The TAIGA-a Hybrid Detector Complex in Tunka Valley for Astroparticle Physics, Cosmic Ray Physics and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

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Astapov, I. [1 ]
Bezyazeekov, P. [2 ]
Bonvech, E. [3 ]
Borodin, A. [4 ]
Budnev, N. [2 ]
Bulan, A. [3 ]
Chernov, D. [3 ]
Chiavassa, A. [5 ,6 ]
Dyachok, A. [2 ]
Gafarov, A. [2 ]
Garmash, A. [7 ,8 ]
Grebenyuk, V. [4 ,9 ]
Gress, E. [2 ]
Gress, O. [2 ]
Gress, T. [2 ]
Grinyuk, A. [4 ]
Grishin, O. [2 ]
Ivanova, A. D. [2 ]
Ivanova, A. L. [2 ,7 ]
Iliushin, M. [2 ]
Kalmykov, N. [3 ]
Kindin, V. [1 ]
Kiryuhin, S. [2 ]
Kokoulin, R. [1 ]
Kompaniets, K. [1 ]
Korosteleva, E. [1 ]
Kozhin, V. [1 ]
Kravchenko, E. [7 ,8 ]
Kryukov, A. [3 ]
Kuzmichev, L. [2 ,3 ]
Lagutin, A. [10 ]
Lavrova, M. [4 ]
Lemeshev, Y. [2 ]
Lubsandorzhiev, B. [3 ,11 ]
Lubsandorzhiev, N. [3 ]
Malakhov, S. [2 ]
Mirgazov, R. [2 ]
Monkhoev, R. [2 ]
Okuneva, E. [3 ]
Osipova, E. [3 ]
Pakhorukov, A. [2 ]
Pankov, L. [2 ]
Pan, A. [4 ]
Panov, A. [3 ]
Petrukhin, A. [1 ]
Podgrudkov, D. [3 ]
Popova, E. [3 ]
Postnikov, E. [3 ]
Prosin, V. [3 ]
Ptuskin, V. [12 ]
机构
[1] Natl Res Nucl Univ MEPhI, Moscow, Russia
[2] Irkutsk State Univ, Irkutsk, Russia
[3] Skobeltsyn Nucl Phys Res Inst, Moscow, Russia
[4] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna, Russia
[5] Gen Univ Torino, Dipartimento Fis, Turin, Italy
[6] INFN, Turin, Italy
[7] Novosibirsk State Univ, Novosibirsk, Russia
[8] RAS, Budker Inst Nucl Phys, SB, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[9] Dubna State Univ, Dubna, Russia
[10] Altai State Univ, Barnaul, Russia
[11] RAS, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow, Russia
[12] IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
[13] Irkutsk Natl Res Tech Univ, Irkutsk, Russia
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俄罗斯科学基金会;
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10.1134/S1063778823040051
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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摘要
The physical motivations and performance of the TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) project are presented. The TAIGA observatory addresses ground-based gamma-ray astronomy at energies from a few TeV to several PeV, as well as cosmic ray physics from 100 TeV to several EeV and astroparticle physics. The pilot TAIGA-1 complex locates in the Tunka valley, similar to 50 km West from the southern tip of the lake Baikal. It includes integrated air Cherenkov TAIGA-HiSCOREarray with 120 wide-angle optical stations distributed over on area 1.1 square kilometer about and three 4-m class Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of the TAIGA-IACT array. The latter array has a shape of triangle with side lengths of about 300, 400 and 500 m. The integral sensitivity of the 1-km(2) TAIGA-1 detector is about 2.5 x 10(-13) TeV cm(-2) s(-1) for detection of E >= 100 TeV gammarays in 300 hours of source observations. The combination of the wide-angle Cherenkov array and IACTs could offer a cost effective-way to build a large (up to 10 km(2)) array for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. The reconstruction of a given EAS energy, incoming direction, and the core position, based on the TAIGA-HiSCORE data, allows one to increase the distance between the relatively expensive IACTs up to 600-800 m. These, together with the surface and underground electron/Muon detectors, will be used for selection of gamma-ray-induced EAS. Present status of the project, together with the current array description, the first experimental results and plans for the future are reported.
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