Baksan Neutrino Observatory
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The Baksan Neutrino Observatory is a Russian underground research facility in the Caucasus Mountains dedicated to detecting neutrinos and studying rare subatomic processes in a low-background environment.
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| Baksan Neutrino Observatory canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
neutrino observatory
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research facility ⓘ underground laboratory ⓘ |
| aim |
detection of rare nuclear processes
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reduction of cosmic ray background ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| depth | underground ⓘ |
| environment | low-background environment ⓘ |
| hasDetectorType |
low-background gamma spectrometers
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radiochemical detector ⓘ scintillation detector ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions
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Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallium–Germanium Neutrino Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ underground low-background laboratories ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
experimental halls
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surface support buildings ⓘ underground tunnels ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caucasus Mountains
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Kabardino-Balkaria NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caucasus region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Baksan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Baksan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExperiment |
gallium-based radiochemical neutrino experiments
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searches for proton decay ⓘ searches for supernova neutrinos ⓘ solar neutrino detection experiments ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
low-background experiments
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neutrino detection ⓘ study of rare subatomic processes ⓘ |
| researchField |
astroparticle physics
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cosmic ray physics ⓘ double beta decay ⓘ geoneutrinos ⓘ neutrino physics ⓘ solar neutrinos ⓘ |
| shielding | rock overburden ⓘ |
| significance |
major Soviet and Russian center for underground physics
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one of the earliest dedicated underground neutrino observatories ⓘ |
| startDate | 1970s ⓘ |
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