Simulation of the hybrid Tunka AdvancedInternational Gamma-ray and Cosmic rayAstrophysics (TAIGA)статья
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Аннотация:Up to several 10s of TeV, Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) have proven to be
the instruments of choice for GeV/TeV gamma-ray astronomy due to their good reconstrucion
quality and gamma-hadron separation power. However, sensitive observations at and above 100
TeV require very large effective areas (10 km2
and more), which is difficult and expensive to
achieve.
The alternative to IACTs are shower front sampling arrays (non-imaging technique or
timing-arrays) with a large area and a wide field of view. Such experiments provide good core
position, energy and angular resolution, but only poor gamma-hadron separation. Combining
both experimental approaches, using the strengths of both techniques, could optimize the
sensitivity to the highest energies.
The TAIGA project plans to combine the non-imaging HiSCORE [8] array with small
(∼10m2
) imaging telescopes. This paper covers simulation results of this hybrid approach