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A new concept of y-ray telescope. LArGO: Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2013-12-17 v1

Abstract

LArGO (Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory) consists of a new design for a γ\gamma-ray telescope, which exploits the idea of using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) as tracker-converter. Particle tracking in LAr-TPC can efficiently starts since the primary photon vertex. Indeed, while in the present space telescopes the incident photon converts in a tungsten foil, which is a passive material, in a LAr-TPC this conversion happens in LAr itself, which is fully active. In this proceeding is described a plausible design for the tracker-converter detector which fulfills the constraints on conversion efficiency, angular resolution, and wide field of view. It is demonstrated how this design can provide an unprecedented angular resolution for a γ\gamma-ray telescope, leading to a significant improvement in sensitivity and most important disclosing the possibility to detect the polarization of γ\gamma-ray emission.

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@article{arxiv.1312.4503,
  title  = {A new concept of y-ray telescope. LArGO: Liquid Argon Gamma-ray Observatory},
  author = {Giuseppe Andrea Caliandro and Biagio Rossi and Francesco Longo and Giuliana Fiorillo and Claudio Labanti and Federico Sanchez and Thorsten Lux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.4503},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures, Proceeding for XV International Workshop on Neutrino Telescopes, March 11-15 2013, Venice, Italy