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At the Haverah Park Array a number of air shower observables were measured that are relevant to the determination of the mass composition of cosmic rays. In this paper we discuss measurements of the risetime of signals in large area…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Ave , L. Cazon , J. A. Hinton , J. Knapp , J. LLoyd-Evans , A. A. Watson

Comparing the signals measured by the surface and underground scintillator detectors of the Yakutsk Extensive Air Shower Array, we place upper limits on the integral flux and the fraction of primary cosmic-ray photons with energies E >…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-09-16 A. V. Glushkov , I. T. Makarov , M. I. Pravdin , I. E. Sleptsov , D. S. Gorbunov , G. I. Rubtsov , S. V. Troitsky

The simulation of the Cherenkov light lateral distribution function (LDF) in Extensive Air Showers (EAS) was perfomed with the CORSIKA code in the energy range 10^13-10^16 eV for configuration of the Tunka-25 EAS array. On the basis of this…

We present new data on Cherenkov light observations obtained during the period 1994-2009, after a modernization of the Yakutsk EAS array. A complex analysis of $\xmax$ and its fluctuations $\sigma(\xmax)$ was performed over a wide energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 S. P. Knurenko , A. Sabourov

Experimental results from Haverah Park, Yakutsk, AGASA and Fly's Eye are reviewed. All these experiments work in the energy range above 0.1 EeV. The 'dip' structure around 3 EeV in the energy spectrum is well established by all the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Shigeru Yoshida , Hongyue Dai

The Cherenkov light lateral distribution function (LDF) was simulated with the CORSIKA code, in the energy range (10^13-10^16) eV. This simulation was performed for conditions and configurations of the Tunka EAS Cherenkov array for two…

General Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 A. A. Al-Rubaiee , U. Hashim , Marwah M. , Y. Al-Douri

The arrival directions of ultrahigh energy extensive air showers (EAS) by Yakutsk, AGASA, P. Auger array data are analyzed. For the first time, the maps of equal exposition of celestial sphere for the distribution of particles by AGASA and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-18 A. A. Mikhailov

Experimental data obtained at the Yakutsk array after the modernization in 1993 are analyzed. The characteristics of EAS longitudinal and radial development found from the charged particle flux and EAS Cherenkov light registered at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. P. Knurenko , A. A. Ivanov , M. I. Pravdin , A. V. Sabourov , I. Ye. Sleptsov

Characteristics of the muon component in EAS are analyzed together with their fluctuations. The aim of this analysis -- a comparison of experimental data with computational results obtained within frameworks of various hadron interaction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-07 S. P. Knurenko , A. K. Makarov , M. I. Pravdin , A. Sabourov

Arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) exhibit mainly an isotropic distribution with some small deviations in particular energy bins. In this paper, the Yakutsk array data are tested for circular uniformity of arrival…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-24 A. A. Ivanov

The ratio of the muon flux density to charged particle flux density at distances of 300 and 600 m from the shower axis ($\rhom(300)/\rhos(300)$ and $\rhom(600)/\rhos(600)$) is measured. In addition, the energy dependence of $\rhom(1000)$ is…

The two most powerful extensive air showers (EAS) with energies of about $10^{20}$ eV, registered at the Yakutsk EAS array during the entire observation period of 1974-2024, are considered. Both showers hit the array near the center and…

Existing small, medium and large arrays for the study of cosmic rays of ultra-high energies are aimed for obtaining information about our galaxy and extragalactic space, namely to search and study astronomical objects that produce the flux…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-07 Stanislav Knurenko , Igor Petrov

The aim of the Yakutsk array enhancement project is to create an instrument to study the highest-energy galactic cosmic rays (CRs) -- their sources, energy spectrum, and mass composition. Additionally, there will be unique capabilities for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-24 A. A. Ivanov , S. P. Knurenko , Z. E. Petrov , M. I. Pravdin , I. Ye. Sleptsov

The current studies of cosmic rays are focused on most energetic particles entering the atmosphere and producing a single Extensive Air Shower (EAS). There are, however, models predicting that interactions of high energy particles may…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-10 Weronika Stanek , Jerzy Pryga

The paper describes the techniques and method of registration of air shower radio emission at the Yakutsk array of extensive air showers at a frequency of 32 MHz. At this stage, emission registration involves two set of antennas, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-30 I. Petrov , S. Knurenko , Z. Petrov

We analyze temporal characteristics of signals from the wide field-of-view (WFOV) Cherenkov telescope (CT) detecting extensive air showers (EAS) of cosmic rays (CR) in coincidence with surface detectors of the Yakutsk array. Our aim is to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-24 A. A. Ivanov , L. V. Timofeev

The paper presents short technical description of Yakutsk Radio Array and some preliminary results obtained from measurements of radio emission at 32 MHz frequency induced by air shower particles with energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-13 S. P. Knurenko , I. S. Petrov

Results are presented that were obtained by analysing the arrival directions of E0 > 8x10**18 eV primary cosmic rays recorded at the Yakutsk array over the period between 1974 and 2003 and at the SUGAR array (Australia). The greatest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-27 A. V. Glushkov

The distribution of the arrival zenith angle of the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with a wide range of a total number of charged particles is studied using the experimental data obtained using the EAS 4-detector array 'TSU' in Tbilisi. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-16 Yu. G. Verbetsky , M. S. Svanidze , A. Iashvili , I. Iashvili , L. Kakabadze