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New large-volume detector at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory: Detector prototype

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, , Citation N A Ushakov et al 2021 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1787 012037 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/1787/1/012037

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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.

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