EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

The optical detection unit for Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

  • Avrorin A.D.,
  • Avrorin A.V.,
  • Aynutdinov V.M.,
  • Bannash R.,
  • Belolaptikov I.A.,
  • Bogorodsky D.Yu.,
  • Brudanin V.B.,
  • Budnev N.M.,
  • Danilchenko I.A.,
  • Domogatsky G.V.,
  • Doroshenko A.A.,
  • Dyachok A.N.,
  • Dzhilkibaev Zh.-A.M.,
  • Fialkovsky S.V.,
  • Gafarov A.R.,
  • Gaponenko O.N.,
  • Golubkov K.V.,
  • Gress T.I.,
  • Honz Z.,
  • Kebkal K.G.,
  • Kebkal O.G.,
  • Konischev K.V.,
  • Konstantinov E.N.,
  • Korobchenko A.V.,
  • Koshechkin A.P.,
  • Koshel F.K.,
  • Kozhin A.V.,
  • Kulepov V.F.,
  • Kuleshov D.A.,
  • Ljashuk V.I.,
  • Milenin M.B.,
  • Mirgazov R.A.,
  • Osipova E.R.,
  • Panfilov A.I.,
  • Pan'kov L.V.,
  • Perevalov A.A.,
  • Pliskovsky E.N.,
  • Rozanov M.I.,
  • Rubtzov V.Yu.,
  • Rjabov E.V.,
  • Shaybonov B.A.,
  • Sheifler A.A.,
  • Skurihin A.V.,
  • Smagina A.A.,
  • Suvorova O.V.,
  • Tabolenko V.A.,
  • Tarashansky B.A.,
  • Yakovlev S.A.,
  • Zagorodnikov A.V.,
  • Zhukov V.A.,
  • Zurbanov V.L.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612105008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 121
p. 05008

Abstract

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The first stage of the GVD-cluster composed of five strings was deployed in April 2014. Each string consists of two sections with 12 optical modules per section. A section is the basic detection unit of the Baikal neutrino telescope. We will describe the section design, review its basic elements – optical modules, FADC readout units, slow control and calibration systems, and present selected results for section in-situ tests in Lake Baikal.