1. The TAIGA experiment
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Tluczykont, M., Astapov, I. I., Awad, A. K., Bezyazeekov, P. A., Blank, M., Bonvech, E. A., Borodin, A. N., Bulan, A. V., Brückner, M., Budnev, N. M., Chiavassa, A., Chernov, D. V., Dyachok, A. N., Gafarov, A. R., Garmash, A. Yu., Grebenyuk, V. M., Gress, O. A., Gress, E., Gress, T. I., Grishin, O. G., Grinyuk, A. A., Horns, D., Ivanova, A. L., Kalmykov, N. N., Kindin, V. V., Kiryuhin, S. N., Kokoulin, R. P., Kompaniets, K. G., Korosteleva, E. E., Kozhin, V. A., Kravchenko, E. A., Kryukov, A. P., Kuzmichev, L. A., Lagutin, A. A., Lavrova, M., Lemeshev, E., Lubsandorzhiev, B. K., Lubsandorzhiev, N. B., Lukanov, A. D., Lukyantsev, D. S., Mirgazov, R. R., Mirzoyan, R., Monkhoev, R. D., Osipova, E. A., Pakhorukov, A. L., Pan, A., Pankov, L. V., Panov, A. D., Petrukhin, A. A., Podgrudkov, D. A., Poleschuk, V. A., Popova, E. G., Porelli, A., Postnikov, E. B., Prosin, V. V., Ptuskin, V. S., Pushnin, A. A., Raikin, R. I., Razumov, A. Y., Rubtsov, G. I., Ryabov, E. V., Sagan, Y. I., Samoliga, V. S., Satyshev, I., Semeney, Yu. A., Silaev, A. A., Sidorenkov, A. Yu., Skurikhin, A. V., Sokolov, A. V., Suvorkin, Y., Sveshnikova, L. G., Tabolenko, V. A., Tanaev, A. B., Tarashansky, B. A., Ternovoy, M., Tkachev, L. G., Ushakov, N., Vaidyanathan, A., Volchugov, P. A., Volkov, N. V., Voronin, D., Wischnewski, R., Yashin, I. I., Zagorodnikov, A. V., Zhurov, D. P., and TAIGA Collaboration
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showers, atmosphere ,hybrid ,air ,Crab Nebula [Observations] ,resolution ,Observations: Crab Nebula ,beam, width ,energy, low ,wide-angle ,Cherenkov counter ,energy, high ,gamma ray ,cosmic radiation ,experiments [Gamma-rays] ,charged particle, detector ,radiation, Cherenkov ,TeV ,spectral ,surface ,muon, detector ,Gamma-rays: experiments ,detector, imaging - Abstract
The Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories (In 4 Volumes) 16th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, MG16, Online, Italy, 5 Jul 2021 - 9 Jul 2021; World Scientific Publishing 3324-3342 (2023). doi:10.1142/9789811269776_0274, The Tunka Advanced Instrument for Gamma-ray and cosmic ray Astrophysics (TAIGA) is a hybrid experiment for the measurement of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with good spectral resolution in the TeV to PeV energy range. In this domain, the long-sought Pevatrons can be detected. Currently the hybrid TAIGA detector combines two wide angle shower front Cherenkov light sampling timing arrays (HiSCORE and Tunka-133), two 4m class, 10° aperture Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and 240 m2 surface and underground charged particle detector stations. Our goal is to introduce a new hybrid reconstruction technique, combining the good angular and shower core resolution of HiSCORE with the gamma-hadron separation power of imaging telescopes. This approach allows to maximize the effective area and simultaneously to reach a good gamma-hadron separation at low energies (few TeV). At higher energies, muon detectors are planned to enhance gamma-hadron separation. During the commissioning phase of the first and second IACT, several sources were observed. First detections of known sources with the first telescope show the functionality of the TAIGA IACTs. Here, the status of the TAIGA experiment will be presented, along with first results from the current configuration., Published by World Scientific Publishing
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