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Ultra-High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy with the Carpet Air Shower Array at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory

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The Carpet facility of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory (Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences) was put into operation in 1974. However, it has been modernized more than once and extended and continues to function according to several research programs. In this paper a review is given of the main results in the field of UHE gamma ray astronomy that were obtained with the Carpet array over the entire time of its operation. The current status of the array and a new stage in its development are also discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation under the contract 075-15-2020-778 of the Program of large scientific projects of the Nauka national project. The research has been made with Unique Scientific Facility BUST (Baksan Underground Scintillation Telescope) of the Baksan Neutrino Observatory, Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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    V. S. Romanenko, V. B. Petkov & A. S. Lidvansky

  2. Astronomy Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

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Romanenko, V.S., Petkov, V.B. & Lidvansky, A.S. Ultra-High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy with the Carpet Air Shower Array at the Baksan Neutrino Observatory. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 134, 440–448 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776122040094

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