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Large-volume detector at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory for studies of natural neutrino fluxes for purposes of geo- and astrophysics

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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.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    I. R. Barabanov, L. B. Bezrukov, A. V. Veresnikova, Yu. M. Gavrilyuk, A. M. Gangapshev, V. Yu. Grishina, V. I. Gurentsov, V. P. Zavarzina, V. V. Kazalov, S. D. Krokhaleva, V. V. Kuz’minov, A. S. Kurlovich, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, S. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. K. Mezhokh, G. Ya. Novikova, V. B. Petkov, A. M. Pshukov, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, V. V. Sinev, Sh. I. Umerov & E. A. Yanovich

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, 141700, Russia

    S. D. Krokhaleva

  3. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 28, Moscow, 119334, Russia

    V. P. Morgalyuk

  4. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    P. Yu. Naumov

  5. University of Oulu, P.O.Box 8000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland

    T. Enquist, P. Kuusiniemi, J. Joutsenvaara & A. Virkajarvi

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Original Russian Text © I.R. Barabanov, L.B. Bezrukov, A.V. Veresnikova, Yu.M. Gavrilyuk, A.M. Gangapshev, V.Yu. Grishina, V.I. Gurentsov, V.P. Zavarzina, V.V. Kazalov, S.D. Krokhaleva, V.V. Kuz’minov, A.S. Kurlovich, B.K. Lubsandorzhiev, S.B. Lubsandorzhiev, A.K. Mezhokh, V.P. Morgalyuk, P.Yu. Naumov, G.Ya. Novikova, V.B. Petkov, A.M. Pshukov, A.Yu. Sidorenkov, V.V. Sinev, Sh.I. Umerov, E.A. Yanovich, T. Enquist, P. Kuusiniemi, J. Joutsenvaara, A. Virkajarvi, 2017, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2017, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 230–238.

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Barabanov, I.R., Bezrukov, L.B., Veresnikova, A.V. et al. Large-volume detector at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory for studies of natural neutrino fluxes for purposes of geo- and astrophysics. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 80, 446–454 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817030036

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