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, II, Bezyazeekov, PA, Borodin, A, Bruckner, M, Chernykh, D, Chiavassa, A, Dyachok, A, Fedorov, O, Gafarov, A, Garmash, A, Grebenyuk, V, Gress, O, Gress, T, Grinyuk, A, Grishin, O, Horns, D, Ivanova, A, Kalmykov, N, Kazarina, Y, Kindin, V, Kiryuhin, S, Kokoulin, R, Komponiets, K, Korosteleva, E, Kostunin, D, Kozhin, V, Kravchenko, E, Kryukov, A, Kuzmichev, L, Lagutin, A, Lubsandorzhiev, B, Lubsandorzhiev, N, Mirgazov, R, Mirzoyan, R, Monkhoev, R, Osipova, E, Pakhorukov, A, Pan, A, Panasyuk, M, Pankov, L, Petrukhin, A, Poleschuk, V, Popesku, M, Popova, E, Porelli, A, Postnikov, E, Prosin, V, Ptuskin, V, Pushnin, A, Raikin, R, Rubtsov, G, Ryabov, E, Sagan, Y, Samoliga, V, Silaev, A, Sidorenkov, A, Skurikhin, A, Slunecka, M, Sokolov, A, Spiering, C, Sveshnikova, L, Suvorkin, Y, Tabolenko, V, Tarashchansky, B, Tkachev, L, Tluczykont, M, Ushakov, N, Ustinov, K, Vaidyanathan, A, Voronin, D, Wischnewski, R, Zagorodnikov, A, Zurbanov, V, Zhurov, D, Yashin, I
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Cosmic ray; Gamma astronomy; Timing TAIGA-HiSCORE array; Imaging TAIGA-IACT array; taiga
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2318/1931836; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.04.067

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).