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