Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic rays and Gamma Astronomy (TAIGA): Status, results and perspectives

Kuzmichev, L. A.; Астапов, И. И.; Bezyazeekov, P. A.; Boreyko, V.; Бородин, А.; Brückner, Martin; Буднев, Н.; Чиавасса, А.; Gress, O.; Гресс, Т.; Гришин, О.; Dyachok, A.; Epimakhov, S.; Fedorov, Oleg; Gafarov, A.; Grebenyuk, V.; Grinyuk, A.; Haungs, A.; Horns, D.; Huege, T.; Иванова, А.; Jurov, D.; Калмыков, Н. Н.; Kazarina, Y.; Киндин, В. В.; Kiryuhin, V.; Кокоулин, Р. П.; Компаниец, К. Г.; Коростелева, Е. Е.; Kostunin, D.; Кожин, В. А.; Кравченко, Е. А.; Куннас, М.; Lenok, Vladimir; Лубсандоржиев, Б.; Лубсандоржиев, Н.; Миргазов, Р. Р.; Mirzoyan, R.; Монхоев, Р.; Nachtigal, R.; Osipova, E.; Pakharukov, A.; Panasyuk, M. I.; Pankov, L.; Петрухин, А. А.; Poleschuk, V.; Попеску, М.; Popova, E.; Порелли, А.; Постников, Е.; Prosin, V.; Птускин, В. С.; Пушнин, А.; Рубцов, Г.; Ryabov, Eugene V.; Sagan, Y.; Самолига, В.; Schröder, Frank G.; Semeney, Yu.; Силаев, А.; Sidorenko, A. M.; Скурихин, А. В.; Slunecka, V.; Sokolov, A.; Spiering, C.; Свешникова, Л.; Сулаков, В. П.; Таболенко, В. А.; Tarashansky, B.; Tkachenko, A.; Ткачев, Л.; Tluczykont, M.; Wischnewski, R.; Загородников, А.; Зурбанов, В. Л.; Yashin, I. I.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201614501001

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“…This is consistent with optimistic flux prediction in that energy interval. The data from 2015/16 season reported earlier [2,10] also showed some excess. A combined re-analysis of the 2015-2017 data with updated calibration is work in progress.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…TAIGA-HiSCORE array [2,[8][9][10] consists of 28 stations distributed over area of 0.25 km 2 . Each station contains 4 PMTs equipped with light-collecting Winston cones.…”

Section: Status Of the Hiscore Set-up In 2016-2017 Season And Event Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…design, data acquisition system, electronics and other technical details are presented in [2,[8][9][10]. To increase the observation time of Crab all stations are tilted towards South by 25 degrees (the experimental site is located at 51.81 latitude, 103.06 longitude).…”

Section: Pos(icrc2017)677mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, gamma-ray astronomy became the most dynamically developing field of astroparticle physics. The observatory TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic rays and Gamma-Astronomy) [1,2] is planned and currently being implemented as a complex hybrid detector system. It is aimed to study gamma rays of the highest energy range (>30 TeV) and cosmic rays (>100 TeV), in particular to search for 100 TeV gamma and corresponding cosmic ray PeVatrons.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The most distinctive feature of the TAIGA gamma observatory is a new detector concept based on a combination of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) with air Cherenkov wide-angle timing detector stations HiSCORE (High Sensitivity Cosmic ORigin Explorer) [3]). Such a combination is unique and will provide a hybrid reconstruction method optimized for the multi-TeV to PeV energy range [1][2][3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Search for gamma-ray emission above 50 TeV from Crab Nebula with the TAIGA detector

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Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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The TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic rays and Gamma-Astronomy) observatory is designed to study the gamma ray sources and galactic cosmic rays. It is located in the Tunka Valley 50 km from the lake Baikal (Siberia). The first part of TAIGA called the EAS Cherenkov array TAIGA-HiSCORE currently consists of 28 wide-angle (0.6 sr) stations, distributed over an area of 0.25 km 2. The Crab observation exposure was about 115 hours during the winter seasons of 2016-2017. The expected gamma quanta excess depends on the array energy threshold and a model of the Crab energy spectrum extrapolation to the higher energies. We present preliminary results of experimental data and MC simulations comparison as well as energy threshold and angular resolutions. The experimental data is in a good agreement with the simulations. An excess of events (about 25 events in the region 30-63 TeV) observed from the Crab direction is compatible with the expected one.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

“…TAIGA-HiSCORE array [2,[8][9][10] consists of 28 stations distributed over area of 0.25 km 2 . Each station contains 4 PMTs equipped with light-collecting Winston cones.…”

Section: Status Of the Hiscore Set-up In 2016-2017 Season And Event Rmentioning

confidence: 99%