Search for GeV gamma-ray bursts with the ARGO-YBJ detector: summary of eight years of observations

Journal Article · Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/82· OSTI ID:22370439

Bartoli, B.; Catalanotti, S.; Piazzoli, B. D'Ettorre; Di Girolamo, T. ^[1]; Bernardini, P.; D'Amone, A.; De Mitri, I. ^[2]; Bi, X. J.; Cao, Z.; Chen, S. Z. ^[3]; Branchini, P.; Budano, A. ^[4]; Camarri, P. ^[5]; Cardarelli, R.; Sciascio, G. Di ^[6]; Chen, T. L.; Danzengluobu, ^[7]; Creti, P. ^[8]; Cui, S. W. ^[9]; others, and

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Napoli "Federico II," Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli (Italy)
2. Dipartimento Matematica e Fisica "Ennio De Giorgi," Università del Salento, via per Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce (Italy)
3. Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 918, 100049 Beijing (China)
4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Roma (Italy)
5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma "Tor Vergata," via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma (Italy)
7. Tibet University, 850000 Lhasa, Xizang (China)
8. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce, via per Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce (Italy)
9. Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, Hebei (China)

The search for gamma-ray burst (GRB) emission in the energy range of 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the satellite detection has been carried out using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) experiment. The high-altitude location (4300 m a.s.l.), the large active surface (∼6700 m{sup 2} of Resistive Plate Chambers), the wide field of view (∼2 sr, limited only by the atmospheric absorption), and the high duty cycle (>86%) make the ARGO-YBJ experiment particularly suitable to detect short and unexpected events like GRBs. With the scaler mode technique, i.e., counting all the particles hitting the detector with no measurement of the primary energy and arrival direction, the minimum threshold of ∼1 GeV can be reached, overlapping the direct measurements carried out by satellites. During the experiment lifetime from 2004 December 17 to 2013 February 7, a total of 206 GRBs occurring within the ARGO-YBJ field of view (zenith angle θ ≤ 45°) have been analyzed. This is the largest sample of GRBs investigated with a ground-based detector. Two light curve models have been assumed and since in both cases no significant excess has been found, the corresponding fluence upper limits in the 1-100 GeV energy region have been derived, with values as low as 10{sup –5} erg cm{sup –2}. The analysis of a subset of 24 GRBs with known redshift has been used to constrain the fluence extrapolation to the GeV region together with possible cutoffs under different assumptions on the spectrum.

• OSTI ID: 22370439
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 794, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ABSORPTION
ALTITUDE
ASTROPHYSICS
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
DETECTION
EMISSION
EXTRAPOLATION
GEV RANGE
LIFETIME
RED SHIFT
SATELLITES
SPECTRA
SURFACES
VISIBLE RADIATION