Workshop on a wide field-of-view Southern Hemisphere TeV gamma ray observatory

Session

Motivation for a Wide-FOV Observatory

11 Nov 2016, 08:30

Salón Estrellas (Hotel NH)

Conveners

Motivation for a Wide-FOV Observatory: Design Considerations and Simulations

• Miguel Mostafa (Penn State)

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

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

11/11/2016, 08:30

Future detectors

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,...

7. Astrophysical motivations for the construction of a wide FoV gamma-ray observatory in the southern hemisphere

Dr Ruben Lopez-Coto (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)

11/11/2016, 09:00

Gamma ray science

After the successful performance of ground-based wide FoV gamma-ray observatories in the northern hemisphere, the construction of a similar observatory to observe the southern sky has become a must. The design of a such an observatory will be driven by the physics cases accessible to it. In this contribution we will discuss the physics cases that can only be accessed by this kind of detector....

11. Semi-Analytic Simulation for a "HAWC-like" Detector

Andrew Smith (University of Maryland, College Park)

11/11/2016, 09:30

Future detectors

A semi-analytical model for computing the sensitivity of a large class of wide-field surfaces arrays has been developed. This phenomenological model approximates the exact response as simulated by CORSIKA and GEANT and provides a very simple interface to approximate effective area and background rates as a function of various particle and detector design parameters, such as gamma-ray energy...

19. Extreme Altitude All-Sky Observatories

Dr Gus Sinnis (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11/11/2016, 10:00

Gamma ray science

This talk will be an overview of the physics and techniques that underlay the performance of all-sky ground-based gamma-ray observatories. An important aspect of the discussion will be on establishing the scientific case for building such an instrument. I will end with some generic simulation results that demonstrate the effect of altitude on the response of such arrays and some potential...