The Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System (AGIS) - Simulation Studies

Journal Article · Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3076812· OSTI ID:21255192

Maier, G ^[1]; Buckley, J; Bugaev, V ^[2]; Fegan, S; Vassiliev, V V ^[3]; Funk, S ^[4]; Konopelko, A ^[5]

---

1. Department of Physics, McGill University, H3A 2T8 Montreal, QC (Canada)
2. Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 (United States)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
4. Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC, CA-94025 (United States)
5. Department of Physics, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS 66762 (United States)

The Advanced Gamma-ray Imaging System (AGIS) is a US-led concept for a next-generation instrument in ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. The most important design requirement for AGIS is a sensitivity of about 10 times greater than current observatories like Veritas, H.E.S.S or MAGIC. We present results of simulation studies of various possible designs for AGIS. The primary characteristics of the array performance, collecting area, angular resolution, background rejection, and sensitivity are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21255192
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1085, Issue 1; Conference: 4. international meeting on high energy gamma-ray astronomy, Heidelberg (Germany), 7-11 Jul 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3076812; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
DESIGN
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA RADIATION
PERFORMANCE
RESOLUTION
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
TELESCOPES