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TUNKA-133: A new array for the study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

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A new array for studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays was inaugurated in 2009 in the Tunka Valley, about 50 km from Lake Baikal. Having an area of 1 km2, the new facility allows us to study cosmic rays with energies of 1015–1018 eV via the a unified method for registering Cherenkov radiation from extensive air showers (EASes) and is making a substantial contribution to understanding the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. We describe the current state of the experiment, the new methodological approach, our initial results, and the plans for further development of the array.

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  1. Skobel’tsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    B. V. Antokhonov, S. F. Berezhnev, A. V. Zablotsky, N. N. Kalmykov, N. I. Karpov, V. A. Kozhin, E. E. Korosteleva, L. A. Kuzmichev, M. I. Panasyuk, V. V. Prosin, A. A. Silaev, A. V. Skurikhin & I. V. Yashin

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

    N. M. Budnev, O. A. Gress, A. N. Diachok, A. V. Zagorodnikov, A. V. Korobchenko, R. R. Mirgazov, L. V. Pankov, Yu. A. Semeney, A. A. Silaev Jr. & O. A. Chvalaiev

  3. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    B. K. Lubsandorzhiev & B. A. Shaibonov Jr.

  4. IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190, Russia

    V. S. Ptuskin

  5. DESY-Zeuthen, 15738, Zeuthen, Germany

    R. Wischnevski & Ch. Spiering

  6. Dipartimento di Fisica Generale Universita’ di Torino and INFN, 10125, Torino, Italy

    A. Chiavassa

  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA

    D. Besson, M. Stokham & J. Snyder

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Original Russian Text © B.V. Antokhonov, S.F. Berezhnev, D. Besson, N.M. Budnev, R. Wischnevski, O.A. Gress, A.N. Diachok, A.V. Zablotsky, A.V. Zagorodnikov, N.N. Kalmykov, N.I. Karpov, V.A. Kozhin, E.E. Korosteleva, A.V. Korobchenko, L.A. Kuzmichev, A. Chiavassa, B.K. Lubsandorzhiev, R.R. Mirgazov, M.I. Panasyuk, L.V. Pankov, V.V. Prosin, V.S. Ptuskin, Yu.A. Semeney, A.A. Silaev, Sr, A.A. Silaev, Jr, A.V. Skurikhin, M. Stokham, O.A. Chvalaiev, B.A. Shaibonov Jr., J. Snyder, Ch. Spiering, I.V. Yashin, 2011, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2011, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 396–399.

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Antokhonov, B.V., Berezhnev, S.F., Besson, D. et al. TUNKA-133: A new array for the study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 75, 367–370 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873811030075

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