Open AccessNew large-volume detector at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory: Detector prototype
Author(s) -
Н. Ушаков,
А. Н. Фазлиахметов,
A. M. Gangapshev,
В. Н. Гаврин,
Т. В. Ибрагимова,
M. M. Kochkarov,
V. V. Kazalov,
D. Yu Kudrin,
V. V. Kuzminov,
Б. Лубсандоржиев,
Arslan Lukanov,
Y. M. Malyshkin,
G. Ya. Novikova,
V. B. Petkov,
A. A. Shikhin,
Andrey Sidorenkov,
E. P. Veretenkin,
Д. Воронин,
E. Yanovich
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1787/1/012037
Subject(s) - scintillator , neutrino , observatory , detector , physics , nuclear physics , neutrino detector , volume (thermodynamics) , neutrino oscillation , nuclear engineering , astronomy , optics , engineering , quantum mechanics
At the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) deployed in the Caucasus mountains, it is proposed to create, at a depth corresponding to about 4700 mwe (meter water equivalent), a large-volume neutrino detector on the basis of a liquid scintillator with a target mass of 10 kt. This article describes the current state of the first stage of the project, namely a prototype detector with a scintillator mass of 0.5 t. The design of the detector, the equipment and methods used are described.