1. The Baikal neutrino experiment: Status, selected physics results, and perspectives
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P. G. Pokhil, A. I. Panfilov, G. Pan'kov, A. A. Doroshenko, V. A. Poleschuk, V.M. Aynutdinov, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, A.P. Koshechkin, I. V. Yashin, N. M. Budnev, K.V. Konischev, V. Rubtzov, E.N. Pliskovsky, A. M. Klabukov, V. V. Prosin, M.B. Milenin, V.A. Balkanov, Ralf Wischnewski, L. A. Kuzmichev, G.V. Domogatsky, A. Kochanov, R. R. Mirgazov, S. Mikheyev, O. N. Gaponenko, K.V. Golubkov, E. A. Osipova, M.I. Rozanov, A.A. Sheifler, T. I. Gress, A. I. Klimov, I. A. Danilchenko, B.A. Tarashansky, O. A. Gress, V.F. Kulepov, A.D. Avrorin, E. Middell, A. V. Shirokov, O. G. Grishin, B. Shoibonov, S.V. Fialkovsky, V. A. Zhukov, D. P. Petukhov, L. V. Pankov, A. N. Dyachok, Ch. Spiering, I. A. Belolaptikov, and E.G. Popova
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Physics ,Particle physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Scale (ratio) ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Solar neutrino ,Neutrino telescope ,Detector ,Magnetic monopole ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics ,Solar neutrino problem ,Neutrino detector ,Measurements of neutrino speed ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,ddc:530 ,Neutrino ,Neutrino astronomy ,Neutrino oscillation ,Instrumentation ,Lepton - Abstract
We review the status of the Baikal neutrino telescope, which is operating in Lake Baikal since 1998 and has been upgraded to the 10 Mton detector NT 200 + in 2005. We present selected physics results on searches for upward going neutrinos, relativistic magnetic monopoles and for very high-energy neutrinos. We describe the strategy of creating a detector on the Gigaton ( km 3 ) scale at Lake Baikal. First steps of activities towards a km 3 Baikal neutrino telescope are discussed.
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- 2008
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