Upgrade of TAIGA-Muon scintillation counters
Monkhoev R. D.1, Astapov I. I.2, Bezyazeekov P. A.1, Bonvech E. A.3, Borodin A. N.4, Budnev N. M.1, Bulan A. V. 3, Vaidyanathan A. 5, Volkov N.V. 6, Volchugov P.A. 3, Voronin D. M.7, Gafarov A. R. 1, Garmash A. Yu. 5,8, Grebenyuk V. M. 4,9, Gress E. O. 1, Gress O. A. 1, Gress T. I. 1, Grinyuk A. A. 4, Grishin O. G. 1, Dyachok A. N. 1, Zhurov D. P. 1,10, Zagorodnikov A. V. 1, Ivanova A. D. 1,11, Ivanova A. L. 1,5, Iliushin M. A.1, Kalmykov N. N. 3, Kindin V. V. 2, Kiryuhin S. N. 1, Kokoulin R. P. 2, Kolosov N. I. 1, Kompaniets K. G. 2, Korosteleva E. E. 3, Kozhin V. A. 3, Kravchenko E. A. 5,8, Kryukov A. P. 3, Kuzmichev L. A. 3, Chiavassa A. 12, Lagutin A. A. 6, Lavrova M. V. 4, Lemeshev Yu. E. 1, Lubsandorzhiev B. K. 7, Lubsandorzhiev N. B. 3, Malakhov S. D. 1, Mirgazov R. R. 1, Okuneva E. A. 3, Osipova E. A. 3, Pakhorukov A. L. 1, Pan A. 4, Panov A. D. 3, Pankov L. V. 1, Petrukhin A. A. 2, Podgrudkov D. A.3, Popova E. G. 3, Postnikov E. B. 3, Prosin V. V. 3, Ptuskin V. S. 13, Pushnin A. A. 1, Razumov A. Yu. 3, Raikin R. I. 6, Rubtsov G. I. 7, Rjabov E. V. 1, Samoliga V. S. 1, Satyshev I.4, Silaev A. A. 3, Silaev Jr. A. A.3, Sidorenkov A. Yu. 7, Skurikhin A. V. 3, Sokolov A. V. 5,8, Sveshnikova L. G. 3, Tabolenko V. A. 1, Tanaev A. B. 1, Ternovoy M. Yu. 1, Tkachev L. G. 4,9, Ushakov N. A. 7, Chernov D. V.3, Yashin I. I. 2
1Research Institute of Applied Physics, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia
2National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, Moscow, Russia
3Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow, Russia
4Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
5Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
6Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia
7 Institute for Nuclear Research of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian
8Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
9Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
10Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia
11Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
12National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Torino, Italy
13Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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In 2019, in addition to the operating Tunka-Grande array, the construction of the TAIGA-Muon scintillation array began. Both experiments are part of the TAIGA astrophysical complex aimed at solving fundamental problems in the field of cosmic ray physics and gamma-ray astronomy. The paper provides a description of the TAIGA-Muon array and the results of test operation. A new configuration of clusters and a project for an updated design of scintillation counters are also presented. Keywords: cosmic rays, extensive air shower, TAIGA-Muon scintillation array, TAIGA astrophysical complex.
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