Speaker
Dr
Bair Shaibonov
(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)
Description
This talk reviews the design and key features of the Baikal-GVD neutrino
telescope, which is the largest in the Northern Hemisphere. It is being constructed
in Lake Baikal, and has a detection volume approaching 0.7 km3 and is increasing
annually. Currently, the underwater installation consists of 4212 optical modules in
117 525-meter long strings. The modular design of the detector allows for data
collection during construction. This review provides an overview of the data
processing system, recent experimental results on high-energy cascades and
tracks, including confirmation of an astrophysical diffuse neutrino flux and the
existence of a Galactic neutrino component.
