The TAIGA experiment: from cosmic ray to gamma-ray astronomy in the Tunka valley. Issue 5 (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Budnev, N; Astapov, I; Bezyazeekov, P; Bogdanov, A; Boreyko, V; Büker, M; Brückner, M; Chiavassa, A; Chvalaev, O; Gress, O; Gress, T; Grishin, O; Dyachok, A; Epimakhov, S; Fedorov, O; Gafarov, 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; Kirichkov, N; Kiryuhin, S; Kleifges, M; Kokoulin, R; Komponiest, K; Konstantinov, 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; Panasyuk, M; Pankov, L; Perevalov, A; Petrukhin, A; Platonov, V; Poleschuk, V; Popova, E; Porelli, A; Prosin, V; Ptuskin, V; Rubtsov, G; Pushnin, A; Samoliga, V; Satunin, P; Schröder, F; Semeney, Yu; Silaev, A; Silaev, A; Skurikhin, A; Slucka, V; Spiering, C; Sveshnikova, L; Tabolenko, V; Tarashansky, B; Tkachenko, A; Tkachev, L; Tluczykont, M; Voronin, D; Wischnewski, R; Zagorodnikov, A; Zurbanov, V; Yashin, I;
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 718:Issue 5(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: The physical motivations and advantages of the new gamma-observatory TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) is presented. The TAIGA array is a complex, hybrid detector for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy for energies from a few TeV to several PeV as well as for cosmic ray studies from 100 TeV to several EeV. The TAIGA will include the wide angle Cherenkov array TAIGA-HiSCORE with ~5 km 2 area, a net of 16 I ACT telescopes (with FOV of about 10x10 degree), muon detectors with a total area of up to 2000-3000 m 2 and the radio array Tunka-Rex.