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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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Résumé

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.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages783-786
Nombre de pages4
étatPublié - 1 janv. 2007
Modification externeOui
Evénement30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexique
Durée: 3 juil. 200711 juil. 2007

Une conférence

Une conférence30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Pays/TerritoireMexique
La villeMerida, Yucatan
période3/07/0711/07/07

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