The Baikal underwater neutrino telescope: Design, performance, and first results

被引:252
作者
Belolaptikov, IA
Bezrukov, LB
Borisovets, BA
Budnev, NM
Bugaev, EV
Chensky, AG
Danilchenko, IA
Djilkibaev, JAM
Dobrynin, VI
Domogatsky, GV
Donskych, LA
Doroshenko, AA
Dudkin, GN
Egorov, VY
Fialkovsky, SV
Garus, AA
Gaponenko, A
Golikov, AV
Gress, OA
Gress, TA
Gushtan, MN
Heller, R
Kabikov, VB
Heukenkamp, H
Karle, A
Klabukov, AM
Klimov, AI
Klimushin, SI
Koshechkin, AP
Krabi, J
Kulepov, VF
Kuzmichov, LA
Lanin, OY
Lopin, AL
Lubsandorzhiev, BK
Milenin, MB
Mikolajski, T
Mirgazov, RR
Moroz, AV
Moseiko, NI
Nemchenko, MN
Nikiforov, SA
Ogievetsky, NV
Osipova, EA
Padusenko, AN
Panfilov, AI
Parfenov, YV
Pavlov, AA
Petukhov, DP
Pocheikin, KA
机构
[1] IRKUTSK STATE UNIV, IRKUTSK 664003, RUSSIA
[2] DESY, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, ZEUTHEN, GERMANY
[3] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
[4] NIZHNI NOVGOROD STATE TECH UNIV, NIZHNII NOVGOROD, RUSSIA
[5] TOMSK POLYTECH INST, TOMSK, RUSSIA
[6] JOINT INST NUCL RES, DUBNA, RUSSIA
[7] ST PETERSBURG STATE MARINE TECH UNIV, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
[8] IV KURCHATOV ATOM ENERGY INST, MOSCOW 123182, RUSSIA
关键词
underwater telescope; Cherenkov detector; Lake Baikal; muons; neutrinos; track reconstruction; magnetic monopoles;
D O I
10.1016/S0927-6505(97)00022-4
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A first deep underwater detector for muons and neutrinos, NT-200, is currently under construction in Lake Baikal. Part of the detector, NT-36, with 36 photomultiplier tubes at three strings, has been installed in 1993. This array allowed for the first time a three-dimensional mapping of Cherenkov light deep underwater Since then, various arrays have been almost continuously taking data. Presently a 96-PMT array is operating. We describe the NT-200 detector design and present results obtained with NT-36. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:263 / 282
页数:20
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