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Description
Baikal-GVD is a cubic-kilometer scale neutrino detector being
constructed in Lake Baikal. After the deployment campaign in spring
2020 the telescope includes over 2000 optical modules distributed
among 56 strings. Effective volume for the detection of high-energy
charged particle cascades constitutes 0.35 km^3. Muon (anti)neutrino
interactions in the vicinity of the detector through the W boson
exchange are accompanied by muon tracks. Reconstructed direction of
the muon track is the most precise probe of the neutrino direction
attainable in Cerenkov neutrino telescopes. Reconstruction techniques
adopted by Baikal-GVD include methods for the rejection of noise due
to water chemilumenescence and track parameter reconstruction based on
chi^2 minimisation. Muon reconstruction performance is discussed in the
present report. Performance metrics of the muon reconstruction are
studied using realistic Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of the detector.
The algorithms are applied to real data from Baikal-GVD and the
results are compared with simulations.
Keywords
neutrino telescopes; neutrinos; muons; reconstruction
| Subcategory | Experimental Methods & Instrumentation |
|---|---|
| other Collaboration | Baikal-GVD |
