Speaker
Mr
Oleg Gress
(API ISU)
Description
The new TAIGA-HiSCORE non-imaging Cherenkov array aims to detect air showers induced
by gamma rays above 30 TeV and to study cosmic ray above 100 TeV. TAIGA-HiSCORE
represents an array of wide field of view (0.6 sr) integrating air Cherenkov detector stations,
placed of 100 m from each other. They cover an area of initially ~ 0.25 km2 (array prototype) to ~
5 km2 at the final phase of the experiment. Each station includes 4 neighbored PMTs with 20 or
25 cm diameter, equipped with light guides shaped as Winstone cone. We describe the design,
specifications of the read-out, DAQ and control and monitoring systems of the array. The present
28 detector stations of the TAIGA-HiSCORE engineering setup are in operation since September
2015. Preliminary results of date taking are presented.
Primary author
Mr
Oleg Gress
(API ISU)
