The Tunka detector complex: from cosmic-ray to gamma-ray astronomy ...

• Main Authors: Budnev, N, Astapov, I, Barbashina, N, Bogdanov, A, Bogorodskii, D, Boreyko, V, Büker, M, Brückner, M, Chiavassa, A, Chvalaev, O, Gress, O, Gress, T, Dyachok, A, Epimakhov, S, Gafatov, 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, Kindin, V, Kirichkov, N, Kiryuhin, S, Kleifges, M, Kokoulin, R, Komponiest, K, Konstantinov, A, Konstantinov, E, Korobchenko, 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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2015
• Subjects: 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften; taiga
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18452/27617; https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/28268

TAIGA stands for "Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy" and is a project to build a complex, hybrid detector system for ground-based gamma- ray astronomy from a few TeV to several PeV, and for cosmic-ray studies from 100 TeV to 1 EeV. TAIGA will search for "PeVatrons" (ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources) and measure the composition and spectrum of cosmic rays in the knee region (100 TeV - 10 PeV) with good energy resolution and high statistics. TAIGA will include Tunka-HiSCORE (an array of wide-angle air Cherenkov stations), an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, an array of particle detectors, both on the surface and underground, and the TUNKA-133 air Cherenkov array. ...