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Current status and prospects of surface detector of the TAx4 experiment

  • the Telescope Array Collaboration
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • University of Utah
  • Osaka Metropolitan University
  • Hanyang University
  • Tokyo University of Science
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Kyoto University
  • Shinshu University
  • Kanagawa University
  • University of Yamanashi
  • Saitama University
  • RIKEN
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Tokyo City University
  • Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Shibaura Institute of Technology
  • Osaka Electro-Communication University
  • Chiba University

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Abstract

Telescope Array (TA) is the largest observatory in the Northern Hemisphere to detect ultrahigh energy cosmic-rays (UHECRs). A surface detector (SD) array covers approximately 700 km2, and the SD array is surrounded by three fluorescence detector (FD) stations. TA has found evidence for a cluster of cosmic rays with energies greater than 57 EeV from the TA SD data. In order to confirm this evidence with more data, we started the TAx4 experiment which expands the detection area using new SDs and FDs. We started construction of new SDs which are arranged in a square grid with 2.08 km spacing at the north east and south east of the TA SD array. More than half of the new SDs are already deployed and running. We present the current status of the TAx4 SD, trigger efficiency and exposure prospects for the highest energy part of the cosmic ray spectrum.

Original languageEnglish
Article number203
JournalProceedings of Science
Volume395
StatePublished - 18 Mar 2022
Event37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany
Duration: 12 Jul 202123 Jul 2021

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