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The Gigaton Volume Detector in Lake Baikal

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 639; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.137

1872-9576

А. В. Аврорин, V. M. Aynutdinov, И. А. Белолаптиков, S.F. Berezhnev, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, Н. Буднев, I. Danilchenko, G. Domogatsky, А. А. Дорошенко, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, G. Ermakov, S.V. Fialkovsky, O. Gaponenko, K.V. Golubkov, O. Gres, T.I. Gres, N.V. Grishin, О. Гришин, A. M. Klabukov, A. I. Klimov, A. A. Kochanov, K. V. Konischev, А. В. Коробченко, А. П. Кошечкин, В. Ф. Кулепов, D. Kuleshov, L. Kuzmichev, Vladimir Lyashuk, E. Middell, S. Mikheyev, M. Б. Mиленин, R. Mirgazov, E. Osipova, Alexander Pankov, L. Pankov, А. И. Панфилов, А. А. Перевалов, Д. П. Петухов, E. N. Pliskovsky, V. Poleschuk, E. Popova, V. Prosin, М. И. Розанов, V. Rubtzov, Eugene V. Ryabov, A. Sheifler, A. V. Shirokov, B. Shoibonov, Ch. Spiering, О. В. Суворова, B. Tarashansky, R. Wischnewski, А. Загородников, В. Жуков, A. Yagunov,

Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

The objective of the Baikal Project is the creation of a kilometer-scale high-energy neutrino observatory: the Gigaton Volume Detector (GVD) in Lake Baikal. Basic elements of the GVD – new optical modules, FADC readout units, and underwater communication systems – were investigated and tested in Lake Baikal with prototype strings in 2008–2010. We describe the results of prototype strings operation and review the preliminary design and expected sensitivity of the GVD telescope.