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The Tunka – Multi-component EAS detector for high energy cosmic ray studies

Authors :
S.F. Berezhnev
D. Besson
N.M. Budnev
M. Büker
M. Brüeckner
A. Chiavassa
O.A. Chvalaev
O.A. Gress
A.N. Dyachok
S.N. Epimakhov
D. Hampf
A. Haungs
R. Hiller
D. Horns
A. Ivanova
N.I. Karpov
N.N. Kalmykov
Yu. Kazarina
E.N. Konstantinov
D. Kostunin
A.V. Korobchenko
E.E. Korosteleva
V.A. Kozhin
M. Kunnas
L.A. Kuzmichev
B.K. Lubsandorzhiev
N.B. Lubsandorzhiev
R.R. Mirgazov
R. Monhoev
R. Nachtigall
M.I. Panasyuk
L.V. Pankov
A.L. Pankov
A. Pokhorukov
E.G. Popova
A. Porelli
V.V. Prosin
V.S. Ptuskin
G.P. Rowell
F.G. Schröder
Yu.A. Semeney
B.A. Shaibonov
A.A. Silaev
A.V. Skurikhin
C. Spiering
D. Spitschan
L.G. Sveshnikova
R. Wischnewski
I.V. Yashin
A.V. Zagorodnikov
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 732:281-285
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

The EAS Cherenkov array Tunka-133, with about 3 km 2 sensitive area, has been installed in the Tunka Valley, Siberia. The accessible energy range is 10 15 –10 18 eV. In this contribution, a description of the array and main results obtained so far are presented. A current update of the array includes the deployment of scintillation stations, radio antennas, as well as optical stations. The deployments of these optical stations are the first step towards Tunka-HiSCORE, a wide-angle, large field-of-view gamma-ray telescope.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
732
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
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