Abstract

In 1960, in the COSMIC RAYS Laboratory at the Crimean Station of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, an installation was developed for the first time, intended to search for local sources of cosmic particles, i.e., high-energy primary photons in a given direction by Cherenkov radiation in air from extensive air showers caused by them. The search was performed against the night airglow in moonless and cloudless nights. The system could be directed to any sky point (visible at a given observation level) where a possible source is arranged. Various arrival directions from individual space objects at photon energies of ~10¹³ eV were investigated. The experiment laid the foundation of wide application of such detectors.

中文翻译：

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列别杰夫物理研究所 EAS Cherenkov 辐射在给定方向上搜索宇宙粒子源的第一个装置开发 60 周年

摘要

1960年，在俄罗斯科学院列别杰夫物理研究所克里米亚站的宇宙射线实验室中，首次开发了一个装置，旨在寻找宇宙粒子的局部来源，即高能初级光子由切伦科夫辐射在空气中由它们引起的广泛空气淋浴的给定方向。搜索是在无月无云的夜晚对着夜光进行的。该系统可以指向任何可能的源所在的天空点（在给定的观测水平上可见）。研究了来自单个空间物体在~10 ¹³ eV光子能量下的各种到达方向。该实验为此类探测器的广泛应用奠定了基础。