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Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays, According to TUNKA-133 and TAIGA-HiSCORE EAS Cherenkov Light Data

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The Tunka-133 Cherenkov complex for recording extensive air showers (EAS) collected data over seven winters from 2009 to 2017. The differential energy spectra of all particles was acquired in the 6 × 1015–3 × 1018 eV range of energies over 2175 h. The TAIGA-HiSCORE complex is continually being expanded and upgraded. Data acquired by 30 first-line stations over 35 days during the period 2017–2018 is analyzed in this work. As at the Tunka-133 setup, the primary particle energies above 1015 eV are measured using the density of the Cherenkov light flux at a distance of 200 m from a shower’s axis. Data on lower energies are collected by determining the energy of the light flux near a shower’s axis. This results in a spectrum of 2 × 1014–1017 eV. The combined spectrum for the two systems covers a range of 2 × 1014–2 × 1018 eV.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Our experiments were performed on equipment at the Tunka Astrophysical Shared Resource Center under an agreement with the RF Ministry of Education and Science, unique identifier no. RFMEFI59317X0005.

Funding

This work was supported by the RF Ministry of Education and Science as part of State Task nos. 3.9678.2017/BCh, 3.904.2017/PCh, 3.6787.2017/ITR, and 1.6790.2017/ITR; and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 16-29-13035.

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  1. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. V. Prosin, N. N. Kalmykov, V. A. Kozhin, E. E. Korosteleva, L. A. Kuzmichev, N. B. Lubsandorzhiev, E. A. Osipova, M. I. Panasyuk, E. G. Popova, E. B. Postnikov, L. G. Sveshnikova, A. A. Silaev, A. A. Silaev & A. V. Skurikhin

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russia

    I. I. Astapov, V. V. Kindin, R. P. Kokoulin, K. G. Kompaniets, A. A. Petrukhin & I. I. Yashin

  3. Institute of Applied Physics, Irkutsk State University, 664003, Irkutsk, Russia

    P. A. Bezyazeekov, N. M. Budnev, A. R. Gafarov, O. A. Gress, T. I. Gress, O. G. Grishin, A. N. Dyachok, D. P. Zhurov, A. V. Zagorodnikov, V. L. Zurbanov, A. L. Ivanova, Yu. A. Kazarina, S. N. Kiryuhin, Yu. Lemeshev, V. V. Lenok, R. R. Mirgazov, R. Mirzoyan, R. D. Monkhoev, L. V. Pankov, A. L. Pakhorukov, V. A. Poleschuk, A. A. Pushnin, E. V. Rjabov, V. S. Samoliga, Yu. A. Semeney, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Tarashansky & O. L. Fedorov

  4. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia

    V. Boreyko, A. N. Borodin, N. V. Gorbunov, V. M. Grebenyuk, A. A. Grinyuk, B. M. Sabirov, Y. I. Sagan, M. Slunecka, L. G. Tkachev & A. V. Tkachenko

  5. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 15738, Zeuthen, Germany

    M. Brueckner, R. Wischnewski, A. Porelli & C. Spiering

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    A. Yu. Garmash, P. S. Kirilenko, E. A. Kravchenko & A. V. Sokolov

  7. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    A. Yu. Garmash, E. A. Kravchenko & A. V. Sokolov

  8. Dubna University, 141982, Dubna, Russia

    V. M. Grebenyuk, Y. I. Sagan & L. G. Tkachev

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    M. Kunnas, M. Tluczykont & D. Horns

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    A. Chiavassa

  11. Altai State University, 656049, Barnaul, Russia

    A. A. Lagutin & R. I. Raikin

  12. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142190, Moscow, Russia

    B. K. Lubsandorzhiev, G. I. Rubtsov & A. Yu. Sidorenkov

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    R. Mirzoyan

  14. Institute of Space Sciences, 077125, Bucharest, Romania

    M. Popescu

  15. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, the Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142190, Moscow, Russia

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Prosin, V.V., Astapov, I.I., Bezyazeekov, P.A. et al. Energy Spectrum of Primary Cosmic Rays, According to TUNKA-133 and TAIGA-HiSCORE EAS Cherenkov Light Data. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 83, 1016–1019 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873819080343

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