Fundamental drivers for the design of a ground-particle based gamma ray observatory

11 Nov 2016, 08:30
30m
Salón Estrellas (Hotel NH)

Salón Estrellas

Hotel NH

Calle 5 Sur #105, Centro 72000 Puebla

Speaker

Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik)

Description

Air shower detectors at high altitude sites are suitable for gamma ray observation of the sky in the TeV energy range. The efficiency and accuracy with which these observations can be made depend on several key design parameters for such an observatory. By using CORSIKA simulations, we studied the performance of such an observatory as a function of few key design parameters, like altitude, instrumented area, fill factor, and detector unit properties. The results from this study can be used in the decision making and design a next generation wide field-of-view gamma ray observatory.

Primary author

Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institute für Kerphysik)

Co-authors

Mrs Armelle Jardin-Blicq (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik) Prof. Jim Hinton (Max-Planck-Institute für Kernphysik) Mrs Pooja Surajbali (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik) Dr Rubén López-Coto (Max-Planck-Institute für Kernphysik) Mr Vikas Joshi (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)

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