CAMERA-OBSCURA NETWORK - AN ARRAY FOR REGISTRATION OF EAS CERENKOV RADIATION IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH-INTENSITY SKY NOISE

The high brightness of the Cerenkov radiation from EAS of superhigh an d ultrahigh energies makes it possible to obtain EAS images with the h elp of a point-like aperture camera (a camera obscura). The skylight n oise in this camera is greatly suppressed compared with traditional EA S Cerenkov detectors. An array of many camera obscuras is able to regi ster EAS Cerenkov radiation in the presence of high-intensity sky nois e-on full-moon nights or even at twilight. The ability of the imaging camera to select EAS events makes it possible to design a relatively s imple data acquisition system for an array of thousands of cameras.