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1. High-Energy Neutrino Follow-up at the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Author

Z. Bardačová, T. I. Gress, M. S. Katulin, K. V. Konishchev, K.V. Golubkov, Lukas Fajt, Mark Shelepov, E. V. Ryabov, A. V. Skurikhin, M.M. Kolbin, W. Noga, B. A. Tarashchansky, V. A. Kozhin, D. N. Zaborov, A.P. Koshechkin, T. V. Elzhov, V. Ya. Dik, G.B. Safronov, A.V. Avrorin, Aleksandr Gafarov, E.N. Pliskovsky, O.G. Kebkal, V.D. Rushay, M.I. Rozanov, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, R. R. Mirgazov, A.G. Solovjev, V. Nazari, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, N. M. Budnev, S. V. Fialkovski, E.V. Khramov, Fedor Šimkovic, D. P. Petukhov, V. M. Aynutdinov, Yu. V. Yablokova, Sergey Yakovlev, K. A. Kopański, N.S. Gorshkov, R. Bannasch, E. O. Sushenok, R. Dvornicky, A.V. Korobchenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, I. Stekl, R. Ivanov, V.A. Tabolenko, Dmitry V. Naumov, A.D. Avrorin, G.V. Domogatsky, B.A. Shaybonov, A. N. Dyachok, E. Eckerová, Olga Suvorova, M.K. Kryukov, M. V. Milenin, M.N. Sorokovikov, and M.V. Kruglov

Subjects
Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Monitoring program, law.invention, Telescope, Data acquisition, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, Underwater, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Event reconstruction
Abstract

The Baikal-GVD deep underwater neutrino experiment participates in the international multi-messenger program to detect the astrophysical sources of high- and ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray particles, being at the stage of array deployment and a step-by-step increase of the telescope’s effective volume to the scale of a cubic kilometer. At present, the telescope consists of seven clusters containing 2016 photodetectors. The effective volume of the detector has reached 0.35 km $${}^{3}$$ for the selection of shower events from neutrino interactions in Baikal water. The experimental data have been accumulated in a continuous exposure mode since 2015, allowing a prompt data analysis and a celestial-sphere monitoring program to be implemented in real time. We discuss the structure of the data acquisition system, describe the physical event reconstruction procedure in the mode of fast response to alerts, and present the results of our analysis of nine alerts from the polar IceCube telescope from early September to late October 2020.

Published
2021

2. Experimental Complex TAIGA

Author

N. Ushakov, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, E. A. Kravchenko, Yu. Lemeshev, D. Chernykh, E. E. Korosteleva, Anatoly Lagutin, L. V. Pankov, A. Garmash, R. P. Kokoulin, A. V. Skurikhin, P. Volchugov, Andrey Sokolov, V. V. Prosin, D. A. Podgrudkov, A. L. Pakhorukov, Dmitry Chernov, M. Blank, A. Tanaev, L. G. Sveshnikova, L. G. Tkachev, E. A. Osipova, M. Slunechka, V.A. Tabolenko, Dieter Horns, M. Tluczykont, R. D. Monkhoev, I. I. Astapov, E. Popova, A. Chiavassa, A. Pushnin, M. Ternovoy, I. I. Yashin, A. N. Dyachok, Grigory Rubtsov, P. Bezyazykov, N. N. Kalmykov, D. Shipilov, M. Popesku, A. A. Petrukhin, A. Ivanova, Alexander Kryukov, Y. Sagan, A. Sidorenkov, Evgenii V Rjabov, V. Poleshchuk, D. Voronin, V. S. Ptuskin, Roman Raikin, B. A. Tarashchansky, Mikhail Panasyuk, O. A. Gress, V. Kiryukhin, A. Bulan, A. A. Grinyuk, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, T. I. Gress, M. Brückner, R. R. Mirgazov, A. Pan, V. Samoliga, A. Vaidyanathan, Y. Kazarina, Oleg Fedorov, Dmitry Zhurov, A. Borodin, R. Mirzoyan, A. Porelli, A. Bonvech, K. G. Kompaniets, O. Grishin, Evgeny Postnikov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, Y. Suvorkin, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, and R. Wischnewski

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Taiga, Astronomy, 010306 general physics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The astrophysical complex TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic-ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy), whose first phase is being completed in the Tunka valley 50 km from Lake Baikal, is described. Its research program, first results, and development prospects are discussed.

Published
2020

3. Baikal-GVD Experiment

Author

M.N. Sorokovikov, A. N. Dyachok, R. Dvornicky, B. A. Shaibonov, E.N. Pliskovsky, K.V. Golubkov, Z. Bardačová, E. Eckerová, Olga Suvorova, A. A. Doroshenko, D. P. Petukhov, A. V. Skurikhin, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, G.B. Safronov, T.I. Gres, Fedor Šimkovic, A. I. Panfilov, G.V. Domogatsky, O.G. Kebkal, A.D. Avrorin, M.I. Rozanov, V.B. Brudanin, M. K. Krjukov, E.V. Khramov, V. Ya. Dik, A.G. Solovjev, A.V. Avrorin, I. Stekl, R. Ivanov, V.A. Tabolenko, Lukas Fajt, A.V. Korobchenko, Mark Shelepov, R. R. Mirgazov, V. Nazari, I. A. Belolaptikov, D. N. Zaborov, A.P. Koshechkin, M.M. Kolbin, Konstantin Kebkal, Dmitry V. Naumov, K. V. Konishev, V.D. Rushay, V.M. Aynutdinov, N.S. Gorshkov, B. A. Taraschansky, Aleksandr Gafarov, M.B. Milenin, V.F. Kulepov, V. A. Kozhin, M. S. Katulin, R. Bannasch, S. A. Yakovlyev, S.V. Fialkovsky, E. O. Sushenok, Evgenii V Rjabov, N. M. Budnev, and M.V. Kruglov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Phase (waves), Scale (descriptive set theory), 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Effective volume
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a deep-underwater neutrino detector of cubic-kilometer scale. It is designed to detect astrophysical neutrinos up to multi-PeV energies and beyond. The deployment of this facility began in spring 2015. Since April 2020, the detector includes seven clusters, each consisting of eight strings carrying in total 288 optical modules located at depths of 750 to 1275 m. By the end of the first phase of construction of the detector in 2024, it is planned to deploy 15 clusters, whereby an effective volume of 0.75 km $${}^{3}$$ for detecting high-energy cascades would be reached. The design and status of the Baikal-GVD detector are described in the present article along with selected results of data analysis.

Published
2020

4. Status of the TAIGA Experiment: From Cosmic-Ray Physics to Gamma Astronomy in Tunka Valley

Author

Dmitry Chernov, A. V. Skurikhin, Andrey Sokolov, M. Slunecka, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, B. A. Tarashchansky, D. A. Podgrudkov, V. A. Poleschuk, Y. Suvorkin, P. Volchugov, A. L. Pakhorukov, Dieter Horns, N. M. Budnev, A. Tanaev, Roman Raikin, A. N. Dyachok, M. Tluczykont, A. A. Grinyuk, R. R. Mirgazov, A. Haungs, Evgeny Postnikov, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. Pan, T. Marshalkina, Oleg Fedorov, V. Samoliga, V. S. Ptuskin, M. Kleifges, A. Chiavassa, Y. Sagan, R. Mirzoyan, A. Porelli, M. Brueckner, N. Ushakov, T. I. Gress, A. Borodin, V. Lenok, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. Togoo, A. Garmash, Dmitry Zhurov, A. A. Silaev, D. Kostyunin, L. G. Tkachev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, E. A. Osipova, V. Kiryuhin, E. V. Ryabov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, O. G. Grishin, D. Shipilov, A. Ivanova, E. Popova, O. A. Gress, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Vaidyanathan, L. V. Pankov, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, M. Ternovoy, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, I. I. Astapov, R. Wischnewski, Mikhail Panasyuk, Frank G. Schröder, A. Pushnin, A. Bulan, A. Bonvech, K. G. Kompaniets, D. Voronin, V.A. Tabolenko, E. A. Kravchenko, D. Chernykh, E. E. Korosteleva, S. Malakhov, R. P. Kokoulin, A. A. Petrukhin, Yulia Kazarina, Ig. Yashin, Yu. Lemeshev, V. V. Prosin, Anatoly Lagutin, T. Huege, R. D. Monkhoev, Alexander Kryukov, and A. Sidorenkov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Taiga, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Radiation, 010306 general physics, Hybrid approach, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

The importance and advantages of the hybrid approach developed within the TAIGA project for studying the high-energy section of the spectrum of gamma radiation in the Universe are discussed. The pilot complex of the TAIGA gamma observatory with an area of 1 km $${}^{2}$$ is briefly described along with the lines of its development, and the first results obtained on this basis are given.

Published
2020

5. Neutrino Telescope in Lake Baikal: Present and Nearest Future

Author

M.B. Milenin, Ivan Štekl, V. Y. Dik, I. A. Belolaptikov, V. A. Kozhin, V.D. Rushay, V. Nazari, Mark Shelepov, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, I. V. Borina, D. N. Zaborov, O.G. Kebkal, A. P. Stromakov, M.I. Rozanov, A.P. Koshechkin, B.A. Tarashansky, Yury Malyshkin, A. E. Sirenko, A. A. Doroshenko, A.G. Solovjev, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, Z. Bardаčová, Aleksandr Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, M.V. Kruglov, А. D. Avrorin, K.V. Konischev, Pa. Malecki, B.A. Shaybonov, Evgeniy Khramov, A. V. Skurikhin, M.N. Sorokovikov, T. V. Elzhov, A. N. Dyachok, V.A. Tabolenko, Konstantin Kebkal, W. Noga, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, G.B. Safronov, A.V. Korobchenko, R. R. Mirgazov, E. V. Ryabov, Rastislav Dvornický, N. M. Budnev, E. Eckerová, M.M. Kolbin, A.V. Avrorin, E.N. Pliskovsky, Olga Suvorova, D. P. Petukhov, G.V. Domogatsky, M. S. Katulin, V. M. Aynutdinov, K. A. Kopański, Sergey Yakovlev, M.K. Kryukov, Dmitry V. Naumov, V. A. Allakhverdyan, Fedor Šimkovic, N.S. Gorshkov, Y. V. Yablokova, R. Bannasch, S.V. Fialkovsky, and E. O. Sushenok

Subjects
Physics, Neutrino telescope, Astronomy
Published
2021

6. Positioning system for Baikal-GVD

Author

A. A. Doroshenko, K.V. Konischev, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, N.S. Gorshkov, Dmitry V. Naumov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.B. Milenin, D. N. Zaborov, Fedor Šimkovic, A.P. Koshechkin, A. E. Sirenko, A. P. Stromakov, A. N. Dyachok, Y. V. Yablokova, G.B. Safronov, A. V. Skurikhin, N. M. Budnev, Rastislav Dvornický, Evgeniy Khramov, I. A. Belolaptikov, R. R. Mirgazov, A.V. Avrorin, V.D. Rushay, B.A. Tarashansky, D. P. Petukhov, Konstantin Kebkal, W. Noga, V. A. Kozhin, V. A. Allakhverdyan, K. A. Kopański, Yury Malyshkin, E. Eckerová, V. Nazari, Olga Suvorova, V. Y. Dik, E.N. Pliskovsky, Mark Shelepov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, I. V. Borina, M.V. Kruglov, S.V. Fialkovski, R. Bannasch, E. O. Sushenok, A.G. Solovjev, Pa. Malecki, I. Stekl, M.K. Kryukov, V.A. Tabolenko, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, K.V. Golubkov, E. V. Ryabov, M.M. Kolbin, M.N. Sorokovikov, T. V. Elzhov, V. M. Aynutdinov, Sergey Yakovlev, A.V. Korobchenko, A.D. Avrorin, G.V. Domogatsky, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, Aleksandr Gafarov, M. S. Katulin, and Z. Bardačová

Subjects
Photomultiplier, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Positioning system, Neutrino telescope, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), law.invention, Telescope, Upgrade, law, Acoustic modem, Polling, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Trilateration, Geology, Remote sensing
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a kilometer scale neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal. Due to water currents in Lake Baikal, individual photomultiplier housings are mobile and can drift away from their initial position. In order to accurately determine the coordinates of the photomultipliers, the telescope is equipped with an acoustic positioning system. The system consists of a network of acoustic modems, installed along the telescope strings and uses acoustic trilateration to determine the coordinates of individual modems. This contribution discusses the current state of the positioning in Baikal-GVD, including the recent upgrade to the acoustic modem polling algorithm., Presented at 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)

Published
2021

7. TAIGA - an advanced hybrid detector complex for astroparticle physics, cosmic ray physics and gamma-ray astronomy

Author

V. P. Sulakov, E. A. Kravchenko, Roman Raikin, A. A. Grinyuk, A. Chiavassa, E. E. Korosteleva, BayarJon Paul Lubsandorzhiev, E. Popova, R. R. Mirgazov, L. G. Sveshnikova, S. Malakhov, R. P. Kokoulin, R. Togoo, A. Petrukhin, Yu. Lemeshev, A.V. Igoshin, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, A. Porelli, A. Borodin, M. Blank, A. Ivanova, M. Tluczykont, A. N. Dyachok, V.A. Tabolenko, L. G. Tkachev, V. Samoliga, V. A. Poleschuk, R. Wischnewski, A. Bulan, E. A. Osipova, N. Ushakov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, Evgeny Postnikov, D. Zhurov, L. V. Pankov, A. Garmash, M. Ternovoy, D. Voronin, O. A. Gress, T. I. Gress, V. V. Kindin, I. I. Astapov, V. A. Kozhin, K. G. Kompaniets, Andrey Sokolov, E. V. Ryabov, R. Mirzoyan, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, O. Grishin, M. Popesku, D. Lukyantsev, V. Slunecka, A. V. Skurikhin, Y. Sagan, Dieter Horns, V. S. Ptuskin, P. Volchugov, A. L. Pakhorukov, A. Tanaev, A. Pushnin, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, N. M. Budnev, Y. Suvorkin, E. Gress, A. Zhaglova, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, B. A. Tarashchansky, A. Vaidyanathan, I. Poddubnyi, Anatoly Lagutin, V. Ponomareva, M. Brückner, R. D. Monkhoev, B. M. Sabirov, I. I. Yashin, Alexander Kryukov, and A. Sidorenkov

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Taiga, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Electron, Gamma-ray astronomy, Cherenkov radiation
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 complex locates in the Tunka valley, ~50 km West from the southern tip of the lake Baikal. It includes integrating air Cherenkov TAIGA-HiSCORE array with 120 wide-angle optical stations distributed over on area 1 square kilometer about and three the 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 300m, 400m and 500m. The expected integral sensitivity of the 1 km2 TAIGA detector will be about 2,5 × 10-13 TeV cm-2 sec-1 for detection of E ≥ 100 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 really large (up to 10 km2) 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 and the first experimental results and plans for the future will be reported.

Published
2021

8. First Season of Operation of the TAIGA Hybrid Cherenkov Array

Author

M. Brueckner, A. Pakhorukov, E. A. Osipova, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, L. G. Tkachev, Yu. Lemeshev, A. Ivanova, Y. Sagan, A. Yu. Garmash, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, V. A. Poleschuk, S. Kiryuhin, A. Pushnin, A. V. Skurikhin, M. Kunnas, L. A. Kuzmichev, C. Spiering, V. M. Grebenyuk, Evgeny Postnikov, M. Tluczykont, N. V. Gorbunov, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, K. G. Kompaniets, Anatoly Lagutin, E. A. Kravchenko, Mikhail Panasyuk, Dieter Horns, O. A. Gress, A. A. Petrukhin, E. E. Korosteleva, A. V. Tkachenko, V. A. Kozhin, Yulia Kazarina, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, V. V. Kindin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, R. P. Kokoulin, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, V. Samoliga, B.A. Tarashansky, Dmitry Zhurov, N. M. Budnev, R. Mirzoyan, M. Slunecka, B. M. Sabirov, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, I. I. Yashin, P. Kirilenko, Andrey Sokolov, V. S. Ptuskin, V.A. Tabolenko, I. I. Astapov, L. G. Sveshnikova, Yu. A. Semeney, V. V. Lenok, A. Porelli, O. G. Grishin, R. R. Mirgazov, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, R. Wischnewski, Evgenii V Rjabov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, Valery Zurbanov, Roman Raikin, E.G. Popova, A. A. Grinyuk, L. V. Pankov, A. N. Dyachok, and M. Popescu

Subjects
Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, IACT, Radiation, law.invention, Telescope, law, Observatory, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

Work is currently under way in the Tunka Valley, 50 km from Lake Baikal, to create the TAIGA gamma observatory for studying gamma radiation and cosmic ray fluxes in the 1013–1018 eV range of energies. To detect gamma rays with energies above tens of TeV, a hybrid method of detecting showers is implemented. It is based on data obtained by the TAIGA Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) and the wide-angle TAIGA-HiSCORE array. The preliminary results from processing the telescope’s data for the low-energy region (>2–3 TeV) are presented. Joint events with energy more than 50 TeV are analyzed and compared to Monte Carlo calculations.

Published
2019

9. Monte Carlo Simulation of the TAIGA Experiment

Author

R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, Y. Sagan, R. R. Mirgazov, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, Oleg Fedorov, M. Brueckner, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. V. Skurikhin, A. Borodin, A. Ivanova, Yu. Lemeshev, E.G. Popova, V.A. Tabolenko, Dmitry Zhurov, B.A. Tarashansky, S. Kiryuhin, A. V. Tkachenko, Mikhail Panasyuk, Dieter Horns, M. Tluczykont, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Pushnin, Roman Raikin, O. G. Grishin, Anatoly Lagutin, A. Chiavassa, A. A. Petrukhin, R. Mirzoyan, V. Prosin, Evgeny Postnikov, Valery Zurbanov, C. Spiering, A. A. Grinyuk, Yulia Kazarina, M. Kunnas, O. A. Gress, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Pakhorukov, R. Wischnewski, L. G. Tkachev, A. N. Dyachok, V. A. Poleschuk, M. Slunecka, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, V. A. Kozhin, Andrey Sokolov, I. I. Astapov, M. Popescu, A. Yu. Garmash, E. A. Kravchenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, B. M. Sabirov, E. E. Korosteleva, V. V. Kindin, I. I. Yashin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, R. P. Kokoulin, L. V. Pankov, N. M. Budnev, P. Kirilenko, V. V. Lenok, A. Porelli, Yu. A. Semeney, V. Samoliga, E. A. Osipova, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, N. V. Gorbunov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, K. G. Kompaniets, and A. Yu. Sidorenkov

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Software, Air shower, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, business, Energy (signal processing), Cherenkov radiation, Remote sensing
Abstract

The TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy) experiment aims at observing gamma-rays in the energy range from 1 TeV to several 100 TeV. The operation of the observatory is based on a new hybrid approach that combines imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) and wide-angle Cherenkov detectors (TAIGA-HiSCORE) for measuring times of extensive air shower (EAS) light front arrival. Monte Carlo simulations are compared to real data to determine the performance of the detector setup. Dedicated software and algorithms are described, model parameters are given, and an overview of the current status of model-based performance studies is presented.

Published
2019

10. TAIGA: A Complex of Hybrid Systems of Cooperating Detectors for Gamma Astronomy and Cosmic Ray Physics in the Tunka Valley

Author

Evgeny Postnikov, Roman Raikin, O. A. Gress, A. A. Grinyuk, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, V. Samoliga, V. A. Poleschuk, M. Slunecka, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, A. Chiavassa, R. R. Mirgazov, V. S. Ptuskin, R. Mirzoyan, A. Yu. Garmash, V. Prosin, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, Anatoly Lagutin, Oleg Fedorov, M. Kunnas, L. V. Pankov, E. A. Osipova, Pavel Bezyazeekov, A. A. Petrukhin, Aleksandr Gafarov, Mihai Popescu, R. Wischnewski, A. A. Silaev, M. Tluczykont, A. V. Skurikhin, A. Borodin, Mikhail Panasyuk, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. V. Tkachenko, Dieter Horns, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, N. V. Gorbunov, Dmitry Zhurov, A. Ivanova, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Tanaev, I. I. Yashin, N. I. Karpov, E.G. Popova, O. G. Grishin, A. N. Dyachok, R. Nakhtigal, A. Pakhorukov, L. G. Tkachev, V.A. Tabolenko, Y. Sagan, K. G. Kompaniets, A. Porelli, Valery Zurbanov, A. Pushnin, E. A. Kravchenko, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, E. E. Korosteleva, S. Kiryuhin, R. P. Kokoulin, V. P. Sulakov, B.A. Tarashansky, Y. Kazarina, P. Kirilenko, Andrey Sokolov, N. M. Budnev, V. V. Lenok, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, C. Spiering, and I. I. Astapov

Subjects
010302 applied physics, COSMIC cancer database, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Detector, Taiga, Gamma ray detectors, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Radiation, 01 natural sciences
Abstract

The relevance and benefits of the new TAIGA gamma observatory complex in the Tunka Valley (50 km from Lake Baikal) are discussed. The main aim of the TAIGA installation is to study high-energy gamma radiation and search for cosmic pevatrons. The first series of gamma stations was commissioned in 2019 and covers an area of 1 km2. Its expected integral gamma radiation sensitivity at an energy of 100 TeV over 300 h of source monitoring is (2–5) × 10−13 TeV cm−2 s−1. It is planned to expand the effective area of TAIGA gamma observation to 10 km2 in the future.

Published
2019

11. Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays, According to TUNKA-133 and TAIGA-HiSCORE EAS Cherenkov Light Data

Author

Evgeny Postnikov, Yu. Lemeshev, Mihai Popescu, Roman Raikin, M. Slunecka, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, O. G. Grishin, S. Kiryuhin, K. G. Kompaniets, A. A. Grinyuk, E. A. Osipova, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, A. V. Tkachenko, Dmitry Zhurov, L. V. Pankov, Andrey Sokolov, N. V. Gorbunov, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, L. G. Sveshnikova, M. Kunnas, Anatoly Lagutin, A. Pakhorukov, L. G. Tkachev, N. M. Budnev, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, A. A. Petrukhin, V. Samoliga, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, R. Wischnewski, R. R. Mirgazov, V. A. Poleschuk, A. Pushnin, E.G. Popova, Oleg Fedorov, Valery Zurbanov, Aleksandr Gafarov, B. M. Sabirov, A. V. Skurikhin, A. A. Silaev, A. Borodin, V.A. Tabolenko, P. Kirilenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, I. I. Yashin, Y. Kazarina, A. Yu. Garmash, I. I. Astapov, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, Dieter Horns, A. N. Dyachok, M. Tluczykont, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, C. Spiering, M. Brueckner, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Ivanova, Yu. A. Semeney, O. A. Gress, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, Y. Sagan, V. V. Lenok, A. Porelli, E. A. Kravchenko, E. E. Korosteleva, R. P. Kokoulin, B.A. Tarashansky, Mikhail Panasyuk, and R. Mirzoyan

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Flux, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, Primary (astronomy), 0103 physical sciences, Energy spectrum, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The Tunka-133 Cherenkov complex for recording extensive air showers (EAS) collected data over seven winters from 2009 to 2017. The differential energy spectra of all particles was acquired in the 6 × 1015–3 × 1018 eV range of energies over 2175 h. The TAIGA-HiSCORE complex is continually being expanded and upgraded. Data acquired by 30 first-line stations over 35 days during the period 2017–2018 is analyzed in this work. As at the Tunka-133 setup, the primary particle energies above 1015 eV are measured using the density of the Cherenkov light flux at a distance of 200 m from a shower’s axis. Data on lower energies are collected by determining the energy of the light flux near a shower’s axis. This results in a spectrum of 2 × 1014–1017 eV. The combined spectrum for the two systems covers a range of 2 × 1014–2 × 1018 eV.

Published
2019

12. Application of New Approximations of the Lateral Distribution of EAS Cherenkov Light in the Atmosphere

Author

R. R. Mirgazov, V. A. Poleschuk, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Oleg Fedorov, A. Pakhorukov, L. G. Tkachev, Evgeny Postnikov, A. V. Tkachenko, M. Slunecka, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, A. Borodin, Andrey Sokolov, E.G. Popova, O. A. Gress, L. G. Sveshnikova, Y. Sagan, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, E. A. Osipova, V. V. Lenok, A. N. Dyachok, P. S. Kirilenko, O. G. Grishin, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, M. Tluczykont, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, K. G. Kompaniets, A. V. Skurikhin, R. Nachtigall, A. Porelli, R. Mirzoyan, A. Pushnin, L. V. Pankov, Valery Zurbanov, N. V. Gorbunov, B.A. Tarashansky, A. A. Lagutin, Roman Raikin, Aleksandr Gafarov, I. I. Yashin, V. P. Sulakov, M. Popesku, Dieter Horns, A. Sidorenkov, A. A. Grinyuk, A. A. Silaev, Yu. A. Semeney, V. Samoliga, C. Spiering, Mikhail Panasyuk, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, M. Kunnas, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Chiavassa, E. A. Kravchenko, V. Prosin, A. Ivanova, N. I. Karpov, R. Wischnewski, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, A. A. Petrukhin, A. Sh. M. Elshoukrofy, Yulia Kazarina, N. M. Budnev, S. Kiryuhin, V.A. Tabolenko, E. E. Korosteleva, A. Garmash, Hussein A. Motaweh, R. P. Kokoulin, I. I. Astapov, Grigory Rubtsov, and N. N. Kalmykov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Probability density function, 01 natural sciences, Electromagnetic radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational physics, Massless particle, Distribution function, 0103 physical sciences, Range (statistics), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

A new knee-like approximation of the lateral distribution function (LDF) of EAS Cherenkov light in the 30–3000 TeV energy range was proposed and tested with simulated showers in our earlier studies. This approximation fits the LDFs of individual showers accurately for all types of primary particles gamma-rays, protons, and nuclei) and is suitable for reconstructing the shower core, determining the energy, and separating gamma-induced showers from hadron-induced ones. In the present study, the knee-like fitting function is used to determine the parameters of real showers detected by TAIGA-HiSCORE. It is demonstrated that this approximation characterizes properly all types of individual LDFs of experimental events in the 300–1000 TeV range. The accuracy of fit is governed by fluctuations intrinsic to the process of measurement of the Cherenkov photon density. The probability density function of these fluctuations was reconstructed and introduced into simulations. Certain useful methodical applications of the knee-like approximation are con-sidered, and the possibility of shower sorting into nuclei groups is examined. The extensive statistical coverage and detailed LDF measurement data of HiSCORE have provided the first opportunity to examine in depth the LDF of Cherenkov radiation in the 300–1000 TeV range.

Published
2018

13. Search for High-Energy Neutrinos from GW170817 with the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Author

V.F. Kulepov, A.P. Korobchenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, Mark Shelepov, N. M. Budnev, A. V. Skurikhin, Fedor Šimkovic, Evgenii V Rjabov, I. Shtekl, A. N. Dyachok, A. I. Panfilov, D.A. Kuleshov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, B.A. Tarashansky, M.N. Sorokovikov, A.G. Solovjev, Olga Suvorova, B. Shoibonov, E. A. Osipova, L. V. Pankov, G.B. Safronov, D. P. Petukhov, Rastislav Dvornický, A.D. Avrorin, G.V. Domogatsky, R. Bannash, A.P. Koshechkin, Aleksandr Gafarov, M.B. Milenin, E.N. Pliskovsky, K.V. Golubkov, V.D. Rushay, V. M. Brudanin, A. V. Zagorodnikov, V.A. Tabolenko, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, K.V. Konischev, S.V. Fialkovsky, V. A. Kozhin, A.V. Avrorin, Lukas Fajt, T.I. Gres, R. R. Mirgazov, M.M. Kolbin, E.V. Khramov, V. M. Aynutdinov, Valery Zurbanov, Sergey Yakovlev, and Z. Honz

Subjects
Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, LIGO, Neutron star, Neutrino detector, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

The Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst that followed the merger of this binary was also recorded by Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor and International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, indicating particle acceleration by the source. The precise location of the event was determined by optical detections of emission following the merger. We searched for high-energy neutrinos from the merger in the energy range of 1 TeV–100 PeV using the Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector. No neutrinos directionally coincident with the source were detected within ±500 s around the merger time, as well as during a 14-day period after the gravitational wave detection. We derived 90% C.L. upper limits on the neutrino fluence from GW170817 during a ±500 s window centered on the gravitational wave trigger time, and a 14-day window following the gravitational wave signal under the assumption of an E−2 neutrino energy spectrum.

Published
2018

14. Multi-messenger and real-time astrophysics with the Baikal-GVD telescope

Author

K.V. Konischev, K.V. Golubkov, B.A. Tarashansky, Y. V. Yablokova, A. E. Sirenko, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, Z. Bardаčová, V. Nazari, V. Y. Dik, V.D. Rushay, N. M. Budnev, V. A. Allakhverdyan, T. V. Elzhov, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. R. Mirgazov, D. P. Petukhov, A.V. Korobchenko, Mark Shelepov, D. N. Zaborov, A.P. Koshechkin, A.V. Avrorin, A.D. Avrorin, G.B. Safronov, K. A. Kopański, M.V. Kruglov, Fedor Šimkovic, I. Stekl, S.V. Fialkovski, V.A. Tabolenko, Rastislav Dvornický, G.V. Domogatsky, E.N. Pliskovsky, A. A. Doroshenko, E. Eckerová, R. Bannasch, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E. O. Sushenok, Pa. Malecki, Yury Malyshkin, A. P. Stromakov, A. V. Skurikhin, Olga Suvorova, W. Noga, O.G. Kebkal, T. I. Gress, M.I. Rozanov, M.K. Kryukov, A.G. Solovjev, Lukas Fajt, M.N. Sorokovikov, B.A. Shaybonov, A. N. Dyachok, E. V. Ryabov, M.M. Kolbin, M. S. Katulin, V. M. Aynutdinov, Sergey Yakovlev, I. V. Borina, V. A. Kozhin, M.B. Milenin, N.S. Gorshkov, Evgeniy Khramov, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, and Dmitry V. Naumov

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), COSMIC cancer database, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Celestial sphere, Astrophysics, Magnetar, law.invention, Telescope, Cascade, law, Muon neutrino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The Baikal-GVD deep underwater neutrino experiment participates in the international multi-messenger program on discovering the astrophysical sources of high energy fluxes of cosmic particles, while being at the stage of deployment with a gradual increase of its effective volume to the scale of a cubic kilometer. In April 2021 the effective volume of the detector has been reached 0.4 km3 for cascade events with energy above 100 TeV generated by neutrino interactions in Lake Baikal. The alarm system in real-time monitoring of the celestial sphere was launched at the beginning of 2021, that allows to form the alerts of two ranks like "muon neutrino" and "VHE cascade". Recent results of fast follow-up searches for coincidences of Baikal-GVD high energy cascades with ANTARES/TAToO high energy neutrino alerts and IceCube GCN messages will be presented, as well as preliminary results of searches for high energy neutrinos in coincidence with the magnetar SGR 1935+2154 activity in period of radio and gamma burst in 2020., Comment: Submitted to Proc. of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021), PoS-0946, July 12th -- 23rd, 2021, Online -- Berlin, Germany. 8 pages, 5 figures

Published
2021
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15. Optimization of electromagnetic and hadronic extensive air shower identification using the muon detectors of the TAIGA experiment

Author

K. G. Kompaniets, A. Chiavassa, V.A. Tabolenko, Valery Zurbanov, R. R. Mirgazov, E. A. Kravchenko, E. E. Korosteleva, R. P. Kokoulin, M. Kunnas, O. Grishin, Anatoly Lagutin, T. I. Gress, Oleg Fedorov, D. Voronin, Aleksandr Gafarov, L. G. Tkachev, A. V. Skurikhin, I. I. Astapov, R. Nachtigall, V. V. Lenok, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A. Borodin, Evgeny Postnikov, B.A. Tarashansky, E. A. Osipova, V. Slunecka, A. Krykov, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Silaev junior, E.G. Popova, Dieter Horns, A. Porelli, R. D. Monkhoev, B. M. Sabirov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, I. I. Yashin, A. L. Pakhorukov, Mihai Popescu, R. Wischnewski, V. A. Poleschuk, D. Zhurov, M. Brueckner, A. Sidorenkov, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, A. Garmash, Yu. A. Semeney, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, A. Ivanova, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, N. V. Gorbunov, Evgenii V Rjabov, A. V. Tkachenko, Yu. Lemeshev, P. Kirilenko, Roman Raikin, N. M. Budnev, V. Samoliga, A. Vaidyanathan, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, A. A. Grinyuk, O. A. Gress, C. Spiering, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, A. A. Petrukhin, Y. Sagan, M. Tluczykont, Yulia Kazarina, L. G. Sveshnikova, Andrey Sokolov, A. Pushnin, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, N. Ushakov, L. V. Pankov, A. N. Dyachok, Mikhail Panasyuk, and R. Mirzoyan

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), TAIGA, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Scintillator, Wavelength shifter, Nuclear physics, Air shower, Scintillation detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract

The TAIGA experiment in the Tunka valley near Lake Baikal is planning an extension with new TAIGA-Muon scintillation detector stations. The main purpose of TAIGA is gamma-ray astronomy in the TeV to PeV energy range and cosmic ray physics. The purpose of the Taiga-Muon detectors is to measure the muon component of air showers for improving cosmic ray composition measurements as well as gamma–hadron separation above 100 TeV. Monte Carlo simulations of the experiment are done with the software packages CORSIKA and GEANT4. Extensive air showers of primary particles in the energy range 100–3000 TeV are created with CORSIKA. The trigger efficiency is calculated and used for optimization. The suppression factor of hadronic showers versus electromagnetic showers is studied, leading to an optimum depth of soil absorber (2 m), at the lowest energy range. Data on the identification efficiency for primary gamma-quanta and proton events are presented as well as the suppression factor.

Published
2020

16. Cherenkov EAS arrays in the Tunka astrophysical center: From Tunka-133 to the TAIGA gamma and cosmic ray hybrid detector

Author

R. R. Mirgazov, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. V. Skurikhin, Evgeny Postnikov, E.G. Popova, O. G. Grishin, Dieter Horns, Martin Tluczykont, M. Slunecka, D. Zhurov, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, V.A. Tabolenko, A. V. Tkachenko, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. Grinyuk, E. A. Kravchenko, V. Samoliga, E. A. Osipova, K. G. Kompaniets, Razmik Mirzoyan, E. E. Korosteleva, V. Kiryuhin, Pavel Bezyazeekov, Alexander Kryukov, A. Sidorenkov, A. Garmash, Valery Zurbanov, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. P. Kokoulin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, A. A. Silaev, A. Pan, A. A. Petrukhin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, M. Brückner, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, A. Pushnin, Anatoly Lagutin, D. Voronin, E. V. Ryabov, Victor Grebenyuk, L. Tkachev, A. Pakharukov, I. I. Astapov, Roman Raikin, Ralf Wischnewski, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. V. Lenok, A. Porelli, Yu. A. Semeney, P. Kirilenko, A. N. Dyachok, Ch. Spiering, N. Ushakov, L. V. Pankov, Y. Sagan, I. V. Yashin, M. Popesku, V. S. Ptuskin, O. A. Gress, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, V. A. Poleschuk, Mikhail Panasyuk, Y. Kazarina, B.A. Tarashansky, Andrey Sokolov, and N. M. Budnev

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Calorimeter (particle physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Aperture, Cosmic rays, EAS Cherenkov light array, Energy spectrum, IACT, Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, 13. Climate action, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

One of the most informative methods of cosmic ray studies is the detection of Cherenkov light from extensive air showers (EAS). The primary energy reconstruction is possible by using the Earth’s atmosphere as a huge calorimeter . The EAS Cherenkov light array Tunka-133, with ∼ 3 km 2 geometrical area, is taking data since 2009. Tunka-133 is located in the Tunka Astrophysical Center at ∼ 50 km west of Lake Baikal. This array allows us to perform a detailed study of the energy spectrum and the mass composition in the energy range from 6 ⋅ 1 0 15 eV to 1 0 18 eV . Most of the ongoing efforts are focused on the construction of the first stage of the detector TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy). The latter is designed for the study of gamma rays and charged cosmic rays in the energy range of 1 0 13 eV – 1 0 18 eV . The TAIGA prototype will consist of ∼ 100 wide angle timing Cherenkov stations (TAIGA-HiSCORE) and three IACTs deployed over an area of ∼ 1 km 2 . The installation of the array is planned to be finished in 2019 while the data-taking can start already during the commissioning phase. The joint reconstruction of energy, direction, and core position of the imaging and non-imaging detectors will allow us to increase the distance between the IACTs up to 800 m, therefore providing a low-cost, highly sensitive detector. The relatively low cost together with the high sensitivity for energies ≥ 30–50 TeV make this pioneering technique very attractive for exploring galactic PeVatrons and cosmic rays. In addition to the Cherenkov light detectors we intend to deploy surface and underground muon detectors over an area of 1 km 2 with a total area of about 1000 m 2 . The results of the first season of coincident operation of the first ∼ 4 m diameter IACT with an aperture of ∼ 10°with 30 stations of TAIGA-HiSCORE will be presented.

Published
2020

17. The TAIGA Experiment: From Cosmic Ray Physics to Gamma Astronomy in the Tunka Valley

Author

L. V. Pankov, Evgeny Postnikov, E. A. Osipova, Yu. Lemeshev, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Pushnin, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V.A. Tabolenko, S. Kiryuhin, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, Yu. A. Semeney, V. Prosin, M. Slunecka, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, B.A. Tarashansky, V. A. Poleschuk, Mikhail Panasyuk, E. I. Kravchenko, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, N. V. Gorbunov, K. G. Kompaniets, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, P. Kirilenko, E. E. Korosteleva, Dmitriy Kostunin, R. Mirzoyan, O. A. Gress, R. P. Kokoulin, A. Pakhorukov, Y. Kazarina, L. G. Tkachev, V. A. Kozhin, A. A. Petrukhin, V. V. Kindin, V. V. Lenok, E.G. Popova, V. Samoliga, A. Ivanova, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, N. M. Budnev, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. O. Skurikhin, Andrey Sokolov, I. I. Astapov, A. A. Grinyuk, Y. Sagan, A. V. Boreyko, A. N. Dyachok, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Yu. Garmash, Dmitry Zhurov, O. G. Grishin, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, A. V. Tkachenko, E. V. Ryabov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, R. R. Mirgazov, Valery Zurbanov, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, B. M. Sabirov, and I. I. Yashin

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Electron, Radiation, 01 natural sciences, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The article presents the relevance and advantages of the new gamma observatory TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy), which is being constructed in the Tunka Valley 50 km from Lake Baikal. Various detectors of the six TAIGA gamma observatory arrays register the Cherenkov and radio radiation, as well as the electron and muon components of EAS. The primary objective of the TAIGA gamma observatory is to study the high-energy part of the gamma-ray spectrum, in particular, in order to search for Galactic PeVatrons. The energy, direction, and position of the EAS axis are reconstructed in the observatory based on the data of the wide-angle Cherenkov detectors of the TAIGA-HiSCORE experiment. Taking into account this information, the gamma quanta are distinguished from the hadron background using the data obtained by the muon detectors and telescopes that register the EAS image in the Cherenkov light. In this hybrid mode of operation, the atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes can operate in the mono-mode, and the distance between them can be increased to 800–1000 m, which makes it possible to construct an array with an area of 5 km2 and more at relatively low cost and in a short time. By 2019, the first stage of the gamma observatory with an area of 1 km2 will be constructed; its expected integral sensitivity for detecting the gamma radiation with an energy of 100 TeV at observation of the source for 300 hours will be approximately $$2 \times 5$$ 10–13 TeV cm–2s–1.

Published
2018

18. TAIGA Gamma Observatory: Status and Prospects

Author

M. Kunnas, Roman Raikin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. A. Grinyuk, K. G. Kompaniets, V. Samoliga, A. V. Skurikhin, Evgeny Postnikov, A. N. Dyachok, Y. Sagan, B.A. Tarashansky, S. Kiryuhin, L. A. Kuzmichev, R. Wischnewski, V. M. Grebenyuk, L. V. Pankov, M. Slunecka, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, A. V. Tkachenko, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, V. A. Poleschuk, M. Popesku, L. G. Sveshnikova, V. S. Ptuskin, R. Nachtigall, E. A. Osipova, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, N. I. Karpov, O. A. Gress, M. Tluczykont, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, O. G. Grishin, V. A. Kozhin, A. Pakhorukov, V. V. Kindin, L. G. Tkachev, Aleksandr Gafarov, N. V. Gorbunov, A. A. Silaev, Valery Zurbanov, A. Pushnin, R. R. Mirgazov, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, E. A. Kravchenko, A. A. Petrukhin, E. E. Korosteleva, A. Sh. M. Elshoukrofy, A. Ivanova, Yulia Kazarina, A. Garmash, R. P. Kokoulin, V.A. Tabolenko, E.G. Popova, V. P. Sulakov, Yu. A. Semeney, A. D. Horns, V. V. Lenok, A. Porelli, P. Kirilenko, C. Spiering, Andrey Sokolov, I. I. Yashin, A. Sidorenkov, Anatoly Lagutin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, I. I. Astapov, N. M. Budnev, R. Mirzoyan, and Mikhail Panasyuk

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, IACT, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Particle detector, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Measuring instrument, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

Over the past few years, the TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy) observatory has been being deployed in the Tunka Valley, Republic of Buryatia. It is designed for studying gamma rays of energy above 30 TeV and performing searches for sources of galactic cosmic rays with energies in the vicinity of 1 PeV, which is an energy region around the classic knee in the cosmic-ray energy spectrum. The first phase of the observatory will be situated at a distance of about 50 km from Lake Baikal at the site of the Tunka-133 array. The TAIGA gamma observatory will include a network of 500 wide-angle (0.6 sr) Cherenkov detectors (TAIGA-HiSCORE array) and up to 16 atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (ACT) designed for analyzing the EAS images (imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, or IACT) and positioned within an area of 5 km2. The observatory will also include muon detectors of total area 2000 m2 distributed over an area of 1 km2. Within the next three years, it is planned to enhance the area of the TAIGA-HiSCORE array by a factor of four—from 0.25 km2 to 1 km2; to supplement the existing IACT with two new ones; and to deploy new muon detectors with a total coverage of 200 m2. The structure of the new observatory is described along with the data analysis techniques used. The most interesting physical results are presented, and the research program for the future is discussed.

Published
2018

19. The Search for Diffuse Gamma Rays Using Data from the Tunka-Grande Experiment

Author

S. Kiryuhin, Valery Zurbanov, O. A. Gress, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. Pushnin, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, V. A. Kozhin, A. A. Silaev, E. A. Osipova, D. M. Voronin, A. Pakhorukov, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, V. A. Poleschuk, Mikhail Panasyuk, R. R. Mirgazov, A. V. Skurikhin, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, L. G. Sveshnikova, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. S. Ptuskin, E.G. Popova, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, V.A. Tabolenko, E. E. Korosteleva, N. N. Kalmykov, V. P. Sulakov, Yu. A. Semeney, C. Spiering, A. N. Dyachok, Y. Kazarina, N. M. Budnev, and L. V. Pankov

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Range (particle radiation), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Hadron, Energy spectrum, Gamma ray, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Mass composition, 01 natural sciences
Abstract

The Tunka-Grande array is part of an experimental complex located in the Tunka Valley (Republic of Buryatia, Russia) about 50 km from Lake Baikal. This complex also contains the Tunka-133 and Tunka-Rex arrays. The aim of this complex is to study the primary cosmic ray energy spectrum and mass composition in the energy range of 1016–1018 eV, and to search for diffuse gamma rays in the energy range of 5 × 1016–5 × 1017 eV. The design of the Tunka-Grande array and the procedure for reconstructing the parameters of extensive air showers (EASes) are described, and preliminary results are presented from the search for diffuse gamma rays with energies of more than 5 × 1016 eV.

Published
2019

20. Scintillation detectors for the TAIGA experiment

Author

Evgeny Postnikov, Yu. A. Semeney, P. Kirilenko, V.A. Tabolenko, V. V. Lenok, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, A. Porelli, L. A. Kuzmichev, Aleksandr Gafarov, M. Kunnas, V. M. Grebenyuk, D. Zhurov, Andrey Sokolov, R. R. Mirgazov, E. A. Kravchenko, Valery Zurbanov, A. A. Petrukhin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. A. Grinyuk, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, Mikhail Panasyuk, E. E. Korosteleva, B.A. Tarashansky, A. A. Silaev, V. Samoliga, A. Garmash, R. P. Kokoulin, M. Brueckner, Yulia Kazarina, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, E. A. Osipova, L. G. Sveshnikova, V. A. Poleschuk, R. Mirzoyan, A. V. Skurikhin, Oleg Fedorov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, A. Ivanova, R. Nachtigall, A. Pakhorukov, L. G. Tkachev, N. M. Budnev, Yu. Lemeshev, E.G. Popova, N. V. Gorbunov, Dieter Horns, M. Tluczykont, K. G. Kompaniets, I. I. Astapov, A. Borodin, S. Kiryuhin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, O. Grishin, L. V. Pankov, A. N. Dyachok, M. V. Lavrova, A. Vaidyanathan, C. Spiering, O. A. Gress, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, Evgenii V Rjabov, R. Wischnewski, M. Popesku, V. Slunecka, V. S. Ptuskin, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, B. M. Sabirov, I. I. Yashin, A. Sidorenkov, A. Pushnin, and Y. Sagan

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Scintillation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Scintillator, Wavelength shifter, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Instrumentation, Remote sensing
Abstract

It is planned that new TAIGA-Muon detectors will complement the existing Tunka-GRANDE facility of scintillation detectors of the TAIGA gamma-observatory in the Tunka valley, Russia. The new design of scintillation detector with wavelength shifting bars and PMTs is developed. The first prototype of the counter was installed and tested using infrastructure of the Tunka-GRANDE installation in 2017. The mass production of counters has begun in 2018 at the Novosibirsk State University.

Published
2019

21. Time synchronization system of Baikal-GVD

Author

T. I. Gress, A.V. Avrorin, Lukas Fajt, V. M. Aynutdinov, Sergey Yakovlev, E. V. Ryabov, M.M. Kolbin, Aleksandr Gafarov, M.N. Sorokovikov, T. V. Elzhov, O.G. Kebkal, R. R. Mirgazov, R. Bannasch, M.I. Rozanov, Z. Bardačová, Mark Shelepov, S.V. Fialkovsky, A. P. Stromakov, E. O. Sushenok, Dmitry V. Naumov, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, A.G. Solovjev, Evgeniy Khramov, Pa. Malecki, A. V. Skurikhin, A. A. Doroshenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, I. Stekl, V.A. Tabolenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, V. Y. Dik, W. Noga, Y. V. Yablokova, V.D. Rushay, V. A. Allakhverdyan, N.S. Gorshkov, Yury Malyshkin, B.A. Tarashansky, N. M. Budnev, K.V. Golubkov, D. P. Petukhov, A. E. Sirenko, K. A. Kopański, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.D. Avrorin, G.B. Safronov, G.V. Domogatsky, M. S. Katulin, M.V. Kruglov, Rastislav Dvornický, A.V. Korobchenko, Fedor Šimkovic, V. A. Kozhin, M.B. Milenin, K.V. Konischev, I. V. Borina, D. N. Zaborov, A.P. Koshechkin, V. Nazari, B.A. Shaybonov, A. N. Dyachok, E. Eckerová, Olga Suvorova, and M.K. Kryukov

Subjects
Physics, Neutrino detector, Electronic engineering, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Time synchronization
Published
2021

22. The optical noise monitoring systems of the Lake Baikal environment for the Baikal-GVD telescope

Author

T. I. Gress, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, K.V. Golubkov, Lukas Fajt, Evgeniy Khramov, I. A. Belolaptikov, A. V. Skurikhin, M.N. Sorokovikov, A.V. Avrorin, Konstantin Kebkal, M.M. Kolbin, B.A. Tarashansky, Evgenii V Rjabov, A.D. Avrorin, A.P. Koshechkin, G.V. Domogatsky, V.D. Rushay, V. M. Aynutdinov, M.V. Kruglov, Sergey Yakovlev, K.V. Konischev, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, M.B. Milenin, R. Bannash, Fedor Šimkovic, I. Stekl, R. Ivanov, V.A. Tabolenko, V. Nazari, E.N. Pliskovsky, B.A. Shaybonov, A. N. Dyachok, N.S. Gorshkov, A.V. Kozhin, Olga Suvorova, G.B. Safronov, Rastislav Dvornický, M.K. Kryukov, S.V. Fialkovsky, E. O. Sushenok, Mark Shelepov, N. M. Budnev, D. P. Petukhov, A.V. Korobchenko, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, A.G. Solovjev, R. R. Mirgazov, and Aleksandr Gafarov

Subjects
Physics, Telescope, Optics, law, business.industry, Neutrino telescope, Cluster (physics), Optical noise, Monitoring system, Luminescence, business, Light field, law.invention
Abstract

We present data on the luminescence of the Baikal water medium collected with the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope. This three-dimensional array of light sensors allows the observation of time and spatial variations of the ambient light field. We report on observation of an increase of luminescence activity in 2016 and 2018. On the contrary, we observed practically constant optical noise in 2017. An agreement has been found between two independent optical noise data sets. These are data collected with online monitoring system and the trigger system of the cluster.

Published
2019

23. The Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope: First results of multi-messenger study

Author

R. R. Mirgazov, A.V. Avrorin, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, B.A. Tarashansky, M.M. Kolbin, G.B. Safronov, M.V. Kruglov, Rastislav Dvornický, Fedor Šimkovic, K.V. Golubkov, Aleksandr Gafarov, M.N. Sorokovikov, S.V. Fialkovsky, E. O. Sushenok, V. M. Aynutdinov, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Korobchenko, Sergey Yakovlev, Evgeniy Khramov, Mark Shelepov, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, A. V. Skurikhin, G.V. Domogatsky, N.S. Gorshkov, Zhan-Arys Magysovich Dzhilkibaev, V.D. Rushay, M.B. Milenin, Evgenii V Rjabov, E.N. Pliskovsky, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, R. Bannash, A.G. Solovjev, V. Nazari, N. M. Budnev, I. Stekl, D. P. Petukhov, R. Ivanov, V.A. Tabolenko, A.P. Koshechkin, A. A. Doroshenko, K.V. Konischev, B.A. Shaybonov, A. N. Dyachok, A.V. Kozhin, Olga Suvorova, and M.K. Kryukov

Subjects
Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Coincidence, Universe, law.invention, Telescope, Neutrino detector, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Zenith, media_common
Abstract

Multi-messenger astronomy is a powerful tool to study the physical processes driving the non-thermal Universe. A combination of observations in cosmic rays, neutrinos, photons of all wavelengths and gravitational waves is expected. The alert system of the Baikal-GVD detector under construction will allow for a fast, on-line reconstruction of neutrino events recorded by the Baikal-GVD telescope and - if predefined conditions are satisfied - for the formation of an alert message to other communities. The preliminary results of searches for high-energy neutrinos in coincidence with GW170817/GRB170817A using the cascade mode of neutrino detection are discussed. Two Baikal-GVD clusters were operating during 2017. The zenith angle of NGC 4993 at the detection time of the GW170817 was 93.3 degrees. No events spatially coincident with GRB170817A were found. Given the non-detection of neutrino events associated with GW170817, upper limits on the neutrino fluence were established.

Published
2019

24. Baikal-GVD: cascades

Author

A.P. Koshechkin, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, Olga Suvorova, R. R. Mirgazov, A.G. Solovjev, V.M. Aynutdinov, Mark Shelepov, D. P. Petukhov, G.V. Domogatsky, A.P. Korobchenko, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.N. Sorokovikov, B.A. Tarashansky, M.K. Kryukov, N. M. Budnev, B. A. Shaibonov, V. A. Kozhin, S.V. Fialkovsky, K.V. Konischev, A.D. Avrorin, Evgenii V Rjabov, A. A. Doroshenko, K.V. Golubkov, V.F. Kulepov, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E.V. Khramov, V. Nazari, A.V. Avrorin, D.A. Kuleshov, A. N. Dyachok, Aleksandr Gafarov, N.S. Gorshkov, M.B. Milenin, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Sergey Yakovlev, Lukas Fajt, R. Bannash, T.I. Gres, G.B. Safronov, Rastislav Dvornický, M.M. Kolbin, I. Shtekl, Fedor Šimkovic, V.A. Tabolenko, V.B. Brudanin, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, and M.V. Kruglov

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, QC1-999, Neutrino telescope, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Mode (statistics), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Cascade, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a next generation, kilometer-scale neutrino telescope currently under construction in Lake Baikal. GVD is formed by multi-megaton subarrays (clusters) and is designed for the detection of astrophysical neutrino fluxes at energies from a few TeV up to 100 PeV. The design of Baikal-GVD allows one to search for astrophysical neutrinos with flux values measured by IceCube already at early phases of the array construction. We present here preliminary results of the search for high-energy neutrinos via the cascade mode obtained in 2015 and 2016.

Published
2019

25. Time calibration of the neutrino telescope Baikal-GVD

Author

K.V. Konischev, I. Shtekl, B.A. Tarashansky, A.D. Avrorin, M.N. Sorokovikov, B. A. Shaibonov, Mark Shelepov, G.B. Safronov, A.V. Avrorin, A. N. Dyachok, D.A. Kuleshov, Rastislav Dvornický, A. A. Doroshenko, G.V. Domogatsky, E.V. Khramov, V.B. Brudanin, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, K.V. Golubkov, Olga Suvorova, N. M. Budnev, D. P. Petukhov, Sergey Yakovlev, N.S. Gorshkov, V.D. Rushay, V.M. Aynutdinov, M.K. Kryukov, A.P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, Fedor Šimkovic, M.V. Kruglov, A. I. Panfilov, Lukas Fajt, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, M.M. Kolbin, M.B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, A.G. Solovjev, S.V. Fialkovsky, R. Bannash, V.A. Tabolenko, V. Nazari, T.I. Gres, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.P. Korobchenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, and V.F. Kulepov

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, QC1-999, Detector, Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Scale (descriptive set theory), 01 natural sciences, Position (vector), 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, Cluster (physics), 010306 general physics, Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons, Energy (signal processing), Remote sensing
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a cubic-kilometer scale neutrino telescope, which is currently under construction in Lake Baikal. Baikal-GVD is an array of optical modules arranged in clusters. The first cluster of the array has been deployed and commissioned in April 2015. To date, Baikal-GVD consists of 3 clusters with 864 optical modules. One of the vital conditions for optimal energy, position and direction reconstruction of the detected particles is the time calibration of the detector. In this article, we describe calibration equipment and methods used in Baikal-GVD and demonstrate the accuracy of the calibration procedures.

Published
2019

26. Baikal-GVD: first results and prospects

Author

R. Dvornicky, V.F. Kulepov, Valery Zurbanov, A.P. Koshechkin, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, A.V. Skurihin, M.M. Kolbin, V.B. Brudanin, A.V. Kozhin, A.V. Avrorin, Olga Suvorova, V.D. Rushay, Fedor Šimkovic, E. A. Osipova, L. V. Pankov, G.B. Safronov, K.V. Golubkov, Aleksandr Gafarov, B.A. Tarashansky, R. R. Mirgazov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, K.V. Konischev, A. I. Panfilov, E.N. Pliskovsky, A. A. Doroshenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, O.G. Kebkal, Konstantin Kebkal, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, M.I. Rozanov, B.A. Shaybonov, A.G. Solovjev, A. N. Dyachok, M.N. Sorokovnikov, E.V. Khramov, V. M. Aynutdinov, Sergey Yakovlev, Z. Honz, M.B. Milenin, A.D. Avrorin, G.V. Domogatsky, R. Bannash, I. Stekl, V.A. Tabolenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, Mark Shelepov, A.V. Korobchenko, D.A. Kuleshov, N. M. Budnev, and S.V. Fialkovsky

Subjects
Physics, Shore, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, QC1-999, Neutrino telescope, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Relativistic particle, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Effective volume
Abstract

Next generation cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope Baikal-GVD is currently under construction in Lake Baikal. The detector is specially designed for search for high energies neutrinos whose sources are not yet reliably identified. Since April 2018 the telescope has been successfully operated in complex of three functionally independent clusters i.e. sub-arrays of optical modules (OMs) where now are hosted 864 OMs on 24 vertical strings. Each cluster is connected to shore by individual electro-optical cables. The effective volume of the detector for neutrino initiated cascades of relativistic particles with energy above 100 TeV has been increased up to about 0.15 km3. Preliminary results obtained with data recorded in 2016 and 2017 are discussed.

Published
2019

27. Environmental studies in Lake Baikal: basic facts and perspectives for interdisciplinary research

Author

M.N. Sorokovikov, Evgenii V Rjabov, B. A. Shaibonov, R. Bannash, S.V. Fialkovsky, K.V. Konischev, T.I. Gres, M.V. Kruglov, V.A. Tabolenko, N.S. Gorshkov, E. O. Kiktenko, A.V. Avrorin, M.B. Milenin, E.S. Troitskaya, B.A. Tarashansky, V.F. Kulepov, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.D. Avrorin, V.B. Brudanin, G.V. Domogatsky, Mark Shelepov, N. M. Budnev, I. A. Belolaptikov, R. R. Mirgazov, A.P. Koshechkin, Konstantin Kebkal, M. Sturm, D. P. Petukhov, E.V. Khramov, I.A. Portyanskaya, K.V. Golubkov, A.P. Korobchenko, S.V. Lovtsov, V. Nazari, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, V. M. Aynutdinov, I. Shtekl, V. A. Kozhin, Sergey Yakovlev, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, Aleksandr Gafarov, V.O. Serdyuk, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A.G. Solovjev, D.A. Kuleshov, Lukas Fajt, M.M. Kolbin, Fedor Šimkovic, Olga Suvorova, M.K. Kryukov, A. N. Dyachok, S.M. Korotaev, G.B. Safronov, and Rastislav Dvornický

Subjects
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Earth science, Physics, QC1-999, Neutrino telescope, 01 natural sciences, Deep water, Environmental studies, Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Underwater, Neutrino, Endemism, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Surface water, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

Lake Baikal in Siberia is one of the most interesting lakes in the world. It is the world’s largest reservoir of fresh surface water and home to several hundred endemic species. At the same time it harboured the first underwater neutrino telescope NT200, now followed by its successor Baikal-GVD, a cubic-kilometre scale neutrino telescope. Within the Baikal Neutrino project a number of methods and instruments have been designed to study various processes in the Baikal ecosystem. Hundreds of optical, acoustic and other sensors allow for long-term 3D monitoring of water parameters like temperature, inherent optical properties or the intensity of water luminescence, as well as processes like sedimentation or deep water renewal. Here we present selected results of the interdisciplinary environmental studies.

Published
2019

28. Tunka-Grande and TAIGA-Muon scintillation arrays: status and prospects

Author

A. Porelli, Evgeny Postnikov, V. Chernykh, A. Petrukhin, E. A. Kravchenko, A. V. Skurikhin, E. E. Korosteleva, A. Pushnin, Y. Sagan, V. A. Poleschuk, Y. Suvorkin, Konstantin Ustinov, R. D. Monkhoev, R. P. Kokoulin, K. G. Kompaniets, Yu. Lemeshev, B. M. Sabirov, I. I. Astapov, V. V. Kindin, R. Mirzoyan, M. Popesku, Roman Raikin, Dieter Horns, M. Tluczykont, L. G. Tkachev, V. Samoliga, O. Grishin, A. A. Grinyuk, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, V.A. Tabolenko, V. Slunecka, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, A. Chiavassa, BayarJon Paul Lubsandorzhiev, I. I. Yashin, V. S. Ptuskin, N. Ushakov, E. A. Osipova, Andrey Sokolov, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, D. Zhurov, M. Ternovoy, M. Brueckner, Pavel Bezyazeekov, R. Wischnewski, D. Voronin, Yulia Kazarina, L. V. Pankov, A.V. Igoshin, O. A. Gress, A. Garmash, Alexander Kryukov, A. Pan, A. Sidorenkov, V. A. Kozhin, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Ivanova, Aleksandr Gafarov, N. M. Budnev, B. A. Tarashchansky, A. Vaidyanathan, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A. N. Dyachok, Anatoly Lagutin, P. Volchugov, L. A. Kuzmichev, A. L. Pakhorukov, V. M. Grebenyuk, Mikhail Panasyuk, A. Tanaev, E. Popova, R. R. Mirgazov, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, T. I. Gress, and E. V. Ryabov

Subjects
Physics, History, Scintillation, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Taiga, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The Tunka-Grande and TAIGA-Muon arrays are the part of a single experimental complex, which also includes the Tunka-133 and TAIGA-HiSCORE (High Sensitivity COsmic Rays and gamma Explorer) wide-angle Cherenkov arrays, TAIGA-IACT array (Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope) and Tunka-Rex radio antennas array (Tunka Radio Extension). This complex is located in the Tunka Valley (Buryatia Republic, Russia), 50 km from Lake Baikal. It is aimed at investigating the energy spectrum and mass composition of charged cosmic rays in the energy range 100 TeV - 1000 PeV, searching for diffuse gamma rays above 100 TeV and studying local sources of gamma rays with energies above 30 TeV. This report outlines 3 key points. The first is a description of the Tunka-Grande and TAIGA-Muon scintillation arrays. The second part presents preliminary results of the search for diffuse gamma rays with energies above 50 PeV according to the Tunka-Grande data. The third part is devoted to the prospects of the search for diffuse gamma rays with energies above 100 TeV using the TAIGA-Muon array.

Published
2020

29. First detection of gamma-ray sources at TeV energies with the first imaging air Cherenkov telescope of the TAIGA installation

Author

M. Popesku, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Pushnin, M. Slunecka, M. V. Lavrova, A. Petrukhin, M. Tluczykont, A. Silaev junior, Andrey Sokolov, Grigory Rubtsov, A. N. Dyachok, N. N. Kalmykov, L. A. Kuzmichev, B.A. Tarashansky, V. M. Grebenyuk, M. Ternovoy, N. Ushakov, O. A. Gress, V. A. Kozhin, O. G. Grishin, R. R. Mirgazov, V. Samoliga, A. Ivanova, L. V. Pankov, T. I. Gress, L. G. Sveshikova, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Y. Suvorkin, A. Borodin, Aleksandr Gafarov, Evgeny Postnikov, V. A. Poleschuk, E. A. Osipova, Mikhail Panasyuk, A. Bulan, Pavel Bezyazeekov, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, D. Zhurov, D. Voronin, A. Chiavassa, A. Porelli, V. V. Kindin, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, R. Mirzoyan, V.A. Tabolenko, Y. Sagan, A. Yu. Garmash, E. A. Kravchenko, E. E. Korosteleva, L. G. Tkachev, R. P. Kokoulin, K. G. Kompaniets, A. V. Skurikhin, P. Volchugov, A. Pan, A. L. Pakhorukov, Evgenii V Rjabov, N. M. Budnev, A. Tanaev, A. Yu. Sidorenkov, Dieter Horns, A. Vaidyanathan, Roman Raikin, E.G. Popova, A. A. Grinyuk, R. Wischnewski, R. D. Monkhoev, I. I. Yashin, Alexander Kryukov, M. Brückner, Anatoly Lagutin, Yu. Lemeshev, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, M. Blank, and I. I. Astapov

Subjects
Telescope, Physics, History, law, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Taiga, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cherenkov radiation, Computer Science Applications, Education, law.invention
Abstract

TAIGA array addresses gamma-ray astronomy at energies from a few TeV to several PeV as well as cosmic ray physics from 100 TeV to several EeV. A 1 km2 TAIGA setup will consist of 120 wide-angle detectors of the Cherenkov timing array TAIGA-HiSCORE and three imaging air Cherenkov telescopes with the field of view diameter of 9.6°. In this paper, first experimental results of the first operation stage are presented: signal detection from two gamma-ray sources, the Crab Nebula and Markarian 421, by the first IACT in stand-alone mode. The detected signal is shown to be in agreement with the Monte Carlo expectation. In future, gamma-ray signal will be detected by a larger number of TAIGA telescopes as well as the TAIGA-HiSCORE array, that is, in combined operation mode.

Published
2020

30. Neutrino signal at Baikal from dark matter in the Galactic Center

Author

M.B. Milenin, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, B.A. Tarashansky, V.I. Ljashuk, A.V. Avrorin, A. I. Panfilov, Aleksandr Gafarov, O.G. Kebkal, V. A. Kozhin, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, M.I. Rozanov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Mark Shelepov, B.A. Shaybonov, V.B. Brudanin, A.D. Avrorin, N. M. Budnev, G.V. Domogatsky, R. R. Mirgazov, O. N. Gaponenko, A.A. Smagina, A. N. Dyachok, E.N. Pliskovsky, V.F. Kulepov, Evgenii V Rjabov, D.A. Kuleshov, K.V. Golubkov, F.K. Koshel, Valery Zurbanov, K.V. Konischev, T. I. Gress, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, A.V. Skurihin, A.A. Sheifler, E. A. Osipova, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, R. Bannasch, S.V. Fialkovsky, V. A. Zhukov, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, I. A. Danilchenko, V. M. Aynutdinov, Sergey Yakovlev, Zdenek Hons, and Sergei Demidov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Galactic Center, Dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, Astronomy, Elementary particle, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Galaxy, Massless particle, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Lepton
Abstract

We discuss neutrinos originating from dark matter in the Galactic Center and present sensitivity of Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector to this signal.

Published
2016

31. Data acquisition system for the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Author

R. R. Mirgazov, V. M. Aynutdinov, O. N. Gaponenko, A. A. Doroshenko, Sergey Yakovlev, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, A.V. Korobchenko, B. A. Tarashchansky, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, V.A. Tabolenko, A. V. Skurikhin, V.B. Brudanin, R. Bannasch, A.A. Smagina, S.V. Fialkovsky, K.V. Golubkov, A.D. Avrorin, Zdenek Hons, V. A. Zhukov, G.V. Domogatsky, N. M. Budnev, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.A. Sheifler, I. A. Danilchenko, A. I. Panfilov, D.A. Kuleshov, Valery Zurbanov, O.G. Kebkal, F.K. Koshel, A. N. Dyachok, K.V. Konischev, M.I. Rozanov, T. I. Gress, E. V. Ryabov, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, A.P. Koshechkin, A.V. Avrorin, B. A. Shaibonov, Aleksandr Gafarov, M.B. Milenin, A. V. Zagorodnikov, V.F. Kulepov, E. A. Osipova, V. A. Kozhin, and V. I. Lyashuk

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Neutrino telescope, Detector, Volume (computing), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Data acquisition, Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Digitization, Remote sensing, Data transmission
Abstract

The objective of the Baikal-GVD project is the construction of a km3-scale neutrino telescope in Lake Baikal. The Gigaton Volume Detector consists of a large three-dimensional array of photo-multiplier tubes. The first GVD-cluster has been deployed and commissioned in April 2015. The data acquisition system (DAQ) of the detector takes care of the digitization of the photo-multiplier tube signals, data transmission, filtering and storage. The design and the implementation of the data acquisition system are described.

Published
2016

32. A search for neutrino signal from dark matter annihilation in the center of the Milky Way with Baikal NT200

Author

M.B. Milenin, T. I. Gress, E.N. Pliskovsky, Mark Shelepov, A.V. Skurihin, V.B. Brudanin, D.A. Kuleshov, F.K. Koshel, Sergei Demidov, A.V. Avrorin, N. M. Budnev, Aleksandr Gafarov, A.V. Korobchenko, R. R. Mirgazov, A.D. Avrorin, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A.A. Sheifler, B.A. Tarashansky, O. N. Gaponenko, A. I. Panfilov, A.P. Koshechkin, V.F. Kulepov, Evgenii V Rjabov, V. M. Aynutdinov, G.V. Domogatsky, Sergey Yakovlev, Z. Honz, I. A. Danilchenko, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, K.V. Konischev, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, K.V. Golubkov, Valery Zurbanov, V.I. Ljashuk, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, E. A. Osipova, V.A. Tabolenko, R. Bannasch, S.V. Fialkovsky, V. A. Zhukov, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, A.A. Smagina, A.V. Kozhin, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, B.A. Shaybonov, and A. N. Dyachok

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hot dark matter, Dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Dark matter halo, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Warm dark matter, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010306 general physics, Light dark matter
Abstract

We reanalyze the dataset collected during the years 1998--2003 by the deep underwater neutrino telescope NT200 in the lake Baikal with the low energy threshold (10 GeV) in searches for neutrino signal from dark matter annihilations near the center of the Milky Way. Two different approaches are used in the present analysis: counting events in the cones around the direction towards the Galactic Center and the maximum likelihood method. We assume that the dark matter particles annihilate dominantly over one of the annihilation channels $b\bar{b}$, $W^+W^-$, $\tau^+\tau^-$, $\mu^+\mu^-$ or $\nu\bar{\nu}$. No significant excess of events towards the Galactic Center over expected neutrino background of atmospheric origin is found and we derive 90% CL upper limits on the annihilation cross section of dark matter., Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures, published version

Published
2016

33. Status of the early construction phase of Baikal-GVD

Author

Aleksandr Gafarov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A.P. Koshechkin, I. A. Danilchenko, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, T. I. Gress, M.I. Rozanov, A. A. Perevalov, E.N. Pliskovsky, D.A. Kuleshov, F.K. Koshel, A.A. Sheifler, A.D. Avrorin, A. V. Skurikhin, K. V. Konishchev, V.F. Kulepov, G.V. Domogatsky, D. Bogorodsky, A.V. Korobchenko, N. M. Budnev, B. Shaibonov, V. M. Aynutdinov, V.F. Rubtsov, A.A. Smagina, V.B. Brudanin, M.B. Milenin, Sergey Yakovlev, E. A. Osipova, Z. Honz, Valery Zurbanov, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, R. R. Mirgazov, A. A. Doroshenko, O. N. Gaponenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, Evgenii V Rjabov, V. A. Kozhin, B. A. Tarashchansky, A. N. Dyachok, V.I. Ljashuk, A.V. Avrorin, V. A. Poleschuk, E. N. Konstantinov, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, R. Bannasch, S.V. Fialkovsky, V. A. Zhukov, and K.V. Golubkov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Positioning system, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Phase (waves), Astronomy, Cluster (spacecraft), 01 natural sciences, Software deployment, 0103 physical sciences, Instrumentation (computer programming), Neutrino telescopes, Lake Baikal, Aerospace engineering, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The second-stage neutrino telescope BAIKAL-GVD in Lake Baikal will be a research infrastructure aimed mainly at studying astrophysical neutrino fluxes by recording the Cherenkov radiation of the secondary muons and showers generated in neutrino interactions. The prototyping/early construction phase of the BAIKAL-GVD project which is directed towards deployment and operation of the first demonstration cluster has been started in April 2011. An important step on realization of the GVD project was made in 2014 by the deployment of the second stage of the demonstration cluster which contains 112 OMs arranged on five strings, as well as equipment of an acoustic positioning system and instrumentation string with an array calibration and environment monitoring equipment. Deployment of the demonstration cluster will be completed in 2015.

Published
2016
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34. The Tunka-Grande experiment: Status and prospects

Author

N. M. Budnev, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, S. Kiryuhin, Aleksandr Gafarov, Evgeny Postnikov, Y. Kazarina, A. A. Silaev, C. Spiering, E. A. Osipova, D. M. Voronin, Yu. A. Fomin, A. N. Dyachok, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, V. V. Lenok, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, V.A. Tabolenko, O. G. Grishin, L. G. Sveshnikova, V. S. Ptuskin, A. Pushnin, Valery Zurbanov, A. V. Skurikhin, E.G. Popova, V. Samoliga, E. E. Korosteleva, A. Pakhorukov, V. P. Sulakov, O. A. Gress, Yu. A. Semeney, A. Ivanova, V. A. Kozhin, R. R. Mirgazov, Oleg Fedorov, V. A. Poleschuk, L. A. Kuzmichev, S. N. Epimakhov, Dmitry Zhurov, N. N. Kalmykov, L. V. Pankov, R. Mirzoyan, and Mikhail Panasyuk

Subjects
Physics, Scintillation, Range (particle radiation), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Scintillation counter, 010306 general physics, Cherenkov radiation, Radio wave
Abstract

The Tunka-Grande scintillation array is described. The first results from its operation are presented. The prospects for studying primary cosmic rays in the energy range of 1016 to 1018 eV during simultaneous registration of the Cherenkov and charged particle components along with radio emissions from extensive air showers are discussed.

Published
2017

35. Development of a novel wide-angle gamma-ray imaging air Cherenkov telescope with SiPM-based camera for the TAIGA hybrid installation

Author

A. Chiavassa, E. A. Bonvech, Anatoly Lagutin, T. I. Gress, Dmitry Chernov, R. D. Monkhoev, R. Mirzoyan, Mihai Popescu, I. I. Yashin, A. Sidorenkov, L. G. Sveshnikova, D. Zhurov, V. Samoliga, V. A. Poleschuk, A. V. Skurikhin, A. Garmash, L. G. Tkachev, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, E. A. Osipova, R. R. Mirgazov, D. Chernukh, Roman Raikin, Aleksandr Gafarov, Grigory Rubtsov, Oleg Fedorov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, N. N. Kalmykov, D. Voronin, Y. Sagan, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Dieter Horns, A. A. Grinyuk, Mikhail Panasyuk, D. A. Podgrudkov, V. Vorobiov, A. Borodin, A. N. Dyachok, E. A. Kravchenko, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, M. Brueckner, E. E. Korosteleva, O. A. Gress, A. Pushnin, B.A. Tarashansky, E. Popova, A. A. Petrukhin, Evgeny Postnikov, R. P. Kokoulin, P. Volchugov, V. A. Kozhin, A. L. Pakhorukov, V. V. Kindin, M. Tluczykont, A. Tanaev, Yulia Kazarina, I. I. Astapov, V.A. Tabolenko, R. Wischnewski, Yu. Lemeshev, V. Slunecka, E. Rybov, V. S. Ptuskin, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, N. Ushakov, L. V. Pankov, L. M. Ternovoy, Andrey Sokolov, K. G. Kompaniets, A. Ivanova, A. Vaidyanathan, O. Grishin, A. Porelli, A. Pan, N. M. Budnev, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, Y. Suvorkin, and A. Krykov

Subjects
Physics, Data processing, business.industry, Gamma ray, Cosmic ray, Electromagnetic radiation, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, Silicon photomultiplier, Data acquisition, law, business, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Cherenkov radiation
Published
2020

36. An approach for identification of ultrahigh energy extensive air showers with scintillation detectors at TAIGA experiment

Author

T. I. Gress, A. Chiavassa, E. Popova, Y. Suvorkin, E. A. Osipova, A. V. Skurikhin, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Slunecka, B.A. Tarashansky, V. A. Poleschuk, V. S. Ptuskin, V. Vorobyev, L. G. Tkachev, Mihai Popescu, Dieter Horns, D. Voronin, B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, M. Brueckner, Mikhail Panasyuk, D. Zhurov, D. Chernukh, A. Garmash, A. Ivanova, E. A. Kravchenko, E. E. Korosteleva, Y. Sagan, R. P. Kokoulin, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Andrey Sokolov, V. V. Lenok, V. Samoliga, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. Krykov, R. Wischnewski, R. Mirzoyan, A. Pushnin, A. Bulan, M. Tluczykont, P. Volchugov, A. L. Pakhorukov, Anatoly Lagutin, Roman Raikin, R. R. Mirgazov, A. Tanaev, O. A. Gress, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, A. Pan, Oleg Fedorov, V. A. Kozhin, V. V. Kindin, A. Porelli, N. M. Budnev, A. A. Grinyuk, A. Silaev junior, A. Borodin, R. D. Monkhoev, A. Vaidyanathan, K. G. Kompaniets, I. I. Yashin, A. Sidorenkov, O. Grishin, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. N. Dyachok, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Evgeny Postnikov, N. Ushakov, A. A. Petrukhin, L. V. Pankov, Yulia Kazarina, L. M. Ternovoy, Yu. Lemeshev, S. Kiryuhin, V. V. Prosin, I. I. Astapov, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, E. Rybov, and V.A. Tabolenko

Subjects
Scintillation, Detector, Scintillation counter, Taiga, Measuring instrument, Environmental science, Cosmic ray, Ultrahigh energy, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Particle detector, Remote sensing
Published
2020

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

Author

A. A. Petrukhin, E. A. Osipova, A. V. Skurikhin, A. Grinyuk, E. A. Kravchenko, D. Chernykh, E. E. Korosteleva, A. Garmash, R. P. Kokoulin, Dmitry Zhurov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, R. R. Mirgazov, B. A. Tarashchansky, Dieter Horns, Evgeny Postnikov, M. Popesku, Y. Suvorkin, Martin Tluczykont, S. Kiryuhin, Razmik Mirzoyan, O. Fedorov, V.A. Tabolenko, Konstantin Ustinov, A. Pakhorukov, A. Borodin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, Valery Zurbanov, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, M. Slunecka, Y. Kazarina, L. G. Sveshnikova, I. V. Yashin, V. S. Ptuskin, Yaroslav Sagan, A. Pushnin, R. D. Monkhoev, Victor Grebenyuk, T. I. Gress, Dmitriy Kostunin, O. A. Gress, V. A. Poleschuk, N. M. Budnev, A. Silaev junior, E.G. Popova, A. Pan, D. Voronin, V. A. Kozhin, E. V. Ryabov, I. I. Astapov, V. V. Kindin, L. Tkachev, Roman Raikin, V. Samoliga, Ralf Wischnewski, L. A. Kuzmichev, A. Porelli, A. N. Dyachok, O. G. Grishin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, Ch. Spiering, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, A. Vaidyanathan, N. Ushakov, L. V. Pankov, K. Komponiets, A. Ivanova, Mikhail Panasyuk, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, Alexander Kryukov, A. Sidorenkov, M. Brückner, Anatoly Lagutin, and A. Sokolov

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, High energy, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Observatory, Hybrid array, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

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 km2 and three IACTs (TAIGA-IACT).

Published
2020

38. Gigaton Volume Detector in Lake Baikal: status of the project

Author

V. A. Kozhin, M.B. Milenin, K.V. Golubkov, Mark Shelepov, Evgenii V Rjabov, I. A. Danilchenko, K.V. Konischev, Aleksandr Gafarov, Olga Suvorova, G.B. Safronov, A. I. Panfilov, Zdenek Hons, B.A. Tarashansky, D.A. Kuleshov, R. Bannash, Rastislav Dvornický, Aleksandr Valentinovich Avrovin, L. V. Pankov, G.V. Domogatsky, A.D. Avrorin, F.K. Koshel, R. R. Mirgazov, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, Ivan Štekl, O.G. Kebkal, V.F. Kulepov, M.I. Rozanov, E. A. Osipova, B.A. Shaybonov, V.A. Tabolenko, Valery Zurbanov, A. A. Doroshenko, A. N. Dyachok, A.P. Koshechkin, S.V. Fialkovsky, Fedor Šimkovic, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.V. Korobchenko, Zhan Dzhilkibaev, N. M. Budnev, I. A. Belolaptikov, Sergey Yakovlev, Konstantin Kebkal, V.B. Brudanin, D. P. Petukhov, V.M. Aynutdinov, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, A.V. Skurihin, and M.M. Kolbin

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Neutrino detector, Neutrino telescope, Detector, Cluster (physics), Volume (compression)
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a kilometer-scale neutrino telescope under construction in Lake Baikal, which will be formed by multi-megaton subarrays – clusters of strings. A first demonstration cluster “Dubna” has been deployed in 2015 and comprises 192 optical modules (OMs). In 2016 this cluster was upgraded to the baseline configuration which comprises 288 OMs arranged at eight strings. The second full-scale GVD-cluster was deployed and put in operation in 2017. We review the present activity towards the GVD implementation and discuss some selected results obtained with the “Dubna” cluster.

Published
2018

39. Status of the Tunka Advanced Instrument for Cosmic Ray Physics and Gamma Astronomy (TAIGA)

Author

R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, E. A. Kravchenko, Yu. Lemeshev, E. E. Korosteleva, E. A. Osipova, M. Kunnas, Pavel Bezyazeekov, R. P. Kokoulin, S. Kiryuhin, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. R. Mirgazov, K. G. Kompaniets, V. A. Poleschuk, M. Popesku, A. A. Silaev, A. Pakhorukov, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, D. Zhurov, L. G. Tkachev, V. V. Lenok, Oleg Fedorov, B. M. Sabirov, Valery Zurbanov, R. Wischnewski, A. Borodin, V. Slunecka, O. Grishin, A. Porelli, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, A. N. Dyachok, V. S. Ptuskin, Ch. Spiering, A. A. Petrukhin, A. V. Skurikhin, I. I. Yashin, R. Nachtigall, B.A. Tarashansky, Yulia Kazarina, V.A. Tabolenko, A. V. Tkachenko, Yu. A. Semeney, A. Sidorenkov, L. G. Sveshnikova, Andrey Sokolov, R. Mirzoya, Grigory Rubtsov, L. V. Pankov, N. N. Kalmykov, Evgenii V Rjabov, E.G. Popova, M. Tluczykont, A. A. Grinyuk, O. A. Gress, V. A. Kozhin, I. I. Astapov, V. V. Kindin, N. M. Budnev, V. Samoliga, Y. Sagan, Mikhail Panasyuk, L. A. Kuzmichev, V. M. Grebenyuk, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, M. Brueckner, A. Ivanova, A. Pushnin, Evgeny Postnikov, and Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev

Subjects
Physics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Cherenkov radiation, Muon detector
Published
2018

40. Baikal-GVD: status and prospects

Author

G.V. Domogatsky, D. P. Petukhov, V. A. Kozhin, Mark Shelepov, M.N. Sorokovikov, K.V. Konischev, M.B. Milenin, V.F. Kulepov, A. I. Panfilov, T.I. Gres, A.P. Koshechkin, O.G. Kebkal, Fedor Šimkovic, M.I. Rozanov, K.V. Golubkov, A. A. Doroshenko, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, A.G. Solovjev, E.N. Pliskovsky, B. Shoibonov, E. A. Osipova, A.V. Avrorin, A.D. Avrorin, D.A. Kuleshov, G.B. Safronov, Lukas Fajt, B.A. Tarashansky, Rastislav Dvornický, R. Bannash, M.M. Kolbin, E.V. Khramov, S.V. Fialkovsky, Sergey Yakovlev, N. M. Budnev, Z. Honz, V.A. Tabolenko, V.D. Rushay, Aleksandr Gafarov, V.M. Aynutdinov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, Valery Zurbanov, Evgenii V Rjabov, A.P. Korobchenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, I. Shtekl, V.B. Brudanin, R. R. Mirgazov, A. N. Dyachok, Olga Suvorova, and L. V. Pankov

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, QC1-999, Neutrino telescope, Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Massless particle, Neutrino detector, 0103 physical sciences, Cluster (physics), Russian federation, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Lepton
Abstract

Baikal-GVD is a next generation, kilometer-scale neutrino telescope under construction in Lake Baikal. It is designed to detect astrophysical neutrino fluxes at energies from a few TeV up to 100 PeV. GVD is formed by multi-megaton subarrays (clusters). The array construction started in 2015 by deployment of a reduced-size demonstration cluster named "Dubna" . The first cluster in it’s baseline configuration was deployed in 2016, the second in 2017 and the third in 2018. The full-scale GVD will be an array of ~10.000 light sensors with an instrumented volume about of 2 cubic km. The first phase (GVD-1) is planned to be completed by 2020-2021. It will comprise 8 clusters with 2304 light sensors in total. We describe the design of Baikal-GVD and present selected results obtained in 2015 - 2017.

Published
2018

41. BAIKAL-GVD: The New-Generation Neutrino Telescope in Lake Baikal

Author

R. R. Mirgazov, E. A. Osipova, K.V. Golubkov, N. M. Budnev, Lukas Fajt, V. A. Kozhin, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, A.V. Skurichin, D. P. Petukhov, M.M. Kolbin, M.B. Milenin, S.V. Fialkovsky, Aleksandr Gafarov, A.P. Korobchenko, K.V. Konischev, E.V. Khramov, B. Shoibonov, G.B. Safronov, Rastislav Dvornický, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A.V. Avrorin, Fedor Šimkovic, R. Bannash, V.D. Rushay, V. M. Aynutdinov, T.I. Gres, Sergey Yakovlev, M.N. Sorokovikov, A. A. Doroshenko, V.A. Tabolenko, Z. Honz, Evgenii V Rjabov, A.D. Avrorin, V. B. Brudanin, V.F. Kulepov, Valery Zurbanov, A.P. Koshechkin, G.V. Domogatsky, A. I. Panfilov, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, Olga Suvorova, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, A.G. Solovjev, L. V. Pankov, B.A. Tarashansky, E.N. Pliskovsky, I. Shtekl, A. N. Dyachok, D.A. Kuleshov, and Mark Shelepov

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cherenkov detector, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Underwater
Abstract

The 1-cubic km deep Baikal-GVD underwater Cherenkov detector, a new-generation neutrino telescope, is now being deployed in Lake Baikal. The telescope’s status is described and the first physical results from its operation are presented.

Published
2019

42. Sensitivity of the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope to neutrino emission toward the center of the galactic dark matter halo

Author

B.A. Shaybonov, I. A. Danilchenko, A. N. Dyachok, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, R. Bannasch, A. A. Perevalov, Sergei Demidov, A.A. Sheifler, A.P. Koshechkin, S.V. Fialkovsky, B.A. Tarashansky, A. A. Doroshenko, T. I. Gress, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.V. Skurihin, V. Yu. Rubtzov, A.V. Kozhin, A.A. Smagina, V.I. Ljashuk, V.B. Brudanin, Olga Suvorova, V. A. Zhukov, K.V. Konischev, A.D. Avrorin, M.B. Milenin, L. V. Pankov, Valery Zurbanov, V.F. Kulepov, K.V. Golubkov, G.V. Domogatsky, E. A. Osipova, A. I. Panfilov, V. M. Aynutdinov, A.V. Korobchenko, Sergey Yakovlev, O.G. Kebkal, Z. Honz, M.I. Rozanov, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, R. R. Mirgazov, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, E. N. Konstantinov, N. M. Budnev, D.A. Kuleshov, F.K. Koshel, O. N. Gaponenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, and A.V. Avrorin

Subjects
Physics, Annihilation, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Solid-state physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Galactic Center, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, law.invention, Dark matter halo, Telescope, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Sensitivity (electronics)
Abstract

We analyze sensitivity of the gigaton volume telescope Baikal-GVD for detection of neutrino signal from dark matter annihilations or decays in the Galactic Center. Expected bounds on dark matter annihilation cross section and its lifetime are found for several annihilation/decay channels.

Published
2015

43. Status and recent results of the BAIKAL-GVD project

Author

V.B. Brudanin, I. A. Danilchenko, R. R. Mirgazov, D.Yu. Bogorodsky, A. V. Skurikhin, A.A. Smagina, A. A. Doroshenko, A. A. Perevalov, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, A.D. Avrorin, K. V. Konishchev, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, G.V. Domogatsky, T. I. Gress, N. M. Budnev, E. A. Osipova, E.N. Pliskovsky, A.A. Sheifler, Zdenek Hons, A. I. Panfilov, D.A. Kuleshov, A.P. Koshechkin, O.G. Kebkal, E. N. Konstantinov, Valery Zurbanov, V. Yu. Rubtsov, M.I. Rozanov, F.K. Koshel, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. Bannasch, S.V. Fialkovsky, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A.V. Korobchenko, V. M. Aynutdinov, V. A. Zhukov, Sergey Yakovlev, B.A. Shaybonov, V.F. Kulepov, A. N. Dyachok, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, V. A. Kozhin, M.B. Milenin, O. N. Gaponenko, Evgenii V Rjabov, B. A. Tarashchansky, V.I. Ljashuk, A.V. Avrorin, K.V. Golubkov, and V.A. Poleshuk

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, business.industry, Software deployment, Detector, business, Computer hardware
Abstract

The Prototyping phase of the BAIKAL-GVD project has been started in April 2011 with the deployment of first autonomous engineering array which comprises all basic elements and systems of the Gigaton Volume Detector (GVD) in Lake Baikal. The prototyping phase will be concluded with deployment of the GVD demonstration cluster “DUBNA” in 2015, which will comprise 192 light sensors arranged at 8 strings. The first stage of the GVD demonstration cluster which consists of three strings was deployed in April 2013 and successfully operated up to February 2014. We review the prototyping phase of the BAIKAL-GVD project and describe the configuration and design of the 2013 engineering array.

Published
2015

44. Software design for the TAIGA-IACT telescope pointing and control system

Author

Dmitriy Zhurov, Oleg A Gress, I. Astapov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, A. Borodin, M. Brueckner, N. M. Budnev, A. Chiavassa, Aleksei Nikolaevich Dyachok, O. Fedorov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. Garmash, N. Gorbunov, Victor Grebenyuk, T. I. Gress, O. Grishin, A. Grinyuk, Dieter Horns, A. Ivanova, N. Kalmykov, Y. Kazarina, V. Kindin, P. Kirilenko, S. Kiryuhin, R. Kokoulin, K. Kompaniets, E. Korosteleva, Vladimir V Kozhin, E. Kravchenko, M. Kunnas, L. Kuzmichev, Yu. Lemeshev, V. Lenok, B. Lubsandorzhiev, N. Lubsandorzhiev, Rashid Mirgazov, Razmik Mirzoyan, R. Monkhoev, R. Nachtigall, E. Osipova, A. Pakhorukov, M. I. Panasyuk, Leonid Pankov, A. Petrukhin, V. Poleschuk, E. Popescu, E. Popova, A. Porelli, E. Postnikov, V. Prosin, V. Ptuskin, Evgenii V Rjabov, G. Rubtsov, A. Pushnin, Yaroslav Sagan, B. Sabirov, V. Samoliga, Yu. Semeney, A. Silaev, A. Silaev(junior), Andrei Sidorenkov, Aleksandr Vasilevich Skurihin, V. Slunecka, A. V. Sokolov, C. Spiering, L. Sveshnikova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. Tarashansky, A. Tkachenko, L. Tkachev, M. Tluczykont, R. Wischnewski, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, Valery Zurbanov, and I. Yashin

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Computer science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, IACT, Cosmic ray, Reflector (antenna), law.invention, Telescope, Data acquisition, law, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Stepper, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, Remote sensing
Abstract

In TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy) detector we are commissioning the first Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). The telescope drive system comprises a motor controller and two stepper motors for axis control. For the pointing calibration of the telescope a CCD-camera is installed on the reflector dish of the telescope. The position of the CCD-camera allows us capturing both the Cherenkov camera and the observed source. In this report we describe the telescope positioning and the drive system software as well as the control of the CCD-camera data acquisition, archiving and processing system.

Published
2017

45. TAIGA-HiSCORE detection of the CATS-Lidar on the ISS as fast moving point source

Author

Ralf Wischnewski, A. Porelli, A. Garmash, I. Astapov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, A. Borodin, M. Brueckner, N. M. Budnev, A. Chiavassa, Aleksei Nikolaevich Dyachok, O. Fedorov, Aleksandr Gafarov, N. Gorbunov, E.S. Gorbovskoy, Victor Grebenyuk, O. Gress, T. I. Gress, O. Grishin, A. Grinyuk, Dieter Horns, A. Ivanova, N. Kalmykov, Y. Kazarina, V. Kindin, P. Kirilenko, S. Kiryuhin, R. Kokoulin, K. Kompaniets, E. Korosteleva, Vladimir V Kozhin, E. Kravchenko, M. Kunnas, L. Kuzmichev, Yu. Lemeshev, V. Lenok, B. Lubsandorzhiev, V.M. Lipunov, N. Lubsandorzhiev, Rashid Mirgazov, Razmik Mirzoyan, R. Monkhoev, R. Nachtigall, E. Osipova, A. Pakhorukov, M. I. Panasyuk, Leonid Pankov, A. Petrukhin, V. Poleschuk, E. Popescu, E. Popova, E. Postnikov, V. Prosin, V. Ptuskin, Evgenii V Rjabov, G. Rubtsov, A. Pushnin, Yaroslav Sagan, B. Sabirov, V. Samoliga, Yu. Semeney, A. Silaev, A. Silaev(junior), Andrei Sidorenkov, Aleksandr Vasilevich Skurihin, V. Slunecka, A. V. Sokolov, C. Spiering, G. Spengler, L. Sveshnikova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. Tarashansky, A. Tkachenko, L. Tkachev, M. Tluczykont, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, D. Zhurov, Valery Zurbanov, and I. Yashin

Subjects
Robotic telescope, Lidar, Forward scatter, Point source, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Calibration, Gamma ray, Environmental science, Satellite, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Cherenkov radiation, Remote sensing
Abstract

We report the first ground-based observation of the CATS-LIDAR onboard the ISS by the TAIGA-HiSCORE gamma-ray facility, and the MASTER-Tunka Robotic telescope. HiSCORE detects unscattered laser light directly from the ISS, at up to km-scale distance from the laser beam spot on ground. The ISS-LIDAR turns out to be a unique calibration tool, in particular to verify the absolute astronomical pointing of HiSCORE. We detected the LIDAR for 11 ISS-passages; among these were observations of forward scattering of the laser beam in dense clouds, which might carry information complementary to the LIDAR technique. We expect other air Cherenkov installations like IACTs to benefit from this light source.

Published
2017

46. Baikal-GVD: Time Calibrations in 2016

Author

Aleksandr Gafarov, A.P. Koshechkin, Evgenii V Rjabov, B.A. Shaybonov, V.F. Kulepov, Fedor Šimkovic, A. N. Dyachok, N. M. Budnev, M.B. Milenin, I. A. Danilchenko, A.V. Korobchenko, V.M. Aynutdinov, Zdenek Hons, Mark Shelepov, A. A. Doroshenko, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, A.D. Avrorin, E. A. Osipova, B.A. Tarashansky, D.A. Kuleshov, Valery Zurbanov, F.K. Koshel, Zhan Dzhilkibaev, O V Surovova, A. I. Panfilov, K.V. Konischev, Sergey Yakovlev, Anatoly Kozhin, A.V. Avrorin, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, E.N. Pliskovsky, G.B. Safronov, Rastislav Dvornický, L. V. Pankov, G.V. Domogatsky, K.V. Golubkov, D. P. Petukhov, S.V. Fialkovsky, Ivan Štekl, R. Bannash, V.A. Tabolenko, T. I. Gress, Lukas Fajt, A.V. Skurihin, M.M. Kolbin, V.B. Brudanin, and R. R. Mirgazov

Subjects
Neutrino telescope, Detector, Calibration, Cluster (physics), Volume (computing), Environmental science, Angular resolution, Effective volume, Remote sensing
Abstract

In April 2015, the first part (cluster) of the newly constructed next-generation neutrino telescope, Gigaton Volume Detector (GVD), was put into operation in the lake Baikal and started with data taking followed by another cluster installed in April 2017 thus doubling the number of installed Optical Modules (OMs) and instrumented volume. Moreover, the substantial extension of this detector is planned in the next few years. Specifically, another two clusters are going to be installed every consecutive year. In total 8 clusters consisting of 2304 OMs with overall effective volume ~0.4 km3 is going to be deployed by 2020. The vital condition for high angular resolution of reconstructed tracks of particles detected in GVD is a precise timing of individual channels which can be achieved with specialized time calibration systems. In this article, the different light sources and procedures used for time calibration of the GVD in the past as well as the newly developed ones are described and the results of the 2016 time calibration of the cluster Dubna are presented, especially the precision of intra and intersection calibrations and variations of calibration parameters in time.

Published
2017

47. Calibration and monitoring units of the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Author

K.V. Golubkov, Evgenii V Rjabov, E. A. Osipova, A. A. Doroshenko, A.V. Korobchenko, A.V. Avrorin, M.B. Milenin, I. A. Belolaptikov, G.V. Domogatsky, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, Konstantin Kebkal, B.A. Shaybonov, Mark Shelepov, D.A. Kuleshov, A. N. Dyachok, Aleksandr Gafarov, Ivan Štekl, E.N. Pliskovsky, F.K. Koshel, A.V. Kozhin, V.M. Aynutdinov, Olga Suvorova, L. V. Pankov, B.A. Tarashansky, T. I. Gress, S.V. Fialkovsky, A.P. Koshechkin, D. P. Petukhov, Lukas Fajt, N. M. Budnev, A.V. Skurihin, A.D. Avrorin, Fedor Šimkovic, A. I. Panfilov, M.M. Kolbin, O.G. Kebkal, M.I. Rozanov, R. Bannash, Sergey Yakovlev, Z. Honz, V.A. Tabolenko, K.V. Konischev, Zhan Dzhilkibaev, Valery Zurbanov, R. R. Mirgazov, G.B. Safronov, Rastislav Dvornický, V.B. Brudanin, I. A. Danilchenko, and V.F. Kulepov

Subjects
Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, System of measurement, Neutrino telescope, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Calibration, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Charged particle, Cherenkov radiation, Remote sensing
Abstract

The Baikal-GVD is a cubic kilometer scale neutrino telescope which is deployed in Lake Baikal, that will perform neutrino astronomy studies. It consists of sub-arrays - clusters of about 300 optical modules each, that detect the Cherenkov light radiated by charged particles induced by neutrino interactions with the surrounding medium. The performance of the neutrino telescope relies on the precise timing and positioning calibration of the detector elements, continuous control and monitoring of a behavior of measuring systems, as well as environmental conditions which may affect light detection and event selection. This contribution describes the units which are used in GVD for calibration and monitoring purposes.

Published
2017

48. TAIGA-HiSCORE: results from the first two operation seasons

Author

I. V. Yashin, Evgeny Postnikov, V. V. Kindin, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, A. A. Petrukhin, Mikhail Panasyuk, B.A. Tarashansky, Yulia Kazarina, V. V. Lenok, Razmik Mirzoyan, Yu. Semeney, E. M. Popescu, Valery Zurbanov, Yaroslav Sagan, B. M. Sabirov, A. Porelli, A. Chiavassa, V. Prosin, Grigory Rubtsov, N. N. Kalmykov, O. A. Gress, A. V. Tkachenko, V. A. Poleschuk, E.G. Popova, A. Sidorenkov, A. N. Dyachok, C. Spiering, V. A. Kozhin, Andrey Sokolov, L. G. Sveshnikova, N. M. Budnev, M. Brueckner, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, Martin Tluczykont, Yu. Lemeshev, V.A. Tabolenko, S. Kiryuhin, R. D. Monkhoev, T. I. Gress, D. Zhurov, V. Slunecka, E. A. Kravchenko, I. I. Astapov, V. S. Ptuskin, E. E. Korosteleva, A.V. Skurihin, A. Ivanova, P. Kirilenko, L. V. Pankov, A. Garmash, Ralf Wischnewski, L. A. Kuzmichev, R. Nachtigall, R. R. Mirgazov, Dieter Horns, Oleg Fedorov, A. Borodin, A. Pushnin, E. A. Osipova, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, N. V. Gorbunov, A. Pakhorukov, L. G. Tkachev, V. Samoliga, M. Kunnas, Evgenii V Rjabov, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, K. G. Kompaniets, O. Grishin, Victor Grebenyuk, A. A. Grinyuk, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. A. Silaev, and R. P. Kokoulin

Subjects
Lidar, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Calibration, Environmental science, Cutoff, Sampling (statistics), Cosmic ray, Satellite, Cherenkov radiation, Remote sensing
Abstract

The very to ultra high energy gamma-ray regime up to several 100 TeV is the key to spectrally resolve the cutoff regime of the long-sought Pevatrons, the Galactic cosmic-ray PeV accelerators. One component of the TAIGA hybrid detector is the TAIGA-HiSCORE shower-front sampling timing array, which currently consists of 28 wide angle (0.6\,sr) air Cherenkov timing stations distributed on an area of 0.25 km$^{2}$, and which will be doubled in area by fall 2017. We report on the status and first results of the HiSCORE timing array after the first 2 operation seasons, including calibration studies on timing and pointing, cross calibration with data from the first TAIGA-IACT, observations with the timing array of a LIDAR operating on the ISS, a measurement of the Cosmic Ray spectrum, and a systematic search for high energy gamma-rays from Galactic sources such as the Crab.

Published
2017

49. Search for cascade events with Baikal-GVD demonstration cluster 'Dubna'

Author

A. A. Doroshenko, A. I. Panfilov, O.G. Kebkal, D.A. Kuleshov, M.I. Rozanov, B.A. Shaybonov, F.K. Koshel, V.F. Kulepov, Zdenek Hons, A. N. Dyachok, K.V. Konischev, D. P. Petukhov, Aleksandr Valentinovich Avrovin, M.B. Milenin, I. A. Belolaptikov, Konstantin Kebkal, Olga Suvorova, Aleksandr Gafarov, R. Bannash, K.V. Golubkov, Sergey Yakovlev, L. V. Pankov, A.P. Koshechkin, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, N. M. Budnev, V.A. Tabolenko, A.D. Avrorin, Fedor Šimkovic, R. R. Mirgazov, G.V. Domogatsky, V.M. Aynutdinov, Ivan Štekl, V. A. Kozhin, G.B. Safronov, Evgenii V Rjabov, Rastislav Dvornický, A.V. Korobchenko, T. I. Gress, Mark Shelepov, Lukas Fajt, V.B. Brudanin, A.V. Skurihin, E. A. Osipova, M.M. Kolbin, E.N. Pliskovsky, Valery Zurbanov, Zhan Dzhilkibaev, I. A. Danilchenko, B.A. Tarashansky, and S.V. Fialkovsky

Subjects
Cascade, Neutrino telescope, Cluster (physics), Underwater, Geology, Remote sensing
Abstract

Deep underwater neutrino telescope „Dubna“ – the first, demonstration cluster of Baikal-GVD, has been deployed in April 2015 and was operating up to February 2016 in Lake Baikal. In 2016 this array was upgraded to baseline configuration of GVD-cluster by adding additional 96 optical modules. The next step of array extension was provided in 2017 by deployment of second GVD-cluster in Lake Baikal. We present here preliminary results of a search for cascade events using data sample recorded in 2015 by Dubna array and corresponding to 41 live days of data taking.

Published
2017

50. TAIGA - a hybrid detector complex for high energy gamma-ray astro-physics and cosmic ray physics in the Tunka valley

Author

Nikolai Mikhailovich Budnev, Leonid A Kuzmichev, Razmik Mirzoyan, I. Astapov, Pavel Bezyazeekov, V. Boreyko, A. Borodin, Martin Brueckner, Andrea Chiavassa, Aleksei Nikolaevich Dyachok, Oleg Fedorov, Aleksandr Gafarov, A. Garmash, N. Gorbunov, Victor Grebenyuk, O. Gress, T. I. Gress, O. Grishin, A. Grinyuk, Dieter Horns, A. Ivanova, N. Kalmykov, Y. Kazarina, Victor Kindin, P. Kirilenko, S. Kiryuhin, Rostislav Kokoulin, K. Kompaniets, E. Korosteleva, Vladimir V Kozhin, E. Kravchenko, M. Kunnas, Yu. Lemeshev, V. Lenok, Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev, Nima Lubsandorzhiev, Rashid Mirgazov, R. Monkhoev, R. Nachtigall, E. Osipova, A. Pakhorukov, Mikhail Panasyuk, Leonid Pankov, Anatoly Petrukhin, V. Poleschuk, Eugeny Popescu, E. Popova, Andrea Porelli, E. Postnikov, V. Prosin, Vladimir Ptuskin, Evgenii V Rjabov, Grigory Rubtsov, A. Pushnin, Yaroslav Sagan, B. Sabirov, Vladimir Samoliga, Yu. Semeney, A. Silaev, A. Silaev(junior), Andrei Sidorenkov, Aleksandr Vasilevich Skurihin, V. Slunecka, A. Sokolov, Christian Spiering, Lyubov Sveshnikova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. Tarashansky, A. Tkachenko, Leonid Tkachev, Martin Tluczykont, R. Wischnewski, Aleksey Zagorodnikov, D. Zhurov, Valery Zurbanov, and Igor Yashin

Subjects
Physics, Telescope, law, Detector, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, IACT, Galaxy, Energy (signal processing), Cherenkov radiation, law.invention
Abstract

The physics motivations and characteristics of the new gamma-experiment TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) are presented. The TAIGA experiment 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. For the energy range $30 - 200$ TeV the sensitivity of the planned for future extension of TAIGA up to $5$ km$^2$ area for detection of the local sources is expected to be $10^{-13}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ sec$^{-1}$ for $500$ h of observation. The combination of the wide angle Cherenkov timing detectors of the TAIGA-HiSCORE array and the $4$ m class Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes of the TAIGA-IACT array with their FoV of $10x10$ degrees offers a cost effective-way to construct a $5$ km$^2$ array. Reconstruction of an EAS energy, direction and core position based on the TAIGA-HiSCORE data will allow us to increase the distance between comparatively expensive IACTs up to $800 - 1200$ m. The low investments together with the high sensitivity for energies $\geqslant 30-50$ TeV make this pioneering technique very attractive for exploring the galactic PeVatrons and cosmic rays. In addition to the Cherenkov light detectors we intend to deploy an array of muon detectors (TAIGA-Muon array) over an area of 1 km$^2$ with a total area of about $2000 - 3000$ m$^2$. The TAIGA-IACT-HiSCORE together with the TAIGA-Muon array will be used for selection of gamma-ray induced EAS. At present the first stage of TAIGA have been constructed in the Tunka valley, $\sim 50$ km West from the Lake Baikal in Siberia. Now it consists of 28 TAIGA-HiSCORE Cherenkov stations distributed over an area of $0.25$ km$^2$ and the first IACT of the TAIGA-IACT array. We are planning to test operation of the single telescope in coincidence with the HiSCORE up to shower impact distances of $\sim 500 - 600$ m; for this purpose we already started construction of the second imaging telescope at $300$ m distance from the first one. During 2017 -- 2019 years we intend to increase the number of the TAIGA-HiSCORE stations up to $100 - 120$, spread on the area of $1$ km$^2$ and to deploy $2$ additional IACTs.

Published
2017

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