Spatial positioning of underwater components for Baikal- GVD

oleh: Avrorin A.D., Avrorin A.V., Aynutdinov V.M., Bannash R., Belolaptikov I.A., Brudanin V.B., Budnev N.M., Gorshkov N.S., Doroshenko A.A., Domogatsky G.V., Dvornický R., Dyachok A.N., Dzhilkibaev Zh.-A.M., Fajt L., Fialkovsky S.V., Gafarov A.R., Golubkov K.V., Gres T.I., Kebkal K.G., Kebkal O.G., Khramov E.V., Kolbin M.M., Konischev K.V., Korobchenko A.V., Koshechkin A.P., Kozhin V.A., Kruglov M.V., Kryukov M.K., Kulepov V.F., Kuleshov D.A., Milenin M.B., Mirgazov R.A., Nazari V., Panfilov A.I., Petukhov D.P., Pliskovsky E.N., Rozanov M.I., Rjabov E.V., Rushay V.D., Safronov G.B., Šimkovic F., Skurichin A.V., Shaybonov B.A., Solovjev A.G., Sorokovikov M.N., Shelepov M.D., Suvorova O.V., Shtekl I., Tabolenko V.A., Tarashansky B.A., Yakovlev S.A., Zagorodnikov A.V.

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Diterbitkan: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01

Deskripsi

Baikal-GVD is a cubic kilometer-scale neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal. The detector’s components are mobile and may drift from their initial coordinates or change their spatial orientation. This introduces a reconstruction error, particularly a timing error for PMT hits. This problem is mitigated by a combination of a hydroacoustic positioning system and per-component acceleration and orientation sensors. Under regular conditions, the average positioning accuracy for a GVD component is estimated to be less than 13 cm.