale Baikal neutrino telescope

A prototype string for the future km3-scale Baikal neutrino telescope has been deployed in April, 2008 and is fully integrated into the NT200+ telescope. All basic string elements - optical modules (with 12"/13" hemispherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 V. Aynutdinov

Muon Track Reconstruction Procedures at the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

The Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope is the largest neutrino detector of its kind in the Northern Hemisphere. Muons produced in neutrino interaction in the vicinity of the detector leave track-like response in the detector allowing to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Grigory Safronov

Large Natural Cherenkov Detectors: Water and Ice

In this review we first address two questions: 1. Why do we need kilometer-scale muon and neutrino detectors? 2. What do we learn from the operating Baikal and AMANDA detectors about the construction of kilometer-scale detectors? I will…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Halzen

Search for cascade events with Baikal-GVD

Baikal-GVD is a next generation, kilometer-scale neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal. GVD is formed by multi-megaton sub-arrays (clusters) and is designed for the detection of astrophysical neutrino fluxes at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 GVD Collaboration , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , R. Bannash , I. A Belolaptikov , V. B. Brudanin , N. M. Budnev , G. V. Domogatsky , A. A. Doroshenko , R. Dvornicky , A. N. Dyachok , Zh. -A. M. Dzhilkibaev , L. Fajth , S. V Fialkovsky , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , R. Ivanov , K. G. Kebkal , O. G. Kebkal , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , A. V. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , M. K. Kryukov , V. F. Kulepov , M. B. Milenin , R. A. Mirgazov , V. Nazari , A. I. Panfilov , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , E. V. Rjabov , V. D. Rushay , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , M. D. Shelepov , F. Simkovic , A. V. Skurikhin , A. G. Solovjev , M. N. Sorokovikov , I. Stekl , O. V. Suvorova , E. O. Sushenok , V. A. Tabolenko , B. A. Tarashansky , S. A. Yakovlev

Baikal neutrino telescope NT200+ : Upgrade of data acquisition and time calibration systems

The Baikal neutrino telescope NT200, operating since 1998, has been upgraded in spring 2005 to NT200+. This telescope with 3 additional outer strings at 100 m radius from the center encloses a geometric volume of 5 Mtons. We describe the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 R. Wischnewski

Increasing the sensitivity of the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope by using external strings of optical modules

The deployment of the Baikal-GVD deep underwater neutrino telescope is continuing in Lake Baikal. By April 2022, ten clusters of the telescope were put into operation, with 2880 optical modules in total. One of the relevant tasks in this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-28 V. A. Allakhverdyan , A. D. Avrorin , A. V. Avrorin , V. M. Aynutdinov , Z. Bardačová , I. A. Belolaptikov , I. V. Borina , 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 , A. R. Gafarov , K. V. Golubkov , N. S. Gorshkov , T. I. Gress , K. G. Kebkal , V. K. Kebkal , A. Khatun , E. V. Khramov , M. M. Kolbin , K. V. Konischev , A. V. Korobchenko , A. P. Koshechkin , V. A. Kozhin , M. V. Kruglov , V. F. Kulepov , Y. M. Malyshkin , M. B. Milenin , R. R. Mirgazov , D. V. Naumov , V. Nazari , D. P. Petukhov , E. N. Pliskovsky , M. I. Rozanov , V. D. Rushay , E. V. Ryabov , G. B. Safronov , B. A. Shaybonov , D. Seitova , M. D. Shelepov , 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 , Y. V. Yablokova , D. N. Zaborov

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

Status of the NEMO Project

The NEMO project aims at the search, development and validation of key technologies for the construction, deployment and mantainance of an underwater Cherenkov km3 neutrino telescope in the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, the NEMO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Piera Sapienza

Improving the efficiency of cascade detection by the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

The deployment of the Baikal-GVD deep underwater neutrino telescope is in progress now. About 3500 deep underwater photodetectors (optical modules) arranged into 12 clusters are operating in Lake Baikal. For increasing the efficiency of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-02 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

Reconstruction of Atmospheric Neutrinos with the Baikal Neutrino Telescope NT-96

We describe the track reconstruction procedure for events recorded with the Neutrino Telescope NT-96. After having identified 2 neutrino candidates close to the opposite zenith with the small prototype telescope NT-36, we present here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Baikal Collaboration

Survey of the Sun in the Lake Baikal Neutrino Experiment

Upward through-going muons in the Lake Baikal Neutrino Experiment arriving from the ecliptic plane have been analyzed using NT200 data samples of the years 1998-2002 (1007 live days). We derive upper limits on muon fluxes from annihilation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Zh. -A. Dzhilkibaev

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