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Scaler Mode Technique for the ARGO-YBJ Detector

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been designed to study the Extensive Air Showers with an energy threshold lower than that of the existing arrays by exploiting the high altitude location(4300 m a.s.l. in Tibet, P.R. China) and the full ground…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-09 G. Aielli et al.

Study of the Influence of High Electric Field Variations on Cosmic Ray Flux detected by the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

This paper is an overview of the author's PhD thesis results. ARGO-YBJ is an extensive air shower detector located at Yangbajing (Tibet, China) at 4300 m a.s.l. It is made by a full coverage carpet plus a guard ring (total surface about…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-24 Irene Bolognino

Study of Gamma-Ray Bursts of energy E>10 GeV with the ARGO-YBJ detector

The study of high energy gamma-ray bursts can be performed by large area air shower arrays operating at very high mountain altitudes. ARGO-YBJ is a detector optimized to observe small size air showers, to be constructed at the Yangbajing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 YBJ Collaboration , presented by S. Vernetto

Search for Gamma Ray Bursts with the Argo-YBJ Detector in Scaler Mode

We report on the search for Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the prompt emission detected by satellites using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) air…

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

GRBs search results with the ARGO-YBJ experiment operated in Scaler Mode

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is almost completely installed at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, P.R. China). The lower energy limit of the detector (E $\sim$ 1 GeV) is reached with the scaler mode, i.e., recording the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Di Sciascio , T. Di Girolamo

Search for GeV Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector: Summary of Eight Years of Observations

The search for Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) emission in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the satellite detection has been carried out using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-20 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , P. Branchini , A. Budano , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D'Amone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , G. Liguori , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , M. Panareo , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , F. Ruggieri , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi

Long-term monitoring of the TeV emission from Mrk 421 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

ARGO-YBJ is an air shower detector array with a fully covered layer of resistive plate chambers. It is operated with a high duty cycle and a large field of view. It continuously monitors the northern sky at energies above 0.3 TeV. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-19 YBJ Collaboration , B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , C. Bleve , I. Bolognino , P. Branchini , A. Budano , A. K. Calabrese Melcarne , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , A. Cappa , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , C. Cattaneo , P. Celio , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , Y. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , G. D'Alí Staiti , Danzengluobu , M. Dattoli , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , X. H. Ding , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , F. Galeazzi , P. Galeotti , E. Giroletti , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , Q. Huang , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , I. James , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , J. Y. Li , X. X. Li , G. Liguori , C. Liu , C. Q. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , A. Pagliaro , M. Panareo , B. Panico , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , X. B. Qu , E. Rossi , F. Ruggieri , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , C. Stanescu , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , B. Wang , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , B. Xu , L. Xue , Y. X. Yan , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , Jilong Zhang , Jianli Zhang , L. Zhang , P. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi

Sensitivity study of (10,100) GeV gamma-ray bursts with double shower front events from ARGO-YBJ

ARGO-YBJ, located at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Observatory (4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, China), is a full coverage air shower array, with an energy threshold of 300 GeV for gamma-ray astronomy. Most of the recorded events are single front…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-29 Xunxiu Zhou , Lanlan Gao , Yu Zhang , Yiqing Guo , Qingqi Zhu , Huanyu Jia , Daihui Huang

Sensitivity of the ARGO-YBJ strip size spectrum to different models of the primary cosmic ray composition in the energy range 10 - 500 TeV

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is currently under construction at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m a.s.l.). The detector will cover 74 X 78 m^2 with a single layer of Resistive Plate Counters (RPCs), surrounded by a partially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 L. Saggese , G. Di Sciascio , M. Iacovacci , S. Mastroianni , S. Vernetto

The ARGO-YBJ Experiment Progresses and Future Extension

Gamma ray source detection above 30TeV is an encouraging approach for finding galactic cosmic ray origins. All sky survey for gamma ray sources using wide field of view detector is essential for population accumulation for various types of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Zhen Cao

Search for Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector in Shower Mode

The ARGO-YBJ detector, located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m a. s. l., Tibet, China), was a full coverage air shower array dedicated to gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray studies. The wide field of view (~ 2 sr) and high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-13 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , Z. Cao , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D Amone , Danzeng Luobu , I. De Mitri , B. D Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , W. Gao , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaci Ren , H. J. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxici Ren , Zhaxisang Zhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu

ARGO-YBJ constraints on very high energy emission from GRBs

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 ARGO-YBJ Detector and high energy GRBs

ARGO-YBJ ia a detector optimized to study small size air showers. It consists of a layer of Resistive Plate counters (RPCs) covering an area of about 6500 m^2 and will be located in the Yangbajing Laboratory (Tibet, China) at 4300 m above…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 YBJ collaboration

The analog Resistive Plate Chamber detector of the ARGO-YBJ experiment

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been in stable data taking from November 2007 till February 2013 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Observatory (4300 m a.s.l.). The detector consists of a single layer of Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) ( about 6700…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-08 B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , Z. Cao , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D'Amone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari1 , G. Marsella , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , P. Salvini1 , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu

Study of RPC gas mixtures for the ARGO-YBJ experiment

The ARGO-YBJ experiment consists of a RPC carpet to be operated at the Yangbajing laboratory (Tibet, P.R. China), 4300 m a.s.l., and devoted to the detection of showers initiated by photon primaries in the energy range 100 GeV - 20 TeV. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Bartoli , R. Buonomo , E. Calloni , S. Catalanotti , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , G. Di Sciascio , M. Iacovacci

The ARGO-YBJ sensitivity to GRBs

ARGO-YBJ is a "full coverage" air shower detector under construction at the YangBaJing Laboratory (4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, P.R. of China). Its main goals are gamma-ray astronomy and cosmic ray studies. In this paper we present the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , S. Vernetto

The cosmic ray proton plus helium energy spectrum measured by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in the energy range 3-300 TeV

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is a full-coverage air shower detector located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Observatory (Tibet, People's Republic of China, 4300 m a.s.l.). The high altitude, combined with the full-coverage technique, allows the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-03 YBJ Collaboration , B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , Z. Cao , S. Catalanotti , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , A. D'Amone , Danzengluobu , I. De Mitri , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , G. Settanta , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu

Analog read-out of the RPCs in the ARGO-YBJ experiment

The ARGO-YBJ experiment, currently under construction at the Yangbaijing Laboratory (4300 m a.s.l.), consists of a single layer of about 2000 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) for a total instrumented area of about 6700 m^2. The digital…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Iacovacci , S. Catalanotti , P. Creti , G. Liguori , L. Saggese

The Trigger System of the ARGO-YBJ detector

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been designed to detect air shower events over a large size scale and with an energy threshold of a few hundreds GeV. The building blocks of the ARGO-YBJ detector are single-gap Resistive Plate Counters (RPCs).…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-15 S. Mastroianni , A. Aloisio , S. Catalanotti , S. Cavaliere , P. Bernardini , P. Creti , I. De Mitri , G. Marsella , M. Panareo , A. Surdo

Long-term Monitoring on Mrk 501 for Its VHE gamma Emission and a Flare in October 2011

As one of the brightest active blazars in both X-ray and very high energy $\gamma$-ray bands, Mrk 501 is very useful for physics associated with jets from AGNs. The ARGO-YBJ experiment is monitoring it for $\gamma$-rays above 0.3 TeV since…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-20 YBJ Collaboration , B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , C. Bleve , I. Bolognino , P. Branchini , A. Budano , A. K. Calabrese Melcarne , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , R. Cardarelli , S. Catalanotti , C. Cattaneo , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , Y. Chen , P. Creti , S. W. Cui , B. Z. Dai , G. DAl Staiti , Danzengluobu , M. Dattoli , I. De Mitri , B. D Ettorre Piazzoli , T. Di Girolamo , X. H. Ding , G. Di Sciascio , C. F. Feng , Zhaoyang Feng , Zhenyong Feng , F. Galeazzi , E. Giroletti , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , Q. Huang , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , I. James , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , J. Y. Li , X. X. Li , G. Liguori , C. Liu , C. Q. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , G. Mancarella , S. M. Mari , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Mastroianni , P. Montini , C. C. Ning , A. Pagliaro , M. Panareo , B. Panico , L. Perrone , P. Pistilli , F. Ruggieri , P. Salvini , R. Santonico , P. R. Shen , X. D. Sheng , F. Shi , C. Stanescu , A. Surdo , Y. H. Tan , P. Vallania , S. Vernetto , C. Vigorito , B. Wang , H. Wang , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , B. Xu , L. Xue , Q. Y. Yang , X. C. Yang , Z. G. Yao , A. F. Yuan , M. Zha , H. M. Zhang , Jilong Zhang , Jianli Zhang , L. Zhang , P. Zhang , X. Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu , G. Zizzi