Wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope for the detection of cosmic rays in coincidence with the Yakutsk extensive air shower array

The Yakutsk array group is developing a wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope to be operated in coincidence with the surface detectors of the extensive air shower array. Currently, the engineering prototype of the reflecting telescope with the front-end electronics is designed, assembled, and teste...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2015-02, Vol.772, p.34-42
Main Authors: Ivanov, A.A., Knurenko, S.P., Krasilnikov, A.D., Petrov, Z.E., Pravdin, M.I., Sleptsov, I.Ye, Timofeev, L.V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerators
Air showers
Arrays
Cosmic rays
Detectors
Prototypes
Surface detectors
Telescopes
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Summary:The Yakutsk array group is developing a wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope to be operated in coincidence with the surface detectors of the extensive air shower array. Currently, the engineering prototype of the reflecting telescope with the front-end electronics is designed, assembled, and tested to demonstrate the feasibility of the conceived instrument. The status and specifications of the prototype telescope are presented, as well as the modernization program of the already existing Cherenkov light detectors subset of the array measuring ultra-high energy cosmic rays.
ISSN:0168-9002
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2014.10.029