PeV Gamma-ray Astronomy With Panoramic Optical SETI Telescopes
Abstract
The Panoramic Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PANOSETI) experiment is designed to detect pulsed optical signals on nanosecond timescales. PANOSETI is therefore sensitive to Cherenkov radiation generated by extensive air showers, and can be used for gamma-ray astronomy. Each PANOSETI telescope uses a 0.5 m Fresnel lens to focus light onto a 1024 pixel silicon photomultiplier camera that images a 9.99.9 square field of view. Recent detections of PeV gamma-rays from extended sources in the Galactic Plane motivate constructing an array with effective area and angular resolution surpassing current observatories. The PANOSETI telescopes are much smaller and far more affordable than traditional imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACT), making them ideal instruments to construct such an array. We present the results of coincident observations between two PANOSETI telescopes and the gamma-ray observatory VERITAS, along with simulations characterizing the performance of a PANOSETI IACT array.
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@article{arxiv.2308.09607,
title = {PeV Gamma-ray Astronomy With Panoramic Optical SETI Telescopes},
author = {Nikolas Korzoun and Wystan Benbow and Aaron Brown and Gregory Foote and William F. Hanlon and Olivier Hervet and John Hoang and Jamie Holder and Paul Horowitz and Wei Liu and Jérôme Maire and Nicolas Rault-Wang and Dan Werthimer and James Wiley and David A. Williams and Shelley A. Wright},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09607},
year = {2023}
}
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8 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings for the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) in Nagoya Japan, Jul 26 - Aug 3, 2023