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Tunka-Grande Scintillation Plant: Status, Results, and Plans

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The Tunka-Grande scintillation facility is part of the TAIGA (Tunka Advanced Instrument for cosmic rays and Gamma Astronomy) astrophysical complex located in the Tunka Valley (Republic of Buryatia, Russia) 50 km from Lake Baikal. The purpose of the experiment is to study the energy spectrum and mass composition of primary cosmic rays (PCRs), as well as search for diffuse gamma radiation in the energy range of \({{10}^{{16}}}-{{10}^{{18}}}\) eV. This paper presents a description of the installation and the main scientific results obtained during the first 5 years of its operation.

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  1. For a list of TAIGA collaboration participants, see [1].

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This work was carried out at the Astrophysical Complex of Moscow State University-ISU, agreement EB 075-15-2021-675, with support from the Russian Science Foundation, 23-72-00016 (sections 5 and 6) and 23-72-00019 (section 7); the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, agreement EB-075-15-2021-675; and State Tasks FZZE-2020-0017, FZZE-2023-00004, FSUS-2020-0039, and FSUS-2022-0015.

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Monkhoev, R.D. Tunka-Grande Scintillation Plant: Status, Results, and Plans. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 20, 1002–1015 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477123050552

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