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Very High Energy (VHE) gamma -ray Astronomy observations are planned to be carried out at Pachmarhi in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh using the well known atmospheric Cerenkov technique. An array of 25 Cerenkov telescopes is…

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Gamma-hadron discrimination based on shower observables is essential for identifying gamma-ray astrophysical sources at the highest energies. In this work, we introduce $P^{\alpha, T}_{\rm tail}$, a new discrimination variable for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-13 Ruben Conceição , Pedro J. Costa , Mário Pimenta

We present an analysis technique that uses the timing information of Cherenkov images from extensive air showers (EAS). Our emphasis is on distant, or large core distance gamma-ray induced showers at multi-TeV energies. Specifically,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-03 V. Stamatescu , G. P. Rowell , J. Denman , R. W. Clay , B. R. Dawson , A. G. K. Smith , T. Sudholz , G. J. Thornton , N. Wild

The current generation of Cherenkov telescopes is mainly limited in their gamma-ray energy and flux reconstruction by uncertainties in the determination of atmospheric parameters. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) aims to provide…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Doro , M. Gaug , O. Blanch , LL. Font , D. Garrido , A. Lopez-Oramas , M. Martinez

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground based gamma-ray telescopes allowing us to study very high energy phenomena in the Universe. CTA aims to gain about a factor of ten in sensitivity compared to current…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-23 S. Mangano

We discuss the potential for the detection of dark matter and the characterization of its particle nature via the observation of dark matter subhalos. Specifically, we discuss the search for dark matter Galactic subhalos in the gamma-ray…

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory project is proposed to study high energy gamma ray astronomy ( 40 GeV-1 PeV ) and cosmic ray physics ( 20 TeV-1 EeV ). The wide field of view Cherenkov telescope array, as a component of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. L. Ma , Y. X. Bai , Z. Cao , M. J. Chen , L. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , Y. Chen , K. Q. Ding , H. H. He , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , X. X. Li , X. H. Ma , X. D. Sheng , G. Xiao , M. Zha , S. S. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , B. Zhou

Radio detection of air showers in the current era has progressed immensely to effectively extract the properties of these air showers. Primary cosmic rays with energies of hundreds of PeV have been successfully measured with the method of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Aswathi Balagopal V. , Andreas Haungs , Thomas Huber , Tim Huege , Matthias Kleifges , Max Renschler , Harald Schieler , Frank G. Schröder , Andreas Weindl

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation gamma-ray observatory and will be the major global instrument for very-high-energy astronomy over the next decade, offering 5 - 10 x better flux sensitivity than current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-03 J. Aschersleben , R. F. Peletier , M. Vecchi , M. H. F. Wilkinson

The Pierre Auger Observatory has been designed to study the highest-energy cosmic rays in nature (E > 10^{18.5} eV). The determination of their arrival direction, energy and composition is performed by the analysis of the atmospheric…

A shower array exploiting the full coverage approach with a high segmentation of the readout allow to image the front of atmospheric showers with unprecedented resolution and detail. The grid distance determines the energy threshold (small…

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In this article, it is shown that the $C_k$ and $LCm$ variables, recently introduced as an effective way to discriminate gamma and proton-induced showers in large wide-field gamma-ray observatories, can be generalised to be used in arrays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-17 R. Conceição , P. J. Costa , L. Gibilisco , M. Pimenta , B. Tomé

We present a study of the emission of Cherenkov radiation in thick media, explore the limitations of the simulation tools currently in use in particle and nuclear physics, and propose a method for overcoming these limitations. We start with…

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A new SPHERE seires complex extensive air showers detector is under development. The main goal of its mission is to study the mass composition of cosmic ray nuclei in the 1-100 PeV energy range at a new level. The already well-established…

Calibration of a PMT matrix is crucial for the treatment of the data obtained with Cherenkov tracking detector. Furthermore, due to high variability of the aerosol abundance in the atmosphere depending on season, weather etc. A constant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Stanislav Knurenko , Yuri Egorov , Igor Petrov

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation observatory employing different types of Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of particle showers initiated by very-high-energy gamma rays. A good knowledge of the Earth's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-22 Stanislav Stefanik , Raquel de los Reyes , Dalibor Nosek

Approximately one hundred sources of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays are known in the Milky Way. A survey of the entire Galactic Plane in the energy range from a few tens of GeV to a few hundred TeV has been proposed as a Key Science…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-28 CTA Consortium

Monitoring of high energy cosmic ray neutrons is of particular interest for cosmic ray water Cherenkov detectors as intense bundles of delayed neutrons have been found to arrive after the initial passage of a high energy air shower. In this…

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We present a Python package together with a practical guide for the implementation of a lightweight diversity-enhanced genetic algorithm (GA) approach for the exploration of multi-dimensional parameter spaces. Searching a parameter space…

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