The ARGO-YBJ detector is an extensive air shower array consisting of a carpet of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). Very high energy (VHE) gamma ray astronomy is the main scientific goal of this Chinese-Italian experiment. High altitude and full coverage ensure a low energy threshold (few hundreds of GeV for primary photons), high duty-cycle and large field of view allow a continuous sky survey in the declination range from −10° to +70°. Also many features of the high energy cosmic rays are studied by ARGO-YBJ exploiting the unprecented shower reconstruction.

Aielli, G., Bacci, C., Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X.j., Bleve, C., et al. (2007). ARGO-YBJ experiment and TeV gamma astronomy. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, 168, 264-267 [10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.02.022].

ARGO-YBJ experiment and TeV gamma astronomy

BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria;MARI, Stefano Maria;Montini P;Ruggieri F;
2007-01-01

Abstract

The ARGO-YBJ detector is an extensive air shower array consisting of a carpet of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs). Very high energy (VHE) gamma ray astronomy is the main scientific goal of this Chinese-Italian experiment. High altitude and full coverage ensure a low energy threshold (few hundreds of GeV for primary photons), high duty-cycle and large field of view allow a continuous sky survey in the declination range from −10° to +70°. Also many features of the high energy cosmic rays are studied by ARGO-YBJ exploiting the unprecented shower reconstruction.
2007
Aielli, G., Bacci, C., Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X.j., Bleve, C., et al. (2007). ARGO-YBJ experiment and TeV gamma astronomy. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS, 168, 264-267 [10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2007.02.022].
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