High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy and the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

• Published in: Physics of atomic nuclei Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 513 - 518
• Main Authors: Avrorin, A. D., Avrorin, A. V., Aynutdinov, V. M., Bannasch, R., Bardáčová, Z., Belolaptikov, I. A., Dik, V., Brudanin, V. B., Budnev, N. M., Domogatsky, G. V., Doroshenko, A. A., Dvornický, R., Dyachok, A. N., Dzhilkibaev, Zh.-A. M., Eckerová, E., Elzhov, T. V., Fajt, L., Fialkovski, S. V., Gafarov, A. R., Golubkov, K. V., Gorshkov, N. S., Gress, T. I., Ivanov, R. A., Katulin, M. S., Kebkal, K. G., Kebkal, O. G., Khramov, E. V., Kolbin, M. M., Konischev, K. V., Kopański, K. A., Korobchenko, A. V., Koshechkin, A. P., Kozhin, V. A., Kruglov, M. V., Kryukov, M. K., Kulepov, V. F., Milenin, M. B., Mirgazov, R. R., Naumov, D. V., Nazari, V., Noga, W., Petukhov, D. P., Pliskovsky, E. N., Rozanov, M. I., Rushay, V. D., Ryabov, E. V., Safronov, G. B., Shaybonov, B. A., Shelepov, M. D., Šimkovic, F., Skurikhin, A. V., Solovjev, A. G., Sorokovikov, M. N., Štekl, I., Sushenok, E. O., Suvorova, O. V., Tabolenko, V. A., Tarashansky, B. A., Yablokova, Y. V., Yakovlev, S., Zaborov, D. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Astronomy; Construction management; Detectors; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS/Theory; High energy astronomy; Neutrinos; Northern Hemisphere; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Telescope; Telescopes
• ISSN: 1063-7788; 1562-692X
• DOI: 10.1134/S1063778821040062

Neutrino astronomy offers a novel view of the non-thermal Universe and is complementary to other astronomical disciplines. The field has seen rapid progress in recent years, including the first detection of astrophysical neutrinos in the TeV–PeV energy range by IceCube and the first identified extragalactic neutrino source (TXS 0506+056). Further discoveries are aimed for with new cubic-kilometer telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere: Baikal-GVD, in Lake Baikal, and KM3NeT-ARCA, in the Mediterranean sea. The construction of Baikal-GVD proceeds as planned; the detector currently includes over 2000 optical modules arranged on 56 strings, providing an effective volume of 0.35 km . We review the scientific case for Baikal-GVD, the construction plan, and first results from the partially built array.