Baksan large volume scintillation telescope: a current status. (February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petkov, V B; Fazliakhmetov, A N; Gangapshev, A M; Gavrin, V N; Ibragimova, T V; Kochkarov, M M; Kazalov, V V; Kudrin, D Yu; Kuzminov, V V; Lubsandorzhiev, B K; Malyshkin, Yu M; Novikova, G Ya; Shikhin, A A; Sidorenkov, A Yu; Ushakov, N A; Veretenkin, E P; Voronin, D M; Yanovich, E A
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1468(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012244
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: A current status of the project of a large volume scintillation telescope at the Baksan neutrino observatory is presented. The main research activities of the BLVST are low- energy neutrino physics, astrophysics and geophysics. To detect geoneutrinos, large-scale new- generation scintillator detectors located at large depths in the regions with a low background level from nuclear reactors are required. The Baksan Neutrino Observatory is geographically located in one of these places. Recently resumed R&D activities are aimed at the creation of new-generation telescope with a target mass of 10 kt at a depth of 4800 m.w.e. A small scale prototype is already under construction.