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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Volume 845, Issue -, Pages 330-333Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.041
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Cosmic ray; Gamma astronomy; TAIGA
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- Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science [14.B25.31.0010, 2014/51, 1366, 3.889.2014/K]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [15-02-05769, 16-02-00738]
- Russian Science Foundation [15-12-20022]
- Russian Science Foundation [15-12-20022] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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We present physical motivations and advantages of the new gamma-observatory TAIGA (Tunica Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and gamma-ray astronomy). TAIGA will be located in the Tunka valley, 50 km to the west of Lake Baikal, at the same place as the integrating air Cherenkov detector for cosmic rays Tunka-133. The TAIGA array is a complex, hybrid detector for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy for energies from a few TeV to several PeV as well as for cosmic ray studies from 100 TeV to several EeV. The array will consist of a wide angle Cherenkov array - TAIGA-HiSCORE with 5 km(2) area, a net of 16 IACT telescopes (with FOV of about 9.72 x 9.72) as well as muon and other detectors. We present the current status of the array construction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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