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The surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment · 2012 · Vol. 689 · pp. 87–97

T. Abu‐Zayyad✉(University of Utah)R. Aida(University of Yamanashi)M. Allen(University of Utah)R. J. Anderson(University of Utah)R. Azuma(Tokyo Institute of Technology)E. Barcikowski(University of Utah)John Belz(University of Utah)D. R. Bergman(University of Utah)S. A. Blake(University of Utah)R. Cady(University of Utah)B. G. Cheon(Hanyang University)J. Chiba(Tokyo University of Science)M. Chikawa(Kindai University)E.J. Cho(Hanyang University)WONBO CHO(Yonsei University)H. Fujii(Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies)Toshihiro Fujii(Osaka City University)Tatsuya Fukuda(Tokyo Institute of Technology)M. Fukushima(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe)Dmitry Gorbunov(Institute for Nuclear Research)W. Hanlon(University of Utah)K. Hayashi(Tokyo Institute of Technology)Y. Hayashi(Osaka City University)N. Hayashida(Kanagawa University)K. Hibino(Kanagawa University)K. Hiyama(The University of Tokyo)K. Honda(University of Yamanashi)T. Iguchi(Tokyo Institute of Technology)D. Ikeda(The University of Tokyo)K. Ikuta(University of Yamanashi)Naoko Inoue(Saitama University)Takaaki Ishii(University of Yamanashi)R. Ishimori(Tokyo Institute of Technology)D. Ivanov(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)Satoshi Iwamoto(University of Yamanashi)C. C. H. Jui(University of Utah)K. Kadota(Tokyo City University)F. Kakimoto(Tokyo Institute of Technology)O. Kalashev(Institute for Nuclear Research)T. Kanbe(University of Yamanashi)K. Kasahara(Waseda University)H. Kawai(Chiba University)S. Kawakami(Osaka City University)S. Kawana(Saitama University)E. Kido(The University of Tokyo)H.B. Kim(Hanyang University)H.K. Kim(Yonsei University)Jae Hyeon Kim(Hanyang University)J.H. Kim(Hanyang University)K. Kitamoto(Kindai University)Kazuyoshi Kobayashi(Tokyo Institute of Technology)Y. Kobayashi(Tokyo Institute of Technology)Yutaka Kondo(The University of Tokyo)K. Kuramoto(Osaka City University)V. Kuzmin(Institute for Nuclear Research)Y.-J. Kwon(Yonsei University)S. I. Lim(Ewha Womans University)S. Machida(Tokyo Institute of Technology)K. Martens(The University of Tokyo)Jason Martineau(University of Utah)T. Matsuda(Tokyo Institute of Technology)T. Matsuura(Tokyo Institute of Technology)T. Matsuyama(Osaka City University)J. N. Matthews(University of Utah)I. Myers(University of Utah)M. Minamino(Osaka City University)Kikuko Miyata(Tokyo University of Science)H. Miyauchi(Osaka City University)Y. Murano(Tokyo Institute of Technology)T. Nakamura(Kōchi University)Wonwoo Nam(Ewha Womans University)T. Nonaka(The University of Tokyo)S. Ogio(Osaka City University)M. Ohnishi(The University of Tokyo)H. Ohoka(The University of Tokyo)K. Oki(The University of Tokyo)D. Oku(Osaka City University)T. Okuda(Osaka City University)A. Oshima(Osaka City University)S. Ozawa(Waseda University)I.H. Park(Ewha Womans University)М. С. Пширков(Université Libre de Bruxelles)D. Rodriguez(University of Utah)Soonyoung Roh(Chungnam National University)Г. И. Рубцов(Institute for Nuclear Research)Dongsu Ryu(Chungnam National University)H. Sagawa(The University of Tokyo)N. Sakurai(Osaka City University)Anthony Sampson(University of Utah)L. M. Scott(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)P. D. Shah(University of Utah)F. Shibata(University of Yamanashi)T. Shibata(The University of Tokyo)Hidetoshi Shimodaira(The University of Tokyo)B. K. Shin(Hanyang University)B. K. Shin(Yonsei University)T. Shirahama(Saitama University)J. D. Smith(University of Utah)P. Sokolsky(University of Utah)T. Sonley(University of Utah)R. W. Springer(University of Utah)B. T. Stokes(University of Utah)S. R. Stratton(University of Utah)T. A. Stroman(University of Utah)Shinya Suzuki(The University of Tokyo)Yoshiyuki Takahashi(The University of Tokyo)Masatoshi Takeda(The University of Tokyo)A. Taketa(The University of Tokyo)M. Takita(The University of Tokyo)Y. Tameda(The University of Tokyo)Hidekazu Tanaka(Osaka City University)K. Tanaka(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe)M. Tanaka(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe)S. B. Thomas(University of Utah)G. B. Thomson(University of Utah)P. Tinyakov(Université Libre de Bruxelles)I. Tkachev(The University of Tokyo)H. Tokuno(Tokyo Institute of Technology)T. Tomida(University of Yamanashi)S. Troitsky(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe)Y. Tsunesada(Tokyo Institute of Technology)K. Tsutsumi(Tokyo Institute of Technology)Y. Tsuyuguchi(University of Yamanashi)Y. Uchihori(National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology)S. Udo(Kanagawa University)H. Ukai(University of Yamanashi)G. Vasiloff(University of Utah)Yuuki Wada(Saitama University)Tony Wong(University of Utah)M. H. Wood(University of Utah)Yuji Yamakawa(The University of Tokyo)H. Yamaoka(The University of Tokyo)K. Yamazaki(Osaka City University)J. Yang(Ewha Womans University)S. Yoshida(Chiba University)H. Yoshii(Ehime University)R. Zollinger(University of Utah)Z. Zundel(University of Utah)

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Abstract

The Telescope Array (TA) experiment, located in the western desert of Utah, USA, is designed for the observation of extensive air showers from extremely high energy cosmic rays. The experiment has a surface detector array surrounded by three fluorescence detectors to enable simultaneous detection of shower particles at ground level and fluorescence photons along the shower track. The TA surface detectors and fluorescence detectors started full hybrid observation in March, 2008. In this article we describe the design and technical features of the TA surface detector.

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Radio Astronomy Observations and TechnologyAir showerDetectorTelescopeCosmic rayOpticsPhysicsRemote sensingAstronomyGeology

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National Research Foundation of Korea
Russian Academy of Sciences

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