Baikal-GVD Underwater Neutrino Telescope Launched
Recently Russian scientists launched one of the world’s biggest underwater neutrino telescopes called the Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Detector) in the waters of Lake Baikail, the world’s deepest lake situated in Siberia.
- The Baikal-GVD is one of the three largest neutrino detectors in the world along with the IceCube at the South Pole and ANTARES in the Mediterranean Sea.
- India based Neutrino observatory (INO) to observe neutrinos produced in the atmosphere of the Earth is proposed to be established at a site identified in Bodi West Hills, in Theni district, Tamil Nadu.
Highlights
- The construction of Baikal-GVD telescope, which started in 2016, is ....
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