The TAIGA experiment: from cosmic ray to gamma-ray astronomy in the Tunka valley ...

• Main Authors: Budnev, N, Astapov, I, Bezyazeekov, P, Bogdanov, A, Boreyko, V, Büker, M, Brückner, M, Chiavassa, A, Chvalaev, O, Gress, O, Gress, T, Grishin, O, Dyachok, A, Epimakhov, S, Fedorov, O, Gafarov, A, Gorbunov, N, Grebenyuk, V, Grinuk, A, Haungs, A, Hiller, R, Horns, D, Huege, T, Ivanova, A, Kalinin, A, Karpov, N, Kalmykov, N, Kazarina, Y, Kirichkov, N, Kiryuhin, S, Kleifges, M, Kokoulin, R, Komponiest, K, Konstantinov, A, Korosteleva, E, Kostunin, D, Kozhin, V, Krömer, O, Kunnas, M, Kuzmichev, L, Lenok, V, Lubsandorzhiev, B, Lubsandorzhiev, N, Mirgazov, R, Mirzoyan, R, Monkhoev, R, Nachtigall, R, Pakhorukov, A, Panasyuk, M, Pankov, L
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2016
• Subjects: 530 Physik; taiga
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18452/27615; https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/28266

The physical motivations and advantages of the new gamma-observatory TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) is presented. The TAIGA array is a complex, hybrid detector for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy for energies from a few TeV to several PeV as well as for cosmic ray studies from 100 TeV to several EeV. The TAIGA will include the wide angle Cherenkov array TAIGA-HiSCORE with ~5 km2 area, a net of 16 I ACT telescopes (with FOV of about 10x10 degree), muon detectors with a total area of up to 2000-3000 m2 and the radio array Tunka-Rex. ...