The optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope

Authors
Bagduev, RI Balkanov, V Belolaptikov, IA Bezrukov, LB Budnev, NM Borisovets, BA Domogatsky, GV Donskych, LA Doroshenko, AA Garus, AA Golikov, AV Gluchovskoj, BM Heller, R Kabikov, VB Khripunova, MP Klabukov, AM Klimushin, SI Koshechkin, AP Kuzmichov, LA Lisovski, GV Lubsandorzhiev, BK Mikolajski, T Osipova, EA Pokhil, PG Pokolev, PA Putilov, PA Spiering, C Stepanenko, ZI Streicher, O Thon, T Vorobiev, AA Wischnewski, R
Citation
Ri. Bagduev et al., The optical module of the Baikal deep underwater neutrino telescope, NUCL INST A, 420(1-2), 1999, pp. 138-154
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
420
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
138 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990101)420:1-2<138:TOMOTB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A deep underwater Cherenkov telescope has been operating since 1993 in stag es 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 pho totube QUASAR-370. We describe design and parameters of the QUASAR-370, the layout of the optical module, the front-end electronics and the calibratio n procedures, and present selected results from the five-year operation und erwater. Also, future developments with respect to a telescope consisting f rom several thousand OMs are discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.