Published February 21, 2005 | Version v1
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Recent AGN Observations by the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College and Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547 (United States)
  • 5. Centre for Subatomic Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2N5 (Canada)
  • 6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 50R5008, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
  • 7. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)

Description

The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is a ground-based atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for the detection of very high energy gamma rays from Galactic and extra-galactic sources. By utilizing the large collection area provided by the solar mirrors of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, STACEE achieves a low energy threshold, around 100 GeV, for the detection of gamma rays. We briefly describe the STACEE detector and detail recent observations of Active Galactic Nuclei

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1878449;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
745
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 481-486
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
2. international symposium on high energy gamma-ray astronomy
Dates
26-30 Jul 2004
Place
Heidelberg (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36073365
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC PHOTONS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEV RANGE; MIRRORS; NEW MEXICO; SOLAR REFLECTORS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DETECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; USA

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(c) 2005 American Institute of Physics