Supernova neutrino burst monitor at the Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope
Abstract
The experiment on recording neutrino bursts operates since the mid-1980. As a target, we use two parts of the facility with a total mass of 240 tons. The current status of the experiment and some results related to the investigation of background events and the stability of facility operation are presented. Over the period of June 30, 1980 to December 31, 2018, the actual observational time is 33.02 years. No candidate for the stellar core collapse has been detected during the observation period. The corresponding upper bound of the mean frequency of core collapse supernovae in our Galaxy is 0.070 year-1 (90% CL).
- Publication:
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Astroparticle Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 2020
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.03019
- Bibcode:
- 2020APh...11702404N
- Keywords:
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- Supernova;
- Neutrino burst;
- Neutrino detector;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Submitted to Astropart.Phys