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Primary gamma ray selection in a hybrid timing/imaging Cherenkov array
This work is a methodical study on hybrid reconstruction techniques for
hybrid imaging/timing Cherenkov observations. This type of hybrid array is to
be realized at the gamma-observatory TAIGA intended for very high energy
gamma-ray astronomy (>30 TeV). It aims at combining the cost-effective
timing-array technique with imaging telescopes. Hybrid operation of both of
these techniques can lead to a relatively cheap way of development of a large
area array. The joint approach of gamma event selection was investigated on
both types of simulated data: the image parameters from the telescopes, and the
shower parameters reconstructed from the timing array. The optimal set of
imaging parameters and shower parameters to be combined is revealed. The cosmic
ray background suppression factor depending on distance and energy is
calculated. The optimal selection technique leads to cosmic ray background
suppression of about 2 orders of magnitude on distances up to 450 m for
energies greater than 50 TeV.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures; proceedings of the 19th International Symposium
on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2016
Lower critical field and SNS-Andreev spectroscopy of 122-arsenides: Evidence of nodeless superconducting gap
Using two experimental techniques, we studied single crystals of the 122-FeAs
family with almost the same critical temperature, Tc. We investigated the
temperature dependence of the lower critical field of a single crystal under
static magnetic fields parallel to the axis. The temperature dependence of the
London penetration depth can be described equally well either by a single
anisotropic -wave-like gap or by a two-gap model, while a d-wave approach
cannot be used to fit the London penetration depth data. Intrinsic multiple
Andreev reflection effect spectroscopy was used to detect bulk gap values in
single crystals of the intimate compound, with the same Tc. We estimated the
range of the large gap value 6-8 meV (depending on small variation of and its a
space anisotropy of about 30%, and the small gap 1.7 meV. This clearly
indicates that the gap structure of our investigated systems more likely
corresponds to a nodeless s-wave two gaps.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Correlation analysis between inflammatory biomarkers and significant clinical phenotypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
The correlation analysis revealed very strong relationships between the levels of all the bi-omarkers studied. The highest values of the Kendall rank correlation coefficient (τ) were determined be-tween the levels of all the inflammatory biomarkers in subgroups of patients with chronic bronchitis and mixed COPD phenotype
The Tunka Experiment: Towards a 1-km^2 Cherenkov EAS Array in the Tunka Valley
The project of an EAS Cherenkov array in the Tunka valley/Siberia with an
area of about 1 km^2 is presented. The new array will have a ten times bigger
area than the existing Tunka-25 array and will permit a detailed study of the
cosmic ray energy spectrum and the mass composition in the energy range from
10^15 to 10^18 eV.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, to be published in IJMP
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