The Optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope

Bagduev, R. I.; Balkanov, V.; Golikov, A. V.; Glukhovskoi, B. M.; Heller, R.; Kabikov, V. B.; Khripunova, M. P.; Klabukov, A. M.; Klimushin, S. I.; Koshechkin, A. P.; Kuzmichov, L. A.; Lisovsky, G. V.; Belolaptikov, I. A.; Lubsandorzhev, B. K.; Mikolajski, T.; Osipova, E. A.; Pokhil, P. G.; Pokolev, P. A.; Putilov, P. A.; Spiering, C.; Stepanenko, Z. I.; Streicher, O.; Thon, T.; Bezrukov, Leonid B.; Vorobev, A. A.; Wischnewski, R.; BAIKAL Collaboration; Budnev, N. M.; Borisovets, B. A.; Domogatsky, G. V.; Donskich, L. A.; Doroshenko, A. A.; Garus, A. A.

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The Optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope

Abstract

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

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Last time updated on 09/01/2023

This paper was published in DESY.

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