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The TAIGA—a Hybrid Detector Complex in Tunka Valley for Astroparticle Physics, Cosmic Ray Physics and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Physics of Atomic Nuclei, ISSN: 1562-692X, Vol: 86, Issue: 4, Page: 471-477
2023
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Abstract: The physical motivations and performance of the TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) project are presented. The TAIGA observatory addresses ground-based gamma-ray astronomy at energies from a few TeV to several PeV, as well as cosmic ray physics from 100 TeV to several EeV and astroparticle physics. The pilot TAIGA-1 complex locates in the Tunka valley, km West from the southern tip of the lake Baikal. It includes integrated air Cherenkov TAIGA-HiSCORE array with 120 wide-angle optical stations distributed over on area 1.1 square kilometer about and three 4-m class Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of the TAIGA-IACT array. The latter array has a shape of triangle with side lengths of about 300, 400 and 500 m. The integral sensitivity of the 1-km TAIGA-1 detector is about TeV cm s for detection of TeV gamma-rays in 300 hours of source observations. The combination of the wide-angle Cherenkov array and IACTs could offer a cost effective-way to build a large (up to 10 km) array for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. The reconstruction of a given EAS energy, incoming direction, and the core position, based on the TAIGA-HiSCORE data, allows one to increase the distance between the relatively expensive IACTs up to 600–800 m. These, together with the surface and underground electron/Muon detectors, will be used for selection of gamma-ray-induced EAS. Present status of the project, together with the current array description, the first experimental results and plans for the future are reported.

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I. Astapov; V. Kindin; R. Kokoulin; K. Kompaniets; E. Korosteleva; V. Kozhin; A. Petrukhin; I. Yashin; P. Bezyazeekov; N. Budnev; A. Dyachok; A. Gafarov; E. Gress; O. Gress; T. Gress; O. Grishin; A. D. Ivanova; A. L. Ivanova; M. Iliushin; S. Kiryuhin; L. Kuzmichev; Y. Lemeshev; S. Malakhov; R. Mirgazov; R. Monkhoev; A. Pakhorukov; L. Pankov; A. Pushnin; E. Ryabov; V. Samoliga; V. Tabolenko; B. Tarashchansky; A. Tanaev; M. Ternovoy; A. Zagorodnikov; D. Zhurov; E. Bonvech; A. Bulan; D. Chernov; N. Kalmykov; A. Kryukov; B. Lubsandorzhiev; N. Lubsandorzhiev; E. Okuneva; E. Osipova; A. Panov; D. Podgrudkov; E. Popova; E. Postnikov; V. Prosin; A. Razumov; A. Silaev; A. Skurikhin; L. Sveshnikova; A. Borodin; V. Grebenyuk; A. Grinyuk; M. Lavrova; A. Pan; I. Satyshev; L. Tkachev; P. Volchugov; A. Chiavassa; A. Garmash; E. Kravchenko; A. Sokolov; A. Vaidyanathan; A. Lagutin; R. Raikin; N. Volkov; G. Rubtsov; A. Sidorenkov; N. Ushakov; D. Voronin; V. Ptuskin

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