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The bending of the proton plus helium flux in primary cosmic rays measured by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in the energy range from 20 TeV to 5 PeV

The measurement of proton plus helium and all-particle energy spectra in the range $20\,$ TeV to $5 \,$PeV and $80 \,$TeV to $5 \,$PeV respectively are presented. Data taken by the ARGO-YBJ detector in the 2010 year have been analyzed. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-04 P. Montini , S. M. Mari

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.

Measurement of the cosmic ray all-particle and light-component energy spectra with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

ARGO-YBJ preliminary results of the measurements of the all-particle and light-component (i.e. protons and helium) cosmic ray energy spectra between approximately 5 TeV and 5 PeV are reported and discussed. The resulting all-particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-18 A. D'Amone , I. De Mitri , A. Surdo

ARGO-YBJ Observation of the Large-scale Anisotropy During the Solar Minimum between Cycles 23 and 24

This paper reports on the measurement of the large-scale anisotropy in the distribution of cosmic-ray arrival directions using the data collected by the air shower detector ARGO-YBJ from 2008 January to 2009 December,during the minimum of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-03 Shuwang Cui

A Search for Small-Scale Anisotropy of PeV Cosmic Rays

Recent results of Milagro, Tibet, ARGO-YBJ and IceCube experiments on the small-scale anisotropy of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) with energies from units up to a few hundred TeV arise a question on a possible nature of the observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-09 M. Yu. Zotov , G. V. Kulikov

Measurement of the antiproton/proton ratio at few-TeV energies with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Cosmic ray antiprotons provide an important probe for the study of cosmic-ray propagation in the interstellar space and to investigate the existence of Galactic dark matter. Cosmic rays are hampered by the Moon, therefore a deficit of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-08 G. Di Sciascio , R. Iuppa , S. Vernetto

Observation of CR Anisotropy with ARGO-YBJ

The measurement of the anisotropies of cosmic ray arrival direction provides important informations on the propagation mechanisms and on the identification of their sources. In this paper we report the observation of anisotropy regions at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Giuseppe Di Sciascio , Roberto Iuppa

Anisotropies in the cosmic radiation observed with ARGO-YBJ

Important informations on the origin and the propagation mechanisms of cosmic rays may be provided by the measurement of the anisotropies of their arrival direction. In this paper the observation of anisotropy regions at different angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Roberto Iuppa

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

Proton-air cross section measurement with the ARGO-YBJ cosmic ray experiment

The proton-air cross section in the energy range 1-100 TeV has been measured by the ARGO-YBJ cosmic ray experiment. The analysis is based on the flux attenuation for different atmospheric depths (i.e. zenith angles) and exploits the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 YBJ Collaboration

Observation of the Cosmic Ray Moon shadowing effect with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Cosmic rays are hampered by the Moon and a deficit in its direction is expected (the so-called \emph{Moon shadow}). The Moon shadow is an important tool to determine the performance of an air shower array. In fact, the displacement of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Di Sciascio , R. Iuppa

Observation of the thunderstorm-related ground cosmic ray flux variations by ARGO-YBJ

A correlation between the secondary cosmic ray flux and the near-earth electric field intensity, measured during thunderstorms, has been found by analyzing the data of the ARGO-YBJ experiment, a full coverage air shower array located at the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-07 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 , F. D. Alessandro

Observation of TeV gamma rays from the Cygnus region with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

We report the observation of TeV gamma-rays from the Cygnus region using the ARGO-YBJ data collected from 2007 November to 2011 August. Several TeV sources are located in this region including the two bright extended MGRO J2019+37 and MGRO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-01-11 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. 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 , 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

Results from the analysis of data collected with 50 m^2 RPC carpet at the YangBaJing Laboratory

An RPC carpet covering about 10^4 m^2 (ARGO-YBJ experiment) will be installed in the YangBaJing Laboratory (Tibet, P.R. China) at an altitude of 4300 m a.s.l. . A test-module of about 50 m^2 has been put in operation in this laboratory and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli

Study of the diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galactic plane with ARGO-YBJ

The events recorded by ARGO-YBJ in more than five years of data collection have been analyzed to determine the diffuse gamma-ray emission in the Galactic plane at Galactic longitudes 25{\deg} < l < 100{\deg} and Galactic latitudes . The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-27 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

Gamma-Ray Flares from Mrk421 in 2008 observed with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

In 2008, the blazar Mrk421 entered in a very active phase and was one of the brightest sources in the sky at TeV energies, showing strong and frequent flaring. We searched for gamma-ray emission at energies E > 0.8 TeV during the whole 2008…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-16 G. Di Sciascio

Observation of the Galactic Cosmic Ray Moon shadowing effect with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Cosmic rays are hampered by the Moon and a deficit in its direction is expected (the so-called Moon shadow). The Moon shadow is an important method to determine the performance of an air shower array. In fact, the westward displacement of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 R. Iuppa , D. Martello , B. Wang , G. Zizzi

Search for gamma-ray emission from the Sun during solar minimum with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

The hadronic interaction of cosmic rays with solar atmosphere can produce high energy gamma rays. The gamma-ray luminosity is correlated both with the flux of primary cosmic rays and the intensity of the solar magnetic field. The gamma rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 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 , W. Gao , Q. B. Gou , Y. Q. Guo , H. H. He , Haibing Hu , Hongbo Hu , M. Iacovacci , R. Iuppa , H. Y. Jia , Labaciren , H. J. Li , Z. Li , C. Liu , J. Liu , M. Y. Liu , H. Lu , L. L. Ma , X. . 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 , Zhaxiciren , Zhaxisangzhu , X. X. Zhou , F. R. Zhu , Q. Q. Zhu

Observation of Small-scale Anisotropy in the Arrival Direction Distribution of TeV Cosmic Rays with HAWC

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is sensitive to gamma rays and charged cosmic rays at TeV energies. The detector is still under construction, but data acquisition with the partially deployed detector started in 2013. An…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-14 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , P. Hüntemeyer , C. M. Hui , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , A. Marinelli , S. S. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , J. McEnery , E. Mendoza Torres , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , J. Ryan , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks Woodle , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Observation of the TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06 with ARGO-YBJ

The extended gamma ray source MGRO J1908+06, discovered by the Milagro air shower detector in 2007, has been observed for about 4 years by the ARGO-YBJ experiment at TeV energies, with a statistical significance of 6.2 standard deviations.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 YBJ Collaboration