By 2030, it is planned to install 8-10 clusters of the Baikal-GVD telescope. Plans for the development of the project were announced at a meeting held by the head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov, via videoconference. It is reported on the portal. “Scientific Russia”.
It has been noted that the installation of new clusters is up to 1 cu. km will allow Baikal-GVD to compete with IceCube (USA), KM3NeT (European Union) projects and programs developed in China and Canada.
Falkov pointed out that today, within the framework of state policy, applied research and development is emphasized.
“On the other hand, in no case should basic research be pushed into the environment. We have to be very careful about the backlog we have and vice versa invest, support and help,” he said.
In total, nine scientific and educational organizations are working on the project.
“Exactly ten years ago, a new era began in the history of the Baikal Neutrino Telescope, associated with a completely new scale of participation of our institute in this project. “Since then, the neutrino telescope has been actively developed and the volume of the telescope has reached half a cubic kilometer,” said JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov.
in Baikal in March 2021 to start Operating the largest neutrino telescope in the Northern Hemisphere.