The Taiga project

Yashin, I. I.; Астапов, И. И.; Barbashina, N. S.; Bogdanov, A. G.; Boreyko, V.; Буднев, Н.; Büker, Matthias; Brückner, Martin; Чиавасса, А.; Chvalaev, O.; Gafarov, A.; Gorbunov, I.; Grebenyuk, V.; Gress, O.; Grinyuk, A.; Гришин, О.; Dyachok, A. N.; Epimakhov, S.; Eremin, Timofei V.; Horns, D.; Иванова, А.; Калмыков, Н. Н.; Karpov, N.; Kazarina, Y.; Киндин, В. В.; Kirichkov, N; Kiryuhin, S.; Kokouli, R P; Компаниец, К. Г.; Konstantinov, E.; Коробченко, А. В.; Коростелева, Е. Е.; Кожин, В. А.; Куннас, М.; Kuzmichev, L. A.; Lenok, Vladimir; Лубсандоржиев, Б.; Лубсандоржиев, Н.; Миргазов, Р. Р.; Mirzoyan, R.; Монхоев, Р.; Nachtigall, R.; Пахоруков, А.; Panasyuk, M. I.; Pankov, L.; Перевалов, А. А.; Петрухин, А. А.; Платонов, В. А.; Poleschuk, V.; Popescu, M.; Popova, E.; Порелли, А.; Prosin, V.; Птускин, В. С.; Рубцов, Г.; Rueger, M; Rybov, V G; Самолига, В.; Satunin, Petr; Saunkin, A; Savinov, V.; Semeney, Yu.; Шайбонов, Б. А.; Силаев, А.; Скурихин, А. В.; Slunečka, M.; Spiering, Christian; Свешникова, Л.; Таболенко, В. А.; Tkachenko, A.; Ткачев, Л.; Tluczykont, M.; Veslopopov, A; Veslopopova, E; Voronov, D; Wischnewski, R.; Yurin, K. O.; Загородников, А.; Zirakashvili, V. N.; Зурбанов, В. Л.

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“…The IACTs are of Davis-Cotton type with alt-azimuth mount, total mirror area of 9.6 m 2 (34 mirrors, each has diameter 0.60 m), the driving angular accuracy is up to 0.02°. The imaging camera with weight ~ 200 kg and diameter of sensitive area of ~0.8 m [7] is based on a matrix of PMTs with FrontEnd and DAQ electronics and is fixed at the focal length of 4.75 m in front of the mirror dish. The EAS Cherenkov light is focused on the camera by the 34 mirror facets of 9.5 m curvature radius.…”

Section: The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopementioning

confidence: 99%

TAIGA observatory: IACT fabrication and tests

Sagan¹,

Астапов²,

Bezyazeekov³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2019)

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Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) are one of the key parts of the TAIGA observatory, which is designed to study gamma rays and charged cosmic rays in the energy range of 10 13 eV-10 18 eV. The current prototype phase comprises three IACTs. The first IACT was fabricated at JINR, Dubna, and started its first commissioning season in the Tunka valley in 2017. The second one has been assembled there in fall 2018, the third structure one is ready for installation in autumn 2019. This report presents the main TAIGA IACT characteristics and results from pointing performance studies in the last 2 seasons. We also describe R&D activities started to fabricate focusing glass mirrors at JINR, and give results for the first prototypes measurements.

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Section: The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopementioning

confidence: 99%

TAIGA observatory: IACT fabrication and tests

Sagan¹,

Астапов²,

Bezyazeekov³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2019)

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“…Currently, the TAIGA-HiSCORE array is composed of 28 optical stations distributed in a regular grid over a surface area of 0.25 km 2 with an inter-station spacing of 106 m (Fig. 6) [37]. All stations are tilted into the southern direction by 25 • to increase the time for study gamma-quanta fluxes from the first test object-the Crab Nebula.…”

Section: The Taiga Prototype-2017mentioning

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

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We present the current status of high-energy cosmic-ray physics and gamma-ray astronomy at the Tunka Astrophysical Center (AC). This complex is located in the Tunka Valley, about 50 km from Lake Baikal. Present efforts are focused on the construction of the first stage of the gamma-ray observatory TAIGA -the TAIGA prototype. TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma Astronomy) is designed for the study of gamma rays and charged cosmic rays in the energy range 10 13 eV-10 18 eV. The array includes a network of wide angle timing Cherenkov stations (TAIGA-HiSCORE), each with a FOV = 0.6 sr, plus up to 16 IACTs (FOV -10 • × 10 • ). This part covers an area of 5 km 2 . Additional muon detectors (TAIGA-Muon), with a total coverage of 2000 m 2 , are distributed over an area of 1 km 2 .

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“…The Cherenkov camera of the telescope image consists of 547 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and has a field of view of about 10x10 degrees . The angular resolution of the Cherenkov camera is 0.36 degrees per pixel [10]. On the camera of the atmospheric Cherenkov telescope 8 LEDs of artificial light are located along the perimeter.…”

Section: The Taiga-iact Telescopementioning

confidence: 99%

Software design for the TAIGA-IACT telescope pointing and control system

Zhurov¹,

Gress²,

Астапов³

et al. 2017

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

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In TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic ray physics and Gamma-ray Astronomy) detector we are commissioning the first Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). The telescope drive system comprises a motor controller and two stepper motors for axis control. For the pointing calibration of the telescope a CCD-camera is installed on the reflector dish of the telescope. The position of the CCD-camera allows us capturing both the Cherenkov camera and the observed source. In this report we describe the telescope positioning and the drive system software as well as the control of the CCD-camera data acquisition, archiving and processing system.

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The Taiga project

Cited by 8 publications

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TAIGA observatory: IACT fabrication and tests

TAIGA observatory: IACT fabrication and tests

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

Software design for the TAIGA-IACT telescope pointing and control system

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