New large-volume detector at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory: Detector prototype. Issue 1 (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ushakov, N A; 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; Lukanov, A D; Malyshkin, Yu M; Novikova, G Ya; Petkov, V B; Shikhin, A A; Sidorenkov, A Yu; Veretenkin, E P; Voronin, D M; Yanovich, E A
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 1787:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1787/1/012037
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: At the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) deployed in the Caucasus mountains, it is proposed to create, at a depth corresponding to about 4700 mwe (meter water equivalent), a large-volume neutrino detector on the basis of a liquid scintillator with a target mass of 10 kt. This article describes the current state of the first stage of the project, namely a prototype detector with a scintillator mass of 0.5 t. The design of the detector, the equipment and methods used are described.