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5@5 - a 5 GeV energy threshold array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at 5 km altitude

Astrophysics 2011-05-23 v2

Abstract

We discuss the concept and the performance of a powerful future ground-based astronomical instrument - a stereoscopic array of several large imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes installed at a very high mountain elevation of about 5 km a.s.l. or more - for the study of the gamma-ray sky at energies from several GeV to 100 GeV.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0006163,
  title  = {5@5 - a 5 GeV energy threshold array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at 5 km altitude},
  author = {F. A. Aharonian and A. K. Konopelko and H. J. Voelk and H. Quintana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0006163},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

33 pages, 25 figures, the revised version accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics