Gamma-ray astronomy with a large muon detector in the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Journal Article · Mon Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1878481· OSTI ID:20630548

Di Sciascio, G; Di Girolamo, T; Megna, R; Saggese, L ^[1]; Fratini, K ^[2]

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1. INFN, sez. di Napoli (Italy)
2. INFN, sez. di Roma 3 (Italy)

The ARGO-YBJ experiment, currently under construction at the YangBaJing Laboratory (Tibet, P.R. China, 4300 m a.s.l.), could be upgraded with a large ({approx} 2500 m2) muon detector both to extend the sensitivity to {gamma}-ray sources to energies greater than {approx} 20 TeV and to perform a cosmic ray primary composition study. In this paper we present an evaluation of the rejection power for proton-induced showers achievable with the upgraded ARGO-YBJ detector. Minimum detectable {gamma}-ray fluxes are calculated for different experimental setups.

• OSTI ID: 20630548
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 745, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international symposium on high energy gamma-ray astronomy, Heidelberg (Germany), 26-30 Jul 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1878481; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CONSTRUCTION
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC MUONS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC PROTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COSMIC SHOWERS
EVALUATION
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
MUON DETECTION
SENSITIVITY
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
TEV RANGE
TIBET