Published January 2007 | Version v1
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Sensitivity study of gamma-ray burst detection by ARGO

Creators

  • 1. Science College of Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Chengdu (China)
  • 2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics

Description

ARGO is a 'full coverage' air shower detector currently under construction in Tibet, China. One of the main goals of this experiment is to search for possible gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with E>10 GeV. In this work, the sensitivity in observing a GRB (with a certain significance) by ARGO is found to be dependent on the flux of the GRB, the slope and the energy cutoff of its spectrum, as well as its time duration and the zenith angle at the observation. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 65-69
ISSN
0254-3052

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
China
INIS RN
38083290
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; GEV RANGE 10-100; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS

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Notes
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