The new Tunka-133 EAS Cherenkov array: Status of 2009

The deployment of the new Extensive air shower Cherenkov installation Tunka-133 with about 1 km 2 geometric acceptance area was completed in October 2009. The array will permit a detailed long-term study of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and mass composition in the energy range 10 15–10 18 eV with a...

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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, 2011-02, Vol.628 (1), p.124-127
Main Authors: Antokhonov, B.V., Beregnev, S.F., Budnev, N.M., Chvalaev, O.B., Chiavassa, A., Gress, O.A., Kalmykov, N.N., Karpov, N.N., Korosteleva, E.E., Kozhin, V.A., Kuzmichev, L.A., Lubsandorzhiev, B.K., Mirgazov, R.R., Panasyuk, M.I., Pankov, L.V., Prosin, V.V., Ptuskin, V.S., Semeney, Yu.A., Shaibonov, B., Silaev, A.A., Skurikhin, A.V., Spiering, Ch, Wischnewski, R., Yashin, I.V., Zablotsky, A.V., Zagorodnikov, A.V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerators
Acceptance
Air showers
Arrays
Cherenkov light
Construction
Cosmic rays
Data acquisition system
Detectors
Energy (nuclear)
Extensive air shower
Spectrometers
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Summary:The deployment of the new Extensive air shower Cherenkov installation Tunka-133 with about 1 km 2 geometric acceptance area was completed in October 2009. The array will permit a detailed long-term study of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and mass composition in the energy range 10 15–10 18 eV with a unique and more elaborate method. The array construction and data acquisition system, preliminary results and plans for future development are presented.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2010.11.027