Baksan Neutrino Observatory
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The Baksan Neutrino Observatory (BNO) is a scientific laboratory of INR RAS located in the Baksan gorge in the Caucasus mountains in Russia. It started operations in 1977, becoming the first such observatory in the USSR.[1] It consists of the Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope, located 300m below the surface, [2] a gallium–germanium neutrino telescope (the SAGE experiment) located 3,500m deep,[2] as well as a number of ground facilities.
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- ^ "Подземная охота за нейтрино: Уеные ловят призраков, которые запросто проходят сквозь земной шар", Trud (211), 23 November 2002, http://www.inr.ru/zatsepin/z-interv.html (Russian)
- ^ a b "Baksan Neutrino Observatory". Institute for Nuclear Research. http://www.inr.troitsk.ru/eng/ebno.html. Retrieved 2006-07-25.
Coordinates: 43°17′20″N 42°42′10″E / 43.28889°N 42.70278°E
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