TAIGA—A hybrid array for high-energy gamma astronomy and cosmic-ray physics

• Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• Main Authors: Budnev, N., Astapov, I. I., Garmash, A., Grebenyuk, V., Gress, O., Gress, T., Grinyuk, A., Grishin, O., Horns, D., Ivanova, A., Kalmykov, N., Kazarina, Yu., Bezyazeekov, P. A., Kindin, V., Kiryuhin, S., Kokoulin, R., Komponiets, K., Korosteleva, E., Kostunin, D., Kozhin, V., Kravchenko, E., Kryukov, A., Kuzmichev, L., Borodin, A., Lagutin, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lubsandorzhiev, N., Mirgazov, R., Mirzoyan, R., Monkhoev, R., Osipova, E., Pakhorukov, A., Pan, A., Panasyuk, M., Brueckner, Martin, Pankov, L., Petrukhin, A., Poleschuk, V., Popesku, M., Popova, E., Porelli, A., Postnikov, E., Prosin, V., Ptuskin, V., Pushnin, A., Chernykh, D., Raikin, R., Rubtsov, G., Ryabov, E., Sagan, Y.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: North-Holland Publ. Co. 2020
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530; Cosmic ray; Gamma astronomy; Timing TAIGA-HiSCORE array; Imaging TAIGA-IACT array; taiga
• Online Access: https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/453780; https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/search?p=id:%22PUBDB-2021-00171%22

The combination of a wide angle timing Cherenkov array and Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes operated in mono mode offers a cost-effective way to construct a few square kilometers array for ultrahigh-energy gamma astronomy. The first stage of the TAIGA Observatory (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) is described here. It will comprise TAIGA-HiSCORE - 120 wide angle Cherenkov stations distributed over an area of 1.0 km 2 and three IACTs (TAIGA-IACT).