The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE): New results at 100 GeV
Creators
- 1. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
- 2. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Univ. of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
- 3. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)
- 4. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
- 5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State Univ., Los Angeles, California 90032 (United States)
- 6. Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8 (Canada)
- 7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College and Columbia Univ., New York, 10027 (United States)
Description
The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is a new ground-based instrument for observing astrophysical sources of gamma-rays in the energy range from 50 to 250 GeV. The first phase of STACEE, using 32 large heliostat mirrors, was completed in the fall of 1998. We describe the STACEE operations and observations during the 1998-1999 winter observing season. We have detected the Crab Nebula with high significance (∼7σ). This result demonstrates that the STACEE concept is sound and that we can expect to make sensitive measurements of gamma-ray sources at energies below 100 GeV. The full STACEE instrument, with 64 heliostats, will be completed during the year 2000. The first three years of observations with the complete instrument will include a range of sources with an emphasis on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and supernova remnants
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1303278;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 510
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 632-636
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 5. Compton symposium on gamma-ray astronomy
- Dates
- 15-17 Sep 1999
- Place
- Portsmouth, NH (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34068895
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTRA; MILKY WAY; NEBULAE; SENSITIVITY; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DATA; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GALAXIES; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.