The Cherenkov radiation detector is undergoing a final check before immersion in the Lake Baikal. (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

The Cherenkov radiation detector is undergoing a final check before immersion in the Lake Baikal.

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The photomultiplier tube and other electronics are placed inside a transparent ball that can withstand the pressure of one and a half kilometers of water. This is the part of the telescope that collects and transmits information about a faint flash that accompanies the interaction of neutrinos in water through a cable to the shore. 

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Bair Shaybonov.

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