30 research outputs found
The optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope
A deep underwater Cherenkov telescope has been operating since 1993 in stages
of growing size at 1.1 km depth in Lake Baikal. The key component of the
telescope is the Optical Module (OM) which houses the highly sensitive
phototube QUASAR-370. We describe design and parameters of the QUASAR-370, the
layout of the optical module, the front-end electronics and the calibration
procedures, and present selected results from the five-year operation
underwater. Also, future developments with respect to a telescope consisting
from several thousand OMs are discussed.Comment: 30 pages, 24 figure
BAIKAL experiment: status report
We review the present status of the Baikal Neutrino Project and present the
results obtained with the deep underwater neutrino telescope NT-200.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Presented at TAUP 2001 (7th international
workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics), Sep. 2001,
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Ital
The Lake Baikal neutrino experiment: selected results
We review the present status of the lake Baikal Neutrino Experiment and
present selected physical results gained with the consequetive stages of the
stepwise increasing detector: from NT-36 to NT-96. Results cover atmospheric
muons, neutrino events, very high energy neutrinos, search for neutrino events
from WIMP annihilation, search for magnetic monopoles and environmental
studies. We also describe an air Cherenkov array developed for the study of
angular resolution of NT-200.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figures. To appear in the Procrrdings of International
Conference on Non-Accelerator New Physics, June 28 - July 3, 1999, Dubna,
Russi
Registration of atmospheric neutrinos with the Baikal neutrino telescope
We present first neutrino induced events observed with a deep underwater
neutrino telescope. Data from 70 days effective life time of the BAIKAL
prototype telescope NT-96 have been analyzed with two different methods. With
the standard track reconstruction method, 9 clear upward muon candidates have
been identified, in good agreement with 8.7 events expected from Monte Carlo
calculations for atmospheric neutrinos. The second analysis is tailored to
muons coming from close to the opposite zenith. It yields 4 events, compared to
3.5 from Monte Carlo expectations. From this we derive a 90 % upper flux limit
of 1.1 * 10^-13 cm^-2 sec^-1 for muons in excess of those expected from
atmospheric neutrinos with zenith angle > 150 degrees and energy > 10GeV.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figure
The Lake Baikal neutrino experiment
We rewiew the present status of the Baikal Neutrino Project and present the
results of a search for high energy neutrinos with the detector intermediate
stage NT-96.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of Sixth
International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics
(TAUP99), September 6-10, 1999, Pais, Franc
The ANTARES Optical Module
The ANTARES collaboration is building a deep sea neutrino telescope in the
Mediterranean Sea. This detector will cover a sensitive area of typically 0.1
km-squared and will be equipped with about 1000 optical modules. Each of these
optical modules consists of a large area photomultiplier and its associated
electronics housed in a pressure resistant glass sphere. The design of the
ANTARES optical module, which is a key element of the detector, has been
finalized following extensive R & D studies and is reviewed here in detail.Comment: 26 pages, 15 figures, to be published in NI