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.
The article reports on the current status of the Baksan Large Neutrino Telescope project and describes some selective results of the first stage of the project, a detector prototype with a liquid ...scintillator mass of 0.5 tons. The results of the second stage of the project, a prototype with liquid scintillator mass of 5 tons, and project prospects also presented.
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.
Status and First Results of TAIGA Tluczykont, M.; Astapov, I. I.; Awad, A. K. ...
Physics of atomic nuclei,
11/2021, Letnik:
84, Številka:
6
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The Tunka Advanced Instrument for Gamma-ray and cosmic ray Astrophysics (TAIGA) is a hybrid experiment for the measurement of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with good spectral resolution in the TeV to ...PeV energy range. In this domain, the long-sought Pevatrons can be detected. Currently the TAIGA detector complex combines a two wide angle shower front Cherenkov light sampling timing arrays (HiSCORE and Tunka-133), two 4 m class, 10
aperture Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and 240 m
surface and underground charged particle detector stations. Our goal is to introduce a new hybrid reconstruction technique, combining the good angular and shower core resolution of HiSCORE with the gamma-hadron separation power of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes. This approach allows to maximize the effective area and simultaneously to reach a good gamma-hadron separation at low energies (few teraelectronvolts). At higher energies, muon detectors are planned to enhance gamma-hadron separation. During the commissioning phase of the first and second IACT, several sources were observed. First detections of known sources with the first telescope show the functionality of the TAIGA IACTs. Here, the status of the TAIGA experiment will be presented, along with first results from the current configuration.
We present the status of research and development of a new highly efficient liquid scintillator based on linear alkylbenzene and organosilicon scintillation fluor, so called NOL (Nanostructured ...Organosilicon Luminophore). The measurements of the emission kinetics under irradiation by gamma-quanta and alpha-particles were performed. The results of long term stability measurements are decribed.
Current Status of the Baksan Large Neutrino Telescope Lukanov, A. D.; Voronin, D. M.; Fazliakhmetov, A. N. ...
Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics,
07/2023, Letnik:
87, Številka:
7
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The current state of the Baksan Large Neutrino Telescope project is reviewed. Selected results are presented from the first stage of the project, a prototype detector with a liquid scintillator ...weighing 0.5 tons. Results from the second stage of the project, a prototype with a liquid scintillator having a mass of five tons, are described along with prospects for the project.
At the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) deployed in the Caucasus mountains, it is proposed to create, at a depth corresponding to 4760 ...mwe, a large-volume neutrino detector on the basis of a liquid scintillator with a target mass of 10 kt. The detector in question is intended for recording natural fluxes of neutrinos whose energy may be as low as 100MeV. Neutrino fluxes from various sources are considered in the present study, and the expected effect in the proposed detector is estimated. The detector hat is being developed at the Baksan Neutrino Observatorywill become part of the world network of neutrino detectors for studying natural neutrino fluxes.
A corrected energy dependence of the depth of the maximum in the wide range of energies 10
15
to 10
18
eV is obtained using data collected at the Tunka-133 facility over 7 years of operation ...(2009–2017) and the TAIGA-HiSCORE facility in the 2019–2020 season. At the highest energies, our results match those of the Pierre Auger observatory. The results are converted to parameter ❬ln
A
❭, which characterizes the mean EAS composition.
TAIGA array addresses gamma-ray astronomy at energies from a few TeV to several PeV as well as cosmic ray physics from 100 TeV to several EeV. A 1 km2 TAIGA setup will consist of 120 wide-angle ...detectors of the Cherenkov timing array TAIGA-HiSCORE and three imaging air Cherenkov telescopes with the field of view diameter of 9.6°. In this paper, first experimental results of the first operation stage are presented: signal detection from two gamma-ray sources, the Crab Nebula and Markarian 421, by the first IACT in stand-alone mode. The detected signal is shown to be in agreement with the Monte Carlo expectation. In future, gamma-ray signal will be detected by a larger number of TAIGA telescopes as well as the TAIGA-HiSCORE array, that is, in combined operation mode.
The Tunka-133 Cherenkov complex for recording extensive air showers (EAS) collected data over seven winters from 2009 to 2017. The differential energy spectra of all particles was acquired in the 6 × ...10
15
–3 × 10
18
eV range of energies over 2175 h. The TAIGA-HiSCORE complex is continually being expanded and upgraded. Data acquired by 30 first-line stations over 35 days during the period 2017–2018 is analyzed in this work. As at the Tunka-133 setup, the primary particle energies above 10
15
eV are measured using the density of the Cherenkov light flux at a distance of 200 m from a shower’s axis. Data on lower energies are collected by determining the energy of the light flux near a shower’s axis. This results in a spectrum of 2 × 10
14
–10
17
eV. The combined spectrum for the two systems covers a range of 2 × 10
14
–2 × 10
18
eV.
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