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The sensitivity of ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray observatories depends critically on the primary particle identification methods which are used to retain photon-initiated events and suppress the spurious background…

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Evidence for a mixed mass composition at the `ankle' in the cosmic-ray spectrum

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A Multi-Level Parallel Pipeline for SPHERE-3 Detector Simulation: From EAS Generation to Image Approximation

Optimization of the SPHERE-3 detector configuration, designed to study the mass composition of primary cosmic rays in the energy range 1--1000 PeV by registering Cherenkov light reflected from the snow surface, requires simulation of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 V. A. Ivanov , V. I. Galkin , E. A. Bonvech , O. V. Cherkesova , D. V. Chernov , T. A. Kolodkin , N. O. Ovcharenko , D. A. Podgrudkov , T. M. Roganova , M. D. Ziva

Cosmic-Ray Events as Background in Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

The dominant background for observations of gamma-rays in the energy region above 50 GeV with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are cosmic-ray events. The images of most of the cosmic ray showers look significantly different from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Gernot Maier , Johannes Knapp

Cosmic-ray composition with TACTIC telescope using Fractal and Wavelet Analysis

A preliminary flux estimate of various cosmic-ray constituents based on the atmospheric Cerenkov light flux of extensive air showers using fractal and wavelet analysis approach is proposed. Using a Monte-Carlo simulated database of Cerenkov…

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The Potential of Water-Cherenkov Air Shower Arrays for detecting transient sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos

We highlight the capacity of current and forthcoming air shower arrays using water-Cherenkov stations to detect neutrino events spanning energies from $10\,$GeV to $100\,$TeV. This detection approach leverages individual stations equipped…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-25 J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Conceição , P. J. Costa , B. S. González , M. Pimenta , B. Tomé

Results from H.E.S.S. Observations of Relativistic Sources

The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a southern hemisphere array of four Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes observing the sky in the very high energy gamma-ray range (E $>$ 100 GeV). VHE observations are an invaluable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-06-25 U. Barres de Almeida

The SPICEcore Hole Camera System

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer scale neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole. The detector utilizes the extremely transparent Antarctic ice as a medium for detecting Cherenkov radiation from neutrino interactions. As a result…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-22 Hrvoje Dujmović , Minjin Jeong , Christoph Tönnis

Detailed Studies of Atmospheric Calibration in Imaging Cherenkov Astronomy

The current generation of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are allowing the sky to be probed with greater sensitivity than ever before in the energy range around and above 100 GeV. To minimise the systematic errors on derived fluxes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sam Nolan , Gerd Puehlhofer , Cameron Rulten

Measurement of South Pole ice transparency with the IceCube LED calibration system

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, approximately 1 km^3 in size, is now complete with 86 strings deployed in the Antarctic ice. IceCube detects the Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged particles passing through or created in the ice. To…

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A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean

Next-generation neutrino telescopes with significantly improved sensitivity are required to pinpoint the sources of the diffuse astrophysical neutrino flux detected by IceCube and uncover the century-old puzzle of cosmic ray origins. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-14 Z. P. Ye , F. Hu , W. Tian , Q. C. Chang , Y. L. Chang , Z. S. Cheng , J. Gao , T. Ge , G. H. Gong , J. Guo , X. X. Guo , X. G. He , J. T. Huang , K. Jiang , P. K. Jiang , Y. P. Jing , H. L. Li , J. L. Li , L. Li , W. L. Li , Z. Li , N. Y. Liao , Q. Lin , F. Liu , J. L. Liu , X. H. Liu , P. Miao , C. Mo , I. Morton-Blake , T. Peng , Z. Y. Sun , J. N. Tang , Z. B. Tang , C. H. Tao , X. L. Tian , M. X. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. Wang , H. D. Wei , Z. Y. Wei , W. H. Wu , S. S. Xian , D. Xiang , D. L. Xu , Q. Xue , J. H. Yang , J. M. Yang , W. B. Yu , C. Zeng , F. Y. D. Zhang , T. Zhang , X. T. Zhang , Y. Y. Zhang , W. Zhi , Y. S. Zhong , M. Zhou , X. H. Zhu , G. J. Zhuang

The modeling of the nuclear composition measurement performance of the Non-Imaging CHErenkov Array (NICHE)

In its initial deployment, the Non-Imaging CHErenkov Array (NICHE)will measure the flux and nuclear composition of cosmic rays from below 10^16 eV to 10^18 eV by using measurements of the amplitude and time-spread of the air-shower…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-16 John Krizmanic , Douglas Bergman , Pierre Sokolsky

Recent Results from the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) is a system of two 17 meters Cherenkov telescopes, sensitive to very high energy (VHE; $> 10^{11}$ eV) gamma radiation above an energy threshold of 50 GeV. The first telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Tibolla

Commissioning and Performance of CHEC-S -- a compact high-energy camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will present the next leap forward in gamma-ray astronomy, pushing beyond the present energy frontier to probe beyond 300 TeV. This capability is provided by the 70 Small Sized Telescopes (SSTs). The SSTs…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 Jason John Watson , Justus Zorn

Cherenkov Flashes and Fluorescence Flares on Telescopes: New lights on UHECR Spectroscopy while unveiling Neutrinos Astronomy

Cherenkov Telescopes (as Magic, Hess and Veritas), while pointing horizontally should reveal also the fluorescence flare tails of nearby down-going air-showers. Such air-showers, born at higher (tens km) altitudes, are growing and extending…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Fargion , P. Oliva , F. Massa , G. Moreno

Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-up Observations with STACEE During 2003-2007

The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) is an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope (ACT) that uses a large mirror array to achieve a relatively low energy threshold. For sources with Crab-like spectra, at high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-24 STACEE Collaboration , A. Jarvis , J. Ball , J. E. Carson , C. E. Covault , D. D. Driscoll , P. Fortin , D. M. Gingrich , D. S. Hanna , J. Kildea , T. Lindner , R. Mukherjee , C. Mueller , R. A. Ong , K. Ragan , D. A. Williams , J. Zweerink

Blazing Cerenkov Flashes at the Horizons by Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos Induced Air-Showers

High Energy Cosmic Rays (C.R.) versus Neutrino and Neutralino induced Air-Shower maybe tested at Horizons by their muons, gamma and Cerenkov blazing signals. Inclined and Horizontal C.R. Showers (70-90 zenith angle) produce secondary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Fargion

Improvements to monoscopic analysis for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes: Application to H.E.S.S

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) detect gamma rays by measuring the Cherenkov light emitted by secondary particles in the air shower when the gamma rays hit the atmosphere. At low energies, the limited amount of Cherenkov…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-13 Tim Unbehaun , Rodrigo Guedes Lang , Anita Deka Baruah , Prajath Bedur Ramesh , Jelena Celic , Lars Mohrmann , Simon Steinmassl , Laura Olivera-Nieto , Jim Hinton , Stefan Funk

High Quantum Efficiency Phototubes for Atmospheric Fluorescence Telescopes

The detection of atmospheric fluorescence light from extensive air showers has become a powerful tool for accurate measurements of the energy and mass of ultra-high energy cosmic ray particles. Employing large area imaging telescopes with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-22 Daniel Kruppke-Hansen , Karl-Heinz Kampert