1. The Tunka – Multi-component EAS detector for high energy cosmic ray studies
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S.F. Berezhnev, D. Besson, N.M. Budnev, M. Büker, M. Brüeckner, A. Chiavassa, O.A. Chvalaev, O.A. Gress, A.N. Dyachok, S.N. Epimakhov, D. Hampf, A. Haungs, R. Hiller, D. Horns, A. Ivanova, N.I. Karpov, N.N. Kalmykov, Yu. Kazarina, E.N. Konstantinov, D. Kostunin, A.V. Korobchenko, E.E. Korosteleva, V.A. Kozhin, M. Kunnas, L.A. Kuzmichev, B.K. Lubsandorzhiev, N.B. Lubsandorzhiev, R.R. Mirgazov, R. Monhoev, R. Nachtigall, M.I. Panasyuk, L.V. Pankov, A.L. Pankov, A. Pokhorukov, E.G. Popova, A. Porelli, V.V. Prosin, V.S. Ptuskin, G.P. Rowell, F.G. Schröder, Yu.A. Semeney, B.A. Shaibonov, A.A. Silaev, A.V. Skurikhin, C. Spiering, D. Spitschan, L.G. Sveshnikova, R. Wischnewski, I.V. Yashin, and A.V. Zagorodnikov
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Scintillation ,High energy ,Range (particle radiation) ,Detector ,Astronomy ,Cosmic ray ,law.invention ,Telescope ,law ,Instrumentation ,Cherenkov radiation ,Energy (signal processing) ,Remote sensing - Abstract
The EAS Cherenkov array Tunka-133, with about 3 km 2 sensitive area, has been installed in the Tunka Valley, Siberia. The accessible energy range is 10 15 –10 18 eV. In this contribution, a description of the array and main results obtained so far are presented. A current update of the array includes the deployment of scintillation stations, radio antennas, as well as optical stations. The deployments of these optical stations are the first step towards Tunka-HiSCORE, a wide-angle, large field-of-view gamma-ray telescope.
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- 2013
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