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The surface detector (SD) of the Telescope Array (TA) experiment allows one to indirectly detect photons with energies of order $10^{18}$ eV and higher and to separate photons from the cosmic-ray background. In this paper we present the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-10 Telescope Array Collaboration , R. U. Abbasi , M. Abe , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , A. diMatteo , T. Fujii , K. Fujita , R. Fujiwara , M. Fukushima , G. Furlich , W. Hanlon , M. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Honda , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , H. M. Jeong , S. Jeong , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , K. Kawata , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , S. Kishigami , V. Kuzmin , M. Kuznetsov , Y. J. Kwon , K. H. Lee , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. P. Lundquist , K. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , R. Mayta , M. Minamino , K. Mukai , I. Myers , S. Nagataki , K. Nakai , R. Nakamura , T. Nakamura , T. Nonaka , H. Oda , S. Ogio , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , T. Okuda , Y. Omura , M. Ono , R. Onogi , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , J. Remington , D. C. Rodriguez , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , R. Sahara , K. Saito , Y. Saito , N. Sakaki , T. Sako , N. Sakurai , L. M. Scott , T. Seki , K. Sekino , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , H. S. Shin , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. A. Stroman , T. Suzawa , Y. Takagi , Y. Takahashi , M. Takamura , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , Y. Tanoue , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , F. Urban , T. Wong , K. Yada , M. Yamamoto , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , K. Yashiro , H. Yoshii , Y. Zhezher , Z. Zundel

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) remain one of the greatest mysteries in astroparticle physics. The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a next-generation cosmic ray experiment which utilizes ground-based…

Co-sited with TA/TALE, 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 in its initial deployment. Furthermore, the low-energy threshold can be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 John Krizmanic , Douglas Bergman , Pierre Sokolsky

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is an enhancement of the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina. Covering about View the $17\,$km$^2$, AERA is the world-largest antenna array for cosmic-ray observation. It consists of more than 150…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Frank G. Schröder

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) complements the Pierre Auger Observatory with 150 radio-antenna stations measuring in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. With an instrumented area of 17 km$^2$, the array constitutes the largest…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-12 Tim Huege

Motivated by the detection of a significant dipole structure in the arrival directions of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays above 8 EeV reported by the Pierre Auger Observatory (Auger), we search for a large-scale anisotropy using data collected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-28 Telescope Array Collaboration , R. U. Abbasi , M. Abe , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , A. di Matteo , T. Fujii , K. Fujisue , K. Fujita , R. Fujiwara , M. Fukushima , G. Furlich , W. Hanlon , M. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , R. Higuchi , K. Honda , D. Ikeda , T. Inadomi , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , H. Iwakura , H. M. Jeong , S. Jeong , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , S. Kasami , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , K. Kawata , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , M. H. Kim , S. W. Kim , S. Kishigami , V. Kuzmin , M. Kuznetsov , Y. J. Kwon , K. H. Lee , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. P. Lundquist , K. Machida , H. Matsumiya , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , R. Mayta , M. Minamino , K. Mukai , I. Myers , S. Nagataki , K. Nakai , R. Nakamura , T. Nakamura , Y. Nakamura , Y. Nakamura , T. Nonaka , H. Oda , S. Ogio , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , Y. Oku , T. Okuda , Y. Omura , M. Ono , R. Onogi , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , J. Remington , D. C. Rodriguez , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , R. Sahara , Y. Saito , N. Sakaki , T. Sako , N. Sakurai , K. Sano , T. Seki , K. Sekino , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , H. S. Shin , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , N. Sone , B. T. Stokes , T. A. Stroman , T. Suzawa , Y. Takagi , Y. Takahashi , M. Takamura , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , Y. Tanoue , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , T. Uehama , F. Urban , T. Wong , K. Yada , M. Yamamoto , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , K. Yashiro , M. Yosei , Y. Zhezher , Z. Zundel

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the largest cosmic gamma ray detector ever built in the world. It will be installed at two different sites in the North and South hemispheres and should be operational for about 30 years. In order…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 F. Hénault , P. O. Petrucci , L. jocou , B. Khélifi , P. Manigot , S. Hormigos , J. Knodlseder , J. F. Olive , P. Jean , M. Punch

After two years of operation, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory has analyzed the TeV cosmic-ray sky over an energy range between $2.0$ and $72.8$ TeV. The HAWC detector is a ground-based air-shower array located at high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-24 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , J. Braun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , C. De León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , S. Dichiara , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. González Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , R. Luna-García , D. López-Cámara , R. López-Coto , D. López-Cámara , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Seglar Arroyo , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , G. Vianello , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , S. Westerhoff , J. Wood , T. Yapici , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a next-generation facility for ground-based very high energy gamma ray astronomy. CTAO will be operated as an open observatory. With two sites, in the northern and southern hemispheres,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-23 Werner Hofmann , Roberta Zanin

The Large Array Survey Telescope (LAST) is designed to survey the variable and transient sky at high temporal cadence. The array is comprised of 48 F/2.2 telescopes of 27.9cm aperture, coupled to full-frame backside-illuminated cooled CMOS…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is designed to be the next major observatory operating in the Very High Energy (VHE, $\gtrsim 100$ GeV) gamma-ray band. It will build on the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique but will go much…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 M. G. Bernardini

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high-energy gamma-ray observatory, with at least 10 times higher sensitivity than current instruments. CTA will comprise several tens of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

Cosmic ray science has proved to be a very active field, with several important results from recent space-based instruments. Next generation experiments will explore the multi-TeV energy range, trying to cope with the mass and power budget…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-14 Carmelo Sgrò , Marco Incagli

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is expected to become the by far largest and most sensitive observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. CTA will be capable of detecting gamma rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-19 G. Maier , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , P. Cumani , T. Hassan , J. Hinton , A. Moralejo

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) \cite{CTA:2010} will be the successor to current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) like H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS. CTA will improve in sensitivity by about an order of magnitude compared…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 E. Birsin , J. Colomé , D. Hoffmann , H. Koeppel , G. Lamanna , T. Le Flour , A. Lopatin , E. Lyard , D. Melkumyan , I. Oya , J-L. Panazol , S. Schlenstedt , T. Schmidt , U. Schwanke , R. Walter , P. Wegner

The TeV gamma ray sky is observable by recording footprints of extensive air showers with an array of particle detectors. In the northern hemisphere there are currently two projects employing this technique: The HAWC gamma ray observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Harm Schoorlemmer , Rubén López-Coto , Jim Hinton

The Large Array Telescope for Tracking Energetic Sources (LATTES), is a novel concept for an array of hybrid EAS array detectors, composed of a Resistive Plate Counter array coupled to a Water Cherenkov Detector, planned to cover gamma rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-01 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

Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) are charged particles of energies above $10^{18}$ eV that originate outside of the Galaxy. Because the flux of the UHECRs at Earth is very small, the only practical way of observing UHECRs is by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-26 Valerio Verzi , Dmitri Ivanov , Yoshiki Tsunesada

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), is an international project for the next generation ground- based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. The sensitivity in the core energy range will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-07 Markus Garczarczyk , Stefan Schlenstedt , Louise Oakes , Ullrich Schwanke , the MST Team

IceTop is the cosmic-ray detector located on the surface of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, consisting of 81 pairs of ice-Cherenkov tanks. The rise in the energy threshold of air-shower measurements in IceTop due to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-03 Megha Venugopal