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1. Search for Gamma-Ray Emission from the Sun during Solar Minimum with the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

Author

C. Y. Wu, Labaciren, Q. Y. Yang, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, C. C. Ning, Haifeng Li, C. Q. Liu, Q. B. Gou, Q. Q. Zhu, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, Danzengluobu, C. Vigorito, P. Bernardini, R. Santonico, Zhaxisangzhu, Hongbo Hu, Yicheng Guo, A. Surdo, Y. H. Tan, P. R. Shen, X. C. Yang, H. Y. Jia, H. R. Wu, S. Catalanotti, B. Z. Dai, J. Zhao, Huihai He, Zhaoyang Feng, F. R. Zhu, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, H. Lu, Minghui Liu, G. Di Sciascio, X. Y. Zhang, Zihou Li, G. Mancarella, I. De Mitri, T. Di Girolamo, Zhaxiciren, Xiangdong Sheng, R. Iuppa, S. W. Cui, A. F. Yuan, S. Vernetto, S. Z. Chen, A. D'Amone, Cunfeng Feng, H. Wang, S. Mastroianni, Y. J. Zhang, Haibing Hu, B. Bartoli, X. J. Bi, L. Perrone, J. K. K. Liu, L. L. Ma, W. Gao, M. Zha, Zhenyong Feng, X. X. Zhou, P. Vallania, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, L. Xue, Z. G. Yao, M. Iacovacci, Zhengguo Cao, F. Shi, P. Salvini, G. Marsella, S. M. Mari, Bartoli B., Bernardini P., Bi X. J., Cao Z., Catalanotti S., Chen S. Z., Chen T. L., Cui S. W., Dai B. Z., D'Amone A., Danzengluobu, Mitri I. D., Piazzoli B. D., Girolamo T. D., Sciascio G. D., Feng C. F., Feng Z., Gao W., Gou Q. B., Guo Y. Q., He H. H., Hu H., Iacovacci M., Iuppa R., Jia H. Y., Labaciren, Li H. J., Li Z., Liu C., Liu J., Liu M. Y., Lu H., Ma L. L., Ma X. H., Mancarella G., Mari S. M., Marsella G., Mastroianni S., Montini P., Ning C. C., Perrone L., Pistilli P., Salvini P., Santonico R., Shen P. R., Sheng X. D., Shi F., Surdo A., Tan Y. H., Vallania P., Vernetto S., Vigorito C., Wang H., Wu C. Y., Wu H. R., Xue L., Yang Q. Y., Yang X. C., Yao Z. G., Yuan A. F., Zha M., Zhang H. M., Zhang L., Zhang X. Y., Zhang Y., Zhao J., Zhaxiciren Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou X. X., Zhu F. R., Zhu Q. Q., Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Mitri, I. D., Piazzoli, B. D., Girolamo, T. D., Sciascio, G. D., Feng, C. F., Feng, Z., Gao, W., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, H., Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Li, H. J., Li, Z., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, Mitri, I. De, Piazzoli, B. D’Ettorre, Di Girolamo, T., Sciascio, G. Di, Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Labaciren, Null, Zhaxiciren, Null, and Zhaxisangzhu, Null

Subjects
Solar minimum, Sun: general, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, astroparticle physics, cosmic rays, gamma rays: general, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Atmosphere, 0103 physical sciences, general [Sun], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Argo, cosmic ray, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astroparticle physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, Astronomy, astroparticle physic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays]
Abstract

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 below 200 GeV have been observed by Fermi without any evident energy cutoff. The bright gamma-ray flux above 100 GeV has been detected only during solar minimum. The only available data in the TeV range come from the HAWC observations, however, outside the solar minimum. The ARGO-YBJ data set has been used to search for sub-TeV/TeV gamma-rays from the Sun during the solar minimum from 2008 to 2010, the same time period covered by the Fermi data. A suitable model containing the Sun shadow, solar disk emission, and inverse-Compton emission has been developed, and the chi-square minimization method was used to quantitatively estimate the disk gamma-ray signal. The result shows that no significant gamma-ray signal is detected and upper limits to the gamma-ray flux at 0.3-7 TeV are set at the 95% confidence level. In the low energy range these limits are consistent with the extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT measurements taken during solar minimum and are compatible with a softening of the gamma-ray spectrum below 1 TeV. They also provide an experimental upper bound to any solar disk emission at TeV energies. Models of dark matter annihilation via long-lived mediators predicting gamma-ray fluxes >10-7 GeV cm-2 s-1 below 1 TeV are ruled out by the ARGO-YBJ limits.

Published
2019

2. Absolute-energy-scale calibration of ARGO-YBJ for light primaries in multi-TeV region with the Moon shadow observation

Author

X. C. Yang, H. H. He, T. Di Girolamo, Zhenyong Feng, H. Y. Jia, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, L. Xue, Hong-peng Lu, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, Labaciren, X. D. Sheng, S. M. Mari, J. K. K. Liu, A. Surdo, Paolo Bernardini, L. L. Ma, Haibing Hu, Longzhou Zhang, H. W. Wang, J. B. Zhao, P. Salvini, Chang-Chun Ning, C. X. Liu, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, Zhaoyang Feng, G. Marsella, X. J. Bi, Y. Zhang, Z. G. Yao, G. Mancarella, Zhaxisangzhu, C. Y. Wu, B. Bartoli, S. Z. Chen, L. Perrone, R. Santonico, G. Di Sciascio, Y. H. Tan, Fudong Shi, B. Z. Dai, S. Mastroianni, Carlo Vigorito, Zhaxiciren, F. R. Zhu, Danzengluobu, Y. Q. Guo, Q. Q. Zhu, I. De Mitri, Q. B. Gou, Zihuang Cao, Piero Vallania, T. L. Chen, A. F. Yuan, Pengnian Shen, S. Catalanotti, S. W. Cui, Hongbo Hu, C. F. Feng, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, X. Y. Zhang, Minghui Liu, R. Iuppa, S. Vernetto, A. D'Amone, Q. Y. Yang, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B., Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, Paolo, Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, Pio, Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M, Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Bernardini, Paolo, D'Amone, Antonio, DE MITRI, Ivan, D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B., Mancarella, Giovanni, Mari, S. M., Marsella, Giovanni, Montini, P., Perrone, Lorenzo, Pistilli, P., Zha, M., and collaboration), (The ARGO YBJ

Subjects
Cosmic ray, Energy calibration, Energy spectrum, Moon shadow, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Moon shadow, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Interaction model, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Scale error, Energy calibration, Energy spectrum, Rigidity (electromagnetism), 0103 physical sciences, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Argo
Abstract

In 2011 ARGO-YBJ experiment has reported a work to study the absolute rigidity scale of the primary cosmic ray particles based on the Moon's shadow observation. Given the progress in high energy hadronic interaction models with LHC data, in cosmic ray chemical composition measurement and in experimental data accumulation, more updates can be researched. This paper aims to further disentangle the composition dependence in absolute-energy-scale calibration by using specific moon-shadow data which mainly is comprised of light component cosmic rays. Results show that, 17% energy scale error is estimated from 3 TeV to 50 TeV. To validate the performance of this technique, the light component cosmic ray spectrum in the same energy region is shown. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2017
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3. Galactic Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy in the Northern hemisphere from the ARGO-YBJ Experiment during 2008-2012

Author

J. Zhao, Hongbo Hu, P. R. Shen, X. C. Yang, A. Surdo, Yicheng Guo, Y. H. Tan, Zhaoyang Feng, F. R. Zhu, X. J. Bi, T. Di Girolamo, J. K. K. Liu, S. Vernetto, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhengguo Cao, S. Z. Chen, Q. Q. Zhu, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, R. Santonico, S. Mastroianni, C. Vigorito, C. Y. Wu, S. W. Cui, C. Q. Liu, Q. B. Gou, C. C. Ning, P. Vallania, F. Shi, S. M. Mari, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, A. D'Amone, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, Zhaxiciren, R. Iuppa, L. Xue, P. Salvini, G. Marsella, W. Gao, P. Bernardini, H. Wang, H. Lu, Danzengluobu, S. Catalanotti, David Ruffolo, A. F. Yuan, B. Z. Dai, Y. J. Zhang, Huihai He, M. Zha, G. Di Sciascio, X. Y. Zhang, Labaciren, Xiangdong Sheng, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, Minghui Liu, I. De Mitri, Q. Y. Yang, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, X. X. Zhou, L. Perrone, Haibing Hu, L. L. Ma, H. Y. Jia, G. Mancarella, B. Bartoli, Cunfeng Feng, M. Iacovacci, Z. G. Yao, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., Piazzoli, B. D’Ettorre, Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Z. Y., Gao, W., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruffolo, D., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., D'Amone, A., Piazzoli, B. D'Ettorre, Mastroianni, Stefano, Danzengluobu, null, Labaciren, null, Zhaxiciren, null, and Zhaxisangzhu, null

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, cosmic rays, 0103 physical sciences, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Argo, cosmic ray, Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Northern Hemisphere, Astronomy, astroparticle physic, Astronomy and Astrophysics, astroparticle physics, cosmic ray anysotropy, argo-ybj, Astronomy and Astrophysic, astroparticle physics, Space and Planetary Science, 13. Climate action, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

This paper reports on the observation of the sidereal large-scale anisotropy of cosmic rays using data collected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment over 5 years (2008-2012). This analysis extends previous work limited to the period from 2008 January to 2009 December, near the minimum of solar activity between cycles 23 and 24. With the new data sample, the period of solar cycle 24 from near minimum to maximum is investigated. A new method is used to improve the energy reconstruction, allowing us to cover a much wider energy range, from 4 to 520 TeV. Below 100 TeV, the anisotropy is dominated by two wide regions, the so-called “tail-in” and “loss-cone” features. At higher energies, a dramatic change of the morphology is confirmed. The yearly time dependence of the anisotropy is investigated. Finally, no noticeable variation of cosmic-ray anisotropy with solar activity is observed for a median energy of 7 TeV.

Published
2018
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4. Detection of thermal neutrons with the PRISMA-YBJ array in extensive air showers selected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Author

M. Zha, Labaciren, C. C. Ning, O. B. Shchegolev, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, C. Vigorito, Z. Y. Cai, Zhenyong Feng, P. Bernardini, P. Salvini, Hm Zhang, C. Y. Wu, G. Marsella, C. Q. Liu, Q. B. Gou, V. Volchenko, L. L. Ma, P. Vallania, Zhengguo Cao, R. Santonico, H. H. He, H. Lu, G. Mancarella, H. Wang, Danzengluobu, J. K. K. Liu, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, A. D'Amone, Q. Q. Zhu, A. F. Yuan, F. Shi, X. W. Guo, S. M. Mari, P. R. Shen, X. C. Yang, X. X. Zhou, T. Di Girolamo, L. Xue, V. V. Alekseenko, Yu. V. Stenkin, Zhaxiciren, Y. H. Tan, Zhaxisangzhu, Hongbo Hu, V. Aynutdinov, Cunfeng Feng, S. W. Cui, V.I. Stepanov, Yicheng Guo, X. J. Bi, Ye Liu, S. Vernetto, Q. Y. Yang, S. Z. Chen, F. R. Zhu, S. Mastroianni, H. Y. Jia, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, V. Rulev, Minghui Liu, A. Surdo, G. Di Sciascio, Zhaoyang Feng, X. Y. Zhang, Xiangdong Sheng, J. Zhao, S. Catalanotti, B. Z. Dai, Y. J. Zhang, R. Iuppa, B. Bartoli, I. De Mitri, Haibing Hu, Z. G. Yao, L. Perrone, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, M. Iacovacci, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B., Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, Paolo, Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, Pio, Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Stenkin, Y. u. V., Alekseenko, V. V., Aynutdinov, V., Cai, Z. Y., Guo, X. W., Liu, Y., Rulev, V., Shchegolev, O. B., Stepanov, V., Volchenko, V., Zhang, H., Bartoli, B, Bernardini, Paolo, Bi, Xj, Cao, Z, Catalanotti, S, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Amone, Antonio, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, Piazzoli, Bd, Di Girolamo, T, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng, Zy, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, H, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, Jia, Hy, Labaciren, Li, Hj, Liu, C, Liu, J, Liu, My, Lu, H, Ma, Ll, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, Giovanni, Mari, Sm, Marsella, Giovanni, Mastroianni, S, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Perrone, Lorenzo, Pistilli, P, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xue, L, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yao, Zg, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang, L, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhao, J, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, Stenkin, Yv, Alekseenko, Vv, Aynutdinov, V, Cai, Zy, Guo, Xw, Liu, Y, Rulev, V, Shchegolev, Ob, Stepanov, V, Volchenko, V, Zhang, H[ 7 ] . . . Less, Bartoli, Bruno, Catalanotti, Sergio, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, Mari, S. M., Montini, P., and Pistilli, P.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Extensive air shower, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, EN-detector, Hadronic component, RPC, Thermal neutron, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Observatory, Coincident, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Cosmic-ray observatory, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Neutron temperature, Air shower, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We report on a measurement of thermal neutrons, generated by the hadronic component of extensive air showers (EAS), by means of a small array of EN-detectors developed for the PRISMA project (PRImary Spectrum Measurement Array), novel devices based on a compound alloy of ZnS(Ag) and $^{6}$LiF. This array has been operated within the ARGO-YBJ experiment at the high altitude Cosmic Ray Observatory in Yangbajing (Tibet, 4300 m a.s.l.). Due to the tight correlation between the air shower hadrons and thermal neutrons, this technique can be envisaged as a simple way to estimate the number of high energy hadrons in EAS. Coincident events generated by primary cosmic rays of energies greater than 100 TeV have been selected and analyzed. The EN-detectors have been used to record simultaneously thermal neutrons and the air shower electromagnetic component. The density distributions of both components and the total number of thermal neutrons have been measured. The correlation of these data with the measurements carried out by ARGO-YBJ confirms the excellent performance of the EN-detector., 35 pages, 16 figures

Published
2016

5. EAS age determination from the study of the lateral distribution of charged particles near the shower axis with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Author

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

Subjects
Shower age, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extensive air shower, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, Wide dynamic range, Extensive air showers, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cosmic rays, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Range (particle radiation), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Charged particle, Computational physics, Distribution function, Air shower, Particle, Composition, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The ARGO-YBJ experiment, a full coverage extensive air shower (EAS) detector located at high altitude (4300 m a.s.l.) in Tibet, China, has smoothly taken data, with very high stability, since November 2007 to the beginning of 2013. The array consisted of a carpet of about 7000 m2 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) operated in streamer mode and equipped with both digital and analog readout, providing the measurement of particle densities up to few particles per cm2. The unique detector features (full coverage, readout granularity, wide dynamic range, ..) and location (very high altitude) allowed a detailed study of the lateral density profile of charged particles at ground very close to the shower axis and its description by a proper lateral distribution function (LDF). In particular, the information collected in the first 10 m from the shower axis have been shown to provide a very effective tool for the determination of the shower development stage ("age") in the energy range 50 TeV - 10 PeV. The sensitivity of the age parameter to the mass composition of primary Cosmic Rays is also discussed.

Published
2017

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

Author

Zihuang Cao, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, J. W. Zhao, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, Paolo Camarri, X. X. Zhou, J. K. K. Liu, X. Y. Zhang, P. Creti, Haibing Hu, Minghui Liu, Hongbo Hu, Haifeng Li, A. Surdo, Y. Zhang, D. Martello, Lanqing Ma, Yicheng Guo, Danzengluobu, Carlo Vigorito, S. W. Cui, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Di Sciascio, H. W. Wang, Zhaxisangzhu, A. Budano, H. Y. Jia, Fudong Shi, Labaciren, S. Mastroianni, Zhaxiciren, T. Di Girolamo, A. F. Yuan, G. Liguori, C. X. Liu, H. R. Wu, B. Z. Dai, F. Ruggieri, Q. Y. Yang, G. Zizzi, P. Branchini, R. Santonico, A. D'Amone, F. R. Zhu, S. Vernetto, H. Lu, R. Cardarelli, G. Marsella, L. Perrone, L. Zhang, P. Salvini, Cunfeng Feng, P. Bernardini, Y. H. Tan, Z. G. Yao, X. D. Sheng, Giovanni Mancarella, H. H. He, X. C. Yang, Chang-Chun Ning, Zhaoyang Feng, M. Panareo, P. Vallania, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, I. De Mitri, C. Y. Wu, L. Xue, Q. B. Gou, T. L. Chen, Zhenyong Feng, X. J. Bi, S. Z. Chen, B. Bartoli, S. M. Mari, Pengnian Shen, S. Catalanotti, R. Iuppa, ITA, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, 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, D'AMONE, ANTONIO, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, PANAREO, Marco, PERRONE, Lorenzo, 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, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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, D'Amone, Antonio, 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, H. J., Li, G., Liguori, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, Mari, Stefano Maria, and The ARGO YBJ, Collaboration

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Air shower detection, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, STRIPS, Calorimetry, Signal, law.invention, Optics, Observatory, law, Air shower detection, RPC detector, Calorimetry, Cosmic-ray observatory, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Resistive touchscreen, business.industry, Detector, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Core (optical fiber), RPC detector, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

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) (6700 m2) operated in streamer mode. The signal pick-up is obtained by means of strips facing one side of the gas volume. The digital readout of the signals, while allows a high space–time resolution in the shower front reconstruction, limits the measurable energy to a few hundred TeV. In order to fully investigate the 1–10 PeV region, an analog readout has been implemented by instrumenting each RPC with two large size electrodes facing the other side of the gas volume. Since December 2009 the RPC charge readout has been in operation on the entire central carpet (∼5800 m2). In this configuration the detector is able to measure the particle density at the core position where it ranges from tens to many thousands of particles per m2. Thus ARGO-YBJ provides a highly detailed image of the charge component at the core of air showers. In this paper we describe the analog readout of RPCs in ARGO-YBJ and discuss both the performance of the system and the physical impact on the EAS measurements. 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) (6700 m2) operated in streamer mode. The signal pick-up is obtained by means of strips facing one side of the gas volume. The digital readout of the signals, while allows a high space-time resolution in the shower front reconstruction, limits the measurable energy to a few hundred TeV. In order to fully investigate the 1-10 PeV region, an analog readout has been implemented by instrumenting each RPC with two large size electrodes facing the other side of the gas volume. Since December 2009 the RPC charge readout has been in operation on the entire central carpet (∼5800 m2). In this configuration the detector is able to measure the particle density at the core position where it ranges from tens to many thousands of particles per m2. Thus ARGO-YBJ provides a highly detailed image of the charge component at the core of air showers. In this paper we describe the analog readout of RPCs in ARGO-YBJ and discuss both the performance of the system and the physical impact on the EAS measurements.

Published
2015

7. STUDY OF THE DIFFUSE GAMMA-RAY EMISSION FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE WITH ARGO-YBJ

Author

Q. Q. Zhu, Labaciren, Zhengguo Cao, P. Bernardini, J. K. K. Liu, X. X. Zhou, C. Y. Wu, J. Zhao, Y. J. Zhang, R. Santonico, H. H. He, Zhenyong Feng, P. R. Shen, F. Shi, C. Q. Liu, Q. B. Gou, F. R. Zhu, P. Creti, C. C. Ning, X. C. Yang, Haifeng Li, H. Lu, I. De Mitri, A. D'Amone, P. Vallania, S. M. Mari, T. Di Girolamo, Danzengluobu, R. Cardarelli, A. F. Yuan, M. Panareo, Minghui Liu, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Y. H. Tan, M. Zha, Lanqing Ma, X. J. Bi, L. Xue, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, S. Vernetto, Zhaxiciren, A. Surdo, R. Iuppa, G. Zizzi, C. Vigorito, Zhaxisangzhu, P. Salvini, Q. Y. Yang, S. Z. Chen, G. Marsella, B. Bartoli, G. Liguori, M. Iacovacci, S. Catalanotti, B. Z. Dai, Zhaoyang Feng, Paolo Camarri, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, L. Perrone, G. Di Sciascio, X. Y. Zhang, A. Budano, Z. G. Yao, Haibing Hu, Xiangdong Sheng, S. Mastroianni, D. Martello, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, H. R. Wu, Hongbo Hu, Yicheng Guo, H. Wang, Cunfeng Feng, F. Ruggieri, H. Y. Jia, S. W. Cui, G. Mancarella, P. Branchini, Mari, Stefano Maria, The ARGO YBJ, Collaboration, ITA, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Sciascio, G. Di, Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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, D'Amone, Antonio, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, and G., Zizzi

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, observational [methods], Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, disk, methods: observational [cosmic rays, diffuse radiation, Galaxy], Galaxy: disk, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), cosmic rays, Disc, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic plane, Galaxy, diffuse radiation, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Space and Planetary Science, Milagro, methods: observational, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, disk [Galaxy], Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

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 energy range covered by this analysis, from ~350 GeV to ~2 TeV, allows the connection of the region explored by Fermi with the multi-TeV measurements carried out by Milagro. Our analysis has been focused on two selected regions of the Galactic plane, i.e., 40{\deg} < l < 100{\deg} and 65{\deg} < l < 85{\deg} (the Cygnus region), where Milagro observed an excess with respect to the predictions of current models. Great care has been taken in order to mask the most intense gamma-ray sources, including the TeV counterpart of the Cygnus cocoon recently identified by ARGO-YBJ, and to remove residual contributions. The ARGO-YBJ results do not show any excess at sub-TeV energies corresponding to the excess found by Milagro, and are consistent with the predictions of the Fermi model for the diffuse Galactic emission. From the measured energy distribution we derive spectral indices and the differential flux at 1 TeV of the diffuse gamma-ray emission in the sky regions investigated., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, published in APJ

Published
2015

8. Cosmic ray physics with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Author

B. Bartoli, 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’Alì Staiti, Danzengluobu, M. Dattoli, 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 Huo, Hongbo Hue, 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, S. M. Mari, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, B. Panico, 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, JilongZhang, JianliZhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi, BERNARDINI, Paolo, DE MITRI, Ivan, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, PANAREO, Marco, PERRONE, Lorenzo, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Alì Staiti, Danzengluobu, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, and G., Zizzi

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Proton, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Cosmic Rays, Array Detector, Astrophysics, Air shower, Observatory, Gamma-ray burst, Heliosphere
Abstract

The main scientific goals of the ARGO-YBJ ex- periment are -ray astronomy with a few hundreds GeV en- ergy threshold and cosmic ray physics below and around the knee of the primary energy spectrum (10 12 10 16 eV), where the transition from direct to indirect measurement techniques takes place. The ARGO-YBJ experiment, located at the Cos- mic Ray Observatory of Yangbajing (Tibet, P.R. of China, 4 300 m a.s.l.), is an unconventional Extensive Air Shower ar- ray of about 6,700 m 2 of active area, the only one exploiting the full-coverage technique at very high altitude currently in operation. The detector space-time granularity, performance and location offer a unique chance to make a detailed study of the structure of cosmic ray showers, in particular of the hadronic component. In this work we will focus on the main experimental results concerning cosmic ray and hadronic in- teraction physics: primary cosmic ray energy spectrum, an- tiproton over proton ratio, anisotropy in the cosmic ray flux and proton-air cross-section. Moreover, the possible data analysis improvements based on the use of all detailed infor- mation on the shower front (curvature, time width, rise time, ..), as well as the extension of the investigable energy range, allowed by the analog RPC readout, will be pointed out. nique at very high altitude presently in data taking. Location and detector features make ARGO-YBJ capable of investi- gating a wide range of fundamental issues in Cosmic Ray and Astroparticle Physics at relatively low energy threshold: - very high energy -ray astronomy, with an energy thresh- old of a few hundreds GeV; - search for emission of gamma ray bursts in the full GeV - TeV energy range; - study of cosmic rays (spectrum, composition, p/p ra- tio measurement, shower space-time structure, ...) starting at TeV energies; - Sun and heliosphere physics above Eth 1 GeV. In following sections, after a brief description of the detec- tor and its performance, the main results achieved on several items of cosmic ray physics will be presented and discussed.

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2011
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9. Observation of TeV gamma rays from the Cygnus region with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

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Carla Bleve, Q. Q. Zhu, B. S. Wang, Zhaxisangzhu, Hongbo Hu, C. F. Feng, B. Bartoli, Carlo Vigorito, S. M. Mari, A. F. Yuan, X. D. Sheng, Zhengguo Cao, Paolo Montini, T. Di Girolamo, G. Liguori, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, R. Iuppa, L. L. Ma, Haibing Hu, Jilong Zhang, Y. Q. Guo, E. Giroletti, Y. B. Chen, H. J. Li, Chang-Chun Ning, Zhaoyang Feng, H. R. Wu, F. Ruggieri, Y. Zhang, P. Bernardini, S. W. Cui, D. Martello, B. Panico, Labaciren, Jianli Zhang, L. Xue, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, M. Y. Liu, P. R. Shen, X. Y. Zhang, B. Z. Dai, J. K. K. Liu, Antonio Budano, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, C. Cattaneo, H. Y. Jia, X. H. Ding, Hong-peng Lu, Q. Y. Yang, Zhaxiciren, P. Creti, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne, P. F. Zhang, Cristian Stanescu, P. Branchini, A. Surdo, Roberto Cardarelli, Danzengluobu, G. Zizzi, Q. Huang, X. J. Bi, G. Marsella, Zhenyong Feng, F. R. Zhu, S. Vernetto, C. Liu, Bingwei Xu, X. X. Li, S. Catalanotti, Paolo Camarri, Z. G. Yao, H.H. He, M. Dattoli, M. Panareo, Huaguang Wang, Y. H. Tan, X. H. Ma, Q. B. Gou, I. De Mitri, J. B. Zhao, P. Salvini, Fudong Shi, A. Pagliaro, S. Mastroianni, J. Y. Li, T. L. Chen, I. Bolognino, S. Z. Chen, Giovanni Mancarella, G. Di Sciascio, X. C. Yang, R. Santonico, Irina James, L. Perrone, F. Galeazzi, Longzhou Zhang, C. Y. Wu, C. Q. Liu, G. D'Alí Staiti, P. Vallania, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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., Jame, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., Bleve, C., Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., A. K. C., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Cattaneo, C., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., Staiti, G. D., Dattoli, M., Mitri, I. D., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Ding, X. H., Sciascio, G. D., Feng, C. F., Feng, Z. Y., Galeazzi, F., Giroletti, E., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., H. B., Hu, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., James, I., Jia, H. Y., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Pagliaro, A., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Stanescu, C., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., Xu, B., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, J. L., Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Bleve, C, Bolognino, I, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Calabrese Melcarne, AK, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Chen, SZ, Chen, TL, Chen, Y, Creti, P, Cui, SW, Dai, BZ, D’Ali Staiti, G, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, XH, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, CF, Feng, ZYa, Feng, ZYo, Galeazzi, F, Giroletti, E, Gou, QB, Guo, YQ, He, HH, Hu, HBi, Hu, HBo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, HY, Li, HJ, Li, JY, Li, XX, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, CQ, Liu, J, Liu, MY, Lu, H, Ma, LL, Ma, XH, Mancarella, G, Mari, SM, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Montini, P, Ning, CC, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Panico, B, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Ruggieri, F, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, PR, Sheng, XD, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, YH, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, CY, Wu, HR, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yang, QY, Yang, XC, Yao, ZG, Yuan, AF, M. Zha, M, Zhang, HM, Zhang, JLi, Zhang, JLo, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, XY, Zhang, Y, Zhao, J, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, XX, Zhu, FR, Zhu, QQ, Zizzi, G, Bartoli, B., Bi, X. J., Melcarne A. K., Calabrese, Catalanotti, S., Staiti G., D'Ali, De Mitri, I., Piazzoli B., D'Ettorre, Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Li, H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mari, Stefano Maria, Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Zhang, Jilong, and Zhang, Jianli

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general – pulsars: individual (MGRO J2019+37 [Gamma rays], Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Pulsar wind nebula, general – pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, MILAGRO, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, DETECTOR, Argo, Physics, CALIBRATION, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MGRO J2031+41), Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual (MGRO J2019+37, MGRO J2031+41), PLANE, 3. Good health, Medium energy, Crab Nebula, gamma ray, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, GALACTIC SOURCES, J2032+4130, Milagro, gamma rays, general – pulsars, EMISSION, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

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 J2031+41. According to the Milagro data set, at 20 TeV MGRO J2019+37 is the most significant source apart from the Crab Nebula. No signal from MGRO J2019+37 is detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment, and the derived flux upper limits at 90% confidence level for all the events above 600 GeV with medium energy of 3 TeV are lower than the Milagro flux, implying that the source might be variable and hard to be identified as a pulsar wind nebula. The only statistically significant (6.4 standard deviations) gamma-ray signal is found from MGRO J2031+41, with a flux consistent with the measurement by Milagro., 14 pages, 4 figures

Published
2012

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

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Collaboration, The ARGO-YBJ, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Bleve, C., Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Melcarne, A. K. Calabrese, Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cappa, A., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, S., Cattaneo, C., Celio, P., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., Staiti, G. D'Alí, Danzengluobu, Dattoli, M., De Mitri, I., Piazzoli, B. D'Ettorre, Di Girolamo, T., Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Galeazzi, F., Galeotti, P., Giroletti, E., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., James, I., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Li, H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Pagliaro, A., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Qu, X. B., Rossi, E., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Stanescu, C., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xu, B., Xue, L., Yan, Y. X., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., Bartoli, Bruno, Catalanotti, Sergio, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Bleve, C, Bolognino, I, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Calabrese Melcarne, AK, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, SZ, Chen, TL, Chen, Y, Creti, P, Cui SW, Dai, BZ, D'Alí Staiti, G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, XH, Di Sciascio, G, Feng CF, Feng, XYa, Feng, ZYo, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Giroletti, E, Gou, QB, Guo, YQ, He, HH, Hu, HBi, Hu, HBo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, HY, Labaciren, Li, HJ, Li, JY, Li, XX, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, CQ, Liu, J, Liu, MY, Lu, H, Ma, XH, Mancarella, G, Mari, SM, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Montini, P, Ning, CC, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Panico, B, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, XB, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, PR, Sheng, XD, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, YH, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, CY, Wu, HR, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, YX, Yang, QY, Yang, XC, Yao, ZG, Yuan, AF, Zha, M, Zhang, HM, Zhang, JLo, Zhang,JLi, Zhang,L, Zhang, P, Zhang, XY, Zhang, Y, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, XX, Zhu, FR, Zhu, QQ, Zizzi, G, Bi, Xj, Melcarne, Akc, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, Staiti, Gd, Piazzoli, Bd, Ding, Xh, Feng, Cf, Feng, Zy, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Hb, Jia, Hy, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Ma, Xh, Mari, Stefano Maria, Ning, Cc, Qu, Xb, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Tan, Yh, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yao, Zg, Yuan, Af, Zhang, Hm, Zhang, Jl, Zhang, L, Zhang, Xy, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, and Zizzi, G.

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media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Oggetti di tipo BL Lacertae, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, individual (Markarian 421) [BL Lacertae objects], Spectral line, Gamma-rays, Markarian 421, BL Lacertae, Resistive Plate Chambers, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Radiative transfer, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Markarian 421, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astronomy and Astrophysics, general [gamma ray], Synchrotron, 3. Good health, Air shower, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Duty cycle, Sky, Raggi gamma, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

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 paper, we report a long-term monitoring of Mrk 421 over the period from 2007 November to 2010 February. This source was observed by the satellite-borne experiments Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer and Swift in the X-ray band. Mrk 421 was especially active in the first half of 2008. Many flares are observed in both X-ray and gamma-ray bands simultaneously. The gamma-ray flux observed by ARGO-YBJ has a clear correlation with the X-ray flux. No lag between the X-ray and gamma-ray photons longer than 1 day is found. The evolution of the spectral energy distribution is investigated by measuring spectral indices at four different flux levels. Hardening of the spectra is observed in both X-ray and gamma-ray bands. The gamma-ray flux increases quadratically with the simultaneously measured X-ray flux. All these observational results strongly favor the synchrotron self-Compton process as the underlying radiative mechanism., 30 pages, 8 figures

Published
2011

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

Author

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

Subjects
Astrophysics and Astronomy, gamma-ray burst: general, FOS: Physical sciences, Field of view, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, general [gamma-ray burst], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Particle Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Gamma ray, hep-ph, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Air shower, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst
Abstract

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 duty cycle (> 86%), made ARGO-YBJ suitable to search for short and unexpected gamma ray emissions like gamma ray bursts (GRBs). Between 2007 November 6 and 2013 February 7, 156 satellite-triggered GRBs (24 of them with known redshift) occurred within the ARGO-YBJ field of view. A search for possible emission associated to these GRBs has been made in the two energy ranges 10-100 GeV and 10-1000 GeV. No significant excess has been found in time coincidence with the satellite detections nor in a time window of one hour after the bursts. Taking into account the EBL absorption, upper limits to the energy fluence at 99% of confidence level have been evaluated,with values ranging from ~ 10-5 erg cm-2 to ~10-1 erg cm-2., 24pages and 12 figures

Published
2017
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12. 4.5 YEARS OF MULTI-WAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF MRK 421 DURING THE ARGO-YBJ AND FERMI COMMON OPERATION TIME

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B. Bartoli, A. F. Yuan, Huihai He, Xiangdong Sheng, L. Perrone, A. D'Amone, S. W. Cui, Haibing Hu, Longzhou Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Labaciren, Zhaxiciren, Q. Y. Yang, Q. Q. Zhu, X. C. Yang, C. Y. Wu, Y. Q. Guo, R. Santonico, L. Xue, F. R. Zhu, S. M. Mari, Zihuang Cao, J. K. K. Liu, Q. B. Gou, X. Y. Zhang, Minghui Liu, Hong-peng Lu, I. De Mitri, G. Mancarella, Carlo Vigorito, C. X. Liu, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, J. B. Zhao, T. L. Chen, P. Salvini, A. Surdo, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, Y. H. Tan, Z. G. Yao, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, B. Z. Dai, X. J. Bi, Danzengluobu, Fudong Shi, Paolo Bernardini, S. Mastroianni, L. L. Ma, H. W. Wang, G. Marsella, Zhenyong Feng, S. Z. Chen, G. Di Sciascio, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, Hongbo Hu, C. F. Feng, Piero Vallania, H. Y. Jia, Pengnian Shen, S. Catalanotti, T. Di Girolamo, R. Iuppa, S. Vernetto, Zhaxisangzhu, Chang-Chun Ning, Zhaoyang Feng, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, De Mitri, I., Piazzoli, B. D'Ettorre, Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, Paolo, Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, Pio, Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Bartoli, Bruno, Catalanotti, Sergio, D’Amone, A., Mitri, I. De, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, Mari, S. M., Montini, P., Pistilli, P., Bernardini, Paolo, Xje, X. J. E, Cao, Z. E, D'Amone, Antonio, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, Piazzoli, B. D., Feng, Z., Hu, H., Labaciren, Mancarella, Giovanni, Marsella, Giovanni, Perrone, Lorenzo, Yao, Z. G. E, Yuan, A., F., Zhaxiciren, and Zhaxisangzhu

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Electron, BL Lacertae objects: individual (Markarian 421), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Acceleration, law, 0103 physical sciences, Emission spectrum, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, cosmic ray, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, gamma-rays: general, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Synchrotron, gamma-ray Anstronomy, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, BL-LAC OBJECTS, ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS, PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES, 13. Climate action, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, SPECTRAL EVOLUTION, SHOCK ACCELERATION, FEBRUARY 2010, TEV BLAZARS, GIANT FLARE, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

We report on the extensive multi-wavelength observations of the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) covering radio to gamma-rays, during the 4.5 year period of ARGO-YBJ and Fermi common operation time, from August 2008 to February 2013. In particular, thanks to the ARGO-YBJ and Fermi data, the whole energy range from 100 MeV to 10 TeV is covered without any gap. In the observation period, Mrk 421 showed both low and high activity states at all wavebands. The correlations among flux variations in different wavebands were analyzed. Seven large flares, including five X-ray flares and two GeV gamma-ray flares with variable durations (3-58 days), and one X-ray outburst phase were identified and used to investigate the variation of the spectral energy distribution with respect to a relative quiescent phase. During the outburst phase and the seven flaring episodes, the peak energy in X-rays is observed to increase from sub-keV to few keV. The TeV gamma-ray flux increases up to 0.9-7.2 times the flux of the Crab Nebula. The behavior of GeV gamma-rays is found to vary depending on the flare, a feature that leads us to classify flares into three groups according to the GeV flux variation. Finally, the one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model was adopted to describe the emission spectra. Two out of three groups can be satisfactorily described using injected electrons with a power-law spectral index around 2.2, as expected from relativistic diffuse shock acceleration, whereas the remaining group requires a harder injected spectrum. The underlying physical mechanisms responsible for different groups may be related to the acceleration process or to the environment properties., 17 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, Accepted for publication in ApJS

Published
2016
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13. ARGO-YBJ OBSERVATION OF THE LARGE-SCALE COSMIC RAY ANISOTROPY DURING THE SOLAR MINIMUM BETWEEN CYCLES 23 AND 24

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Lanqing Ma, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, S. W. Cui, H. W. Wang, X. D. Sheng, G. Mancarella, Q. Y. Yang, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Paolo Bernardini, Zhaxisangzhu, X. J. Bi, B. Bartoli, X. C. Yang, R. Santonico, L. Zhang, S. Z. Chen, C. Y. Wu, A. F. Yuan, Zhaxiciren, J. W. Zhao, Haibing Hu, F. R. Zhu, P. Salvini, W. Gao, A. D'Amone, L. Xue, Labaciren, G. Marsella, L. Perrone, Fudong Shi, Q. Q. Zhu, Danzengluobu, S. Mastroianni, Hong-peng Lu, Y. Zhang, I. De Mitri, C. X. Liu, J. K. K. Liu, Z. G. Yao, T. L. Chen, Zihuang Cao, Zhenyong Feng, S. M. Mari, Y. H. Tan, H. H. He, Carlo Vigorito, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, H. Y. Jia, G. Di Sciascio, X. Y. Zhang, Minghui Liu, B. Z. Dai, P. Montini, X. H. Ma, Y. Q. Guo, Piero Vallania, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, Hongbo Hu, A. Surdo, C. F. Feng, Q. B. Gou, T. Di Girolamo, R. Iuppa, S. Vernetto, Pengnian Shen, S. Catalanotti, Chang-Chun Ning, Zhaoyang Feng, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Cao, Z., Catalanotti, Sergio, Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D’Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Null, D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B., DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Sciascio, G. Di, Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gao, W., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Null, Li, H. J., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Null, Zhaxisangzhu, Null, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Bartoli, B., Catalanotti, S., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, Mitri, I. D., Piazzoli, B. D., Girolamo, T. D., Sciascio, G. D., Feng, Z., Hu, H., Iacovacci, M., Labaciren, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, ITA, Mitri, I. De, Piazzoli, B. D'Ettorre, and Girolamo, T. Di

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Solar minimum, Physics, cosmic rays, methods: data analysis, methods: observational, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, observational [methods], Phase (waves), FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Amplitude, Air shower, data analysi [methods], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Anisotropy, Event (particle physics), cosmic ray
Abstract

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 solar activity between cycles 23 and 24. In this period, more than 200 billion showers were recorded with energies between 1 and 30 TeV. The observed two-dimensional distribution of cosmic rays is characterized by two wide regions of excess and deficit, respectively, both of relative intensity 0.001 with respect to a uniform flux, superimposed on smaller size structures. The harmonic analysis shows that the large-scale cosmic-ray relative intensity as a function of R.A. can be described by the first and second terms of a Fouries series. The high event statistics allow the study of the energy dependence of the anistropy, showing that the amplitude increases with energy, with a maximum intensity at 10 TeV, and then decreases while the phase slowly shifts toward lower values of R.A. with increasing energy. The ARGO-YBJ data provide accurate observations over more than a decade of energy around this feature of the anisotropy spectrum., Comment: 9pages, 6figures

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2015
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14. Energy spectrum of cosmic protons and helium nuclei by a hybrid measurement at 4300 m a.s.l

Author

A. D'Amone, Bo Gao, Zhenyong Feng, Piero Vallania, Xu Wang, Q. Y. Yang, S. S. Zhang, J. W. Zhao, R. Santonico, Hongbo Hu, G. Zizzi, A. Surdo, C. F. Feng, M. Iacovacci, P. Creti, Paolo Camarri, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne, T. Di Girolamo, F. R. Zhu, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, X. J. Bi, S. N. Sbano, R. Cardarelli, S. Z. Chen, Y. H. Tan, X. Zuo, B. k. Zhang, P. Salvini, G. Marsella, Lanqing Ma, Labaciren, Paolo Montini, S. H. Feng, R. Iuppa, L. Xue, M. Zha, S. Vernetto, B. Panico, X. X. Li, L. Zhang, Hong-peng Lu, S. M. Mari, I. Bolognino, S. W. Cui, J. K. K. Liu, B. Z. Dai, I. De Mitri, F. Ruggieri, Zhen Cao, Chang-Chun Ning, Zhaoyang Feng, Y. Zhang, Danzengluobu, A. F. Yuan, T. L. Chen, Bin Zhou, Q. Q. Zhu, Q. B. Gou, Huihai He, Haibing Hu, G. Mancarella, C. Hou, P. Branchini, Ming Chen, H. Y. Jia, B. Bartoli, X. D. Sheng, Y. X. Bai, Paolo Bernardini, Pengnian Shen, S. Catalanotti, G. C. Xiao, D. Martello, L. Perrone, G. Di Sciascio, M. Panareo, X. C. Yang, Y. Q. Guo, C. Y. Wu, Carlo Vigorito, Y. B. Chen, H. J. Li, H. R. Wu, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, Jiali Liu, X. X. Zhou, M. H. Gu, X. Y. Zhang, Minghui Liu, Zhaxisangzhu, Z. G. Yao, X. H. Ma, Zhaxiciren, H. W. Wang, A. Budano, Fudong Shi, S. Mastroianni, G. Liguori, C. X. Liu, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, X. J., Bi, I., Bolognino, P., Branchini, A., Budano, A. K., Calabrese Melcarne, P., Camarri, Z., Cao, R., Cardarelli, S., Catalanotti, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, P., Creti, S. W., Cui, B. Z., Dai, D'Amone, Antonio, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, P., Pistilli, F., Ruggieri, P., Salvini, R., Santonico, S. N., Sbano, 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, Y. X., Bai, M. J., Chen, Y., Chen, S. H., Feng, B., Gao, M. H., Gu, C., Hou, X. X., Li, J. L., Liu, X., Wang, G., Xiao, B. K., Zhang, S. S., Zhang, B., Zhou, X., Zuo, P., Bernardini, Catalanotti, Sergio, A., D'Amone, I., De Mitri, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Q., Huang, Iacovacci, Michele, B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, X. J. Bi, I. Bolognino, P. Branchini, A. Budano, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne, P. Camarri, Z. Cao, R. Cardarelli, S. Catalanotti, S. Z. Chen, T. L. Chen, P. Creti, S. W. Cui, B. Z. Dai, D'AMONE, ANTONIO, 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, H. J. Li, G. Liguori, C. Liu, J. Liu, M. Y. Liu, H. Lu, L. L. Ma, X. H. Ma, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, P. Pistilli, F. Ruggieri, P. Salvini, R. Santonico, S. N. Sbano, 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, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi, Y. X. Bai, M. J. Chen, Y. Chen, S. H. Feng, B. Gao, M. H. Gu, C. Hou, X. X. Li, J. L. Liu, X. Wang, G. Xiao, B. K. Zhang, S. S. Zhang, B. Zhou, and X. Zuo

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Hydrogen, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ARGO-YBJ, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Telescope, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), law, Instrumentation, Cherenkov radiation, Helium, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Range (particle radiation), COSMIC cancer database, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Hybrid measurement, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Alpha particle, chemistry, Cherenkov telescope, Energy Spectrum, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Composition
Abstract

The energy spectrum of cosmic Hydrogen and Helium nuclei has been measured, below the so-called "knee", by using a hybrid experiment with a wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope and the Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) array of the ARGO-YBJ experiment at 4300 m above sea level. The Hydrogen and Helium nuclei have been well separated from other cosmic ray components by using a multi-parameter technique. A highly uniform energy resolution of about 25% is achieved throughout the whole energy range (100 TeV - 700 TeV). The observed energy spectrum is compatible with a single power law with index gamma=-2.63+/-0.06., Comment: To be published on Chinese Physics C

Published
2014

15. CRAB NEBULA: FIVE-YEAR OBSERVATION WITH ARGO-YBJ

Author

X. C. Yang, B. Bartoli, R. Cardarelli, X. Y. Zhang, G. Marsella, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, Minghui Liu, Zhenyong Feng, H. H. He, C. Y. Wu, L. Xue, Q. B. Gou, Q. Y. Yang, M. Iacovacci, M. Zha, G. Zizzi, P. Salvini, L. Perrone, X. D. Sheng, Paolo Bernardini, J. W. Zhao, H. R. Wu, Piero Vallania, P. Creti, H. Y. Jia, Paolo Camarri, I. De Mitri, Zihuang Cao, L. Zhang, T. L. Chen, Haifeng Li, Cunfeng Feng, M. Panareo, S. M. Mari, B. Z. Dai, Pengnian Shen, Lanqing Ma, Z. G. Yao, F. Ruggieri, Danzengluobu, S. Catalanotti, Hongbo Hu, A. Surdo, Yicheng Guo, A. Budano, Y. H. Tan, S. W. Cui, R. Santonico, X. J. Bi, Fudong Shi, Chang-Chun Ning, X. H. Ma, H. Lu, P. Branchini, Zhaoyang Feng, G. Liguori, S. Z. Chen, S. Mastroianni, G. Mancarella, Paolo Montini, F. R. Zhu, R. Iuppa, C. X. Liu, S. Vernetto, G. Di Sciascio, E. Striani, Q. Q. Zhu, H. W. Wang, A. D'Amone, J. K. K. Liu, Zhaxiciren, Labaciren, A. F. Yuan, P. Pistilli, H. M. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, Haibing Hu, Y. Zhang, D. Martello, Carlo Vigorito, T. Di Girolamo, Zhaxisangzhu, ITA, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, De Mitri, I., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B., Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Li, H. J., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., Striani, E., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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, D'Amone, Antonio, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, H. J., Li, G., Liguori, C., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, E., Striani, Bartoli, Bruno, Catalanotti, Sergio, Danzengluobu, Null, D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, Labaciren, Null, Zhaxiciren, Null, and Zhaxisangzhu, Null

Subjects
Physics, Spectral index, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, individual (Crab Nebula) [pulsars], Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Power law, star [gamma rays], Air shower, Crab Nebula, Pulsar, Space and Planetary Science, Cutoff, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The ARGO-YBJ air shower detector monitored the Crab Nebula gamma ray emission from 2007 November to 2013 February. The integrated signal, consisting of $\sim$3.3 $\times$ 10$^5$ events,reached the statistical significance of 21.1 standard deviations. The obtained energy spectrum in the energy range 0.3-20 TeV can be described by a power law function dN/dE = I$_0$ (E / 2 TeV)$^{-\alpha}$, with a flux normalization I$_0$ = (5.2 $\pm$ 0.2) $\times$ 10$^{-12}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ TeV$^{-1}$ and $\alpha$ = 2.63 $\pm$ 0.05, corresponding to an integrated flux above 1 TeV of 1.97 $\times$ 10$^{-11}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The systematic error is estimated to be less than 30$\%$ for the flux normalization and 0.06 for the spectral index. Assuming a power law spectrum with an exponential cutoff dN/dE = I$_0$ (E / 2 TeV)$^{-\alpha}$ $\exp$ (-E / E$_{cut}$), the lower limit of the cutoff energy E$_{cut}$ is 12 TeV, at 90$\%$ confidence level. Our extended dataset allows the study of the TeV emission over long timescales. Over five years, the light curve of the Crab Nebula in 200-day bins is compatible with a steady emission with a probability of 7.3 $\times$ 10$^{-2}$. A correlated analysis with Fermi-LAT data over $\sim$4.5 years using the light curves of the two experiments gives a Pearson correlation coefficient $r$ = 0.56 $\pm$ 0.22. Concerning flux variations on timescales of days, a "blind" search for flares with a duration of 1-15 days gives no excess with a significance higher than four standard deviations. The average rate measured by ARGO-YBJ during the three most powerful flares detected by Fermi-LAT is 205 $\pm$ 91 photons day$^{-1}$, consistent with the average value of 137 $\pm$ 10 day$^{-1}$., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures

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2015
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16. Observation of Multi-T[CLC]e[/CLC]V Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula using the Tibet Air Shower Array

Author

M. Amenomori, S. Ayabe, P. Y. Cao, null Danzengluobu, L. K. Ding, Z. Y. Feng, Y. Fu, H. W. Guo, M. He, K. Hibino, N. Hotta, Q. Huang, A. X. Huo, K. Izu, H. Y. Jia, F. Kajino, K. Kasahara, Y. Katayose, null Labaciren, J. Y. Li, H. Lu, S. L. Lu, G. X. Luo, X. R. Meng, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, H. Nanjo, M. Nishizawa, M. Ohnishi, I. Ohta, T. Ouchi, J. R. Ren, T. Saito, M. Sakata, T. Sasaki, Z. Z. Shi, M. Shibata, A. Shiomi, T. Shirai, H. Sugimoto, K. Taira, Y. H. Tan, N. Tateyama, S. Torii, T. Utsugi, C. R. Wang, H. Wang, X. W. Xu, Y. Yamamoto, G. C. Yu, A. F. Yuan, T. Yuda, C. S. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, J. L. Zhang, N. J. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, null Zhaxisangzhu, null Zhaxiciren, W. D. Zhou, and (The Tibet ASγ Collaboration)

Subjects
Physics, Scintillation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Crab Nebula, Air shower, Space and Planetary Science, Energy spectrum, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Cherenkov radiation, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

The Tibet experiment, operating at Yangbajing (4,300 m above sea level), is the lowest energy air shower array and the new high density array constructed in 1996 has sensitivity to $\gamma$-ray air showers at energies as low as 3 TeV. With this new array, the Crab Nebula was observed in multi-TeV $\gamma$-rays and a signal was detected at the 5.5 $\sigma$ level. We also obtained the energy spectrum of $\gamma$-rays in the energy region above 3 TeV which partially overlaps those observed with imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. This is the first observation of $\gamma$-ray signals from point sources with a conventional air shower array using scintillation detectors.

Published
1999
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17. Sun's shadow by 10 TeV cosmic rays under the influence of solar activity

Author

Zhaxiciren, B. Z. Dai, X. Y. Zhang, K. Taira, W. D. Zhou, I. Ohta, P. Y. Cao, N. Hotta, Z. Z. Shi, C. R. Wang, Z. Y. Feng, Hsiao-Chi Lu, H. Nanjo, Y. Yamamoto, S. Ayabe, N. Tateyama, T. Shirai, P. X. Wang, Shoji Torii, T. Yuda, N. J. Zhang, M. Ohnishi, H. W. Guo, J. Y. Li, Dongming Mei, K. Mizutani, Jia Zhang, C. S. Zhang, Jieru Ren, Huaguang Wang, A. Shiomi, Labaciren, S. M. Liu, M. Shibata, To. Saito, H. M. Zhang, Y. Katayose, X. W. Xu, M. Sakata, T. Sasaki, H. Sugimoto, H. Y. Jia, Katsuaki Kasahara, M. Amenomori, T. Ouchi, T. Utsugi, G. C. Yu, K. Izu, L. K. Ding, S. J. Zhou, C. Shi, F. Kajino, Zhaxisangzhu, X. R. Meng, Q. Huang, K. Hibino, W. Xie, M. He, Y. Fu, A. X. Huo, A. F. Yuan, Masaki Nishizawa, S. L. Lu, Y. H. Tan, G. X. Luo, and J. Mu

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Sunspot, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Coronal loop, Solar cycle, Nanoflares, Solar wind, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Coronal mass ejection, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Heliospheric current sheet, Interplanetary magnetic field
Abstract

We examined the Sun's shadow by 10 TeV cosmic rays observed with the Tibet air shower array during the period from 1991 through 1997. The results suggest that there is a causal relation between the shadow's movement and the changing inclination of the heliospheric current sheet of the large-scale solar magnetic field. Thus, further observations with higher statistics may provide direct information on the relation between a time variation of the large-scale structure of the solar and interplanetary magnetic fields and the phase of solar activity cycle.

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1999
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18. Results of the ARGO-YBJ test experiment

Author

Bacci, C., Bao, K. Z., Barone, Fabrizio, Bartoli, B., Bastieri, D., Bernardini, P., Buonomo, R., Bussino, S., Calloni, E., Cao, B. Y., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, S., Cavaliere, A., Cesaroni, F., Creti, P., Danzengluobu, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B., De Vincenzi, M., Di Girolamo, T., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, Z. Y., Fu, Y., Gao, X. Y., Geng, Q. X., Guo, H. W., H. H., He, He, M., Huang, Q., Iacovacci, M., Iucci, N., Jai, H. Y., Kong, F. M., Kuang, H. H., Labaciren, Li, B., J. Y., Li, Liu, Z. Q., Lu, H., X. H., Ma, Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mei, D. M., Meng, X. R., Milano, L., Morselli, A., Mu, J., Oliviero, M., Padovani, P., Panareo, M., Parisi, M., Pellizzoni, G., Peng, Z. R., Pistilli, P., Santonico, R., Sartori, G., Sbarra, C., Severino, G., Shen, P. R., Sparvoli, R., Stanescu, C., Su, J., Sun, L. R., Sun, S. C., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vernetto, S., Vietri, M., Wang, C. R., Wang, H., Wang, H. Y., Wei, Y. N., Yang, H. T., Yao, Q. K., G. C., Yu, Yue, X. D., Yuan, A. F., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, J. L., Zhang, N. J., Zhang, T. J., Zhang, X. Y., Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren, Zhu, Q. Q., Bacci, C, Bao, Kz, Barone, F, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, Paolo, Bussino, S, Calloni, E, Cao, By, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cavaliere, S, Cesaroni, F, Creti, P, Danzengluobu, Piazzoli, Bd, DE VINCENZI, M, DI GIROLAMO, T, DI SCIASCIO, G, Feng, Zy, Fu, Y, Gao, Xy, Geng, Qx, Guo, Hw, He, Hh, He, M, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iucci, N, Jai, Hy, Jing, Cl, Kong, Fm, Kuang, Hh, Labaciren, Li, B, Li, Jy, Liu, Zq, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, Giovanni, Mari, Sm, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Meng, Xr, Milano, L, Mu, J, Panareo, Marco, Peng, Zr, Pistilli, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Stanescu, C, Sun, Lr, Sun, Sc, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vernetto, S, Wang, Cr, Wang, H, Wang, Hy, Wei, Yn, Yang, Ht, Yao, Qk, Yu, Gc, Yue, Xd, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang, Jl, Zhang, Nj, Zhang, Xy, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhaxiciren, and Zhu, Qq

Subjects
Astroparticle physics, Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Gamma-ray astronomy, Gamma-ray Astronomy, Cosmic rays, Ground-based Astronomy, Nuclear physics, Angular distribution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Argo, Time profile
Abstract

A resistive plate counters (RPCs) carpet of ∼50 m 2 has been put in operation in the Yangbajing Laboratory (Tibet, P.R. China) at 4300 m a.s.l., in order to study the RPCs performance at high altitude and the detector capability of imaging the EAS disc. This test has been performed in view of an enlarged use of RPCs for the ARGO-YBJ experiment. This experiment will be devoted to a wide range of fundamental issues in cosmic rays and astroparticle physics, including in particular γ-ray astronomy and γ-ray bursts physics at energies ⩾100 GeV. In this paper we present and discuss the procedures adopted to calibrate the detector and reconstruct the shower direction. Results concerning many shower features as the angular distribution, the density spectrum, the time profile of the shower front, are found well consistent with the expectation.

Published
2002

19. A study of the shadowing of galactic cosmic rays by the sun in a quiet phase of solar activity with the Tibet air shower array

Author

M. Amenomori, S. Ayabe, null Caidong, null Danzengluobu, L. K. Ding, Z. Y. Feng, Y. Fu, H. W. Guo, M. He, K. Hibino, N. Hotta, Q. Huang, A. X. Huo, K. Izu, H. Y. Jia, F. Kajino, K. Kasahara, Y. Katayose, null Labaciren, J. Y. Li, H. Lu, S. L. Lu, G. X. Luo, X. R. Meng, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, H. Nanjo, M. Nishizawa, M. Ohnishi, I. Ohta, T. Ouchi, Z. R. Peng, J. R. Ren, T. Saito, M. Sakata, T. Sasaki, Z. Z. Shi, M. Shibata, A. Shiomi, T. Shirai, Y. Suga, H. Sugimoto, K. Taira, Y. H. Tan, N. Tateyama, S. Torii, T. Utsugi, C. R. Wang, H. Wang, X. W. Xu, Y. Yamamoto, G. C. Yu, A. F. Yuan, T. Yuda, C. S. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, J. L. Zhang, N. J. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, null Zhaxiciren, and null Zhaxisangzhu

Subjects
Physics, Solar minimum, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Solar cycle, Air shower, Earth's magnetic field, Space and Planetary Science, Shadow, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Interplanetary spaceflight
Abstract

We have shown that the Sun's shadow by high energy cosmic rays moves year by year and its behavior is correlated with a time variation of the large-scale structure of the solar and interplanetary magnetic fields. The solar activity was near minimum in the period from 1996 through 1997. Using the data obtained with the Tibet air shower array, we examined the shadowing of cosmic rays by the Sun in this quiet phase of solar cycle, and found that the Sun's shadow was just in the apparent direction of the Sun, though it was observed at the position considerably away from the Sun to the south-west in the period between 1990 and 1993. It is known that the magnetic pole of equivalent solar dipole was reversed during the previous active phase, and near solar minimum the dipole was aligned with the rotating axis, preserving its N-pole on the north pole side of the Sun. This causes the solar magnetic field to shift the Sun's shadow to the east. Thus, the observed results suggest that the shift of the Sun's shadow due to the solar magnetic field was pushed back by the effect of the geomagnetic field, since the geomagnetic field always make the shadow shift to the west. We discuss the Sun's shadow observed during the period near solar minimum in 1996-1997 and compare it with the simulation results., 13 pages, 6 figures, to appear in ApJ

Published
2000

20. Shadowing of Cosmic Rays by the Sun near Maximum or at the Declining Phase of Solar Activity

Author

M. Amenomori, B. Z. Dai, L. K. Ding, Z. Y. Feng, K. Hibino, N. Hotta, Q. Huang, A. X. Huo, H. Y. Jia, F. Kajino, K. Kasahara, null Labaciren, S. M. Liu, D. M. Mei, L. Meng, X. R. Meng, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, H. Nanjo, M. Nishizawa, M. Ohnishi, I. Ohta, T. Ouchi, J. R. Ren, To. Saito, M. Sakata, Z. Z. Shi, M. Shibata, A. Shiomi, T. Shirai, H. Sugimoto, K. Taira, Y. H. Tan, N. Tateyama, S. Torii, H. Wang, Y. Yamamoto, G. C. Yu, P. Yuan, T. Yuda, C. S. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, null Zhasang, null Zhaxiciren, W. D. Zhou, and null The Tibet As Gamma Collaboration

Subjects
Physics, Sunspot, Space and Planetary Science, Health threat from cosmic rays, Coronal mass ejection, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Forbush decrease, Heliospheric current sheet, Solar irradiance, Solar cycle
Published
1996
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21. The Cosmic-Ray Energy Spectrum between 10 14.5 and 10 16.3 eV Covering the 'Knee' Region

Author

M. Amenomori, Z. Cao, B. Z. Dai, L. K. Ding, Y. X. Feng, Z. Y. Feng, K. Hibino, N. Hotta, Q. Huang, A. X. Huo, H. Y. Jia, G. Z. Jiang, S. Q. Jiao, F. Kajino, K. Kasahara, null Labaciren, S. M. Liu, D. M. Mei, L. Meng, X. R. Meng, null Mimaciren, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, H. Nanjo, M. Nishizawa, M. Ohnishi, I. Ohta, T. Ouchi, J. R. Ren, To. Saito, M. Sakata, Z. Z. Shi, M. Shibata, A. Shiomi, T. Shirai, H. Sugimoto, X. X. Sun, K. Taira, Y. H. Tan, N. Tateyama, S. Torii, H. Wang, C. Z. Wen, Y. Yamamoto, G. C. Yu, P. Yuan, T. Yuda, C. S. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, L. Zhang, null Zhasang, null Zhaxiciren, W. D. Zhou, and null The Tibet As Gamma Collaboration

Subjects
Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Energy spectrum, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Knee region
Published
1996
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22. Search for 10 TeV gamma-ray emission from active galactic nuclei with the Tibet air shower array

Author

M. Amenomori, Z. Cao, B. Z. Dai, L. K. Ding, Y. X. Feng, Z. Y. Feng, K. Hibino, N. Hotta, Q. Huang, A. X. Huo, H. Y. Jia, G. Z. Jiang, S. Q. Jiao, F. Kajino, K. Kasahara, null Labaciren, S. M. Liu, D. M. Mei, L. Meng, X. R. Meng, null Mimaciren, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, H. Nanjo, M. Nishizawa, A. Oguro, M. Ohnishi, I. Ohta, T. Ouchi, J. R. Ren, To. Saito, M. Sakata, Z. Z. Shi, M. Shibata, T. Shirai, H. Sugimoto, X. X. Sun, K. Taira, Y. H. Tan, N. Tateyama, S. Torii, H. Wang, C. Z. Wen, Y. Yamamoto, G. C. Yu, P. Yuan, T. Yuda, C. S. Zhang, H. M. Zhang, L. Zhang, null Zhasang, null Zhaxiciren, W. D. Zhou, and null The Tibet As Gamma Collaboration

Subjects
Physics, Air shower, Active galactic nucleus, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Markarian galaxies, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Published
1994
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23. Direct Evidence of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Effect on the Cosmic-Ray Shadow by the Sun

Author

Labaciren, Z. Z. Shi, T. Ouchi, M. Nishizawa, I. Ohta, Shoji Torii, J. G. Zeng, Zhasang, C. S. Zhang, Dongming Mei, Jieru Ren, M. Ohnishi, K. Taira, Katsuaki Kasahara, Mimaciren, C. Z. Wen, H. Nanjo, T. Shirai, M. Sakata, K. Mizutani, J. Mu, T. Yuda, S. Q. Jiao, L. Meng, N. Hotta, X. Y. Yao, Y. Yamamoto, Z. Y. Feng, Huaguang Wang, X. X. Sun, H. Sugimoto, X. R. Meng, W. D. Zhou, P. Yuan, G. Z. Jiang, Zhaxiciren, A. X. Huo, F. Kajino, N. Tateyama, Q. Huang, Takeshi Saito, L. K. Ding, A. Oguro, Nusang, G. C. Yu, M. Shibata, M. Amenomori, Z. Cao, L. Zhang, H. G. Jia, Y. H. Tan, H. M. Zhang, and K. Hibino

Subjects
Physics, Field (physics), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Magnetic field, Solar wind, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, Shadow, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Heliospheric current sheet, Interplanetary magnetic field, Interplanetary spaceflight
Abstract

The Tibet air-shower array, being successively operated at an altitude of 4300 m above sea level since 1990, has detected the shadows of the Sun and Moon in the 10 TeV cosmic-ray flux. In particular, the shadow of the Sun was observed in the direction significantly away from the apparent solar position, under the influence of the solar and interplanetary magnetic fields. A further analysis shows that the shadows by cosmic rays coming from the away and toward field sectors in the interplanetary space are shifted in opposite directions to one another according to the polarity of the fields. This is the first direct observation of the influence of the interplanetary magnetic field on the shadow's displacement

Published
1993
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24. TeV gamma-ray survey of the Northern sky using the ARGO-YBJ detector

Author

Argo-Ybj, The Collaboration, Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X. J., Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Calabrese Melcarne, A. K., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, S., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., Damone, A., Danzengluobu, Mitri, I., Dettorre Piazzoli, B., Di Girolamo, T., Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., He, H. H., Hu, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, M., Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, Li, H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., Ma, L. L., Ma, X. H., Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Sbano, S. N., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Piero Vallania, Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., Wu, C. Y., Wu, H. R., Xu, B., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Zhang, Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., X. J., Bi, Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Calabrese Melcarne, A. K., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Li, Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Sbano, S. N., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., C. Y., Wu, H. R., Wu, Xu, B., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, and G., B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, X. J. Bi, I. Bolognino, P. Branchini, A. Budano, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne, P. Camarri, Z. Cao, R. Cardarelli, S. Catalanotti, S. Z. Chen, T. L. Chen, Y. Chen, P. Creti, S. W. Cui, B. Z. Dai, D'AMONE, ANTONIO, DE MITRI, Ivan, B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli, T. Di Girolamo, X. H. Ding, G. Di Sciascio, C. F. Feng, Zhaoyang Feng, Zhenyong Feng, Q. B. Gou, Y. Q. Guo, H. H. He, Haibing Hu, Hongbo Hu, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, R. Iuppa, H. Y. Jia, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, P. Pistilli, F. Ruggieri, P. Salvini, R. Santonico, S. N. Sbano, P. R. Shen, X. D. Sheng, F. Shi, 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, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, I., Bolognino, P., Branchini, A., Budano, A. K., Calabrese Melcarne, P., Camarri, Z., Cao, R., Cardarelli, S., Catalanotti, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Chen, P., Creti, S. W., Cui, B. Z., Dai, D'Amone, Antonio, B., D'Ettorre Piazzoli, T., Di Girolamo, X. H., Ding, G., Di Sciascio, C. F., Feng, Q. B., Gou, Y. Q., Guo, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, H. Y., Jia, G., Liguori, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, P., Pistilli, F., Ruggieri, P., Salvini, R., Santonico, S. N., Sbano, P. R., Shen, X. D., Sheng, F., Shi, A., Surdo, Y. H., Tan, P., Vallania, S., Vernetto, C., Vigorito, B., Wang, H., Wang, B., Xu, L., Xue, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yang, Z. G., Yao, A. F., Yuan, M., Zha, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, Mari, Stefano Maria, and The ARGO YBJ, Collaboration

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Field of view, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Gamma rays: general – surveys, 01 natural sciences, Declination, 0103 physical sciences, Absorption (logic), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, general – su [gamma rays], Air shower, Extragalactic background light, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, general – surveys [Gamma rays], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The ARGO-YBJ detector is an extensive air shower array that has been used to monitor the northern $\gamma$-ray sky at energies above 0.3 TeV from 2007 November to 2013 January. In this paper, we present the results of a sky survey in the declination band from $-10^{\circ}$ to $70^{\circ}$, using data recorded over the past five years. With an integrated sensitivity ranging from 0.24 to $\sim$1 Crab units depending on the declination, six sources have been detected with a statistical significance greater than 5 standard deviations. Several excesses are also reported as potential $\gamma$-ray emitters. The features of each source are presented and discussed. Additionally, $95\%$ confidence level upper limits of the flux from the investigated sky region are shown. Specific upper limits for 663 GeV $\gamma$-ray AGNs inside the ARGO-YBJ field of view are reported. The effect of the absorption of $\gamma$-rays due to the interaction with extragalactic background light is estimated., Comment: 30 pages, 13 figures, Accepted for publication by ApJ

25. OBSERVATION OF THE TeV GAMMA-RAY SOURCE MGRO J1908+06 WITH ARGO-YBJ

Author

B. Bartoli1, 2, P. Bernardini3, 4, X. J. Bi5, C. Bleve3, I. Bolognino6, 7, P. Branchini8, A. Budano8, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne9, P. Camarri10, Z. Cao5, R. Cardarelli11, S. Catalanotti1, C. Cattaneo7, S. Z. Chen5, T. L. Chen12, Y. Chen5, P. Creti4, S. W. Cui13, B. Z. Dai14, G. D’Al´ı Staiti15, 16, Danzengluobu12, M. Dattoli17, 18, 19, I. De Mitri3, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T. Di Girolamo1, X. H. Ding12, G. Di Sciascio11, C. F. Feng20, Zhaoyang Feng5, Zhenyong Feng21, F. Galeazzi8, E. Giroletti6, Q. B. Gou5, Y. Q. Guo5, H. H. He5, Haibing Hu12, Hongbo Hu5, Q. Huang21, M. Iacovacci1, R. Iuppa10, I. James8, H. Y. Jia21, Labaciren12, H. J. Li12, J. Y. Li20, X. X. Li5, G. Liguori6, C. Liu5, C. Q. Liu14, J. Liu14, M. Y. Liu12, H. Lu5, X. H. Ma5, G. Mancarella3, 8, 22, G. Marsella4, D. Martello3, S. Mastroianni2, P. Montini8, C. C. Ning12, A. Pagliaro16, M. Panareo4, B. Panico10, L. Perrone4, P. Pistilli8, X. B. Qu20, F. Ruggieri8, P. Salvini7, R. Santonico10, P. R. Shen5, X. D. Sheng5, F. Shi5, C. Stanescu8, A. Surdo4, Y. H. Tan5, P. Vallania17, S. Vernetto17, C. Vigorito18, B. Wang5, H. Wang5, C. Y. Wu5, H. R. Wu5, B. Xu21, L. Xue20, Y. X. Yan14, Q. Y. Yang14, X. C. Yang14, Z. G. Yao5, A. F. Yuan12, M. Zha5, H. M. Zhang5, Jilong Zhang5, Jianli Zhang5, L. Zhang14, P. Zhang14, X. Y. Zhang20, Y. Zhang5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X. Zhou21, F. R. Zhu21, Q. Q. Zhu5, G. Zizzi91 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy3 Dipartimento di Matematica e. Fisica 'Ennio De Giorgi, ' Universit`a del Salento, via per Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce, Italy5 Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 918, 100049 Beijing, China6 Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e. Teorica dell’Universit`a di Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Italy8 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma, Italy9 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare CNAF, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy10 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Roma 'Tor Vergata, ' via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy11 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Italy12 Tibet University, 850000 Lhasa, Xizang, China13 Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, Hebei, China14 Yunnan University, 2 North Cuihu R.d., 650091 Kunming, Yunnan, China15 Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 18, 90128 Palermo, Italy16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy17 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, corso Fiume 4, 10133 Torino, Italy18 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy19 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Torino, Italy20 Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, China21 Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, Sichuan, China22 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a 'Roma Tre, ' via della Vasca Navale 84, Italy23 Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e. Fisica Cosmica dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, via La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy, MARI, Stefano Maria, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, XJ, Bleve, C, Bolognino, I, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Calabrese Melcarne, AK, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Chen, SZ, Chen, TL, Chen, Y, Creti, P, Cui, SW, Dai, BZ, D’Ali Staiti, G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, XH, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, CF, Feng, ZYa, Feng, ZYo, Galeazzi, F, Giroletti, E, Gou, QB, Guo, YQ, He, HH, Hu, HBi, Hu, HBo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, HY, Labaciren, Li, HJ, Li, JY, Li, XX, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, CQ, Liu, J, Liu, MY, Lu, H, Ma, XH, Mancarella, G, Mari, SM, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Montini, P, Ning, CC, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Panico, B, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, XB, Ruggieri, F, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, PR, Sheng, XD, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, YH, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, CY, Wu, HR, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, YX, Yang, QY, Yang, XC, Yao, ZG, Yuan, AF, Zha, M, Zhang, HM, Zhang, JLi, Zhang, JLo, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, XY, Zhang, Y, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, XX, Zhu, FR, Zhu, QQ, Zizzi, G, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., X. J., Bi, Bleve, C., Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Calabrese Melcarne, A. K., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Cattaneo, C., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Al? Staiti, G., Dattoli, M., De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Galeazzi, F., Giroletti, E., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., James, I., Jia, H. Y., H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Li, Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., X. H., Ma, Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Pagliaro, A., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., X. B., Qu, Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Stanescu, C., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., C. Y., Wu, H. R., Wu, Xu, B., Xue, L., Yan, Y. X., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., B., Bartoli1, P., Bernardini3, X. J., Bi5, C., Bleve3, I., Bolognino6, P., Branchini8, A., Budano8, A. K., Calabrese Melcarne9, P., Camarri10, Z., Cao5, R., Cardarelli11, S., Catalanotti1, C., Cattaneo7, S. Z., Chen5, T. L., Chen12, Y., Chen5, P., Creti4, S. W., Cui13, B. Z., Dai14, G., D’Al´ı Staiti15, 16, Danzengluobu12, M., Dattoli17, 18, 19, I., De Mitri3, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T., Di Girolamo1, X. H., Ding12, G., Di Sciascio11, C. F., Feng20, Zhaoyang, Feng5, Zhenyong, Feng21, F., Galeazzi8, E., Giroletti6, Q. B., Gou5, Y. Q., Guo5, H. H., He5, Haibing, Hu12, Hongbo, Hu5, Q., Huang21, M., Iacovacci1, R., Iuppa10, I., James8, H. Y., Jia21, Labaciren12, H. J., Li12, J. Y., Li20, X. X., Li5, G., Liguori6, C., Liu5, C. Q., Liu14, J., Liu14, M. Y., Liu12, H., Lu5, X. H., Ma5, G., Mancarella3, Mari, Stefano Maria, 8, 22, G., Marsella4, D., Martello3, S., Mastroianni2, Montini8, P., C. C., Ning12, A., Pagliaro16, M., Panareo4, B., Panico10, L., Perrone4, P., Pistilli8, X. B., Qu20, Ruggieri8, F., P., Salvini7, R., Santonico10, P. R., Shen5, X. D., Sheng5, F., Shi5, C., Stanescu8, A., Surdo4, Y. H., Tan5, P., Vallania17, S., Vernetto17, C., Vigorito18, B., Wang5, H., Wang5, C. Y., Wu5, H. R., Wu5, B., Xu21, L., Xue20, Y. X., Yan14, Q. Y., Yang14, X. C., Yang14, Z. G., Yao5, A. F., Yuan12, M., Zha5, H. M., Zhang5, Jilong, Zhang5, Jianli, Zhang5, L., Zhang14, P., Zhang14, X. Y., Zhang20, Y., Zhang5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X., Zhou21, F. R., Zhu21, Q. Q., Zhu5, G., Zizzi91 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, Via, Cinthia, 80126, Napoli, Italy2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, Italy3 Dipartimento di Matematica e., Fisica 'Ennio De Giorgi, ' Universit`a del, Salento, via per, Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Lecce, Italy5 Key Laboratory of Particle, Astrophysic, Institute of High Energy, Physic, Chinese Academy of, Science, P. O., Box 918, 100049, Beijing, China6 Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e., Teorica dell’Universit`a di Pavia, via Bassi, 6, 27100, Pavia, Italy7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Pavia, Italy8 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, Tre, via della Vasca Navale, 84, 00146, Roma, Italy9 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Cnaf, Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy10 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Roma 'Tor, Vergata, ' via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy11 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor, Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, Italy12 Tibet, University, 850000, Lhasa, Xizang, China13 Hebei Normal, University, Shijiazhuang, 050016, Hebei, China14 Yunnan, University, 2 North Cuihu, R. d., 650091, Kunming, Yunnan, China15 Dipartimento di, Fisica, Universit`a degli Studi di, Palermo, Viale delle, Scienze, Edificio, 18, 90128, Palermo, Italy16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Catania, Viale A., Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italy17 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino dell’Istituto Nazionale di, Astrofisica, corso Fiume, 4, 10133, Torino, Italy18 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Torino, via P., Giuria 1, 10125, Torino, Italy19 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di, Torino, Italy20 Shandong, University, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China21 Southwest Jiaotong, University, 610031, Chengdu, Sichuan, China22 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a 'Roma, Tre, ' via della Vasca Navale, 84, Italy23 Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e., Fisica Cosmica dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, via La Malfa, 153, 90146, Palermo, Italy, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Alì Staiti, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli, T., Di Girolamo, X. H., Ding, G., Di Sciascio, C. F., Feng, F., Galeazzi, E., Giroletti, Q. B., Gou, Y. Q., Guo, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, H. Y., Jia, G., Liguori, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, B., Xu, L., Xue, Y. X., Yan, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yang, Z. G., Yao, A. F., Yuan, M., Zha, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, and G., Zizzi

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics, general – pulsars: individual (MGRO J1908+06) [gamma rays], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Pulsar wind nebula, Luminosity, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, Pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, pulsar, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, gamma rays: general – pulsars: individual (MGRO J1908+06), Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, (MGRO J1908+06), Air shower, Crab Nebula, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, gamma ray, Milagro, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

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. The peak of the signal is found at a position consistent with the pulsar PSR J1907+0602. Parametrizing the source shape with a two-dimensional Gauss function we estimate an extension \sigma = 0.49 \pm 0.22 degrees, consistent with a previous measurement by the Cherenkov Array H.E.S.S.. The observed energy spectrum is dN/dE = 6.1 \pm 1.4 \times 10^-13 (E/4 TeV)^{-2.54 \pm 0.36} photons cm^-2 s^-1 TeV^-1, in the energy range 1-20 TeV. The measured gamma ray flux is consistent with the results of the Milagro detector, but is 2-3 times larger than the flux previously derived by H.E.S.S. at energies of a few TeV. The continuity of the Milagro and ARGO-YBJ observations and the stable excess rate observed by ARGO-YBJ along 4 years of data taking support the identification of MGRO J1908+06 as the steady powerful TeV pulsar wind nebula of PSR J1907+0602, with an integrated luminosity above 1 TeV about 1.8 times the Crab Nebula luminosity., Comment: 6 pages, accepted for pubblication by ApJ. Replaced to correct the author list

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26. Gamma ray sources observation with the ARGO-YBJ detector

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Aielli G, Bacci C, Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi XJ, Bleve C, Branchini P, Budano A, Calabrese Melcarne AK, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cappa A, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Celio P, Chen SZ, Chen TL, Chen Y, Cheng N, Creti P, Cui SW, Dai BZ, D'Ali Staiti G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli M, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo T, Ding XH, Di Sciascio G, Feng CF, Feng Zhao Yang, Feng Zhen Yong, Galeazzi F, Galeotti P, Gargana R, Gou QB, Guo YQ, He HH, Hu Haibing, Hu Hong Bo, Huang Q, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, James I, Jia HY, Labaciren, Li HJ, Li JY, Li XX, Liberti B, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu CQ, Liu MY, Liu J, Lu H, Ma XH, Mancarella G, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Meng XR, Montini P, Ning CC, Pagliaro A, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Qu XB, Rossi E, Ruggieri F, Saggese L, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen PR, Sheng XD, Shi F, Stanescu C, Surdo A, Tan YH, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang B, Wang H, Wu CY, Wu HR, Xu B, Xue L, Yan YX, Yang QY, Yang XC, Yuan AF, Zha M, Zhang HM, Zhang Ji Long, Zhang Jian Li, Zhang L, Zhang P, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou XX, Zhu FR, Zhu QQ, Zizzi G., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, MARI, Stefano Maria, B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, 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’Alì Staiti, Danzengluobu, M. Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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 Huo, Hongbo Hue, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, R. Iuppa, I. Jame, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, 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, JilongZhang, JianliZhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi, Aielli, G, Bacci, C, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, Xj, Bleve, C, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne, Ak, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Chen, Y, Cheng, N, Creti, P, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Ali Staiti, G, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, Xh, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng Zhao, Yang, Feng Zhen, Yong, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Gargana, R, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Haibing, Hu Hong, Bo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, Hy, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liberti, B, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Liu, J, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, G, Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Meng, Xr, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, Xb, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Saggese, L, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang Ji, Long, Zhang Jian, Li, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, Zizzi, G., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Alì Staiti, M., Dattoli, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, H. Y., Jia, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, and G., Zizzi

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Gamma Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Gamma ray, Flux, Astronomy, Extensive Air Shower, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Array Detector, Gamma-Ray, Argo-Ybj, Gamma Astronomy, Array Detector, Crab Nebula, Air shower, Pulsar, Milagro, Blazar, Instrumentation, Argo
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In this paper we report on the observations of TeV gamma ray sources performed by the air shower de- tector ARGO-YBJ. The objects studied in this work are the blazar Markarian 421 and the extended galactic source MGROJ1908+06, monitored during 2 years of operation. Mrk421 has been detected by ARGO-YBJ with a statisti- cal significance of 11 standard deviations. The observed TeV emission was highly variable, showing large enhance- ments of the flux during active periods. The study of the spectral behaviour during flares revealed a positive correla- tion of the hardness with the flux, as already reported in the past by the Whipple telescope, suggesting that this is a long term property of the source. ARGO-YBJ observed a strong correlation between TeV gamma rays and the X-ray flux measured by RXTM/ASM and SWIFT/BAT during the whole period, with a time lag compatible with zero, supporting the one-zone SSC model to describe the emission mechanism. MGROJ1908+06 has been detected by ARGO-YBJ with 5 standard deviation of significance. From our data the source appears extended and the measured extension is ext=0.48 +0.26 0.28 , in agreement with a previous HESS obser- vation. The average flux is in marginal agreement with that reported by MILAGRO, but significantly higher than that ob- tained by HESS, suggesting a possible flux variability. The large field of view ( 2 sr) and the high duty cycle allow a continuous monitoring of the sky in the declination band from 0 to 70 . In this paper we report on the ob- servations of two bright gamma ray sources, performed dur- ing 2 years: the blazar Mrk421 and the extended galactic source MGROJ1908+06.

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27. SEARCH FOR GeV GAMMA-RAY BURSTS WITH THE ARGO-YBJ DETECTOR: SUMMARY OF EIGHT YEARS OF OBSERVATIONS

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B. Bartoli1, 2, P. Bernardini3, 4, X. J. Bi5, P. Branchini6, A. Budano6, P. Camarri7, 8, Z. Cao5, R. Cardarelli8, S. Catalanotti1, S. Z. Chen5, T. L. Chen9, P. Creti4, S. W. Cui10, B. Z. Dai11, A. D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu9, I. De Mitri3, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T. Di Girolamo1, 2, 21, G. Di Sciascio8, C. F. Feng12, Zhaoyang Feng5, Zhenyong Feng13, Q. B. Gou5, Y. Q. Guo5, H. H. He5, Haibing Hu9, Hongbo Hu5, M. Iacovacci1, R. Iuppa7, H. Y. Jia13, Labaciren9, H. J. Li9, G. Liguori14, C. Liu5, J. Liu11, M. Y. Liu9, H. Lu5, L. L. Ma5, X. H. Ma5, G. Mancarella3, 6, 16, G. Marsella3, D. Martello3, S. Mastroianni2, P. Montini6, C. C. Ning9, M. Panareo3, L. Perrone3, P. Pistilli6, F. Ruggieri6, P. Salvini15, R. Santonico7, P. R. Shen5, X. D. Sheng5, F. Shi5, A. Surdo4, Y. H. Tan5, P. Vallania17, 18, 21, S. Vernetto17, C. Vigorito18, 19, 21, H. Wang5, C. Y. Wu5, H. R. Wu5, L. Xue12, Q. Y. Yang11, X. C. Yang11, Z. G. Yao5, A. F. Yuan9, M. Zha5, H. M. Zhang5, L. Zhang11, X. Y. Zhang12, Y. Zhang5, J. Zhao5, Zhaxiciren9, Zhaxisangzhu9, X. X. Zhou13, F. R. Zhu13, Q. Q. Zhu5, G. Zizzi20, MARI, Stefano Maria, B., Bartoli, P., Bernardini, X. J., Bi, P., Branchini, A., Budano, P., Camarri, Z., Cao, R., Cardarelli, Catalanotti, Sergio, 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, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, G., Di Sciascio, C. F., Feng, Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Q. B., Gou, Y. Q., Guo, H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, Iacovacci, Michele, 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, and G., Zizzi, B., Bartoli1, P., Bernardini3, X. J., Bi5, P., Branchini6, A., Budano6, P., Camarri7, Z., Cao5, R., Cardarelli8, S., Catalanotti1, S. Z., Chen5, T. L., Chen9, P., Creti4, S. W., Cui10, B. Z., Dai11, A., D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu9, I., De Mitri3, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T., Di Girolamo1, 2, 21, G., Di Sciascio8, C. F., Feng12, Zhaoyang, Feng5, Zhenyong, Feng13, Q. B., Gou5, Y. Q., Guo5, H. H., He5, Haibing, Hu9, Hongbo, Hu5, M., Iacovacci1, R., Iuppa7, H. Y., Jia13, Labaciren9, H. J., Li9, G., Liguori14, C., Liu5, J., Liu11, M. Y., Liu9, H., Lu5, L. L., Ma5, X. H., Ma5, G., Mancarella3, Mari, Stefano Maria, 6, 16, G., Marsella3, D., Martello3, S., Mastroianni2, Montini6, P., C. C., Ning9, M., Panareo3, L., Perrone3, P., Pistilli6, Ruggieri6, F., P., Salvini15, R., Santonico7, P. R., Shen5, X. D., Sheng5, F., Shi5, A., Surdo4, Y. H., Tan5, P., Vallania17, 18, 21, S., Vernetto17, C., Vigorito18, 19, 21, H., Wang5, C. Y., Wu5, H. R., Wu5, L., Xue12, Q. Y., Yang11, X. C., Yang11, Z. G., Yao5, A. F., Yuan9, M., Zha5, H. M., Zhang5, L., Zhang11, X. Y., Zhang12, Y., Zhang5, J., Zhao5, Zhaxiciren9, Zhaxisangzhu9, X. X., Zhou13, F. R., Zhu13, Q. Q., Zhu5, G., Zizzi20, Bernardini, Paolo, S., Catalanotti, D'Amone, Antonio, DE MITRI, Ivan, T., Di Girolamo, M., Iacovacci, Mancarella, Giovanni, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Panareo, Marco, and Perrone, Lorenzo

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Detector, astroparticle physic, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Field of view, Astrophysics, Radiation, 01 natural sciences, Redshift, general [astropagamma-ray burst], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, astroparticle physics – gamma-ray burst, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Zenith, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

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) experiment. The high altitude location (4300 m a.s.l.), the large active surface ($\sim$ 6700 m$^2$ of Resistive Plate Chambers), the wide field of view ($\sim 2~$sr, limited only by the atmospheric absorption) and the high duty cycle ($>$ 86 %) make the ARGO-YBJ experiment particularly suitable to detect short and unexpected events like GRBs. With the scaler mode technique, i.e., counting all the particles hitting the detector with no measurement of the primary energy and arrival direction, the minimum threshold of $\sim$ 1 GeV can be reached, overlapping the direct measurements carried out by satellites. During the experiment lifetime, from December 17, 2004 to February 7, 2013, a total of 206 GRBs occurring within the ARGO-YBJ field of view (zenith angle $\theta$ $\le$ 45$^{\circ}$) have been analyzed. This is the largest sample of GRBs investigated with a ground-based detector. Two lightcurve models have been assumed and since in both cases no significant excess has been found, the corresponding fluence upper limits in the 1-100 GeV energy region have been derived, with values as low as 10$^{-5}~$erg cm$^{-2}$. The analysis of a subset of 24 GRBs with known redshift has been used to constrain the fluence extrapolation to the GeV region together with possible cutoffs under different assumptions on the spectrum., Comment: 43 pages, 6 figures, published in APJ

Published
2014

28. IDENTIFICATION OF THE TeV GAMMA-RAY SOURCE ARGO J2031+4157 WITH THE CYGNUS COCOON

Author

B. Bartoli1, 2, P. Bernardini3, 4, X. J. Bi5, P. Branchini6, A. Budano6, P. Camarri7, 8, Z. Cao5, R. Cardarelli8, S. Catalanotti1, S. Z. Chen5, T. L. Chen9, P. Creti4, S. W. Cui10, B. Z. Dai11, A. D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu9, I. De Mitri3, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T. Di Girolamo1, G. Di Sciascio8, C. F. Feng12, Zhaoyang Feng5, Zhenyong Feng13, Q. B. Gou5, Y. Q. Guo5, H. H. He5, Haibing Hu9, Hongbo Hu5, M. Iacovacci1, R. Iuppa7, H. Y. Jia13, Labaciren9, H. J. Li9, G. Liguori14, C. Liu5, J. Liu11, M. Y. Liu9, H. Lu5, L. L. Ma5, X. H. Ma5, G. Mancarella3, MARI, Stefano Maria, G. Marsella3, D. Martello3, S. Mastroianni2, P. Montini6, C. C. Ning9, M. Panareo3, L. Perrone3, P. Pistilli6, F. Ruggieri6, P. Salvini15, R. Santonico7, P. R. Shen5, X. D. Sheng5, F. Shi5, A. Surdo4, Y. H. Tan5, P. Vallania17, S. Vernetto17, C. Vigorito18, H. Wang5, C. Y. Wu5, H. R. Wu5, L. Xue12, Q. Y. Yang11, X. C. Yang11, Z. G. Yao5, A. F. Yuan9, M. Zha5, H. M. Zhang5, L. Zhang11, X. Y. Zhang12, Y. Zhang5, J. Zhao5, Zhaxiciren9, Zhaxisangzhu9, X. X. Zhou13, F. R. Zhu13, Q. Q. Zhu5, G. Zizzi20, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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, D'Amone, Antonio, Danzengluobu, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, Panareo, Marco, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, B., Bartoli1, P., Bernardini3, X. J., Bi5, P., Branchini6, A., Budano6, P., Camarri7, Z., Cao5, R., Cardarelli8, S., Catalanotti1, S. Z., Chen5, T. L., Chen9, P., Creti4, S. W., Cui10, B. Z., Dai11, A., D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu9, I., De Mitri3, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T., Di Girolamo1, G., Di Sciascio8, C. F., Feng12, Zhaoyang, Feng5, Zhenyong, Feng13, Q. B., Gou5, Y. Q., Guo5, H. H., He5, Haibing, Hu9, Hongbo, Hu5, M., Iacovacci1, R., Iuppa7, H. Y., Jia13, Labaciren9, H. J., Li9, G., Liguori14, C., Liu5, J., Liu11, M. Y., Liu9, H., Lu5, L. L., Ma5, X. H., Ma5, G., Mancarella3, Mari, Stefano Maria, G., Marsella3, D., Martello3, S., Mastroianni2, Montini6, P., C. C., Ning9, M., Panareo3, L., Perrone3, P., Pistilli6, F., Ruggieri6, P., Salvini15, R., Santonico7, P. R., Shen5, X. D., Sheng5, F., Shi5, A., Surdo4, Y. H., Tan5, P., Vallania17, S., Vernetto17, C., Vigorito18, H., Wang5, C. Y., Wu5, H. R., Wu5, L., Xue12, Q. Y., Yang11, X. C., Yang11, Z. G., Yao5, A. F., Yuan9, M., Zha5, H. M., Zhang5, L., Zhang11, X. Y., Zhang12, Y., Zhang5, J., Zhao5, Zhaxiciren9, Zhaxisangzhu9, X. X., Zhou13, F. R., Zhu13, Q. Q., Zhu5, G., Zizzi20, P., Bernardini, Catalanotti, Sergio, A., D'Amone, I., De Mitri, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Iacovacci, Michele, G., Mancarella, G., Marsella, D., Martello, M., Panareo, and L., Perrone

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Superbubble, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Connection (algebraic framework), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, acceleration of particles – cosmic rays – gamma rays, general [gamma rays], Energy (signal processing), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, acceleration of particle, cosmic ray
Abstract

The extended TeV gamma-ray source ARGO J2031+4157 (or MGRO J2031+41) is positionally consistent with the Cygnus Cocoon discovered by $Fermi$-LAT at GeV energies in the Cygnus superbubble. Reanalyzing the ARGO-YBJ data collected from November 2007 to January 2013, the angular extension and energy spectrum of ARGO J2031+4157 are evaluated. After subtracting the contribution of the overlapping TeV sources, the ARGO-YBJ excess map is fitted with a two-dimensional Gaussian function in a square region of $10^{\circ}\times 10^{\circ}$, finding a source extension $\sigma_{ext}$= 1$^{\circ}$.8$\pm$0$^{\circ}$.5. The observed differential energy spectrum is $dN/dE =(2.5\pm0.4) \times 10^{-11}(E/1 TeV)^{-2.6\pm0.3}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ TeV$^{-1}$, in the energy range 0.2-10 TeV. The angular extension is consistent with that of the Cygnus Cocoon as measured by $Fermi$-LAT, and the spectrum also shows a good connection with the one measured in the 1-100 GeV energy range. These features suggest to identify ARGO J2031+4157 as the counterpart of the Cygnus Cocoon at TeV energies. The Cygnus Cocoon, located in the star-forming region of Cygnus X, is interpreted as a cocoon of freshly accelerated cosmic rays related to the Cygnus superbubble. The spectral similarity with Supernova Remnants indicates that the particle acceleration inside a superbubble is similar to that in a SNR. The spectral measurements from 1 GeV to 10 TeV allows for the first time to determine the possible spectrum slope of the underlying particle distribution. A hadronic model is adopted to explain the spectral energy distribution., Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, has been accepted by ApJ for publication

Published
2014

29. Long-term monitoring of mrk 501 for its very high energy γ emission and a flare in 2011 october

Author

B. Bartoli1, 2, P. Bernardini3, 4, X. J. Bi5, C. Bleve3, I. Bolognino6, 7, P. Branchini8, A. Budano8, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne9, P. Camarri10, Z. Cao5, R. Cardarelli11, S. Catalanotti1, C. Cattaneo7, S. Z. Chen5, T. L. Chen12, Y. Chen5, P. Creti4, S. W. Cui13, B. Z. Dai14, G. D’Al´ı Staiti15, 16, Danzengluobu12, M. Dattoli17, 18, 19, I. De Mitri3, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T. Di Girolamo1, X. H. Ding12, G. Di Sciascio11, C. F. Feng20, Zhaoyang Feng5, Zhenyong Feng21, F. Galeazzi8, E. Giroletti6, Q. B. Gou5, Y. Q. Guo5, H. H. He5, Haibing Hu12, Hongbo Hu5, Q. Huang21, M. Iacovacci1, R. Iuppa10, I. James8, H. Y. Jia21, Labaciren12, H. J. Li12, J. Y. Li20, X. X. Li5, G. Liguori6, C. Liu5, C. Q. Liu14, J. Liu14, M. Y. Liu12, H. Lu5, L. L. Ma5, X. H. Ma5, G. Mancarella3, 8, 22, G. Marsella3, D. Martello3, S. Mastroianni2, P. Montini8, C. C. Ning12, A. Pagliaro16, M. Panareo3, B. Panico10, L. Perrone3, P. Pistilli8, F. Ruggieri8, P. Salvini7, R. Santonico10, P. R. Shen5, X. D. Sheng5, F. Shi5, C. Stanescu8, A. Surdo4, Y. H. Tan5, P. Vallania17, S. Vernetto17, C. Vigorito18, B. Wang5, H. Wang5, C. Y. Wu5, H. R. Wu5, B. Xu21, L. Xue20, Q. Y. Yang14, X. C. Yang14, Z. G. Yao5, A. F. Yuan12, M. Zha5, H. M. Zhang5, Jilong Zhang5, Jianli Zhang5, L. Zhang14, P. Zhang14, X. Y. Zhang20, Y. Zhang5, J. Zhao5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X. Zhou21, F. R. Zhu21, Q. Q. Zhu5, G. Zizzi91 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, I. 80126 Napoli, Italy2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy3 Dipartimento di Matematica e. Fisica '.E. De Giorgi' dell’Universita` del Salento, via per Arnesano, I. 73100 Lecce, Italy4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce, Italy5 Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 918, 100049 Beijing, China, c.h.e.n.s.z.@.i.h.e.p. a.c. cn6 Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e. Teorica dell’Universita` di Pavia, via Bassi 6, I. 27100 Pavia, Italy7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Italy8 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 84, I. 00146 Roma, Italy9 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare–CNAF, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, I. 40127 Bologna, Italy10 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` di Roma 'Tor Vergata, ' via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I. 00133 Roma, Italy11 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Italy12 Tibet University, 850000 Lhasa, Xizang, China13 Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, Hebei, China14 Yunnan University, 2 North Cuihu R.d., 650091 Kunming, Yunnan, China15 Dipartimento di Fisica e. Tecnologie Relative, Universita` degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 18, I. 90128 Palermo, Italy16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I. 95125 Catania, Italy17 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, corso Fiume 4, I. 10133 Torino, Italy18 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, I. 10125 Torino, Italy19 Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell’Universita` di Torino, Italy20 Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, China21 Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, Sichuan, China22 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` 'Roma Tre, ' via della Vasca Navale 84, Italy23 Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e. Fisica Cosmica dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, via La Malfa 153, I. 90146 Palermo, ItalyReceived 2012 March 8, accepted 2012 July 27, published 2012 September 18, MARI, Stefano Maria, B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, 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’Al´ı Staiti, Danzengluobu, M. Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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. Jame, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, 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, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., X. J., Bi, Bleve, C., Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Calabrese Melcarne, A. K., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Cattaneo, C., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Al? Staiti, G., Dattoli, M., De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Galeazzi, F., Giroletti, E., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., James, I., Jia, H. Y., H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Li, Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Pagliaro, A., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Stanescu, C., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., C. Y., Wu, H. R., Wu, Xu, B., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, and G., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Al´ı Staiti, M., Dattoli, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli, T., Di Girolamo, X. H., Ding, G., Di Sciascio, C. F., Feng, F., Galeazzi, E., Giroletti, Q. B., Gou, Y. Q., Guo, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, H. Y., Jia, G., Liguori, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Liu, H., Lu, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, B., Xu, L., Xue, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yang, Z. G., Yao, A. F., Yuan, M., Zha, H. M., Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, B., Bartoli1, P., Bernardini3, X. J., Bi5, C., Bleve3, I., Bolognino6, P., Branchini8, A., Budano8, A. K., Calabrese Melcarne9, P., Camarri10, Z., Cao5, R., Cardarelli11, S., Catalanotti1, C., Cattaneo7, S. Z., Chen5, T. L., Chen12, Y., Chen5, P., Creti4, S. W., Cui13, B. Z., Dai14, G., D’Al´ı Staiti15, 16, Danzengluobu12, M., Dattoli17, 18, 19, I., De Mitri3, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T., Di Girolamo1, X. H., Ding12, G., Di Sciascio11, C. F., Feng20, Zhaoyang, Feng5, Zhenyong, Feng21, F., Galeazzi8, E., Giroletti6, Q. B., Gou5, Y. Q., Guo5, H. H., He5, Haibing, Hu12, Hongbo, Hu5, Q., Huang21, M., Iacovacci1, R., Iuppa10, I., James8, H. Y., Jia21, Labaciren12, H. J., Li12, J. Y., Li20, X. X., Li5, G., Liguori6, C., Liu5, C. Q., Liu14, J., Liu14, M. Y., Liu12, H., Lu5, L. L., Ma5, X. H., Ma5, G., Mancarella3, Mari, Stefano Maria, 8, 22, G., Marsella3, D., Martello3, S., Mastroianni2, Montini8, P., C. C., Ning12, A., Pagliaro16, M., Panareo3, B., Panico10, L., Perrone3, P., Pistilli8, Ruggieri8, F., P., Salvini7, R., Santonico10, P. R., Shen5, X. D., Sheng5, F., Shi5, C., Stanescu8, A., Surdo4, Y. H., Tan5, P., Vallania17, S., Vernetto17, C., Vigorito18, B., Wang5, H., Wang5, C. Y., Wu5, H. R., Wu5, B., Xu21, L., Xue20, Q. Y., Yang14, X. C., Yang14, Z. G., Yao5, A. F., Yuan12, M., Zha5, H. M., Zhang5, Jilong, Zhang5, Jianli, Zhang5, L., Zhang14, P., Zhang14, X. Y., Zhang20, Y., Zhang5, J., Zhao5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X., Zhou21, F. R., Zhu21, Q. Q., Zhu5, G., Zizzi91 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, Via, Cinthia, I., 80126 Napoli, Italy2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, De Giorgi' dell’Universita` del Salento, Italy3 Dipartimento di Matematica e. Fisica '. E., via per, Arnesano, I., 73100 Lecce, Italy4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Lecce, Italy5 Key Laboratory of Particle, Astrophysic, Institute of High Energy, Physic, Chinese Academy of, Science, P. O., Box 918, 100049, Beijing, China, Teorica dell’Universita` di Pavia, c. h. e. n. s. z. @. i. h. e. p. a. c. cn6 Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e., via Bassi, 6, I., 27100 Pavia, Italy7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Pavia, Italy8 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, Tre, via della Vasca Navale, 84, I., 00146 Roma, Italy9 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare–cnaf, Viale Berti Pichat, 6/2, I., 40127 Bologna, Italy10 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` di Roma 'Tor, Vergata, ' via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, I., 00133 Roma, Italy11 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor, Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1, Italy12 Tibet, University, 850000, Lhasa, Xizang, China13 Hebei Normal, University, Shijiazhuang, 050016, Hebei, China14 Yunnan, University, 2 North Cuihu, R. d., 650091, Kunming, Yunnan, China15 Dipartimento di Fisica e., Tecnologie Relative, Universita` degli Studi di, Palermo, Viale delle, Scienze, Edificio, 18, I., 90128 Palermo, Italy16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Catania, Viale A., Doria 6, I., 95125 Catania, Italy17 Osservatorio Astrofisico di, Torino, Istituto Nazionale di, Astrofisica, corso Fiume, 4, I., 10133 Torino, Italy18 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica, Nucleare, Sezione di, Torino, via P., Giuria 1, I., 10125 Torino, Italy19 Dipartimento di Fisica Generale dell’Universita` di, Torino, Italy20 Shandong, University, 250100, Jinan, Shandong, China21 Southwest Jiaotong, University, 610031, Chengdu, Sichuan, China22 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita` 'Roma, Tre, ' via della Vasca Navale, 84, Italy23 Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e., Fisica Cosmica dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, via La Malfa, 153, I., 90146 Palermo, ItalyReceived 2012 March, 8, accepted 2012 July, 27, and published 2012 September, 18

Subjects
Active galactic nucleus, active" ["galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, individual (Markarian 501) – galaxies: active – gamma rays: general – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal [BL Lacertae objects], " "general" ["gamma rays], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, BL Lacertae objects: individual (Markarian 501) – galaxies: active – gamma rays: general – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Galaxy, individual (Markarian 501)" ["BL Lacertae objects], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Spectral energy distribution, Flare
Abstract

"As one of the brightest active blazars in both X-ray and very high energy γ -ray bands, Mrk 501, is very useful for" "physics associated with jets from active galactic nuclei. The ARGO-YBJ experiment has monitored Mrk 501 for γ - rays above 0.3 TeV since 2007 November. The largest flare since 2005 was observed from 2011 October and lasted until about 2012 April. In this paper, a detailed analysis of this event is reported. During the brightest γ -ray flaring episodes from 2011 October 17 to November 22, an excess of the event rate over 6σ is detected by ARGO-YBJ in the direction of Mrk 501, corresponding to an increase of the γ -ray flux above 1 TeV by a factor of 6.6 ± 2.2 from its steady emission. In particular, the γ -ray flux above 8 TeV is detected with a significance better than 4σ . Based on time-dependent synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) processes, the broadband energy spectrum is interpreted as the emission from an electron energy distribution parameterized with a single power-law function with an exponential cutoff at its high-energy end. The average spectral energy distribution for the steady emission is well described by this simple one-zone SSC model. However, the detection of γ -rays above 8 TeV during the flare challenges this model due to the hardness of the spectra. Correlations between X-rays and γ -rays are also investigated."

Published
2012

30. Gamma ray bursts monitoring with the ARGO-YBJ experiment in scaler mode

Author

Aielli G, Bacci C, Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi XJ, Bleve C, Branchini P, Budano A, Calabrese Melcarne AK, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cappa A, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Celio P, Chen SZ, Chen TL, Chen Y, Cheng N, Creti P, Cui SW, Dai BZ, D'Ali Staiti G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli M, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo T, Ding XH, Di Sciascio G, Feng CF, Feng Zhao Yang, Feng Zhen Yong, Galeazzi F, Galeotti P, Gargana R, Gou QB, Guo YQ, He HH, Hu Haibing, Hu Hong Bo, Huang Q, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, James I, Jia HY, Labaciren, Li HJ, Li JY, Li XX, Liberti B, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu CQ, Liu MY, Liu J, Lu H, Ma XH, Mancarella G, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Meng XR, Montini P, Ning CC, Pagliaro A, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Qu XB, Rossi E, Ruggieri F, Saggese L, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen PR, Sheng XD, Shi F, Stanescu C, Surdo A, Tan YH, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang B, Wang H, Wu CY, Wu HR, Xu B, Xue L, Yan YX, Yang QY, Yang XC, Yuan AF, Zha M, Zhang HM, Zhang Ji Long, Zhang Jian Li, Zhang L, Zhang P, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou XX, Zhu FR, Zhu QQ, Zizzi G., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, MARI, Stefano Maria, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, Danzengluobu, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, Di Girolamo, T., Vallania, P., Vigorito, C., Aielli, G, Bacci, C, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, Xj, Bleve, C, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne, Ak, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Chen, Y, Cheng, N, Creti, P, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Ali Staiti, G, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, Xh, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng Zhao, Yang, Feng Zhen, Yong, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Gargana, R, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Haibing, Hu Hong, Bo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, Hy, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liberti, B, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Liu, J, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, G, Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Meng, Xr, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, Xb, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Saggese, L, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang Ji, Long, Zhang Jian, Li, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, and Zizzi, G.

Subjects
Physics, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Astronomy, Array Detector, Extensive Air Shower, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Field of view, Gamma-ray astronomy, Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Coincidence, Argo-Ybj, Air shower, Gamma Ray Burst, Observatory, Satellite, Gamma-ray burst, Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

On behalf of the ARGO-YBJ Collaboration Abstract. 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 Astro- physical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBa- Jing (ARGO-YBJ). With its big active surface ( 6700 m 2 ) and large field of view ( 2 sr) the ARGO-YBJ air shower detector is particularly suitable to detect unpredictable and short duration events such as GRBs. The search has been performed using the single particle technique in time coinci- dence with satellite detections both for single events and for the piling up of all the GRBs in time and in phase. Between November 2004 and June 2010 115 GRBs, de- tected by different satellites (mainly Swift and Fermi), oc- curred within the field of view of ARGO-YBJ. For 94 of these we searched for a counterpart in the ARGO-YBJ data finding no statistically significant emission. Search methods and results are discussed.

Published
2011

31. Background radioactivity in the scaler mode technique of the Argo-YBJ detector

Author

Aielli G, Bacci C, Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi XJ, Bleve C, Branchini P, Budano A, Calabrese Melcarne AK, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cappa A, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Celio P, Chen SZ, Chen TL, Chen Y, Cheng N, Creti P, Cui SW, Dai BZ, D'Ali Staiti G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli M, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo T, Ding XH, Di Sciascio G, Feng CF, Feng Zhao Yang, Feng Zhen Yong, Galeazzi F, Galeotti P, Gargana R, Gou QB, Guo YQ, He HH, Hu Haibing, Hu Hong Bo, Huang Q, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, James I, Jia HY, Labaciren, Li HJ, Li JY, Li XX, Liberti B, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu CQ, Liu MY, Liu J, Lu H, Ma XH, Mancarella G, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Meng XR, Montini P, Ning CC, Pagliaro A, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Qu XB, Rossi E, Ruggieri F, Saggese L, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen PR, Sheng XD, Shi F, Stanescu C, Surdo A, Tan YH, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang B, Wang H, Wu CY, Wu HR, Xu B, Xue L, Yan YX, Yang QY, Yang XC, Yuan AF, Zha M, Zhang HM, Zhang Ji Long, Zhang Jian Li, Zhang L, Zhang P, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou XX, Zhu FR, Zhu QQ, Zizzi G., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, MARI, Stefano Maria, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, Danzengluobu, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, Aielli, G, Bacci, C, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, Xj, Bleve, C, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne, Ak, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Chen, Y, Cheng, N, Creti, P, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Ali Staiti, G, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, Xh, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng Zhao, Yang, Feng Zhen, Yong, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Gargana, R, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Haibing, Hu Hong, Bo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, Hy, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liberti, B, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Liu, J, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, G, Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Meng, Xr, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, Xb, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Saggese, L, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang Ji, Long, Zhang Jian, Li, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, Zizzi, G., B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, M. Dattoli, 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 Huo, Hongbo Hue, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, R. Iuppa, I. Jame, H. Y. Jia, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, 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, JilongZhang, JianliZhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, and G. Zizzi

Subjects
Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Atmospheric pressure, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Detector, Scaler Mode, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Radioactivity, Array Detector, Scaler Mode, Array Detector, Coincidence, Computational physics, Radioactivity, Air shower, Coincident, Argo
Abstract

""ARGO-YBJ is an extensive air shower detector located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 ma.s.l., 606 g cm^−2 atmospheric depth, Tibet, China).. It is made by a single layer of Resistive Plate Chambers. (RPCs, total surface ~ 6700 m^2) grouped into 153 units. called “clusters”. The low energy threshold of the experiment is obtained using the ”scaler operation mode”, counting all the particles hitting the detector without reconstruction of the shower size and arrival direction. For each cluster the signals generated by these particles are put in coincidence in a narrow time window (150 ns) and read by four independent. scaler channels, giving the counting rates of channel. >= 1, >= 2, >= 3 and >= 4 hits. The study of these counting. rates pointed out a different behavior of channel >= 1. respect to the higher multiplicity channels: while the MC simulations can account fairly well for the coincident counting. rates, the expectation for channel >= 1 is sensibly less. than the measured value. Moreover, the regression coefficient with the atmospheric pressure for channel >= 1 is also. about half of the value measured for the coincident counting rates: seemingly half of these counts did not cross the atmosphere. Measurements of the natural radioactivity background. in the air of the detector hall and a MC simulation to. estimate its contribution on our counting rates are presented and discussed.""

Published
2011

32. THE ARGO-YBJ EXPERIMENT: A FULL COVERAGE ARRAY FOR γ-RAY ASTRONOMY

Author

Aielli G, Bacci C, Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi XJ, Bleve C, Branchini P, Budano A, BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne AK, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cappa A, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Celio P, Chen SZ, Chen TL, Chen Y, Cheng N, Creti P, Cui SW, Dai BZ, D'Ali Staiti G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli M, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo T, Ding XH, Di Sciascio G, Feng CF, Feng Zhao Yang, Feng Zhen Yong, Galeazzi F, Galeotti P, Gargana R, Gou QB, Guo YQ, He HH, Hu Haibing, Hu Hong Bo, Huang Q, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, James I, Jia HY, Labaciren, Li HJ, Li JY, Li XX, Liberti B, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu CQ, Liu MY, Liu J, Lu H, Ma XH, Mancarella G, MARI, Stefano Maria, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Meng XR, Montini P, Ning CC, Pagliaro A, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Qu XB, Rossi E, Ruggieri F, Saggese L, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen PR, Sheng XD, Shi F, Stanescu C, Surdo A, Tan YH, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang B, Wang H, Wu CY, Wu HR, Xu B, Xue L, Yan YX, Yang QY, Yang XC, Yuan AF, Zha M, Zhang HM, Zhang Ji Long, Zhang Jian Li, Zhang L, Zhang P, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou XX, Zhu FR, Zhu QQ, Zizzi G., Aielli, G, Bacci, C, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, Xj, Bleve, C, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne, Ak, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Chen, Y, Cheng, N, Creti, P, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Ali Staiti, G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, Xh, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng Zhao, Yang, Feng Zhen, Yong, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Gargana, R, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Haibing, Hu Hong, Bo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, Hy, Labaciren, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liberti, B, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Liu, J, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, G, Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Meng, Xr, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, Xb, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Saggese, L, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang Ji, Long, Zhang Jian, Li, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, Zizzi, G., B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, H. Y., Jia, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, and G., Zizzi

Subjects
Physics, Gamma ray burst, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Extensive air shower, Gamma ray, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Extensive air showers, gamma rays, gamma-ray burst, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Air shower, Space and Planetary Science, Duty cycle, Sky, Blazar, Gamma-ray burst, Mathematical Physics, Argo, media_common
Abstract

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is an Extensive Air Shower (EAS) array which combines high altitude location and full coverage active area in order to reach low energy threshold at a level of few hundred of GeV. The large field of view (≈ 2 sr ) and the high duty cycle (≥ 90%) allow the continuous monitoring of the sky searching for unknown sources and unpredictable events, such as flares in blazar emissions and high energy Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this paper I will briefly report on the detector performance and on some preliminary results achieved in γ-ray astronomy.

Published
2011

33. The ARGO-YBJ Experiment Progresses and Future Extension

Author

Aielli G, Bacci C, Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi XJ, Bleve C, Branchini P, Budano A, Calabrese Melcarne AK, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cappa A, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Celio P, Chen SZ, Chen TL, Chen Y, Cheng N, Creti P, Cui SW, Dai BZ, D'Ali Staiti G, Danzengluobu, Dattoli M, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo T, Ding XH, Di Sciascio G, Feng CF, Feng Zhao Yang, Feng Zhen Yong, Galeazzi F, Galeotti P, Gargana R, Gou QB, Guo YQ, He HH, Hu Haibing, Hu Hong Bo, Huang Q, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, James I, Jia HY, Labaciren, Li HJ, Li JY, Li XX, Liberti B, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu CQ, Liu MY, Liu J, Lu H, Ma XH, Mancarella G, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Meng XR, Montini P, Ning CC, Pagliaro A, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Qu XB, Rossi E, Ruggieri F, Saggese L, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen PR, Sheng XD, Shi F, Stanescu C, Surdo A, Tan YH, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang B, Wang H, Wu CY, Wu HR, Xu B, Xue L, Yan YX, Yang QY, Yang XC, Yuan AF, Zha M, Zhang HM, Zhang Ji Long, Zhang Jian Li, Zhang L, Zhang P, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou XX, Zhu FR, Zhu QQ, Zizzi G., BUSSINO, Severino Angelo Maria, MARI, Stefano Maria, B., Bartoli, Bernardini, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, Danzengluobu, M., Dattoli, DE MITRI, Ivan, 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, Huo, Hongbo, Hue, Q., Huang, M., Iacovacci, R., Iuppa, I., Jame, 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, Mancarella, Giovanni, S. M., Mari, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, S., Mastroianni, P., Montini, C. C., Ning, A., Pagliaro, Panareo, Marco, B., Panico, Perrone, Lorenzo, 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, Jilongzhang, Jianlizhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, X. X., Zhou, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zhu, G., Zizzi, B. Bartoli, BERNARDINI, Paolo, 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’Ali´ Staiti, M. Dattoli, 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 Huo, Hongbo Hue, Q. Huang, M. Iacovacci, R. Iuppa, I. Jame, H. Y. Jia, 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, MANCARELLA, Giovanni, S. M. Mari, MARSELLA, GIOVANNI, MARTELLO, Daniele, S. Mastroianni, P. Montini, C. C. Ning, A. Pagliaro, PANAREO, Marco, B. Panico, PERRONE, Lorenzo, 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, JilongZhang, JianliZhang, L. Zhang, P. Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. X. Zhou, F. R. Zhu, Q. Q. Zhu, G. Zizzi, Aielli, G, Bacci, C, Bartoli, B, Bernardini, P, Bi, Xj, Bleve, C, Branchini, P, Budano, A, Bussino, Severino Angelo Maria, Calabrese Melcarne, Ak, Camarri, P, Cao, Z, Cappa, A, Cardarelli, R, Catalanotti, S, Cattaneo, C, Celio, P, Chen, Sz, Chen, Tl, Chen, Y, Cheng, N, Creti, P, Cui, Sw, Dai, Bz, D'Ali Staiti, G, Dattoli, M, De Mitri, I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B, DE VINCENZI, Mario, Di Girolamo, T, Ding, Xh, Di Sciascio, G, Feng, Cf, Feng Zhao, Yang, Feng Zhen, Yong, Galeazzi, F, Galeotti, P, Gargana, R, Gou, Qb, Guo, Yq, He, Hh, Hu, Haibing, Hu Hong, Bo, Huang, Q, Iacovacci, M, Iuppa, R, James, I, Jia, Hy, Li, Hj, Li, Jy, Li, Xx, Liberti, B, Liguori, G, Liu, C, Liu, Cq, Liu, My, Liu, J, Lu, H, Ma, Xh, Mancarella, G, Mari, Stefano Maria, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mastroianni, S, Meng, Xr, Montini, P, Ning, Cc, Pagliaro, A, Panareo, M, Perrone, L, Pistilli, P, Qu, Xb, Rossi, E, Ruggieri, F, Saggese, L, Salvini, P, Santonico, R, Shen, Pr, Sheng, Xd, Shi, F, Stanescu, C, Surdo, A, Tan, Yh, Vallania, P, Vernetto, S, Vigorito, C, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wu, Cy, Wu, Hr, Xu, B, Xue, L, Yan, Yx, Yang, Qy, Yang, Xc, Yuan, Af, Zha, M, Zhang, Hm, Zhang Ji, Long, Zhang Jian, Li, Zhang, L, Zhang, P, Zhang, Xy, Zhang, Y, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, Xx, Zhu, Fr, Zhu, Qq, and Zizzi, G.

Subjects
Photon, Gamma ray source, cosmic ray origin, detector array, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Detector array, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), detector array, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, education, Mathematical Physics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, education.field_of_study, Detector, Gamma ray source, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, cosmic ray origin, Cosmic ray origin, Air shower, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Gamma ray source detection above 30 TeV 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 sources above 100 GeV. To target the goals, the ARGO-YBJ experiment has been established. Significant progresses have been made in the experiment. A large air shower detector array in an area of 1 km2 is proposed to boost the sensitivity. Hybrid detections with multi-techniques will allow a good discrimination between different types of primary particles, including photons and protons, thus enable an energy spectrum measurement for individual species. Fluorescence light detector array will extend the spectrum measurement to 100 PeV and higher where the second knee is located. An energy scale determined by balloon experiments at 10 TeV will be propagated to ultra high energy cosmic ray experiments.

Published
2010

34. Observation of TeV gamma-rays from the unidentified source HESS J1841-055 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

Author

B. Bartoli1, 2, P. Bernardini3, 4, X. J. Bi5, I. Bolognino6, 7, P. Branchini8, A. Budano8, A. K. Calabrese Melcarne9, P. Camarri10, Z. Cao5, R. Cardarelli11, S. Catalanotti1, C. Cattaneo7, S. Z. Chen5, T. L. Chen12, Y. Chen5, P. Creti4, S. W. Cui13, B. Z. Dai14, G. D’Al´ı Staiti15, A. D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu12, I. De Mitri3, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T. Di Girolamo1, X. H. Ding12, G. Di Sciascio11, C. F. Feng17, Zhaoyang Feng5, Zhenyong Feng18, F. Galeazzi8, E. Giroletti6, Q. B. Gou5, Y. Q. Guo5, H. H. He5, Haibing Hu12, Hongbo Hu5, Q. Huang18, M. Iacovacci1, R. Iuppa10, I. James8, H. Y. Jia18, Labaciren12, H. J. Li12, J. Y. Li17, X. X. Li5, G. Liguori6, C. Liu5, C. Q. Liu14, J. Liu14, M. Y. Liu12, H. Lu5, L. L. Ma5, X. H. Ma5, G. Mancarella3, 8, 19, G. Marsella3, D. Martello3, S. Mastroianni2, P. Montini8, C. C. Ning12, A. Pagliaro16, M. Panareo3, B. Panico10, L. Perrone3, P. Pistilli8, F. Ruggieri8, P. Salvini7, R. Santonico10, S. N. Sbano3, P. R. Shen5, X. D. Sheng5, F. Shi5, A. Surdo4, Y. H. Tan5, P. Vallania21, S. Vernetto21, C. Vigorito22, B. Wang5, H. Wang5, C. Y. Wu5, H. R. Wu5, B. Xu18, L. Xue17, Q. Y. Yang14, X. C. Yang14, Z. G. Yao5, A. F. Yuan12, M. Zha5, H. M. Zhang5, Jilong Zhang5, Jianli Zhang5, L. Zhang14, P. Zhang14, X. Y. Zhang17, Y. Zhang5, J. Zhao5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X. Zhou18, F. R. Zhu18, Q. Q. Zhu5, G. Zizzi9 1 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, via Cinthia, I. 80126 Napoli, Italy 2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy 3 Dipartimento Matematica e. Fisica 'Ennio De Giorgi, ' Universit`a del Salento, via per Arnesano, I. 73100 Lecce, Italy 4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce, Italy 5 Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 918, 100049 Beijing, China, c.h.e.n.s.z.@.i.h.e.p. a.c. cn 6 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Pavia, via Bassi 6, I. 27100 Pavia, Italy 7 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Italy 8 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 84, I. 00146 Roma, Italy 9 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare CNAF, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, I. 40127 Bologna, Italy 10 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Roma 'Tor Vergata, ' via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I. 00133 Roma, Italy 11 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Italy 12 Tibet University, 850000 Lhasa, Xizang, China 13 Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, Hebei, China 14 Yunnan University, 2 North Cuihu Road, 650091 Kunming, Yunnan, China 15 Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 18, I. 90128 Palermo, Italy 16 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I. 95125 Catania, Italy 17 Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, China 18 Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031 Chengdu, Sichuan, China 19 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a 'Roma Tre, ' via della Vasca Navale 84, Italy 20 Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e. Fisica Cosmica dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, via La Malfa 153, I. 90146 Palermo, Italy 21 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino dell’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, corso Fiume 4, I. 10133 Torino, Italy 22 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, via P. Giuria 1, I. 10125 Torino, Italy 23 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Torino, Italy, MARI, Stefano Maria, Bartoli, Bruno, Bernardini, P., X. J., Bi, Bolognino, I., Branchini, P., Budano, A., Calabrese Melcarne, A. K., Camarri, P., Cao, Z., Cardarelli, R., Catalanotti, Sergio, Cattaneo, C., Chen, S. Z., Chen, T. L., Chen, Y., Creti, P., Cui, S. W., Dai, B. Z., D'Al? Staiti, G., D'Amone, A., Danzengluobu, De Mitri, I., D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, Benedetto, DI GIROLAMO, Tristano, Ding, X. H., Di Sciascio, G., Feng, C. F., Zhaoyang, Feng, Zhenyong, Feng, Galeazzi, F., Giroletti, E., Gou, Q. B., Guo, Y. Q., H. H., He, Haibing, Hu, Hongbo, Hu, Huang, Q., Iacovacci, Michele, Iuppa, R., James, I., Jia, H. Y., Labaciren, H. J., Li, J. Y., Li, X. X., Li, Liguori, G., Liu, C., Liu, C. Q., Liu, J., Liu, M. Y., Lu, H., L. L., Ma, X. H., Ma, Mancarella, G., Mari, S. M., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mastroianni, S., Montini, P., Ning, C. C., Pagliaro, A., Panareo, M., Panico, B., Perrone, L., Pistilli, P., Ruggieri, F., Salvini, P., Santonico, R., Sbano, S. N., Shen, P. R., Sheng, X. D., Shi, F., Surdo, A., Tan, Y. H., Vallania, P., Vernetto, S., Vigorito, C., Wang, B., Wang, H., C. Y., Wu, H. R., Wu, Xu, B., Xue, L., Yang, Q. Y., Yang, X. C., Yao, Z. G., Yuan, A. F., Zha, M., Zhang, H. M., Jilong, Zhang, Jianli, Zhang, Zhang, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, X. Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou, X. X., Zhu, F. R., Zhu, Q. Q., Zizzi, G., B., Bartoli1, P., Bernardini3, X. J., Bi5, I., Bolognino6, P., Branchini8, A., Budano8, A. K., Calabrese Melcarne9, P., Camarri10, Z., Cao5, R., Cardarelli11, S., Catalanotti1, C., Cattaneo7, S. Z., Chen5, T. L., Chen12, Y., Chen5, P., Creti4, S. W., Cui13, B. Z., Dai14, G., D’Al´ı Staiti15, A., D’Amone3, 4, Danzengluobu12, I., De Mitri3, B., D’Ettorre Piazzoli1, T., Di Girolamo1, X. H., Ding12, G., Di Sciascio11, C. F., Feng17, Zhaoyang, Feng5, Zhenyong, Feng18, F., Galeazzi8, E., Giroletti6, Q. B., Gou5, Y. Q., Guo5, H. H., He5, Haibing, Hu12, Hongbo, Hu5, Q., Huang18, M., Iacovacci1, R., Iuppa10, I., James8, H. Y., Jia18, Labaciren12, H. J., Li12, J. Y., Li17, X. X., Li5, G., Liguori6, C., Liu5, C. Q., Liu14, J., Liu14, M. Y., Liu12, H., Lu5, L. L., Ma5, X. H., Ma5, G., Mancarella3, Mari, Stefano Maria, 8, 19, G., Marsella3, D., Martello3, S., Mastroianni2, Montini8, P., C. C., Ning12, A., Pagliaro16, M., Panareo3, B., Panico10, L., Perrone3, P., Pistilli8, Ruggieri8, F., P., Salvini7, R., Santonico10, S. N., Sbano3, P. R., Shen5, X. D., Sheng5, F., Shi5, A., Surdo4, Y. H., Tan5, P., Vallania21, S., Vernetto21, C., Vigorito22, B., Wang5, H., Wang5, C. Y., Wu5, H. R., Wu5, B., Xu18, L., Xue17, Q. Y., Yang14, X. C., Yang14, Z. G., Yao5, A. F., Yuan12, M., Zha5, H. M., Zhang5, Jilong, Zhang5, Jianli, Zhang5, L., Zhang14, P., Zhang14, X. Y., Zhang17, Y., Zhang5, J., Zhao5, Zhaxiciren12, Zhaxisangzhu12, X. X., Zhou18, F. R., Zhu18, Q. Q., Zhu5, G., Zizzi9 1 Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universit`a di Napoli 'Federico II, ' Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, Via, Cinthia, I., 80126 Napoli, Italy, 2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di, Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte, Sant’Angelo, Italy 3 Dipartimento Matematica e., Fisica 'Ennio De Giorgi, ' Universit`a del, Salento, via per, Arnesano, I., 73100 Lecce, Italy, 4 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di, Lecce, Italy, 5 Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysic, Institute of High Energy, Physic, Chinese Academy of, Science, P. 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Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Range (particle radiation), Photon, Degree (graph theory), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Gamma ray, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, gamma rays, Wavelength, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, Coincident, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma Rays, Argo-YBJ, Extended Air Shower Detectors, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, general [gamma rays], Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

We report the observation of a very high energy \gamma-ray source, whose position is coincident with HESS J1841-055. This source has been observed for 4.5 years by the ARGO-YBJ experiment from November 2007 to July 2012. Its emission is detected with a statistical significance of 5.3 standard deviations. Parameterizing the source shape with a two-dimensional Gaussian function we estimate an extension \sigma=(0.40(+0.32,-0.22}) degree, consistent with the HESS measurement. The observed energy spectrum is dN/dE =(9.0-+1.6) x 10^{-13}(E/5 TeV)^{-2.32-+0.23} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} TeV^{-1}, in the energy range 0.9-50 TeV. The integral \gamma-ray flux above 1 TeV is 1.3-+0.4 Crab units, which is 3.2-+1.0 times the flux derived by HESS. The differences in the flux determination between HESS and ARGO-YBJ, and possible counterparts at other wavelengths are discussed., Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, have been accepted for publication in ApJ

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