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Current detectors for Very-High-Energy $\gamma$-ray astrophysics are either pointing instruments with a small field of view (Cherenkov telescopes), or large field-of-view instruments with relatively large energy thresholds (extensive air…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 P. Assis , U. Barres de Almeida , A. Blanco , R. Conceição , B. D'Ettore Piazzoli , A. De Angelis , M. Doro , P. Fonte , L. Lopes , G. Matthiae , M. Pimenta , R. Shellard , B. Tomé

The Fermi observatory, with its Gamma-Ray Bursts monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT), is observing Gamma-ray Bursts with unprecedented spectral coverage and sensitivity, from ~10 keV to > 300 GeV. In the first 3 years of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-27 Giacomo Vianello

The ARGO-YBJ (Astrophysical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing) experiment is designed for very high energy $\gamma$-astronomy and cosmic ray researches. Due to the full coverage of a large area ($5600 m^2$) with resistive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 YBJ Collaboration , G. Aielli

The Gamma-Ray Monitor (GRM) is a key payload of the Space-based multiband astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) mission, which is designed to detect gamma ray bursts (GRBs) within the energy range of 15 keV to 5 MeV. The GRM…

The worldwide advanced gravitational-wave (GW) detector network has so far primarily consisted of the two Advanced LIGO observatories at Hanford and Livingston, with Advanced Virgo joining the 2016-7 O2 observation run at a relatively late…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-13 Gareth S. Davies , Thomas Dent , Márton Tápai , Ian Harry , Connor McIsaac , Alexander H. Nitz

The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an observatory designed to perform gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range 20 MeV to 300 GeV, with supporting measurements for gamma-ray bursts from 10 keV to 25 MeV. GLAST will be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 D. Paneque , A. Borgland , A. Bovier , E. Bloom , Y. Edmonds , S. Funk , G. Godfrey , R. Rando , L. Wai , P. Wang

The study of the universe at energies above 100 GeV is a relatively new and exciting field. The current generation of pointed instruments have detected TeV gamma rays from at least 10 sources and the next generation of detectors promises a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 G. Sinnis , A. Smith , J. E. McEnery

We present the design of the Compact Network of Detectors with Orbital Range (CONDOR), a proposed high-altitude gamma-ray and cosmic-ray (CR) observatory set to become the highest of its kind. Planned for installation at Cerro Toco in the…

High energy gamma-ray astronomy has been established during the last decade through the launch of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) and the success of its ground-based counterpart, the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Frank Krennrich

From the launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to July 9, 2010, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) has detected 497 probable GRB events. Twenty-two of these satisfy the simultaneous requirements of an estimated burst direction within…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 C. W. Akerlof , W. Zheng , S. B. Pandey , T. A. McKay

In this article, we present multi-band photometric observations and analysis of the host galaxies for a sample of five interesting gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed using the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) and the back-end…

Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Fermi Large Area Telescope have prompted theoretical advances and posed big challenges in the understanding of such extreme sources, despite the fact that GRB emission above 100 MeV is a fairly rare…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-12 Giacomo Vianello , Nicola Omodei , Fermi/LAT collaboration

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory was completed this year at a 4100-meter site on the flank of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico. HAWC is a water Cherenkov ground array with the capability to distinguish 100…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 John Pretz

The Milagro gamma-ray observatory employs a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high energy particles interacting in the Earth's atmosphere. Milagro has a wide field of view (2 sr) and high duty cycle (>…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. M. Saz Parkinson

Gravitational wave (GW) bursts (short duration signals) are expected to be associated with highly energetic astrophysical processes. With such high energies present, it is likely these astrophysical events will have signatures in the EM…

The GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) is the next generation satellite experiment for high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It is a pair conversion telescope built with a plastic anticoincidence shield, a segmented CsI electromagnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Nicola Omodei

Milagro is a gamma-ray observatory employing a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high-energy particles impacting in the Earth's atmosphere. We discuss the first detection of TeV gamma-rays from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Saz Parkinson

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory(LHAASO) is a composite cosmic ray observatory consisting of three detector arrays: kilometer square array (KM2A) which includes the electromagnetic detector array and muon detector array, water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-22 L. Q. Yin , S. S. Zhang , Z. Cao , B. Y. Bi , C. Wang , J. L. Liu , L. L. Ma , M. J. Yang , Tiina Suomijarvi , Y. Zhang , Z. Y. You , Z. Z Zong

The first Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) catalog presented by the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) collaboration includes 28 GRBs, detected above 100 MeV over the first three years since the launch of the Fermi mission. However, more than 100 GRBs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-07 Elisabetta Bissaldi , Tristano Di Girolamo , Francesco Longo , Piero Vallania , Carlo Vigorito

The Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will play a crucial role in the study of transient gamma-ray sources, such as gamma-ray bursts and flaring active galactic nuclei. The low energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-22 Sami Caroff , Pierre Aubert , Enrique Garcia , Gilles Maurin , Vincent Pollet , Thomas Vuillaume
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