Search for short bursts of gamma rays with SGARFACE

M. Schroedter; H. Manseri; S. Lebohec; F. Krennrich; C. Dowdall; A. Falcone; S. Fegan; D. Horan; A. Smith; J. Toner; T. Weekes

Search for short bursts of gamma rays with SGARFACE

M. Schroedter
, H. Manseri
, S. Lebohec
, F. Krennrich
, C. Dowdall
, A. Falcone
, S. Fegan
, D. Horan
, A. Smith
, J. Toner
, T. Weekes

Iowa State University
University of Utah
University College Dublin
Pennsylvania State University
University of California, Los Angeles
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Leeds
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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Abstract

The Short GAmma Ray Front Air Cherenkov Experiment (SGARFACE) is designed to search for bursts of γ rays above 200 MeV lasting from 1 ns to 16 μs. The custom-designed trigger and dataacquisition system is coupled to the camera on the Whipple 10m telescope, an air-Cherenkov telescope in southern Arizona. The experiment has operated for more than 3 years during which time about 1 million events were recorded. Rejection of the cosmic-ray background and of atmospheric phenomena is accomplished through time-resolved imaging of the recorded Cherenkov light. Potential sources of bursts of γ rays are the final explosion of primordial black holes within about 200 pc and γ-ray emission accompanying giant radio pulses. Results of the search for explosions of primordial black holes will be given in a future publication.

Original language	English
Pages	783-786
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Duration: 3 Jul 2007 → 11 Jul 2007

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Conference	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Merida, Yucatan
Period	3/07/07 → 11/07/07

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AU - Fegan, S.

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Search for short bursts of gamma rays with SGARFACE

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