The Tunka-Grande experiment

• Published in: Journal of Instrumentation
• Main Authors: Monkhoev, R. D., Budnev, N. M., Kazarina, Yu. A., Korosteleva, E. E., Kozhin, V. A., Kuzmichev, L. A., Lenok, V. V., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lubsandorzhiev, N. B., Mirgazov, R. R., Mirzoyan, R., Osipova, E. A., Chiavassa, A., Pakhorukov, A. L., Panasyuk, M. I., Pankov, L. V., Poleschuk, V. A., Popova, E. G., Postnikov, E. B., Prosin, V. V., Ptuskin, V. S., Pushnin, A. A., Samoliga, V. S., Dyachok, A. N., Semeney, Y. A., Sveshnikova, L. G., Silaev, A. A., Jr., A. A. Silaev, Skurikhin, A. V., Sulakov, V. P., Tabolenko, V. A., Voronin, D. M., Fedorov, O. L., Spiering, C., Gafarov, A. R., Zagorodnikov, A. V., Zhurov, D. P., Zurbanov, V. L., Gress, O. A., Gress, T. I., Grishin, O. G., Ivanova, A. L., Kalmykov, N. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inst. of Physics 2017
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610; taiga
• Online Access: https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/399210; https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2018-00515%22

The investigation of energy spectrum and mass composition of primary cosmic rays in the energy range 10$^{16}$–10$^{18}$ eV and the search for diffuse cosmic gamma rays are of the great interest for understanding mechanisms and nature of high-energy particle sources, the problem of great importance in modern astrophysics. Tunka-Grande scintillator array is a part of the experimental complex TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for Cosmic Ray and Gamma Astronomy) which is located in the Tunka Valley, about 50 km from Lake Baikal. The purpose of this array is the study of diffuse gamma rays and cosmic rays of ultra-high energies by detecting extensive air showers. We describe the design, specifications of the read-out, data acquisition (DAQ) and control systems of the array.