Horizon
-
T
is a
n innovative
detector
system
constructed to
study
Extensive Air Showers
(EAS)
in the energy range above 10
16
eV
coming from a wide range of zenith angles (0
o
-
85
o
).
The system is
located
at
Tien Shan high
-
altitude
Science Station
of
Lebedev Physical Institute of
the Russian Academy of Sciences
at approximately 3340 meters above the sea level.
It consists
of
eight
charged particle
detection points
separated by the distance up to one kilometer
as well as
optical detector subsystem to view the Vavilov
-
Cherenkov
light from the EAS.
The time resolution of charged particles and
Vavilov
-
Cherenkov
light
photons passage
of
the detector system is a few ns. This level of resolution allows conducting research of
atmos
pheric
development of individual EAS
