1999/01/01 by R. I. Bagduev, V. Balkanov, И. А. Белолаптиков +29 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(98)01156-5
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A420:138-154,1999 · 30 pages, 24 figures
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · arxiv created 1999/03/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A deep underwater Cherenkov telescope has been operating since 1993 in stages of growing size at 1.1 km depth in Lake Baikal. The key component of the telescope is the Optical Module (OM) which houses the highly sensitive phototube QUASAR-370. We describe design and parameters of the QUASAR-370, the layout of the optical module, the front-end electronics and the calibration procedures, and present selected results from the five-year operation underwater. Also, future developments with respect to a telescope consisting from several thousand OMs are discussed.