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1. Development of integration mode proton imaging with a single CMOS detector for a small animal irradiation platform

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Katrin Schnürle, Jonathan Bortfeldt, Franz Siegfried Englbrecht, Chiara Gianoli, Jens Hartmann, Petter Hofverberg, Sebastian Meyer, Katharina Niepel, Indra Yohannes, Marie Vidal, Guillaume Landry, Joël Hérault, Jörg Schreiber, Katia Parodi, and Matthias Würl

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proton imaging, small animal, particle therapy, integration mode, CMOS, Physics, QC1-999
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A novel irradiation platform for preclinical proton therapy studies foresees proton imaging for accurate setup and treatment planning. Imaging at modern synchrocyclotron-based proton therapy centers with high instantaneous particle flux is possible with an integration mode setup. The aim of this work is to determine an object’s water-equivalent thickness (WET) with a commercially available large-area CMOS sensor. Image contrast is achieved by recording the proton energy deposition in detector pixels for several incoming beam energies (here, called probing energies) and applying a signal decomposition method that retrieves the water-equivalent thickness. A single planar 114 mm × 65 mm CMOS sensor (49.5 µm pixel pitch) was used for this study, aimed at small-animal imaging. In experimental campaigns, at two isochronous cyclotron-based facilities, probing energies suitable for small-animal-sized objects were produced once with built-in energy layer switching and the other time, using a custom degrader wheel. To assess water-equivalent thickness accuracy, a micro-CT calibration phantom with 10 inserts of tissue-mimicking materials was imaged at three phantom-to-detector distances: 3 mm, 13 mm, and 33 mm. For 3 mm and 13 mm phantom-to-detector distance, the average water-equivalent thickness error compared to the ground truth was about 1% and the spatial resolution was 0.16(3) mm and 0.47(2) mm, respectively. For the largest separation distance of 33 mm air gap, proton scattering had considerable impact and the water-equivalent thickness relative error increased to 30%, and the spatial resolution was larger than 1.75 mm. We conclude that a pixelated CMOS detector with dedicated post-processing methods can enable fast proton radiographic imaging in a simple and compact setup for small-animal-sized objects with high water-equivalent thickness accuracy and spatial resolution for reasonable phantom-to-detector distances.

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2023
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2. Post-Bragg Peak keV-Secondary Electron Radiolysis Revealed by Track-Ends Imaging of High-Energy Protons

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Julien Audouin, Petter Hofverberg, Yvette Ngono-Ravache, Laurent Desorgher, and Gerard Baldacchino

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Upstream of the efficiency of proton or carbon ion beams in cancer therapy, and to optimize hadrontherapy results, we analysed the chemistry of Fricke solutions in track-end of 64-MeV protons and 1.14-GeV carbon ions. An original optical setup is designed to determine the primary track-segment yields along the last millimetres of the ion track with a sub-millimetre resolution. The Fe3+-yield falls in the Bragg peak to (4.9±0.4)×10-7 mol/J and 1.9×10-7 mol/J, under protons and carbon ions respectively. Beyond the proton Bragg peak, a yield recovery is observed over 1 mm. It is attributed to the proton beam straggling. Since a dose rate effect is ruled out in this region, keV secondary electrons are hypothesized to produce this intermediate LET effect. They might also provide DNA lesions during proton exposure, potentially at the origin of delayed radio-induced carcinogenesis.

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2023
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3. Characterization of the HollandPTC proton therapy beamline dedicated to uveal melanoma treatment and an interinstitutional comparison

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Jan Hrbacek, Andrea Denker, Maria Mamalui, Roelf Slopsema, Emmanuelle Fleury, Petter Hofverberg, Joel Herault, Tomasz Kajdrowicz, Jens Heufelder, A. Gérard, Mischa S. Hoogeman, Kees Spruijt, Tomasz Horwacik, Franciska Lebbink, Petra Trnková, Jean-Philippe Pignol, and Radiotherapy

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Uveal Neoplasms, Proton, Cyclotron, Bragg peak, law.invention, EMERGING IMAGING AND THERAPY MODALITIES, law, Energy spectrum, proton therapy, Humans, Melanoma, Proton therapy, Research Articles, eyeline, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Accelerator research and development, business.industry, Radiotherapy Dosage, General Medicine, Beamline, Code of practice, uveal melanoma, Nuclear medicine, business, Monte Carlo Method, Research Article
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Purpose: Eye-dedicated proton therapy (PT) facilities are used to treat malignant intraocular lesions, especially uveal melanoma (UM). The first commercial ocular PT beamline from Varian was installed in the Netherlands. In this work, the conceptual design of the new eyeline is presented. In addition, a comprehensive comparison against five PT centers with dedicated ocular beamlines is performed, and the clinical impact of the identified differences is analyzed. Material/Methods: The HollandPTC eyeline was characterized. Four centers in Europe and one in the United States joined the study. All centers use a cyclotron for proton beam generation and an eye-dedicated nozzle. Differences among the chosen ocular beamlines were in the design of the nozzle, nominal energy, and energy spectrum. The following parameters were collected for all centers: technical characteristics and a set of distal, proximal, and lateral region measurements. The measurements were performed with detectors available in-house at each institution. The institutions followed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Report Series (TRS)-398 Code of Practice for absolute dose measurement, and the IAEA TRS-398 Code of Practice, its modified version or International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements Report No. 78 for spread-out Bragg peak normalization. Energy spreads of the pristine Bragg peaks were obtained with Monte Carlo simulations using Geant4. Seven tumor-specific case scenarios were simulated to evaluate the clinical impact among centers: small, medium, and large UM, located either anteriorly, at the equator, or posteriorly within the eye. Differences in the depth dose distributions were calculated. Results: A pristine Bragg peak of HollandPTC eyeline corresponded to the constant energy of 75 MeV (maximal range 3.97 g/cm2 in water) with an energy spread of 1.10 MeV. The pristine Bragg peaks for the five participating centers varied from 62.50 to 104.50 MeV with an energy spread variation between 0.10 and 0.70 MeV. Differences in the average distal fall-offs and lateral penumbrae (LPs) (over the complete set of clinically available beam modulations) among all centers were up to 0.25 g/cm2, and 0.80 mm, respectively. Average distal fall-offs of the HollandPTC eyeline were 0.20 g/cm2, and LPs were between 1.50 and 2.15 mm from proximal to distal regions, respectively. Treatment time, around 60 s, was comparable among all centers. The virtual source-to-axis distance of 120 cm at HollandPTC was shorter than for the five participating centers (range: 165–350 cm). Simulated depth dose distributions demonstrated the impact of the different beamline characteristics among institutions. The largest difference was observed for a small UM located at the posterior pole, where a proximal dose between two extreme centers was up to 20%. Conclusions: HollandPTC eyeline specifications are in accordance with five other ocular PT beamlines. Similar clinical concepts can be applied to expect the same high local tumor control. Dosimetrical properties among the six institutions induce most likely differences in ocular radiation-related toxicities. This interinstitutional comparison could support further research on ocular post-PT complications. Finally, the findings reported in this study could be used to define dosimetrical guidelines for ocular PT to unify the concepts among institutions.

Published
2021
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5. Characterization of the HollandPTC proton therapy beamline dedicated to uveal melanoma treatment and an interinstitutional comparison

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E.M.J. (Emmanuelle) Fleury, P. (Petra) Trnková, Kees Spruijt, Joël Herault, Franciska Lebbink, Jens Heufelder, Jan Hrbacek, Tomasz Horwacik, Tomasz Kajdrowicz, Andrea Denker, Anaïs Gerard, Petter Hofverberg, Maria Mamalui, Roelf Slopsema, JP (Jean-Philippe) Pignol, M.S. (Mischa) Hoogeman, E.M.J. (Emmanuelle) Fleury, P. (Petra) Trnková, Kees Spruijt, Joël Herault, Franciska Lebbink, Jens Heufelder, Jan Hrbacek, Tomasz Horwacik, Tomasz Kajdrowicz, Andrea Denker, Anaïs Gerard, Petter Hofverberg, Maria Mamalui, Roelf Slopsema, JP (Jean-Philippe) Pignol, and M.S. (Mischa) Hoogeman

Abstract

Purpose: Eye-dedicated proton therapy (PT) facilities are used to treat malignant intraocular lesions, especially uveal melanoma (UM). The first commercial ocular PT beamline from Varian was installed in the Netherlands. In this work, the conceptual design of the new eyeline is presented. In addition, a comprehensive comparison against five PT centers with dedicated ocular beamlines is performed, and the clinical impact of the identified differences is analyzed. Material/Methods: The HollandPTC eyeline was characterized. Four centers in Europe and one in the United States joined the study. All centers use a cyclotron for proton beam generation and an eye-dedicated nozzle. Differences among the chosen ocular beamlines were in the design of the nozzle, nominal energy, and energy spectrum. The following parameters were collected for all centers: technical characteristics and a set of distal, proximal, and lateral region measurements. The measurements were performed with detectors available in-house at each institution. The institutions followed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Report Series (TRS)-398 Code of Practice for absolute dose measurement, and the IAEA TRS-398 Code of Practice, its modified version or International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements Report No. 78 for spread-out Bragg peak normalization. Energy spreads of the pristine Bragg peaks were obtained with Monte Carlo simulations using Geant4. Seven tumor-specific case scenarios were simulated to evaluate the clinical impact among centers: small, medium, and large UM, located either anteriorly, at the equator, or posteriorly within the eye. Differences in the depth dose distributions were calculated. Results: A pristine Bragg peak of HollandPTC eyeline corresponded to the constant energy of 75 MeV (maximal range 3.97 g/cm2 in water) with an energy spread of 1.10 MeV. The pristine Bragg peaks for the five participating centers varied from 62.50 to 104.50 M

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2021
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6. Study of the responses and calibration procedures of neutron and gamma area and environmental detectors for use in proton therapy

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G. Angellier, Jean-Marc Bergerot, Cécile Peucelle, A. Gérard, Adela Carnicer, Petter Hofverberg, Joel Herault, and M. Vidal

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Nuclear engineering, Monte Carlo method, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Radiation Protection, Radiation Monitoring, Calibration, Proton Therapy, Neutron, Computer Simulation, Waste Management and Disposal, Proton therapy, Neutrons, Equivalent dose, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, Radiation Exposure, Gamma Rays, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Measuring instrument, Environmental science, Thermoluminescent dosimeter, Radiation protection, business
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Ambient dose equivalent measurements with radiation protection instruments are associated to large uncertainties, mostly due to the energy dependence of the instrument response and to the dissimilarity between the spectra of the standard calibration source and the workplace field. The purpose of this work is to evaluate its impact on the performance of area and environmental detectors in the proton therapy environment, and to provide practical solutions whenever needed and possible. The study was carried out at the Centre Antoine Lacassagne (CAL) proton therapy site, and included a number of commercially available area detectors and a home-made environmental thermoluminescent dosimeter based on a polyethylene moderator loaded with TLD600H/TLD700H pairs. Monte Carlo simulations were performed with MCNP to calculate, first, missing or partially lacking instrument responses, covering the range of energies involved in proton therapy. Second, neutron and gamma spectra were computed at selected positions in and outside the CAL proton therapy bunkers. Appropriate correction factors were then derived for each detector, workplace location and calibration radionuclide source, which amounts to up to 1.9 and 1.5 for neutron and photon area detectors, respectively, and suggest that common ambient dose equivalent instruments might not meet IEC requirements. The TLD environmental system was calibrated in situ and appropriate correction factors were applied to account for the cosmic spectra. Measurements performed with this system from 2014 to 2017 around the installation were consistent with reference natural background dose data and with pre-operational levels registered at the site before the construction of the building in 1988, showing thus no contribution from the site clinical activities. An in situ verification procedure for the radiation protection instruments was also implemented in 2016 at the low energy treatment room using the QA beam reference conditions. The method presents main methodological, practical and economic advantages over external verifications.

Published
2019

7. Detailed spectral and morphological analysis of the shell type supernova remnant RCW 86

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C.-C. Lu, F. Schüssler, Felix Spanier, M. V. Fernandes, Gilles Henri, Jacco Vink, M. Mayer, F. Krayzel, M. Ostrowski, Sabrina Casanova, N. Chakraborty, E. Birsin, Thomas Tavernier, Werner Hofmann, Peter Eger, C. van Eldik, M. de Naurois, Mateusz Janiak, Ruizhi Yang, Guillaume Dubus, A. Marcowith, P. Espigat, Nu. Komin, Michael Punch, S. Häffner, Rachel Simoni, Helen Poon, A. Lopatin, N. Zywucka, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, Tanya Edwards, Marek Jamrozy, M. Zacharia, Isak Delberth Davids, Daniel Kerszberg, A. Fiasson, G. Pelletier, K. Dutson, F. Spies, S. J. Wagner, P. Willmann, S. Rosier-Lees, M. Mohamed, Michal Dyrda, T. Vuillaume, Jacek Niemiec, Stefan Ohm, S. Pita, I. Jung-Richardt, M. Lemoine-Goumard, Helene Sol, Olaf Reimer, S. Bernhard, C. Mariaud, M. Kieffer, B. van Soelen, P. Wagner, F. Ait Benkhali, T. Bulik, B. Rudak, K. Stycz, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Yuzhu Cui, S. Schwemmer, Stefano Gabici, B. Degrange, Andrea Santangelo, Christoph Deil, J. Hawkes, V. Marandon, Frank M. Rieger, J. F. Glicenstein, A. Wörnlein, Victor Zabalza, Thomas Murach, U. Menzler, M. Füßling, André Schulz, Jim Hinton, R. Chalme-Calvet, C. Romoli, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, Markus Holler, Arti Goyal, Michael Backes, Regis Terrier, Felix Jankowsky, J.-P. Lenain, J. Dyks, Joachim Hahn, A. Ivascenko, G. Spengler, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, V. Lefranc, Olivier Hervet, Denis Wouters, Dieter Horns, R. J. Tuffs, H. Prokoph, Clemens Hoischen, A. A. Zdziarski, C. B. Rulten, Öttl, G. Heinzelmann, D. Fernandez, K. Kosack, F. Voisin, Konrad Bernlöhr, D. Berge, G. Lamanna, Yvonne Becherini, K. Egberts, Petter Hofverberg, Felix Aharonian, R. D. Parsons, G. Pühlhofer, S. Colafrancesco, Pierre Brun, Jan Conrad, J. Bolmont, M. A. Kastendieck, D.A. Prokhorov, J.L. Van der Walt, I. Sushch, C. Couturier, D. Klochkov, Andrew M. Taylor, C. Farnier, Andreas Hillert, J. Becker Tjus, J. Jeffrey Carr, W. Domainko, Gerard Fontaine, Ignasi Reichardt, R. Blackwell, F. Feinstein, J. Bregeon, M. Paz Arribas, Gianluca Giavitto, M. Gajdus, A. Reimer, H. Laffon, Alison Mitchell, Markus Böttcher, Alicja Wierzcholska, T. Garrigoux, K. Valerius, Daniela Hadasch, B. Khélifi, G. Hermann, P.-O. Petrucci, M. Grudzińska, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, R. C. G. Chaves, E. O. Angüner, L. O'c. Drury, F. Zefi, H. Odaka, N. W. Pekeur, Johannes Veh, A. Balzer, D. Kolitzus, P. deWilt, Lukasz Stawarz, A. Förster, G. Vasileiadis, S. Raab, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. Abramowski, S. Klepser, Aion Viana, Ramin Marx, J.-P. Tavernet, M. Panter, U. Katz, U. Schwanke, M. Tluczykont, B. Opitz, N. Maxted, K. Moraa, S. Krakau, L. B. Oakes, Y. A. Gallant, Christo Venter, Christian Stegmann, Andreas Quirrenbach, V. Sahakian, P.P. Krüger, Riaan Steenkamp, Misao Sasaki, M. Lorentz, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Axel Donath, A. W. Chen, Pascal Vincent, David Sánchez, M.-H. Grondin, J. Lau, Julien Lefaucheur, A. S. Seyffert, J. Chevalier, Krzysztof Katarzynski, C. Boisson, D. Gottschall, Anne Lemiere, C. Trichard, David Salek, E. Moulin, R. Lui, P. J. Meintjes, Matthias Weidinger, B. Condon, A. Jacholkowska, Manuel Meyer, Robert Wagner, B. Peyaud, R. White, Thomas Lohse, W. Kluzniak, Gavin Rowell, M. Bryan, D. Zaborov, R. de los Reyes, Gilles Maurin, G. Cologna, Heinrich J. Völk, M. Renaud, P. Bordas, Igor Oya, Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, HESS, 24420530 - Böttcher, Markus, 13146629 - Davids, Isak Delberth, 24790052 - Ivascenko, Alex, 11749903 - Krüger, Petrus Paulus, 22050574 - Pekeur, Nicolette Whilna, 20126999 - Seyffert, Albertus Stefanus, 25161814 - Spanier, Felix Alexander, 24922986 - Sushch, Iurii, 10060499 - Van der Walt, Diederick Johannes, 12006653 - Venter, Christo, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Faculty of Science, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), API Other Research (FNWI), and ATLAS (IHEF, IoP, FNWI)

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Type (model theory), Kinetic energy, 01 natural sciences, cosmic rays, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Sensitivity (control systems), 010306 general physics, Supernova remnant, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Physics, Spectral index, supernova remnants [ISM], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supernova, Space and Planetary Science, astroparticle physics, ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Production (computer science), general [gamma rays]
Abstract

Aim. We aim for an understanding of the morphological and spectral properties of the supernova remnant RCW 86 and for insights into the production mechanism leading to the RCW 86 very high-energy γ-ray emission.Methods. We analyzed High Energy Spectroscopic System (H.E.S.S.) data that had increased sensitivity compared to the observations presented in the RCW 86 H.E.S.S. discovery publication. Studies of the morphological correlation between the 0.5–1 keV X-ray band, the 2–5 keV X-ray band, radio, and γ-ray emissions have been performed as well as broadband modeling of the spectral energy distribution with two different emission models.Results. We present the first conclusive evidence that the TeV γ-ray emission region is shell-like based on our morphological studies. The comparison with 2–5 keV X-ray data reveals a correlation with the 0.4–50 TeV γ-ray emission. The spectrum of RCW 86 is best described by a power law with an exponential cutoff at Ecut = (3.5 ± 1.2stat) TeV and a spectral index of Γ ≈ 1.6 ± 0.2. A static leptonic one-zone model adequately describes the measured spectral energy distribution of RCW 86, with the resultant total kinetic energy of the electrons above 1 GeV being equivalent to ~0.1% of the initial kinetic energy of a Type Ia supernova explosion (1051 erg). When using a hadronic model, a magnetic field of B ≈ 100 μG is needed to represent the measured data. Although this is comparable to formerly published estimates, a standard E−2 spectrum for the proton distribution cannot describe the γ-ray data. Instead, a spectral index of Γp ≈ 1.7 would be required, which implies that ∼7 × 1049/ncm−3 has been transferred into high-energy protons with the effective density ncm−3 = n/1 cm−3. This is about 10% of the kinetic energy of a typical Type Ia supernova under the assumption of a density of 1 cm−3.

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2018
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8. HESS observations of the Carina nebula and its enigmatic colliding wind binary Eta Carinae

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E. Birsin, G. Cologna, Nu. Komin, K. Egberts, Anna Szostek, S. J. Nolan, Joachim Hahn, Petter Hofverberg, K. Kosack, Konrad Bernlöhr, Heinrich J. Völk, M. Renaud, W. Kluźniak, P.-O. Petrucci, N. W. Pekeur, D. Nekrassov, G. Pühlhofer, M.-H. Grondin, J. Perez, A. Reimer, M. Naumann-Godo, M. Paz Arribas, P. Bordas, Dirk Lennarz, E. Moulin, A. Jacholkowska, Fabio Acero, A. Charbonnier, F. Feinstein, S. Heinz, C.-C. Lu, Andreas Quirrenbach, A. A. Zdziarski, Igor Oya, M. K. Daniel, S. Schwarzburg, M. Füßling, Stefan Ohm, Sarah Kaufmann, Ullrich Schwanke, Michael Zacharias, S. Pita, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, M. Dalton, L. Gérard, B. Glück, Anna Barnacka, Riaan Steenkamp, Matteo Cerruti, T. J. L. McComb, J. K. Becker, F. Krayzel, J. Dyks, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Pelletier, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Heinzelmann, M. Mohamed, Regis Terrier, D. Klochkov, M. C. Medina, R. Kossakowski, Yvonne Becherini, B. Peyaud, A. Bochow, Werner Hofmann, Gilles Maurin, J. L. Skilton, Christo Venter, Marek Jamrozy, Andreas Hillert, M. V. Fernandes, D. Göring, R. White, A. Marcowith, Joachim Ripken, C. Jahn, Helene Sol, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, S. Häffner, A. Balzer, J. Bolmont, N. Nguyen, N. Maxted, I. Sushch, Michael Punch, Julien Masbou, Reinhard Schlickeiser, R. Moderski, J. Harris, A. Zech, Christian Stegmann, Isak Delberth Davids, M. Ostrowski, Peter Eger, Gisela Anton, A. Fiasson, Jim Hinton, L. Fallon, S. Schwemmer, Andrea Santangelo, C. van Eldik, V. Marandon, Hugh Dickinson, C. L. Naumann, David Sánchez, Gavin Rowell, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Daniel Hampf, M. Hauser, R. de los Reyes, Sabrina Casanova, F. Sheidaei, P. Espigat, Frank M. Rieger, Michal Dyrda, A. Abramowski, Ł. Stawarz, Francois Brun, G. Spengler, Francesca Volpe, J. D. Hague, B. Nicholas, André Schulz, J.-P. Tavernet, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, Dieter Horns, J. Mehault, W. Domainko, Jacek Niemiec, Henning Gast, Pascal Vincent, A. Cheesebrough, Gerard Fontaine, Olaf Reimer, M. Mayer, K. Stycz, Jan Conrad, I. Jung, B. Rudak, A. Lopatin, B. Degrange, L. O'c. Drury, Anna Zajczyk, J. F. Glicenstein, Thierry Montmerle, M. de Naurois, Gilles Henri, J.-P. Lenain, F. Stinzing, Alicja Wierzcholska, B. Giebels, T. Garrigoux, Serguei Vorobiov, Krzysztof Katarzynski, M. J. Vorster, Markus Holler, Felix Aharonian, Pierre Brun, H. Laffon, K. Valerius, D. Nedbal, Thomas Lohse, M. Panter, U. Katz, M. Tluczykont, V. Sahakian, Martin Ward, C. B. Rulten, C. Boisson, B. Khélifi, G. Hermann, J. Brucker, G. Lamanna, R. C. G. Chaves, Aion Viana, B. Opitz, Jonathan Biteau, Guillaume Dubus, K. Dutson, Christoph Deil, T. Kneiske, L. Rob, Stefan Wagner, M. A. Kastendieck, G. Vasileiadis, P. M. Chadwick, A. Förster, Martin Raue, and Svenja Carrigan

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Physics, Colliding-wind binary, Spectral index, Nebula, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Particle acceleration, Cover (topology), Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Absorption (logic), Supernova remnant, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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The massive binary system Eta Carinae and the surrounding HII complex, the Carina Nebula, are potential particle acceleration sites from which very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) \gamma-ray emission could be expected. This paper presents data collected during VHE \gamma-ray observations with the H.E.S.S. telescope array from 2004 to 2010, which cover a full orbit of Eta Carinae. In the 33.1-hour data set no hint of significant \gamma-ray emission from Eta Carinae has been found and an upper limit on the \gamma-ray flux of 7.7 x 10-13 ph cm-2 s-1 (99% confidence level) is derived above the energy threshold of 470 GeV. Together with the detection of high-energy (HE; 0.1 GeV > E > 100 GeV) \gamma-ray emission by the Fermi-LAT up to 100 GeV, and assuming a continuation of the average HE spectral index into the VHE domain, these results imply a cut-off in the \gamma-ray spectrum between the HE and VHE \gamma-ray range. This could be caused either by a cut-off in the accelerated particle distribution or by severe \gamma-\gamma\ absorption losses in the wind collision region. Furthermore, the search for extended \gamma-ray emission from the Carina Nebula resulted in an upper limit on the \gamma-ray flux of 4.2 x 10-12 ph cm-2 s-1 (99% confidence level). The derived upper limit of ~23 on the cosmic-ray enhancement factor is compared with results found for the old-age mixed-morphology supernova remnant W 28.

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2012
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9. Measurement of the high-energy electron and positron spectrum in the PAMELA experiment

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S. A. Voronov, Roberto Bellotti, G. I. Vasil’ev, Alfonso Monaco, A. N. Kvashnin, S. Bottai, P. Spillantini, C. De Santis, Laura Rossetto, G. Zampa, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, G. Osteria, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, Petter Hofverberg, N. N. Nikonov, Nicola Mori, P. Papini, S. V. Borisov, G. A. Bazilevskaya, V. Di Felice, P. Picozza, E. Vannuccini, R. Carbone, Juan Wu, N. De Simone, V. Malvezzi, Yu. T. Yurkin, L. Consiglio, Mirko Boezio, F. Cafagna, William Gillard, O. Adriani, W. Menn, M. Simon, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, A. A. Leonov, V. Bonvicini, A. Bruno, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, N. Zampa, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. Castellini, Roberta Sparvoli, E. Mocchiutti, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, L. A. Grishantseva, A. M. Galper, Giovanna Jerse, V. G. Zverev, Yu. I. Stozhkov, and A. V. Karelin

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Physics, Range (particle radiation), Proton, PAMELA detector, Spectrometer, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic ray, Electron, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Positron, law, Antiproton, Physics::Space Physics, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The PAMELA magnetic spectrometer onboard the Resurs DK1 satellite no. 1 was put into (Earth) orbit on June 15, 2006; measurements continue at the present time. The scientific objective of the spectrometer is the study of antiproton, proton, positron, electron and light nucleus fluxes in cosmic rays. In this paper, we present the technique for measuring electron and positron spectra in the energy range from 20 to 800 GeV.

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2010
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10. Cosmic ray measurements with Pamela experiment

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P. Spillantini, Roberta Sparvoli, G. I. Vasilyev, V. Bonvicini, E. Mocchiutti, O. Maksumov, Gianluigi Zampa, Y. T. Yurkin, A. M. Galper, Per Carlson, F. Cafagna, G. De Rosa, Petter Hofverberg, L. Marcelli, R. Carbone, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, G. C. Barbarino, N. N. Nikonov, Marco Ricci, Giuseppe Osteria, V. V. Mikhailov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, N. De Simone, Andrea Vacchi, G. Castellini, Yuri Stozhkov, P. Papini, N. Zampa, E. Vannuccini, G. A. Bazilevskaya, S. A. Voronov, Alexey Leonov, V. G. Zverev, E. A. Bogomolov, E. Taddei, O. Adriani, V. Di Felice, W. Menn, D. Campana, L. A. Grishantseva, D. Fedele, Mirko Boezio, M. Bongi, A. N. Kvashnin, Marco Casolino, M. Minori, Sergey Koldashov, Lorenzo Bonechi, P. Picozza, M. Simon, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Campana, and G., Osteria

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, PAMELA detector, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Electron, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Positron, Antiproton, law, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Antimatter, Solar particle event, Satellite, and Optics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature hi a wide energy range (protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the antimatter component: antiprotons (80 MeV-190 GeV), positrons (50 MeV-270 GeV) and search for antinuclei with a precision of the order of 10(-8)). The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June, 15(th) 2006 in a 350 X 600 km orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. In this work we describe the scientific objectives awl the performance of PAMELA in its first two years of operation. Data oil protons of trapped, secondary and galactic nature - as well as measurements of the December 13(th) 2006 Solar Particle Event - are also provided.

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2009
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11. Magnetospheric and solar physics observations with the PAMELA experiment

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S. Orsi, M. Ambriola, Roberta Sparvoli, A. Morselli, E. Taddei, Yu. I. Stozhkov, S. Russo, Mirko Boezio, D. Campana, A. N. Kvashnin, O. Maksumov, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, V. Bonvicini, O. Adriani, W. Menn, Marco Casolino, Petter Hofverberg, Gianluigi Zampa, Andrea Vacchi, A. Bruno, M. Minori, N. De Simone, M. Simon, N. N. Nikonov, Giuseppe Osteria, E. Mocchiutti, S. Misin, D. Fedele, Lorenzo Bonechi, F. Cafagna, L. Marcelli, M. Bongi, V. Malvezzi, A. M. Galper, G. De Rosa, V. G. Zverev, M. F. Runtso, Piero Spillantini, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, J. Lundquist, V. V. Mikhailov, G. I. Vasilyev, G. Castellini, N. Zampa, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, G. C. Barbarino, P. Picozza, C. De Marzo, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, G. A. Bazilevskaja, V. Di Felice, Y. T. Yurkin, A. Basili, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, Per Carlson, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, D., Campana, G., Osteria, and DE ROSA, Gianfranca

Subjects
Antimatter, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Satellite-borne experiment, Satellites, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar Particle Events, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Positrons, law, Cosmic rays, Magnetosphere, Spectrometers, Electromagnetic imaging, Magnetic spectrometer, Positron spectra, Solar physics, Time of Flight system, Neutron detection, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, Magnetospheres, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, Spectrometer, Astronomy, Antiproton
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment designed to make long duration measurements of the cosmic radiation in Low Earth Orbit. It is devoted to the detection of the cosmic-ray spectra in the 100 MeV 300 GeV range with primary scientific goal the measurement of antiproton and positron spectra over the largest energy range ever achieved. Other tasks include the search for antinuclei with unprecedented sensitivity and the measurement of the light nuclear component of cosmic rays. In addition, PAMELA can investigate phenomena connected with solar and Earth physics. The apparatus consists of: a Time of Flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, an electromagnetic imaging calorimeter, a shower tail catcher scintillator, a neutron detector and an anticoincidence system. In this work we present some measurements of galactic, secondary and trapped particles performed in the first months of operation.

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2008
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12. The exceptionally powerful TeV gamma-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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J.-P. Lenain, A. Foerster, S. Krakau, F. Schüssler, Jim Hinton, Andrew M. Taylor, Julien Lefaucheur, Alison Mitchell, Matthias Weidinger, A. Djannati-Ataï, D. Klochkov, Martin Ward, Nu. Komin, M. Panter, M. Renaud, Alicja Wierzcholska, T. Garrigoux, Ignasi Reichardt, A. A. Zdziarski, S. Rosier-Lees, S. Schwarzburg, S. Balenderan, Markus Holler, Felix Jankowsky, M. Mohamed, Felix Aharonian, J. Becker-Tjus, H. Laffon, J. Mehault, L. O’C. Drury, U. Katz, P. Espigat, Chia-Chun Lu, K. Valerius, F. Krayzel, Igor Oya, J. Dyks, Francois Brun, Riaan Steenkamp, Werner Hofmann, M. Chrétien, G. Heinzelmann, N. Maxted, Tanya Edwards, Helen Poon, M. Füßling, C. B. Rulten V. Sahakian, Faical Ait Benkhali, Svenja Carrigan, A. Lopatin, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, D. Gottschall, Anne Lemiere, M. J. Vorster, E. Birsin, Sarah Kaufmann, M. Gajdus, K. Kosack, Konrad Bernlöhr, R. C. G. Chaves, S. J. Nolan, Pascal Vincent, G. Pühlhofer, Axel Donath, D. Kolitzus, R. D. Parsons, G. Pelletier, S. Bernhard, Christian Stegmann, M. Mayer, J. Perez, A. Reimer, Johan Bregeon, K. Morå, Christo Venter, B. van Soelen, M. Kieffer, M. Zacharias, O. Hervet, Robert Wagner, Joachim Hahn, Mateusz Janiak, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, Thomas Lohse, A. G. Akhperjanian, M. V. Fernandes, Andreas Quirrenbach, B. Degrange, A. Marcowith, S. Schwemmer, Andrea Santangelo, Gianluca Giavitto, Jacek Niemiec, C. Jahn, Michael Punch, P.P. Krüger, A. Wörnlein, S. Häffner, M. Ostrowski, A. Ivascenko, Jacco Vink, Peter Eger, S. J. Fegan, R. Moderski, Aion Viana, Sabrina Casanova, Olaf Reimer, Guillaume Dubus, H. J. Voelk, Denis Wouters, A. Zech, U. Schwanke, Frank M. Rieger, P. M. Chadwick, Krzysztof Katarzynski, Gilles Maurin, Catherine Boisson, Vincent Marandon, B. Opitz, M.-H. Grondin, Markus Böttcher, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Pol Bordas, P.-O. Petrucci, David Berge, David Sánchez, M. Grudzińska, N. W. Pekeur, Gavin Rowell, M. Bryan, D. Zaborov, R. de los Reyes, André Schulz, M. S. Meyer, C. Romoli, H. Odaka, M. Dalton, L. B. Oakes, E. O. Angüner, Johannes Veh, Thomas Murach, S. Colafrancesco, Dieter Horns, Michael Backes, Quirin Weitzel, J. Bolmont, C. Farnier, W. Kluźniak, M. Tluczykont, G. Spengler, Victor Zabalza, Daniela Hadasch, U. Menzler, B. Khélifi, G. Hermann, L. Rob, V. Lefranc, D. Fernandez, T. J. L. McComb, Andreas Hillert, M. A. Kastendieck, G. Vasileiadis, K. Dutson, F. Spies, P. Brun, C. Trichard, I. D. Davids, P. de Wilt, P. J. Meintjes, Gilles Henri, Y. Cui, C. Couturier, David Salek, E. Moulin, Tomasz Bulik, A. Jacholkowska, B. Peyaud, W. Domainko, R. White, A. Balzer, Christoph Deil, Felix Spanier, S. Klepser, Nachiketa Chakraborty, M. Lemoine-Goumard, R. Chalme-Calvet, P. Wagner, J.-P. Tavernet, Francesca Volpe, G. Lamanna, Jan Conrad, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, G. Fontaine, Ramin Marx, A. Fiasson, T. Vuillaume, S. J. Wagner, P. Willmann, K. Stycz, Michal Dyrda, J. F. Glicenstein, M. de Naurois, Ruizhi Yang, Thomas Tavernier, Yvonne Becherini, Petter Hofverberg, F. Feinstein, Marek Jamrozy, Stefan Ohm, Helene Sol, S. Pita, J. Harris, Stefano Gabici, Regis Terrier, Ł. Stawarz, I. Sushch, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, M. Paz Arribas, J. Biteau, A. Barnacka, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), HESS, Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), and High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)

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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Superbubble, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Pulsar wind nebula, Pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, Satellite galaxy, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Large Magellanic Cloud, Supernova remnant, HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, Galaxy, Supernova, ddc:500, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, has been observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) above an energy of 100 billion electron volts for a deep exposure of 210 hours. Three sources of different types were detected: the pulsar wind nebula of the most energetic pulsar known N 157B, the radio-loud supernova remnant N 132D and the largest non-thermal X-ray shell - the superbubble 30 Dor C. The unique object SN 1987A is, surprisingly, not detected, which constrains the theoretical framework of particle acceleration in very young supernova remnants. These detections reveal the most energetic tip of a gamma-ray source population in an external galaxy, and provide via 30 Dor C the unambiguous detection of gamma-ray emission from a superbubble., Published in Science Magazine (Jan. 23, 2015). This ArXiv version has the supplementary online material incorporated as an appendix to the main paper

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2015
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13. Search for dark matter annihilation signatures in H.E.S.S. observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies

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S. Rosier-Lees, Jacco Vink, Sabrina Casanova, H. Sano, D. Gottschall, P. Vincent, M. J. Vorster, Marie-Hélène Grondin, Christo Venter, V. Sahakian, M. de Naurois, S. J. Fegan, Petter Hofverberg, Denis Wouters, Michael Punch, Stefano Gabici, C. Jahn, Svenja Carrigan, Tanya Edwards, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Quirin Weitzel, G. Fontaine, A. Jacholkowska, J. Lau, A. Ivascenko, I. D. Davids, Y. Cui, E. Birsin, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Robert Wagner, Thomas Lohse, W. Kluźniak, J. Becker Tjus, T. Vuillaume, I. Reichardt, H. Laffon, F. Feinstein, Andreas Quirrenbach, F. Krayzel, S. Krakau, G. Heinzelmann, J. Bolmont, Alicja Wierzcholska, Ramin Marx, C. Couturier, D. Fernandez, M. Grudzińska, N. W. Pekeur, Axel Donath, Christian Stegmann, Stefan Wagner, S. Schwarzburg, M. Kieffer, Martin Ward, Cameron B Rulten, P. Wagner, S. Balenderan, P. Willmann, Vincent Marandon, Michal Dyrda, F. Ait Benkhali, M. A. Kastendieck, A. Fiasson, Markus Holler, Andrew M. Taylor, P. P. Krueger, Nachiketa Chakraborty, André Schulz, J. Méhault, Michael Zacharias, S. Schwemmer, Werner Hofmann, Michał Ostrowski, Michael Backes, Emmanuel Moulin, Felix Aharonian, G. Vasileiadis, Dieter Horns, J. Dyks, Anna Barnacka, Ł. Stawarz, O. Hervet, T. Garrigoux, J. Biteau, R. D. Parsons, Jan Conrad, Andrea Santangelo, A. A. Zdziarski, R. C. G. Chaves, K. Valerius, Heinrich J. Völk, Alexandre Marcowith, D. Kolitzus, Pierre Brun, Julien Lefaucheur, Manuel Meyer, Mateusz Janiak, K. Morå, Helen Poon, Gilles Henri, Marek Jamrozy, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, W. Domainko, A. Wörnlein, M. Panter, A. Balzer, David Berge, Gianluca Giavitto, A. Lopatin, David Sanchez, Guy Pelletier, Ruizhi Yang, L. O'c. Drury, D. Klochkov, A. Djannati-Ataï, A. Förster, S. Häffner, Helene Sol, Stefan Ohm, Uli Katz, S. Pita, J.-P. Lenain, S. Bernhard, Aion Viana, Alison Mitchell, B. van Soelen, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, S. Klepser, B. Degrange, Frank M. Rieger, J. Harris, C. Romoli, Guillaume Dubus, K. Bernloehr, Gavin Rowell, M. Bryan, Matthias Weidinger, David Salek, S. Colafrancesco, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Karl Kosack, Tomasz Bulik, B. Opitz, D. Zaborov, T. Tavernier, R. de los Reyes, Pol Bordas, Yvonne Becherini, F. Stinzing, M. Dalton, B. Giebels, Johan Bregeon, P. M. Chadwick, J.-P. Tavernet, G. Maurin, E. O. Angüner, M. Paz Arribas, M. Mayer, M. Tluczykont, C. Farnier, U. Menzler, K. Dutson, F. Spies, L. Oakes, Ullrich Schwanke, N. Maxted, Francesca Volpe, M. Gajdus, B. Khélifi, Y. Fukui, G. Hermann, Regis Terrier, F. Schüssler, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, S. J. Nolan, Joachim Hahn, V. Lefranc, Victor Zabalza, A. G. Akhperjanian, R. Chalme-Calvet, Satoshi Yoshiike, Andreas Hillert, R. Steenkamp, K. Stycz, Christoph Deil, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, Catherine Boisson, J. F. Glicenstein, Jim Hinton, Nu. Komin, H. Odaka, M. Füßling, Sarah Kaufmann, J. Veh, Markus Böttcher, T. J. L. McComb, B. Peyaud, R. White, P. J. Meintjes, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, P. deWilt, K. Katarzyński, P. Espigat, I. Jung-Richardt, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, A. Lemière, Olaf Reimer, Thomas Murach, G. Lamanna, Felix Spanier, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, Felix Jankowsky, M. Renaud, Chia-Chun Lu, G. Pühlhofer, A. Reimer, Iurii Sushch, T. Fukuda, D. Hadasch, G. Spengler, M. Mohamed, M. V. Fernandes, C. Trichard, Peter Eger, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique (LAPTH), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HESS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dwarf galaxy problem, Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Black dwarf, Galaxy group, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, ddc:530, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Dwarf galaxy, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, Galaxy, Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, Elliptical galaxy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group are close satellites of the Milky Way characterized by a large mass-to-light ratio and are not expected to be the site of non-thermal high-energy gamma-ray emission or intense star formation. Therefore they are amongst the most promising candidates for indirect dark matter searches. During the last years the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes observed five of these dwarf galaxies for more than 140 hours in total, searching for TeV gamma-ray emission from annihilation of dark matter particles. The new results of the deep exposure of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy, the first observations of the Coma Berenices and Fornax dwarves and the re-analysis of two more dwarf spheroidal galaxies already published by the H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Carina and Sculptor, are presented. In the absence of a significant signal new constraints on the annihilation cross-section applicable to Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are derived by combining the observations of the five dwarf galaxies. The combined exclusion limit depends on the WIMP mass and the best constraint is reached at 1-2 TeV masses with a cross-section upper bound of ~3.9x10-24 cm^3 s-1 at a 95% confidence level., Comment: to be published in Physical Review D journal; Contact authors: E. Birsin, C. Farnier, G. Lamanna

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2014
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14. The data acquisition system of the Stockholm educational air shower array

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Stefan Rydström, Petter Hofverberg, H. Johansson, Mark Pearce, and C. Wikstrom

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, SQL, business.industry, Real-time computing, Detector, Synchronization, Air shower, Data acquisition, Data visualization, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Scalability, Global Positioning System, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, business, computer, Simulation, computer.programming_language
Abstract

The Stockholm Educational Air Shower Array (SEASA) project is deploying an array of plastic scintillator detector stations on school roofs in the Stockholm area. Signals from GPS satellites are used to time synchronise signals from the widely separated detector stations, allowing cosmic ray air showers to be identified and studied. A low-cost and highly scalable data acquisition system has been produced using embedded Linux processors which communicate station data to a central server running a MySQL database. Air shower data can be visualised in real-time using a Java-applet client. It is also possible to query the database and manage detector stations from the client. In this paper, the design and performance of the system are described

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2005
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15. TeV γ-ray observations of the young synchrotron-dominated SNRs G1.9+0.3 and G330.2+1.0 with H.E.S.S

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P. deWilt, K. Katarzyński, M. Dalton, Anna Szostek, Elisabetta Bissaldi, C. Farnier, Gavin Rowell, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Petter Hofverberg, R. de los Reyes, Michael Punch, Emma de Ona Wilhelmi, Konrad Bernlöhr, B. Khélifi, K. Stycz, Daniel Sánchez, Regis Terrier, G. Pühlhofer, F. Schüssler, G. Spengler, W. Domainko, A. Balzer, J. Perez, A. Reimer, J. F. Glicenstein, Stefan Wagner, Gisela Anton, M. Mayer, V. Sahakian, P.P. Krüger, S. Rosier-Lees, M. V. Fernandes, C. Trichard, C. Stegmann, Nu. Komin, André Schulz, J. Méhault, Gilles Henri, Sabrina Casanova, G. Heinzelmann, Andreas Quirrenbach, Dirk Lennarz, J. Bolmont, R. C. G. Chaves, P. J. Meintjes, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, Peter Eger, O. Hervet, Guillaume Dubus, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, M. Paz Arribas, Christo Venter, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, Alicja Wierzcholska, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Michael Zacharias, Dieter Horns, G. Lamanna, S. Kaufmann, Iurii Sushch, S. Schwarzburg, M. K. Daniel, Ullrich Schwanke, C. Jahn, G. Maurin, Aion Viana, U. F. Katz, M. Mohamed, K. Dutson, F. Spies, A. A. Zdziarski, J. Brucker, G. Fontaine, B. Opitz, R. Moderski, A. Zech, F. Feinstein, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, J. Dyks, Tanya Edwards, Tomasz Bulik, Yvonne Becherini, Anna Barnacka, Victor Zabalza, U. Menzler, M. Kieffer, Vincent Marandon, Felix Jankowsky, M. Renaud, Chia-Chun Lu, A. G. Akhperjanian, S. Krakau, P. Vincent, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, Francesca Volpe, S. Schwemmer, R. Steenkamp, Christoph Deil, T. Kneiske, I. D. Davids, B. van Soelen, J. Becker Tjus, T. Vuillaume, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, Andrea Santangelo, Markus Böttcher, Catherine Boisson, Ramin Marx, A. Fiasson, Helen Poon, Andreas Hillert, M. Grudzińska, N. W. Pekeur, Pierre Brun, A. Lopatin, M. Panter, Quirin Weitzel, Y. Cui, Martin Ward, Marek Jamrozy, B. Degrange, L. O'c. Drury, P. Willmann, Frank M. Rieger, C. Romoli, L. Rob, Michal Dyrda, Julien Lefaucheur, J.-P. Lenain, Helene Sol, S. Klepser, Reinhard Schlickeiser, H. Laffon, P. Espigat, Gianluca Giavitto, Pol Bordas, Łukasz Stawarz, M. Tluczykont, D. Fernandez, Stefan Ohm, J. Harris, T. J. L. McComb, M. A. Kastendieck, Hugh Dickinson, G. Vasileiadis, Karl Kosack, Matthias Weidinger, E. O. Angüner, Heinrich J. Völk, S. Pita, German Hermann, Anna Zajczyk, M. Holler, Faical Ait Benkhali, Marie-Hélène Grondin, P. Wagner, Jim Hinton, Cameron B Rulten, D. Kolitzus, Alexandre Marcowith, C. L. Naumann, S. Balenderan, S. J. Nolan, Guy Pelletier, B. Peyaud, R. White, A. Förster, S. Colafrancesco, Denis Wouters, M. de Naurois, Andrew M. Taylor, Felix Aharonian, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, A. Lemière, Joachim Hahn, T. Tavernier, K. Valerius, P. M. Chadwick, Olaf Reimer, T. Garrigoux, L. Oakes, A. Cheesebrough, M. J. Vorster, R. Chalme-Calvet, W. Kluźniak, Thomas Murach, A. Jacholkowska, Jan Conrad, Thomas Lohse, Manuel Meyer, C. Couturier, M. Füßling, J.-P. Tavernet, J. Biteau, Mateusz Janiak, S. Häffner, D. Klochkov, M. Gajdus, D. Parsons, Michał Ostrowski, A. Wörnlein, N. Maxted, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, Svenja Carrigan, Martin Raue, E. Birsin, Matteo Cerruti, F. Krayzel, Werner Hofmann, Emmanuel Moulin, H. E. S. S. Collaboration, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, FERMI, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HESS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, individual objects: SNR G1.9+0.3 [ISM], Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, FOS: Physical sciences, Gamma-rays: ISM, Context (language use), Astrophysics, individual objects: SNR G330.2+1.0 [ISM], ISM. [Gamma-rays], High Energy Stereoscopic System, ISM [gamma-rays], HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, ISM: supernova remnants, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astroparticle physics, Physics, Spectral index, non-thermal [Radiation mechanisms], ISM: magnetic fields, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], supernova remnants [ISM], magnetic fields [ISM], Astronomy, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Cherenkov Telescope Array, Galaxy, Particle acceleration, Supernova, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The non-thermal nature of the X-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) G1.9+0.3 and G330.2+1.0 is an indication of intense particle acceleration in the shock fronts of both objects. This suggests that the SNRs are prime candidates for very-high-energy (VHE; E $>$ 0.1 TeV) {\gamma}-ray observations. G1.9+0.3, recently established as the youngest known SNR in the Galaxy, also offers a unique opportunity to study the earliest stages of SNR evolution in the VHE domain. The purpose of this work is to probe the level of VHE {\gamma}-ray emission from both SNRs and use this to constrain their physical properties. Observations were conducted with the H.E.S.S. (High Energy Stereoscopic System) Cherenkov telescope array over a more than six-year period spanning 2004-2010. The obtained data have effective livetimes of 67 h for G1.9+0.3 and 16 h for G330.2+1.0. The data are analyzed in the context of the multi-wavelength observations currently available and in the framework of both leptonic and hadronic particle acceleration scenarios. No significant {\gamma}-ray signal from G1.9+0.3 or G330.2+1.0 was detected. Upper limits (99% confidence level) to the TeV flux from G1.9+0.3 and G330.2+1.0 for the assumed spectral index {\Gamma} = 2.5 were set at 5.6 $\times$ 10$^{-13}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ above 0.26 TeV and 3.2 $\times$ 10$^{-12}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ above 0.38 TeV, respectively. In a one-zone leptonic scenario, these upper limits imply lower limits on the interior magnetic field to B$_{\mathrm{G1.9}}$ $\gtrsim$ 11 {\mu}G for G1.9+0.3 and to B$_{\mathrm{G330}}$ $\gtrsim$ 8 {\mu}G for G330.2+1.0. In a hadronic scenario, the low ambient densities and the large distances to the SNRs result in very low predicted fluxes, for which the H.E.S.S. upper limits are not constraining., Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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2014
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16. Erratum: 'Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals from the Fornax Galaxy Cluster with H.E.S.S.' (2012, ApJ, 750, 123)

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A. Schulz, L. O'c. Drury, J. Becker Tjus, K. Katarzyński, Nu. Komin, S. Bernhard, S. J. Fegan, P.-O. Petrucci, Svenja Carrigan, E. Birsin, Y. Cui, Yvonne Becherini, E. O. Angüner, Guillaume Dubus, S. Klepser, Axel Donath, P. Vincent, Anne Lemiere, M. J. Vorster, J. Lau, M. Füßling, P. Espigat, Vincent Marandon, Christo Venter, D. Berge, I. Jung-Richardt, C. Jahn, M. Gajdus, Satoshi Yoshiike, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Catherine Boisson, Michael Punch, A. Jacholkowska, U. F. Katz, T. Tavernier, R. Moderski, A. Zech, D. Gottschall, S. J. Nolan, K. Morå, T. Murach, B. Peyaud, C. Romoli, Emmanuel Moulin, U. Menzler, Joachim Hahn, M. Janiak, P. P. Krueger, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, Pierre Brun, M. Mohamed, R. Chalme-Calvet, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, Robert Wagner, Olaf Reimer, C. Trichard, Quirin Weitzel, Thomas Lohse, M. Paz Arribas, S. Pita, Johannes Veh, M. Tluczykont, R. C. G. Chaves, A. M. W. Mitchell, P. J. Meintjes, T. Garrigoux, M. Panter, Ullrich Schwanke, Christian Farnier, M. Dalton, G. Pühlhofer, A. Balzer, M. de Naurois, Stefan Wagner, M. Lemoine-Goumard, M. Mayer, Jan Conrad, M. Bryan, A. Djannati-Ataï, A. G. Akhperjanian, D. Fernandez, Dieter Horns, D. Klochkov, A. Reimer, Tomasz Bulik, M. A. Kastendieck, T. Fukuda, R. Steenkamp, I. Reichardt, Jim Hinton, S. Gabici, Ruizhi Yang, F. Schüssler, Aion Viana, Stefan Ohm, A. A. Zdziarski, G. Vasileiadis, G. Heinzelmann, A.M. Taylor, K. Dutson, Marek Jamrozy, S. Krakau, G. Fontaine, David Sanchez, M. Böttcher, Helene Sol, J. Bolmont, Iurii Sushch, P. deWilt, S. Schwarzburg, B. Opitz, Ramin Marx, Karl Kosack, G. Giavitto, C. Couturier, Alicja Wierzcholska, G. Spengler, S. Kaufmann, B. Khélifi, P. Willmann, Michal Dyrda, Christoph Deil, F. Spies, G. Lamanna, Y. Fukui, G. Hermann, Regis Terrier, L. Oakes, J. Dyks, N. Maxted, Hidetoshi Sano, Michał Ostrowski, M. V. Fernandes, J. Lefaucheur, J.-P. Lenain, J. Vink, I. D. Davids, W. Domainko, D. Salek, Reinhard Schlickeiser, J.-P. Tavernet, Pol Bordas, J. Harris, R. D. Parsons, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Peter Eger, Petter Hofverberg, A. Wörnlein, A. Ivascenko, S. Colafrancesco, S. Schwemmer, Anna Barnacka, Andrea Santangelo, Alexandre Marcowith, F. Krayzel, Helen Poon, M. Grudzińska, A. Lopatin, Werner Hofmann, F. Feinstein, H. Odaka, J. Mehault, Tanya Edwards, M. Backes, A. Fiasson, P. M. Chadwick, Gilles Henri, F. Jankowsky, Gavin Rowell, D. Zaborov, R. de los Reyes, Guy Pelletier, A. Förster, Victor Zabalza, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, Andreas Hillert, V. Sahakian, Andreas Quirrenbach, T. Vuillaume, Michael Zacharias, K. Stycz, J. F. Glicenstein, Łukasz Stawarz, Heinrich J. Völk, M. Kieffer, D. Hadasch, F. Ait Benkhali, P. Wagner, Martin Ward, Francesca Volpe, Cameron B Rulten, S. Balenderan, J. Biteau, Markus Holler, Felix Aharonian, H. Laffon, M. Chrétien, S. Häffner, K. Valerius, Marie-Hélène Grondin, Denis Wouters, O. Hervet, W. Kluźniak, Matthias Weidinger, V. Lefranc, S. Rosier-Lees, Sabrina Casanova, C. Stegmann, B. van Soelen, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, B. Degrange, Frank M. Rieger, F. Spanier, K. Bernloehr, Gilles Maurin, N. W. Pekeur, Michael Meyer, Francois Brun, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, J. Bregeon, M. Renaud, T. J. L. McComb, D. Kolitzus, Chia-Chun Lu, R. White, and H.E.S.S. Collaboration

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Physics, Annihilation, Space and Planetary Science, Dark matter, Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, Galaxy cluster
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2014

17. Diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission with H.E.S.S

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Jim Hinton, J. Veh, Svenja Carrigan, E. Birsin, P. P. Krueger, M. Holler, P. Espigat, Hidetoshi Sano, Felix Spanier, M. Gajdus, Jacek Niemiec, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Axel Donath, Olaf Reimer, Michał Ostrowski, Yasuo Fukui, G. Lamanna, Manuel Meyer, Tanya Edwards, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, K. Kosack, S. J. Nolan, G. Fontaine, K. Dutson, R. C. G. Chaves, F. Spies, Włodek Kluźniak, K. Morå, Jan Conrad, Uli Katz, Joachim Hahn, G. Pühlhofer, Michael Backes, Thomas Murach, T. Fukuda, A. Reimer, Michael Punch, M. Kieffer, Ramin Marx, A. Fiasson, D. Gottschall, Anne Lemiere, M. J. Vorster, Pascal Vincent, Christo Venter, S. Schwarzburg, Aion Viana, B. Opitz, P. Willmann, C. Jahn, O. Hervet, Stefan Ohm, S. Pita, D. Klochkov, F. Ait Benkhali, S. Schwemmer, R. D. Parsons, Michal Dyrda, W. Domainko, A. Balzer, J. Becker Tjus, S. Bernhard, B. van Soelen, S. Rosier-Lees, P. J. Meintjes, C. Trichard, Christoph Deil, Ignasi Reichardt, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, Andrea Santangelo, G. Spengler, M. Grudzińska, A. Zech, A. Wörnlein, Gilles Maurin, Stefano Gabici, M. Panter, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, M. Mohamed, Robert Wagner, Gianluca Giavitto, N. W. Pekeur, J. Dyks, I. D. Davids, Kathrin Egberts, B. Degrange, B. Rudak, A. Marcowith, Frank M. Rieger, Thomas Lohse, Ł. Stawarz, Y. Cui, C. Romoli, J. Lau, N. Maxted, S. Häffner, A. Wierzcholska, A. Barnacka, M. V. Fernandes, Jonathan Biteau, P. Wagner, Ruizhi Yang, J. Bregeon, K. Bernloehr, L. Oakes, J.-P. Lenain, Andrew M. Taylor, Vincent Marandon, S. Krakau, Satoshi Yoshiike, V. Sahakian, J. Bolmont, I. Sushch, P. deWilt, Thomas Vuillaume, Peter Eger, Christian Stegmann, Stefan Wagner, David Salek, E. Moulin, M. Mayer, Tomasz Bulik, Guillaume Dubus, C. van Eldik, A. Jacholkowska, M. Lemoine-Goumard, P. M. Chadwick, L. O'c. Drury, K. Katarzyński, D. Hadasch, J. Mehault, Francesca Volpe, Catherine Boisson, S. Klepser, F. Krayzel, André Schulz, S. Colafrancesco, D. Kolitzus, C. B. Rulten, R. Chalme-Calvet, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, G. Cologna, Quirin Weitzel, C. Farnier, Martin Ward, Julien Lefaucheur, Felix Jankowsky, Werner Hofmann, M. Renaud, Pierre Brun, Jacco Vink, B. Khélifi, G. Hermann, Regis Terrier, Marie-Hélène Grondin, Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Dieter Horns, Sabrina Casanova, Chia-Chun Lu, V. Lefranc, Igor Oya, Denis Wouters, Markus Böttcher, D. Fernandez, Guy Pelletier, A. Förster, M. A. Kastendieck, Marek Jamrozy, C. Couturier, G. Vasileiadis, T. J. L. McComb, David Sanchez, Alison Mitchell, B. Peyaud, Matthias Weidinger, R. White, M. Tluczykont, Helene Sol, I. Jung-Richardt, J.-P. Tavernet, S. Balenderan, J. Harris, Felix Aharonian, H. Laffon, K. Valerius, M. Paz Arribas, Ullrich Schwanke, M. Dalton, Victor Zabalza, A. G. Akhperjanian, R. Steenkamp, P.-O. Petrucci, Yvonne Becherini, Rafał Moderski, Thomas Tavernier, M. de Naurois, Petter Hofverberg, Andreas Quirrenbach, Michael Zacharias, F. Feinstein, Nu. Komin, H. Odaka, David Berge, Gavin Rowell, M. Bryan, D. Zaborov, R. de los Reyes, M. Füßling, T. Garrigoux, Sarah Kaufmann, U. Menzler, Andreas Hillert, Gilles Henri, F. Schüssler, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, A. Ivascenko, Helen Poon, A. Lopatin, Heinrich J. Völk, G. Heinzelmann, M. Janiak, K. Stycz, J. F. Glicenstein, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Pol Bordas, E. O. Angüner, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HESS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), H.E.S.S. Collaboration, Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Pion, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, Cherenkov radiation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astroparticle physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Galactic plane, Galaxy, Infrared cirrus, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission is the most prominent observable signature of celestial cosmic-ray interactions at high energies. While already being investigated at GeV energies over several decades, assessments of diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission at TeV energies remain sparse. After completion of the systematic survey of the inner Galaxy, the H.E.S.S. experiment is in a prime position to observe large-scale diffuse emission at TeV energies. Data of the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey are investigated in regions off known $\gamma$-ray sources. Corresponding $\gamma$-ray flux measurements were made over an extensive grid of celestial locations. Longitudinal and latitudinal profiles of the observed $\gamma$-ray fluxes show characteristic excess emission not attributable to known $\gamma$-ray sources. For the first time large-scale $\gamma$-ray emission along the Galactic Plane using imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes has been observed. While the background subtraction technique limits the ability to recover modest variation on the scale of the H.E.S.S. field of view or larger, which is characteristic of the inverse Compton scatter-induced Galactic diffuse emission, contributions of neutral pion decay as well as emission from unresolved $\gamma$-ray sources can be recovered in the observed signal to a large fraction. Calculations show that the minimum $\gamma$-ray emission from $\pi^0$-decay represents a significant contribution to the total signal. This detection is interpreted as a mix of diffuse Galactic $\gamma$-ray emission and unresolved sources., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review D

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2014
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18. HESS J1640-465 - an exceptionally luminous TeV ${\gamma}$-ray supernova remnant

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G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, R. C. G. Chaves, S. Rosier-Lees, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, P. M. Chadwick, Felix Jankowsky, M. J. Vorster, Jacco Vink, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, M. Renaud, Sabrina Casanova, Quirin Weitzel, A. Jacholkowska, D. Klochkov, L. O'c. Drury, S. Klepser, M. H. Grondin, Chia-Chun Lu, R. Chalme-Calvet, Christo Venter, G. Maurin, Michał Ostrowski, Tanya Edwards, C. Jahn, L. Rob, U. F. Katz, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Aion Viana, Francesca Volpe, A. A. Zdziarski, M. Dalton, D. Fernandez, G. Lamanna, B. Opitz, S. J. Nolan, Joachim Hahn, A. Wörnlein, Thomas Lohse, Markus Böttcher, C. Farnier, M. A. Kastendieck, A. Cheesebrough, Jan Conrad, Stefan Ohm, A. Fiasson, G. Vasileiadis, A. Djannati-Ataï, S. Pita, N. Maxted, Helen Poon, A. Lopatin, B. van Soelen, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, D. Kolitzus, S. Schwarzburg, Martin Raue, F. Feinstein, B. Degrange, Michael Punch, J. Biteau, Guy Pelletier, A. Förster, T. Tavernier, B. Khélifi, G. Hermann, Regis Terrier, F. Schüssler, Mateusz Janiak, Anna Zajczyk, P. Wagner, Andrew M. Taylor, Stefan Wagner, Gisela Anton, M. Mayer, Frank M. Rieger, P.P. Krüger, T. Garrigoux, J. Dyks, R. D. Parsons, J.-P. Lenain, S. Häffner, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Pol Bordas, L. Oakes, I. D. Davids, Daniel Sánchez, Tomasz Bulik, Guillaume Dubus, Gianluca Giavitto, T. J. L. McComb, Hugh Dickinson, E. O. Angüner, Denis Wouters, Y. Cui, André Schulz, J. Méhault, G. Spengler, J. Brucker, H. Laffon, Dieter Horns, B. Peyaud, R. White, W. Kluźniak, W. Domainko, A. Balzer, Vincent Marandon, C. Couturier, S. Colafrancesco, J. Becker Tjus, T. Vuillaume, K. Dutson, F. Spies, G. Heinzelmann, J. Bolmont, P. J. Meintjes, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, Jim Hinton, M. Grudzińska, N. W. Pekeur, Christoph Deil, Alexandre Marcowith, C. L. Naumann, T. Kneiske, P. deWilt, K. Katarzyński, Victor Zabalza, U. Menzler, Andreas Hillert, V. Sahakian, Andreas Quirrenbach, Michael Zacharias, Gavin Rowell, R. de los Reyes, Elisabetta Bissaldi, K. Stycz, J. F. Glicenstein, M. Holler, Łukasz Stawarz, Heinrich J. Völk, Gilles Henri, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, S. J. Fegan, Svenja Carrigan, E. Birsin, Emmanuel Moulin, P. Espigat, Matteo Cerruti, F. Krayzel, Werner Hofmann, G. Fontaine, M. V. Fernandes, M. Gajdus, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, A. Lemière, Olaf Reimer, Ramin Marx, C. Trichard, Thomas Murach, P. Willmann, Michal Dyrda, M. de Naurois, Peter Eger, C. Stegmann, Nu. Komin, M. Panter, S. Krakau, P. Vincent, Martin Ward, Cameron B Rulten, S. Balenderan, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, C. Romoli, Konrad Bernlöhr, Felix Aharonian, K. Valerius, Julien Lefaucheur, Anna Barnacka, Matthias Weidinger, G. Pühlhofer, Dirk Lennarz, J. Perez, M. K. Daniel, A. Reimer, M. Kieffer, F. Ait Benkhali, S. Schwemmer, Andrea Santangelo, Yvonne Becherini, Anna Szostek, Petter Hofverberg, Iurii Sushch, M. Mohamed, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, M. Füßling, J.-P. Tavernet, Manuel Meyer, Pierre Brun, M. Tluczykont, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, O. Hervet, Catherine Boisson, Alicja Wierzcholska, S. Kaufmann, M. Paz Arribas, Ullrich Schwanke, A. G. Akhperjanian, R. Steenkamp, Marek Jamrozy, Helene Sol, J. Harris, Karl Kosack, H. E. S. S. Collaboration, Institut für Experimentalphysik [Hamburg], Universität Hamburg (UHH), Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA), Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan State University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Physikalisches Institut [Erlangen], Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Physics [Durham], University of New Hampshire (UNH), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron [Zeuthen] (DESY), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Astronomical Observatory [Warsaw], Faculty of Physics [Warsaw] (FUW), University of Warsaw (UW)-University of Warsaw (UW), School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics [Linnaeus University], Linnaeus University, Institut für Theoretische Physik IV [Bochum] (ITP4), Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum], Institut f¨ur Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut f¨ur Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universitat Innsbruck, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), North-West University [South Aftrica] (NWU), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik [Tübingen] (IAAT), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Astroparticules (ASTRO), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität Potsdam, Department of Physics [Durham University], Durham University, HESS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Humboldt University Of Berlin, Universität Innsbruck [Innsbruck], Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Photon, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Supernova remnants, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Power law, Spectral line, ISM: individual objects: G338.3−0.0, G338.3-0.0-ISM, Individual objects, Non-thermal-ISM, Radiation mechanisms, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Supernova remnant, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, HESS - Abteilung Hofmann, ISM: supernova remnant, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), non-thermal [Radiation mechanisms], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, supernova remnants [ISM], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, individual objects: G338.3−0.0 [ISM], Supernova, supernova remnants. [ISM], ddc:520, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The results of follow-up observations of the TeV gamma-ray source HESSJ 1640-465 from 2004 to 2011 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are reported in this work. The spectrum is well described by an exponential cut-off power law with photon index Gamma=2.11 +/- 0.09_stat +/- 0.10_sys, and a cut-off energy of E_c = (6.0 +2.0 -1.2) TeV. The TeV emission is significantly extended and overlaps with the north-western part of the shell of the SNR G338.3-0.0. The new H.E.S.S. results, a re-analysis of archival XMM-Newton data, and multi-wavelength observations suggest that a significant part of the gamma-ray emission from HESS J1640-465 originates in the SNR shell. In a hadronic scenario, as suggested by the smooth connection of the GeV and TeV spectra, the product of total proton energy and mean target density could be as high as W_p n_H ~ 4 x 10^52 (d/10kpc)^2 erg cm^-3., accepted for publication in MNRAS, 9 pages, 5 figures, added Spitzer citation and acknowledgement

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2014
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19. Secondary electron and positron fluxes in the near-Earth space observed in the ARINA and PAMELA experiments

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G. C. Barbarino, Roberta Sparvoli, N. Zampa, L. A. Grishantseva, D. Fedele, M. Bongi, N. De Simone, V. Bonvicini, F. Cafagna, M. Simon, Yu. I. Stozhkov, A. A. Leonov, E. Mocchiutti, M. P. De Pascale, A. M. Galper, S. Yu. Krutkov, G. De Rosa, A. N. Kvashnin, G. V. Vasiliev, V. G. Zverev, Lorenzo Bonechi, O. Adriani, Petter Hofverberg, V. V. Malakhov, V. Malvezzi, E. Taddei, V. M. Boezio, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, S. V. Koldashov, Yu. T. Yurkin, Marco Ricci, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Spillantini, Giuseppe Osteria, P. Carlson, Marco Casolino, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, M. A. Bzheumikhova, T. D. Campana, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. Bottai, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, T. P. Picozza, V. Di Felice, S. A. Voronov, G. Castellini, L. Marcelli, E. A. Bogomolov, G. Zampa, T. R. Bellotti, G. A. Bazilevskaya, O., Adriani, G. A., Bazilevskaya, Barbarino, Giancarlo, T. R., Bellotti, M. A., Bzheumikhova, E. A., Bogomolov, V. M., Boezio, V., Bonvicini, M., Bongi, L., Bonechi, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G. V., Vasiliev, S. A., Voronov, A. M., Galper, L. A., Grishantseva, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, V. G., Zverev, M., Casolino, T. D., Campana, P., Carlson, G., Castellini, F., Cafagna, A. N., Kvashnin, S. V., Koldashov, Krutkov, S. Y. u., A. A., Leonov, V. V., Malakhov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, E., Mocchiutti, S., Orsi, G., Osteria, P., Papini, M. P., Pascale, T. P., Picozza, M., Pearce, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, M., Simon, N., Simone, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Stozhkov, Y. u. I., E., Taddei, V., Felice, D., Fedele, P., Hofverberg, and Yurkin, Y. u. T.

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Energy ranges, Elliptic orbit, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Near-earth spaces, General Physics and Astronomy, Electrons, Geomagnetic equators, Astrophysics, Electron, Secondary electrons, Secondary emission, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Elliptical orbits, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Positrons, Altitude, Positron, Magnetic anomaly, Physics, Range (particle radiation), Geomagnetism, Earth (planet), Physics::Space Physics, Satellite
Abstract

Secondary electron and positron fluxes in the energy range from 3 MeV to 7 GeV were measured with the ARINA and PAMELA spectrometers onboard the Resurs-DK satellite launched on June 15, 2006 into an elliptical orbit with an inclination of 70.4° and an altitude of 350-600 km. It is shown that positrons dominate over electrons by a factor of up to 4-5 in the geomagnetic equator region (L 0.25).

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2009
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20. The Pamela experiment ready for flight

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A. M. Galper, F. Cafagna, G. Vasiljev, A. V. Bakaldin, M. Ambriola, M. Nagni, O. Adriani, M. Simon, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, Massimo Bongi, Roberta Sparvoli, G. A. Bazilevskaja, E. Taddei, S. A. Voronov, C. De Marzo, R. Y. Stozhkov, S. Y. Krutkov, Petter Hofverberg, P. Schiavon, John Mitchell, E. A. Bogomolov, R. Mukhametshin, Giuseppe Osteria, S. J. Stochaj, V. Malvezzi, S. V. Koldashov, D. Fedele, M. G. Korotkov, A. Grigorjeva, Mirko Boezio, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Marco Ricci, S. A. Stephens, N. Zampa, M. Albi, M. Circella, P. Papini, S. Russo, V. V. Mikhailov, E. Vannuccini, P. Carlson, A. Vacchi, G. Castellini, A. Basili, M. Boscherini, M. P. De Pascale, E. Streitmatter, F. Altamura, R. Bencardino, J. Lund, P. Picozza, V. Bonvicini, L. Marcelli, Roberto Bellotti, P. Spillantini, A. Morselli, E. Mocchiutti, M. Grandi, G. Zampa, S. Bottai, Y. T. Yurkin, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, M. Minori, Lorenzo Bonechi, J. Lundquist, G. C. Barbarino, L. Bongiorno, O., Adriani, M., Albi, F., Altamura, M., Ambriola, A., Bakaldin, G. C., Barbarino, A., Basili, G., Bazilevskaja, R., Bellotti, R., Bencardino, M., Boezio, E., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, L., Bongiorno, V., Bonvicini, M., Boscherini, S., Bottai, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, M., Circella, C., De Marzo, M. P., De Pascale, D., Fedele, A. M., Galper, A., Grigorjeva, M., Grandi, P., Hofverberg, S. V., Koldashov, M. G., Korotkov, S., Krutkov, J., Lund, J., Lundquist, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, M., Minori, J. W., Mitchell, E., Mocchiutti, A., Morselli, R., Mukhametshin, M., Nagni, S., Orsi, G., Osteria, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S., Ricciarini, S., Russo, Schiavon, Paolo, M., Simon, P., Spillantini, R., Sparvoli, S. A., Stephen, S. J., Stochaj, R. Y., Stozhkov, E., Streitmatter, E., Taddei, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasiljev, S. A., Voronov, Y., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, Barbarino, Giancarlo, and Pamela, Collaboration

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Antiparticle, Nuclear physics, Cosmic ray, Antiprotons, Calorimeters, Cosmic rays, Particle accelerators, Spectrometers, Antiparticles component, Magnetic spectrometer, Pamela apparatus, Radiation detectors, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Low earth orbit, law, Component (UML), Calorimeter, Instrumentation, Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, Antiproton
Abstract

The Pamela apparatus will allow precise measurements of cosmic rays in Low Earth Orbit, mainly focusing on the antiparticles component. The apparatus is now ready for flight, and the launch is foreseen during June 2006. The paper briefly reports the status of the experiment, and the performances of the various components as measured before the launch.

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2007
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21. Introducing the CTA concept

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A. Mathieu, R. G. Wagner, K. Panagiotidis, S Rosier Lees, Julien Rousselle, M. Gómez Berisso, Michela Uslenghi, Stephen Maxfield, R. C. Shellard, Ivica Puljak, T. Le Flour, Thomas Schanz, Tobias C. Walther, Juanan Aguilar, Pierre Colin, M. Chikawa, N. Fouque, Mosè Mariotti, G. Fontaine, Merja Tornikoski, V. Diez-Blanco, Enrico Giro, A. Krepps, G. Koss, J. M. Martin, Sergio Billotta, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Keitaro Takahashi, S. Buson, P. Brook, S. Steiner, M. Dyrda, Joseph Silk, Sera Markoff, P. Lubinski, U. Schwanke, Sauvik Bhattacharyya, J. Ripken, T. Haubold, C. Zurbach, H. Wetteskind, R. Hermel, J. Darling, J. Nicolau-Kukliński, Konstancja Satalecka, M. Videla, Stefan Funk, P. Conconi, S. Bajtlik, Lukasz Stawarz, J. M. Paredes, K. Reitberger, Stefan Wagner, Teresa Mineo, David Kieda, G. Pareschi, Shigeto Kabuki, Makoto Sawada, Antonio Stamerra, Rodolfo Canestrari, N. Baby, G. Crimi, P. Kostka, J. Grube, R. Zanin, I. K. Kominis, L. Mc Comb, R. Sternberger, M. Fesquet, M. Tokarz, David Fink, Daniela Dorner, N. Hamer Heras, A. Moralejo Olaizola, M. de Naurois, Diego F. Torres, Claes Fransson, K. Nishijima, Yutaka Fujita, L. Fresnillo, B. García, R. Kossakowski, A. Masserot, H. von Gunten, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Ciro Bigongiari, A. Saggion, G. Papyan, I. Mrusek, K. Farakos, J. Michałowski, A. Franckowiak, Fernando Martinez, M. Doert, R. Wawrzaszek, Michele Doro, L. Sapozhnikov, Claudia Lavalley, D. Thuermann, A.A. Zdziarski, Cristina Knapic, Karen Byrum, N. Neyroud, Petr Schovanek, W. Domainko, D. Kastana, E. Birsin, Adrian Biland, F. Sánchez, Alexandre Marcowith, M. Errando, R. L. C. Starling, J. Schultze, A. Weinstein, B. B. Singh, Yassir Moudden, Jelena Aleksić, C. L. Naumann, V. Waegebaert, M. Shayduk, U. F. Katz, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, M. Schroedter, A. Vollhardt, O. Reimann, Hideyuki Ohoka, Vincenzo Testa, C. Jablonski, Tsuguya Naito, J. Schäfer, Stavros Maltezos, A. Wierzcholska, P. Wawer, L. Nellen, F. Mirabel, Tatsuo Yoshida, P. H. 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Next generation Cherenkov telescopes, Ciencias Físicas, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, TeV GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY, Observatory, Air showers, HESS, Cherenkov Telescopes, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, MISSION, SUPERNOVA REMNANT W44, TELESCOPE, ASTRONOMY, EMISSION, Physics, ta213, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, TeV gamma-ray astronomy, ddc:540, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Air shower, AIR SHOWERS, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, Preparatory phase, ta115, TeV gamma-ray astronomy Air showers Cherenkov Telescopes, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, CHERENKOV TELESCOPES, Física, Astronomy, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASTROFÍSICA, Cherenkov Telescope Array, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astronomía, Design study, Telecommunications, business
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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a new observatory for very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA has ambitions science goals, for which it is necessary to achieve full-sky coverage, to improve the sensitivity by about an order of magnitude, to span about four decades of energy, from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV with enhanced angular and energy resolutions over existing VHE gamma-ray observatories. An international collaboration has formed with more than 1000 members from 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. In 2010 the CTA Consortium completed a Design Study and started a three-year Preparatory Phase which leads to production readiness of CTA in 2014. In this paper we introduce the science goals and the concept of CTA, and provide an overview of the project., La lista completa de autores puede consultarse en el documento o en la página web de la revista., Facultad de Ingeniería

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2013
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S. Schwarzburg, J. Dyks, G. Heinzelmann, M. C. Medina, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Reinhard Schlickeiser, J.-P. Tavernet, Daniel Hampf, Michael Punch, Sabrina Casanova, Marek Jamrozy, Christo Venter, C. Jahn, Francois Brun, Gilles Henri, J. Becker Tjus, U. F. Katz, M. J. Vorster, Hugh Dickinson, C. L. Naumann, Helene Sol, R. D. Parsons, Matteo Cerruti, A. Zech, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, Pascal Vincent, P.-O. Petrucci, F. Krayzel, F. Sheidaei, J. Harris, A. Marcowith, N. W. Pekeur, Anna Szostek, D. Göring, L. Fallon, S. Häffner, R. C. G. Chaves, Petter Hofverberg, M. V. Fernandes, Joachim Ripken, Werner Hofmann, Michał Ostrowski, A. Abramowski, D. Nekrassov, Dmitry Klochkov, Pierre Brun, Alicja Wierzcholska, S. Kaufmann, Daniel Sánchez, Thomas Lohse, Frank M. Rieger, L. O'c. Drury, Svenja Carrigan, Julien Lefaucheur, M. Renaud, P. Bordas, R. Steenkamp, S. Klepser, A. Barnacka, J. D. Hague, F. Stinzing, André Schulz, M. H. Grondin, P. M. Chadwick, M. Tluczykont, M. Paz Arribas, B. Giebels, J. Perez, F. Feinstein, E. Birsin, Dieter Horns, Julien Masbou, S. Heinz, Chia-Chun Lu, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, Aion Viana, Ullrich Schwanke, J. Mehault, S. J. Nolan, G. Spengler, Henning Gast, P. Espigat, M. Dalton, Stefan Ohm, Joachim Hahn, S. Colafrancesco, Gavin Rowell, A. A. Zdziarski, Peter Eger, C. Stegmann, A. Lopatin, S. Pita, B. Opitz, A. G. Akhperjanian, M. Holler, Gilles Maurin, Nu. Komin, R. de los Reyes, A. Cheesebrough, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, Krzysztof Katarzynski, T. J. L. McComb, R. Moderski, Olaf Reimer, Jan Conrad, Catherine Boisson, Regis Terrier, Anna Zajczyk, D. Nedbal, C. Farnier, R. White, B. Peyaud, J.-P. Lenain, P. Dewilt, K. Stycz, J. Bolmont, W. Domainko, R. Kossakowski, A. Balzer, U. Menzler, B. Khélifi, J. F. Glicenstein, Iurii Sushch, M. Füßling, T. Garrigoux, Emmanuel Moulin, G. Hermann, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, G. Fontaine, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, S. Rosier-Lees, B. Degrange, G. Lamanna, Tomasz Bulik, B. Glück, Andreas Hillert, A. Jacholkowska, M. Mohamed, M. Gajdus, V. Sahakian, I. D. Davids, Jim Hinton, Łukasz Stawarz, A. Fiasson, Heinrich J. Völk, A. Bochow, Stefan Wagner, Gisela Anton, M. Mayer, Yvonne Becherini, P.P. Krüger, K. Kosack, J. Brucker, Konrad Bernlöhr, Andreas Quirrenbach, Vincent Marandon, G. Pühlhofer, A. Reimer, M. Naumann-Godo, Fabio Acero, Michal Dyrda, Michael Zacharias, M. de Naurois, M. Panter, Martin Ward, Cameron B Rulten, S. Balenderan, Dirk Lennarz, Serguei Vorobiov, M. K. Daniel, G. Pelletier, C. Trichard, Felix Aharonian, H. Laffon, J. L. Skilton, Jonathan Biteau, K. Valerius, S. Schwemmer, Andrea Santangelo, Guillaume Dubus, A. Förster, Martin Raue, L. Rob, D. Fernandez, N. Nguyen, M. A. Kastendieck, N. Maxted, G. Vasileiadis, K. Dutson, Christoph Deil, T. Kneiske, M. Lemoine-Goumard, Francesca Volpe, Denis Wouters, W. Kluźniak, C. 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Casanova, Sabrina

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], 95.85.Pw, Ciencias Físicas, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Gamma-ray, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 0103 physical sciences, ddc:550, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation), Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Gamma-Rays, Astronomía, Dark Matter Annihilations, Dark matter halo, 95.35.+d, Halo, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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Gamma-ray line signatures can be expected in the very-high-energy (VHE; E_\gamma > 100 GeV) domain due to self-annihilation or decay of dark matter (DM) particles in space. Such a signal would be readily distinguishable from astrophysical \gamma-ray sources that in most cases produce continuous spectra which span over several orders of magnitude in energy. Using data collected with the H.E.S.S. \gamma-ray instrument, upper limits on line-like emission are obtained in the energy range between ~500 GeV and ~25 TeV for the central part of the Milky Way halo and for extragalactic observations, complementing recent limits obtained with the Fermi-LAT instrument at lower energies. No statistically significant signal could be found. For monochromatic \gamma-ray line emission, flux limits of (2x10^-7 - 2x10^-5) m^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 and (1x10^-8 - 2x10^-6) m^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 are obtained for the central part of the Milky Way halo and extragalactic observations, respectively. For a DM particle mass of 1 TeV, limits on the velocity-averaged DM annihilation cross section < \sigma v >(\chi\chi -> \gamma\gamma) reach ~10^-27 cm^3 s^-1, based on the Einasto parametrization of the Galactic DM halo density profile., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

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2013
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23. HESS and Fermi-LAT discovery of gamma-rays from the blazar 1ES 1312-423

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J. Biteau, Michael Punch, G. Fontaine, Mateusz Janiak, S. J. Fegan, M. Weidinger, Svenja Carrigan, E. Birsin, Gilles Henri, André Schulz, Christian Farnier, G. Lamanna, D. Goering, Dieter Horns, Anna Zajczyk, P. Wagner, K. Dutson, A. Woernlein, Emmanuel Moulin, F. Stinzing, B. Giebels, Alexandre Marcowith, C. L. Naumann, A. A. Zdziarski, M. J. Vorster, A. Jacholkowska, P. Willmann, Michal Dyrda, Thomas Lohse, G. Puehlhofer, T. Garrigoux, Christo Venter, J. Brucker, Gavin Rowell, Dirk Lennarz, R. de los Reyes, Denis Wouters, V. Sahakian, Christoph Deil, Jamie Stevens, M. K. Daniel, Elisabetta Bissaldi, T. Kneiske, J. S. Perkins, S. Haeffner, C. Jahn, U. F. Katz, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Vincent Marandon, D. Klochkov, S. Schwarzburg, H. J. Voelk, P. Espigat, C. Stegmann, Nu. Komin, K. Stycz, F. Schuessler, Tanya Edwards, Luke O'c. Drury, Andreas Quirrenbach, C. Couturier, M. Gajdus, Guillaume Dubus, J. F. Glicenstein, K. Bernloehr, Catherine Boisson, Stefan Ohm, I. Oya, Jacek Niemiec, M. Kieffer, S. Pita, M. Holler, Michael Zacharias, M. Dalton, A. Cheesebrough, Pierre Brun, J. Perez, Philip G. Edwards, Olaf Reimer, S. Schwemmer, Jan Conrad, Matthias Kadler, N. Maxted, Manuel Meyer, J. Dyks, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, A. Reimer, Fabio Acero, Andrea Santangelo, Francois Brun, M. Chrétien, L. Rob, A. Fiasson, D. Fernandez, Matteo Cerruti, M. Panter, M. de Naurois, G. Maurin, Thomas Murach, U. Menzler, F. Krayzel, S. Klepser, Anna Barnacka, B. Khélifi, Roopesh Ojha, G. Hermann, M. A. Kastendieck, Regis Terrier, M. Tluczykont, G. Vasileiadis, M. V. Fernandes, M. Paz Arribas, Francesca Volpe, C. Trichard, M. Fuessling, Werner Hofmann, Michał Ostrowski, P. P. Krueger, F. Feinstein, G. Cologna, C. van Eldik, Jim Hinton, Andreas Hillert, J. D. Hague, M. C. Medina, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Felix Jankowsky, Peter Eger, Ullrich Schwanke, C-C Lu, A. Djannati-Ataï, L. Oakes, Henning Gast, M. Renaud, Martin Raue, A. G. Akhperjanian, O. Hervet, R. Steenkamp, I. D. Davids, Iurii Sushch, R. D. Parsons, S. Rosier-Lees, P. deWilt, K. Katarzyński, Marek Jamrozy, M. Mohamed, Helene Sol, J. Harris, Sabrina Casanova, Karl Kosack, Frank M. Rieger, J. Mehault, F. Spiess, S. Raab, A. Abramowski, J.-P. Tavernet, W. Kluzniak, T. J. L. McComb, P-O. Petrucci, B. Peyaud, R. White, S. Colafrancesco, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, P. M. Chadwick, B. Degrange, Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, R. Chalme-Calvet, R. C. G. Chaves, Yvonne Becherini, Anna Szostek, Petter Hofverberg, Aion Viana, B. Opitz, A. Foerster, E. O. Anguener, D. Kolitzus, G. Heinzelmann, J. Bolmont, Guy Pelletier, Alicja Wierzcholska, S. Kaufmann, M. H. Grondin, Helen Poon, A. Lopatin, J.-P. Lenain, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Pol Bordas, Hugh Dickinson, J. Becker Tjus, Daniel Sánchez, M. Grudzińska, N. W. Pekeur, Tomasz Bulik, G. Spengler, S. J. Nolan, Joachim Hahn, W. Domainko, A. Balzer, Stefan Wagner, Gisela Anton, M. Mayer, Cameron B Rulten, S. Balenderan, Felix Aharonian, H. Laffon, K. Valerius, Julien Lefaucheur, D. Nedbal, L. Stawarz, P. Vincent, S. Krakau, Martin Ward, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - 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Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), HESS, Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - 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Paris 7 (UPD7)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), 10103449 - Krüger, Petrus Paulus, 22050574 - Pekeur, Nicolette Whilna, 12006653 - Venter, Christo, 12792322 - Vorster, Michael Johannes, 24922986 - Sushch, Iurii, 23909196 - Casanova, Sabrina, A., Abramowski, F., Acero, F., Aharonian, A. G., Akhperjanian, E., Anguener, G., Anton, S., Balenderan, A., Balzer, A., Barnacka, Y., Becherini, J. B., Tju, K., Bernloehr, E., Birsin, Bissaldi, Elisabetta, J., Biteau, C., Boisson, J., Bolmont, P., Borda, J., Brucker, F., Brun, P., Brun, T., Bulik, S., Carrigan, S., Casanova, M., Cerruti, P. M., Chadwick, R., Chalme Calvet, R. C., G., A., Cheesebrough, M., Chretien, S., Colafrancesco, G., Cologna, J., Conrad, C., Couturier, M., Dalton, M. K., Daniel, I. D., David, B., Degrange, C., Deil, P., Dewilt, H. J., Dickinson, A., Djannati Atai, W., Domainko, L. O., '., G., Dubu, K., Dutson, J., Dyk, M., Dyrda, T., Edward, K., Egbert, P., Eger, P., Espigat, C., Farnier, S., Fegan, F., Feinstein, M. V., Fernande, D., Fernandez, A., Fiasson, G., Fontaine, A., Foerster, M., Fuessling, M., Gajdu, Y. A., Gallant, T., Garrigoux, H., Gast, B., Giebel, J. F., Glicenstein, D., Goering, M. . ., H., M., Grudzinska, S., Haeffner, J. D., Hague, J., Hahn, J., Harri, G., Heinzelmann, G., Henri, G., Hermann, O., Hervet, A., Hillert, J. A., Hinton, W., Hofmann, P., Hofverberg, M., Holler, D., Horn, A., Jacholkowska, C., Jahn, M., Jamrozy, M., Janiak, F., Jankowsky, I., Jung, M. A., Kastendieck, K., Katarzynski, U., Katz, S., Kaufmann, B., Khelifi, M., Kieffer, S., Klepser, D., Klochkov, W., Kluzniak, T., Kneiske, D., Kolitzu, N., Komin, K., Kosack, S., Krakau, F., Krayzel, P. P., Krueger, H., Laffon, G., Lamanna, J., Lefaucheur, M., Lemoine Goumard, J. . ., P., D., Lennarz, T., Lohse, A., Lopatin, C. . ., C., V., Marandon, A., Marcowith, G., Maurin, N., Maxted, M., Mayer, T. J., L., M. C., Medina, J., Mehault, U., Menzler, M., Meyer, R., Moderski, M., Mohamed, E., Moulin, T., Murach, C. L., Naumann, M. d., Nauroi, D., Nedbal, J., Niemiec, S. J., Nolan, L., Oake, S., Ohm, E. d., Ona, B., Opitz, M., Ostrowski, I., Oya, M., Panter, R. D., Parson, M. P., Arriba, N. W., Pekeur, G., Pelletier, J., Perez, P. . ., O., B., Peyaud, S., Pita, H., Poon, G., Puehlhofer, M., Punch, A., Quirrenbach, S., Raab, M., Raue, A., Reimer, O., Reimer, M., Renaud, R. d., Lo, F., Rieger, L., Rob, S., Rosier Lee, G., Rowell, B., Rudak, C. B., Rulten, V., Sahakian, D. A., Sanchez, A., Santangelo, R., Schlickeiser, F., Schuessler, A., Schulz, U., Schwanke, S., Schwarzburg, S., Schwemmer, H., Sol, G., Spengler, F., Spie, L., Stawarz, R., Steenkamp, C., Stegmann, F., Stinzing, K., Stycz, I., Sushch, A., Szostek, R., Terrier, M., Tluczykont, C., Trichard, K., Valeriu, C. v., Eldik, G., Vasileiadi, C., Venter, A., Viana, P., Vincent, H. J., Voelk, F., Volpe, M., Vorster, S. J., Wagner, P., Wagner, M., Ward, M., Weidinger, R., White, A., Wierzcholska, P., Willmann, A., Woernlein, D., Wouter, M., Zacharia, A., Zajczyk, A. A., Zdziarski, A., Zech, H. . ., S., J. S., Perkin, R., Ojha, J., Steven, P. G., Edward, and M., Kadler

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], gamma-rays: galaxies, Radio galaxy, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 1312-423, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Centaurus A, galaxies: active, jets [galaxies], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, galaxies: jets, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, individual: 1ES 1312-423 [BL Lacertae objects], Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Spectral index, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy and Astrophysics, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Crab Nebula, galaxies [gamma-rays], jet [galaxies], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, individual: 1ES 1312–423 [BL Lacertae objects], active [galaxies], ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Bl Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 1312-423, Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma-rays: galaxies, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

A deep observation campaign carried out by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) on Centaurus A enabled the discovery of gamma rays from the blazar 1ES 1312-423, two degrees away from the radio galaxy. With a differential flux at 1 TeV of (1.9 +/-0.6(stat) +/-0.4(sys)) x 10^{-13} /cm^2 /s /TeV corresponding to 0.5% of the Crab nebula differential flux and a spectral index of 2.9 +/- 0.5 (stat) +/- 0.2 (sys), 1ES 1312-423 is one of the faintest sources ever detected in the very high energy (E>100 GeV) extragalactic sky. A careful analysis using three and a half years of Fermi-LAT data allows the discovery at high energies (E>100 MeV) of a hard spectrum (index of 1.4 +/- 0.4 (stat) +/- 0.2 (sys)) source coincident with 1ES 1312-423. Radio, optical, UV and X-ray observations complete the spectral energy distribution of this blazar, now covering 16 decades in energy. The emission is successfully fitted with a synchrotron self Compton model for the non-thermal component, combined with a black-body spectrum for the optical emission from the host galaxy., 12 pages, 10 figures, accepted in MNRAS

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2013
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24. Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the extragalactic pulsar wind nebula N 157B with H.E.S.S

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S. Schwarzburg, J. Dyks, G. Heinzelmann, M. C. Medina, Stefan Ohm, S. Pita, Francois Brun, Gilles Henri, Gavin Rowell, Michael Punch, V. Marandon, R. de los Reyes, J. K. Becker, M. Mayer, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Joachim Ripken, B. Degrange, R. Kossakowski, U. Menzler, F. Stinzing, Frank M. Rieger, B. Giebels, Regis Terrier, Dirk Lennarz, M. K. Daniel, Andreas Hillert, André Schulz, J. Bolmont, I. Sushch, Dieter Horns, G. Pelletier, A. A. Zdziarski, Gilles Maurin, M. J. Vorster, P. Espigat, Andreas Quirrenbach, M.-H. Grondin, Michael Zacharias, S. Schwemmer, Andrea Santangelo, K. Stycz, M. Hauser, T. J. L. McComb, D. Nedbal, J. F. Glicenstein, J.-P. Tavernet, Jacek Niemiec, Olaf Reimer, G. Cologna, K. Dutson, O. C. de Jager, B. Peyaud, Sabrina Casanova, G. Lamanna, J. D. Hague, R. White, Heinrich J. Völk, M. Renaud, J. Brucker, A. Abramowski, V. Sahakian, S. J. Fegan, A. Djannati-Ataï, P. Bordas, Christoph Deil, T. Kneiske, R. C. G. Chaves, J. L. Skilton, Henning Gast, Martin Ward, Igor Oya, K. Kosack, J. Mehault, Jonathan Biteau, C. B. Rulten, Konrad Bernlöhr, D. Göring, Thomas Lohse, M. Panter, U. Katz, Christian Stegmann, D. Klochkov, G. Pühlhofer, Gisela Anton, C. Farnier, P.-O. Petrucci, J. Perez, Guillaume Dubus, A. Balzer, A. Reimer, A. Cheesebrough, M. Naumann-Godo, Aion Viana, M. Gajdus, N. W. Pekeur, B. Khélifi, Fabio Acero, G. Hermann, Jan Conrad, B. Opitz, Riaan Steenkamp, N. Nguyen, M. V. Fernandes, L. Rob, C.-C. Lu, Nu. Komin, D. Fernandez, N. Maxted, C. Boisson, Stefan Wagner, M. A. Kastendieck, Svenja Carrigan, E. Birsin, G. Vasileiadis, M. Ostrowski, L. O'c. Drury, Matteo Cerruti, F. Krayzel, Anna Zajczyk, S. Balenderan, G. Spengler, Serguei Vorobiov, Markus Holler, Marek Jamrozy, Peter Eger, C. van Eldik, J.-P. Lenain, Helene Sol, Werner Hofmann, S. J. Nolan, Joachim Hahn, M. Füßling, J. Harris, L. Fallon, Felix Aharonian, Sarah Kaufmann, W. Domainko, Gerard Fontaine, L. Gérard, B. Glück, Anna Barnacka, Christo Venter, Alicja Wierzcholska, T. Garrigoux, M. Paz Arribas, H. Laffon, K. Valerius, S. Rosier-Lees, M. Mohamed, C. Jahn, Ullrich Schwanke, M. Dalton, E. Moulin, Tomasz Bulik, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Julien Masbou, A. Jacholkowska, A. G. Akhperjanian, David Sánchez, A. Bochow, Ł. Stawarz, M. de Naurois, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Isak Delberth Davids, A. Fiasson, Michal Dyrda, Pierre Brun, Jim Hinton, M. Tluczykont, Y. A. Gallant, H.-S. Zechlin, Daniel Hampf, Pascal Vincent, Krzysztof Katarzynski, P. M. Chadwick, A. Förster, Martin Raue, Yvonne Becherini, K. Egberts, Anna Szostek, Petter Hofverberg, A. Charbonnier, F. Feinstein, S. Heinz, W. Kluźniak, C. Couturier, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Francesca Volpe, B. Nicholas, Hugh Dickinson, C. L. Naumann, A. Marcowith, S. Häffner, F. Sheidaei, A. Lopatin, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HESS, Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), and Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules)

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[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Supernova Remnants, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Ciencias Físicas, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Psr J05376910 (Pulsar), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Pulsar wind nebula, Luminosity, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Large Magellanic Cloud, individual: PSR J0537 [pulsars], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Pulsars, Interstellar Medium, Physics, Nebula, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, supernova remnants [ISM], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Astronomía, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma Rays, High Energy Physics::Experiment, magellanic Clouds, general [gamma rays], CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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We present the significant detection of the first extragalactic pulsar wind nebula (PWN) detected in gamma rays, N 157B, located in the large" "Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Pulsars with high spin-down luminosity are found to power energised nebulae that emit gamma rays up to energies of several tens of TeV. N 157B is associated with PSR J0537−6910, which is the pulsar with the highest known spin-down luminosity. The High Energy Stereoscopic System telescope array observed this nebula on a yearly basis from 2004 to 2009 with a dead-time corrected exposure of 46 h. The gamma-ray spectrum between 600 GeV and 12 TeV is well-described by a pure power-law with a photon index of 2.8 ± 0.2stat ± 0.3syst" "and a normalisation at 1 TeV of (8.2 ± 0.8stat ± 2.5syst ) × 10−13 cm^{−2} s^{−1} TeV^{−1} . A leptonic multi-wavelength model shows that an energy of about 4 × 1049 erg is stored in electrons and positrons. The apparent efficiency, which is the ratio of the TeV gamma-ray luminosity to the pulsar?s spin-down luminosity, 0.08% ± 0.01%, is comparable to those of PWNe found in the Milky Way. The detection of a PWN at such a large distance is possible due to the pulsar?s favourable spin-down luminosity and a bright infrared photon-field serving as an inverse-Compton-scattering target for accelerated leptons. By applying a calorimetric technique to these observations, the pulsar?s birth period is estimated to be shorter than 10 ms. Fil: Abramowski, A.. Universität Hamburg; Alemania Fil: Acero, F.. Université Montpellier; Francia Fil: Aharonian, F.. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik; Alemania Fil: Akhperjanian, A. G.. National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia; Armenia Fil: Anton, G.. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Alemania Fil: Medina, Maria Clementina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía; Argentina Fil: Spengler, G.. Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7; Francia Fil: Stawarz, Ł.. University of Adelaide; Australia Fil: Steenkamp, R.. The University of Leicester; Reino Unido Fil: Stegmann, C.. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Alemania Fil: Stinzing, F.. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Alemania Fil: Stycz, K.. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Alemania Fil: Sushch, I.. Universität Hamburg; Alemania Fil: Szostek, A.. University of Adelaide; Australia Fil: Tavernet, J.-P.. Universität Tübingen; Alemania Fil: Terrier, R.. Ecole Polytechnique; Francia Fil: Tluczykont, M.. Universität Hamburg; Alemania Fil: Valerius, K.. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; Alemania Fil: van Eldik, C.. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik; Alemania Fil: Vasileiadis, G.. Université Montpellier; Francia Fil: Venter, C.. University of Durham; Reino Unido Fil: Viana, A.. Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7; Francia Fil: Vincent, P.. Universität Tübingen; Alemania Fil: Völk, H. J.. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik; Alemania Fil: Volpe, F.. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik; Alemania Fil: Vorobiov, S.. Université Montpellier; Francia Fil: Vorster, M.. University of Durham; Reino Unido Fil: Wagner, S. J.. Universität Heidelberg; Alemania Fil: Ward, M.. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center; Polonia Fil: White, R.. University of Leicester; Reino Unido Fil: Wierzcholska, A.. University of Adelaide; Australia Fil: Zacharias, M.. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Alemania Fil: Zajczyk, A.. Université Montpellier; Francia Fil: Zdziarski, A.. University of Durham; Reino Unido Fil: Zech, A.. Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7; Francia Fil: Zechlin, H.-S.. Universität Hamburg; Alemania Fil: H.E.S.S. Collaboration. No especifica

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25. PAMELA and electrons

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G. C. Barbarino, Roberto Bellotti, V. Bonvicini, P. Spillantini, A. N. Kvashnin, Juan Wu, Y. I. Stozhkov, V. G. Zverev, O. Maksumov, A. A. Leonov, S. Bottai, Roberta Sparvoli, Per Carlson, D. Campana, L. A. Grishantseva, M. Bongi, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, V. V. Mikhailov, M. Simon, S. Y. Krutkov, Y. T. Yurkin, V. Di Felice, E. Mocchiutti, V. Malvezzi, Petter Hofverberg, F. Cafagna, N. N. Nikonov, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, M. P. De Pascale, Marco Casolino, P. Picozza, Giovanna Jerse, O. Adriani, William Gillard, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Laura Rossetto, R. Carbone, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. Castellini, S. V. Borisov, V. V. Malakhov, W. Menn, A. M. Galper, G. I. Vasilyev, C. De Santis, G. Osteria, Nicola Mori, L. Consiglio, Mirko Boezio, G. Zampa, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, E., Mocchiutti, O., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Borisov, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, Consiglio, Lucia, M. P., De Pascale, C., De Santi, V., Di Felice, A. M., Galper, L., Grishantseva, W., Gillard, P., Hofverberg, G., Jerse, S. V., Koldashov, S. Y., Krutkov, A. N., Kvashnin, A., Leonov, O., Maksumov, V., Malakhov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, N., Mori, N., Nikonov, Osteria, Giuseppe, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y. I., Stozhkov, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, J., Wu, Y. T., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, and V. G., Zverev

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), Spectrometer, PAMELA detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Cosmic ray, Scintillator, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Positron, law, Neutron detection, Instrumentation
Abstract

The 15th of June 2006, the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it has been collecting data since July 2006. The apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a silicon-microstrip magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail counter scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation to be conducted over a wide energy range (100 MeV-100's GeV) with high statistics. The measurement of the positron to electron fraction and of the electron energy spectrum in order to search for exotic sources, such as dark matter particle annihilations, are within the PAMELA primary scientific goal.

Published
2011

26. Discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the vicinity of the shell-type SNR G318.2+0.1 with H.E.S.S

Author

Petter Hofverberg, A. Fiasson, R. C. G. Chaves, Karl Kosack, J. Mehault, Emma de Ona Wilhelmi, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and HESS

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Molecular cloud, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Shell (structure), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Galactic plane, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], 010306 general physics, Supernova remnant, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract

The on-going H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey continues to reveal new sources of VHE gamma-rays. In particular, recent re-observations of the region around the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) G318.2+0.1 have resulted in the discovery of statistically-significant very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from an extended region. Although the source remains unidentified, archival observations of CO12 in the region provide an opportunity to investigate a potential SNR/molecular cloud interaction. The morphological properties of this newly-discovered VHE gamma-ray source HESSJ1457-593 are presented and discussed in light of the multi-wavelength data available., Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures. Proc. of the 25th TEXAS Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics. To appear in Proceedings of Science

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2011
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27. Measuring fluxes of the protons and helium nuclei of high-energy cosmic rays

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R. Carbone, M. F. Runtso, O. Adriani, C. Pizzolotto, S. A. Voronov, Sergey Koldobskiy, W. Menn, A. G. Mayorov, G. C. Barbarino, P. Spillantini, E. A. Bogomolov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. V. Borisov, P. Papini, F. Cafagna, V. Malvezzi, M. Bongi, Laura Rossetto, E. Vannuccini, Yu. T. Yurkin, S. Bottai, Andrea Vacchi, N. De Simone, Juan Wu, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, Alfonso Monaco, A. V. Karelin, Nicola Mori, V. Bonvicini, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. Castellini, Petter Hofverberg, V. G. Zverev, Mirko Boezio, G. I. Vasilyev, P. Picozza, I. A. Danilchenko, Yu. I. Stozhkov, Giovanna Jerse, Roberto Bellotti, L. Marcelli, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, D. Campana, A. N. Kvashnin, V. Di Felice, Marco Casolino, N. N. Nikonov, Roberta Sparvoli, E. Mocchiutti, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, L. A. Grishantseva, C. De Santis, Gianluigi Zampa, Giuseppe Osteria, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, V. V. Malakhov, A. M. Galper, A. Bruno, and L. Consiglio

Subjects
Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, Cosmic ray, Alpha particle, Spectral line, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), chemistry, law, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Nuclear Experiment, Helium
Abstract

Techniques for measuring helium nuclei and proton energy spectra in circumterrestrial space were developed on the basis of simulated data and data from the position-sensitive silicon-tungsten calorimeter in the PAMELA satellite experiment. The thickness of the calorimeter is 0.6 nuclear interaction lengths. In this work, the experimental results for the measured energy spectra of the protons and helium nuclei of cosmic rays with energies above 50 GeV are presented. © 2011 Allerton Press, Inc.

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2011
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28. Latest results from the Pamela experiment

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S. A. Voronov, S. V. Borisov, Petter Hofverberg, S. Y. Krutkov, S. B. Ricciarini, E. A. Bogomolov, E. Mocchiutti, L. Consiglio, V. Malvezzi, A. M. Galper, Mark Pearce, S. Bottai, P. Picozza, V. G. Zverev, Nicola Mori, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, P. Spillantini, S. V. Koldashov, V. Bonvicini, C. De Santis, A. Bruno, Maria Teresa Ricci, Y. I. Stozhkov, G. A. Bazilevskaya, N. De Simone, Roberta Sparvoli, M. P. De Pascale, F. Cafagna, A. N. Kvashnin, O. Adriani, R. Carbone, V. Di Felice, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. C. Barbarino, G. Zampa, G. Castellini, G. I. Vasilyev, W. Menn, D. Campana, V. V. Mikhailov, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, William Gillard, Marco Casolino, N. Zampa, Y. T. Yurkin, Mirko Boezio, L. Marcelli, M. Bongi, G. Osteria, A. Vacchi, Roberto Bellotti, L. A. Grishantseva, Giovanna Jerse, Per Carlson, and N. N. Nikonov

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Satellite
Abstract

In this paper we present the latest results of the Pamela satellite experiment, focusing in particular on the p/p and the e +/(e+ +e-) ratios.

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2010
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29. Measurements of quasi-trapped electron and positron fluxes with PAMELA

Author

G. C. Barbarino, M. F. Runtso, Giovanna Jerse, S. A. Voronov, C. Pizzolotto, N. De Simone, Laura Rossetto, N. Zampa, Alfonso Monaco, G. A. Bazilevskaya, S. Bottai, L. Consiglio, Sarkar Ritabrata, Roberta Sparvoli, V. V. Malakhov, W. Menn, S. Y. Krutkov, D. Campana, Andrea Vacchi, N. N. Nikonov, L. Marcelli, S. V. Borisov, L. A. Grishantseva, G. Castellini, Giuseppe Osteria, Marco Casolino, A. M. Galper, William Gillard, M. P. De Pascale, P. Picozza, Mirko Boezio, Per Carlson, Y. T. Yurkin, A. V. Karelin, A. Bruno, F. Cafagna, A. A. Leonov, Juan Wu, V. G. Zverev, E. A. Bogomolov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Piero Spillantini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. G. Mayorov, Lorenzo Bonechi, V. V. Mikhailov, Roberto Bellotti, A. N. Kvashnin, M. Simon, V. Di Felice, V. Malvezzi, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, O. Adriani, Petter Hofverberg, M. Bongi, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, E. Mocchiutti, G. I. Vasilyev, C. De Santis, Gianluigi Zampa, Nicola Mori, and R. Carbone

Subjects
Physics, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Paleontology, Soil Science, Forestry, Cosmic ray, Electron, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Secondary electrons, Spectral line, Nuclear physics, Geophysics, Positron, Space and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Energy spectrum, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper presents precise measurements of the differential energy spectra of quasi-trapped secondary electrons and positrons and their ratio between 80 MeV and 10 GeV in the near-equatorial regio ...

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2009
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30. Detection of Gamma Rays From a Starburst Galaxy

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S. Schwarzburg, J. Dyks, O. C. de Jager, Jim Hinton, U. Schwanke, Dmitry Khangulyan, Frank M. Rieger, M. K. Daniel, W. Kluźniak, M. Kerschhaggl, R. C. G. Chaves, J-F. Olive, K. J. Orford, S. Hoppe, M. Vivier, B. Behera, Stefan Ohm, Anna Szostek, F. Dubois, Petter Hofverberg, Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos, L. Rob, Nu. Komin, Stefan Wagner, M. de Naurois, Gisela Anton, S. Schwemmer, P. Espigat, Alexandre Marcowith, Y. A. Gallant, P. Goret, J. Mehault, Andrea Santangelo, A. A. Zdziarski, M. Naumann-Godo, S. Rosier-Lees, Emmanuel Moulin, A. Charbonnier, F. Stinzing, G. Pedaletti, J.-P. Lenain, S. Heinz, J. Ripken, Francesca Volpe, M. Panter, B. Nicholas, Jacek Niemiec, M. Füßling, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, G. Fontaine, Olaf Reimer, J.F. Glicenstein, Sarah Kaufmann, U. Barres de Almeida, A. C. Clapson, F. Brun, L. Gérard, B. Glück, A. Djannati-Ataï, Tomasz Bulik, J. Ruppel, L.-M. Chounet, D. Klochkov, G. Vasileiadis, Guillaume Dubus, A. Jacholkowska, Michael Punch, J. Brucker, F. Feinstein, D. Göring, Olivier Martineau-Huynh, D. Keogh, A. Bochow, W. Domainko, P. H. Tam, Gavin Rowell, David Maurin, A. Fiasson, Julien Masbou, Thomas Lohse, V. Borrel, V. Sahakian, Michal Dyrda, Timothé Boutelier, Stefano Gabici, P.-O. Petrucci, Yvonne Becherini, S. J. Nolan, Rolf Bühler, Andreas Quirrenbach, G. Lamanna, Christian Farnier, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Renaud, J. P. Tavernet, M. C. Medina, Dieter Horns, Konrad Bernlöhr, G. Superina, G. Pühlhofer, D. Nekrassov, Werner Hofmann, Michał Ostrowski, Fabio Acero, K. Katarzyński, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, B. Khélifi, German Hermann, Regis Terrier, Catherine Boisson, Christoph Deil, T. Kneiske, D. Gerbig, Gilles Henri, Pierre Brun, D. Nedbal, S. Pita, M. Tluczykont, P. Vincent, Martin Ward, Cameron B Rulten, M. Sikora, Felix Aharonian, Stephen Fegan, T. J. L. McComb, A. Hoffmann, K. Kosack, J. L. Skilton, Łukasz Stawarz, Heinrich J. Völk, C. van Eldik, L. Venter, G. Coignet, M. Hauser, D. Hauser, I. Büsching, A. Cheesebrough, R. Kossakowski, O. Tibolla, L. O'c. Drury, C. Stegmann, I. Jung, R. Steenkamp, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, B. Degrange, G. Heinzelmann, J. Bolmont, Christo Venter, C. Jahn, U. F. Katz, R. Moderski, A. Zech, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Hugh Dickinson, V. Marandon, I. D. Davids, P. M. Chadwick, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, J. P. Vialle, Guy Pelletier, B. Giebels, A. Förster, Helene Sol, F. M. Schöck, M. Paz Arribas, M. Dalton, A. G. Akhperjanian, A. Shalchi, Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), HESS, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astroparticle physics, Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Electromagnetic radiation, Galaxy, 3. Good health, Supernova, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Starburst galaxies exhibit in their central regions a highly increased rate of supernovae, the remnants of which are thought to accelerate energetic cosmic rays up to energies of ~ 10^15 eV. We report the detection of gamma rays -- tracers of such cosmic rays -- from the starburst galaxy NGC 253 using the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The gamma-ray flux above 220 GeV is F = (5.5 +/- 1.0stat +/- 2.8sys) x 10^-13 ph. s-1 cm-2, implying a cosmic-ray density about three orders of magnitude larger than that in the center of the Milky Way. The fraction of cosmic-ray energy channeled into gamma rays in this starburst environment is 5 times larger than that in our Galaxy., 24 pages, 8 figures, published in Science Express, see: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1178826

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2009
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31. Precision studies of cosmic rays with the PAMELA satellite experiment

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Giovanna Jerse, L. Consiglio, William Gillard, S. V. Borisov, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, S. Bottai, A. Bruno, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, O. Adriani, S. A. Voronov, P. Spillantini, W. Menn, G. Zampa, V. Malvezzi, Roberta Sparvoli, Juan Wu, E. A. Bogomolov, Mirko Boezio, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, L. A. Grishantseva, V. V. Mikhailov, Laura Rossetto, P. Carlson, P. Papini, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, E. Vannuccini, Petter Hofverberg, C. De Santis, Y. T. Yurkin, R. Carbone, M. Bongi, Lorenzo Bonechi, S. Y. Krutkov, M. P. De Pascale, V. Di Felice, G. C. Barbarino, F. Cafagna, E. Mocchiutti, A. M. Galper, V. Bonvicini, Roberto Bellotti, V. G. Zverev, Y. I. Stozhkov, G. Castellini, A. N. Kvashnin, P. Picozza, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, G. Osteria, Nicola Mori, N. De Simone, G. I. Vasilyev, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, N. N. Nikonov, E., Mocchiutti, O., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G. A., Bazilevskaya, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogomolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, V., Bonvicini, S., Borisov, S., Bottai, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, R., Carbone, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, L., Consigio, M. P., De, C. D., Santi, N. D., Simone, V. D., Felice, A. M., Galper, W., Gillard, L., Grishantseva, P., Hofverberg, G., Jerse, S. V., Koldashov, S. Y., Krutkov, A. N., Kvashnin, A., Leonov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, N., Mori, N. N., Nikonov, G., Osteria, P., Papini, M., Pearce, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, L., Rossetto, M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y. I., Stozhkov, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, J., Wu, Y. T., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, and V. G., Zverev

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, NINA, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Cosmic background radiation, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, ANTIPROTON FLUX, law, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, SOLAR MINIMUM ACTIVITY, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, CALORIMETER, Physics, Radiation, Spectrometer, Calorimeter (particle physics), PAMELA detector, POSITRONS, Astronomy, PERFORMANCE, ORBIT, ELECTRONS, Antiproton, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiology, MATTER
Abstract

The PAMELA satellite experiment was launched into low earth orbit on June 15(th) 2006. The combination of a permanent magnet silicon strip spectrometer, and a silicon-tungsten imaging calorimeter allows precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation to be conducted over a wide energy range (100 MeV - 200 GeV). A primary scientific goal is to search for dark matter particle annihilations by measuring the energy spectra of cosmic ray antiparticles. Latest results from the PAMELA experiment will be reviewed with a particular focus on cosmic ray antiprotons and positrons. The status of PAMELA measurements for other cosmic ray species will also be reviewed.

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2009
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32. PAMELA and indirect dark matter searches

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S. Y. Krutkov, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, E. Mocchiutti, C. De Santis, L. Consiglio, G. C. Barbarino, Mirko Boezio, Petter Hofverberg, V. G. Zverev, P. Picozza, M. Simon, Roberto Bellotti, L. A. Grishantseva, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, G. Castellini, S. Bottai, V. Di Felice, A. N. Kvashnin, Roberta Sparvoli, Andrea Vacchi, G. Zampa, M. Bongi, G. I. Vasilyev, Y. I. Stozhkov, M. P. De Pascale, Y. T. Yurkin, N. N. Nikonov, F. Cafagna, G. Osteria, R. Carbone, Lorenzo Bonechi, Nicola Mori, Per Carlson, A. M. Galper, V. Malvezzi, D. Campana, V. V. Mikhailov, O. Adriani, S. V. Borisov, S. A. Voronov, Marco Casolino, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, William Gillard, L. Marcelli, N. De Simone, A. Bruno, W. Menn, E. A. Bogomolov, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, V. Bonvicini, Piero Spillantini, A. A. Leonov, M., Boezio, Barbarino, Giancarlo, D., Campana, R., Carbone, L., Consiglio, and Osteria, Giuseppe

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Annihilation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Positron, Baryonic dark matter, Light dark matter
Abstract

We present a review of the experimental results obtained by PAMELA in measuring the and e± abundance in cosmic rays. In this context, we discuss the interpretation of the observed anomalous positron excess in terms of the annihilation of dark matter particles as well as in terms of standard astrophysical sources. Moreover we show the constraints on dark matter models from data.

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2009

33. Latest results from PAMELA

Author

G. Zampa, O. Adriani, W. Menn, V. G. Zverev, M. Bongi, E. Mocchiutti, G. I. Vasilyev, R. Carbone, Roberta Sparvoli, M. P. De Pascale, Lorenzo Bonechi, D. Campana, Nicola Mori, Maria Teresa Ricci, S. V. Borisov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, C. Pizzolotto, Marco Casolino, S. V. Koldashov, N. N. Nikonov, V. Malvezzi, P. Papini, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, E. Vannuccini, A. M. Galper, V. Di Felice, G. C. Barbarino, V. Bonvicini, Per Carlson, S. Bottai, Y. I. Stozhkov, Roberto Bellotti, N. De Simone, Sarkar Ritabrata, Juan Wu, A. N. Kvashnin, G. Osteria, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, Y. T. Yurkin, William Gillard, P. Spillantini, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, A. Bruno, S. Y. Krutkov, Giovanna Jerse, P. Picozza, L. A. Grishantseva, F. Cafagna, V. V. Mikhailov, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, Mirko Boezio, Laura Rossetto, Petter Hofverberg, G. Castellini, P., Papini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, D., Campana, R., Carbone, and Osteria, Giuseppe

Subjects
Physics, Antiparticle, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, PAMELA detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Cosmic ray, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Charged particle, Particle identification, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Rigidity (electromagnetism), law, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

The PAMELA experiment is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation, with a particular focus on antiparticles. The detector is housed on the Resurs-DK1 satellite and it is taking data since June 2006. The main parts of the apparatus are a magnetic spectrometer, which is equipped with a silicon-microstrip tracking system and which is used to measure the rigidity and the charge of particles, and a silicon/tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter which provides particle identification. The main results about the antiparticles component of cosmic rays obtained during the first 500 days of data taking are summarized here.

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2009

34. An anomalous positron abundance in cosmic rays with energies 1.5-100 GeV

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F. Cafagna, V. V. Mikhailov, Roberta Sparvoli, G. De Rosa, L. Marcelli, G. C. Barbarino, V. G. Zverev, A. Bruno, Y. T. Yurkin, Lorenzo Bonechi, M. P. De Pascale, Petter Hofverberg, D. Campana, Roberto Bellotti, S. Bottai, A. M. Galper, S. Y. Krutkov, Marco Casolino, G. Castellini, A. N. Kvashnin, Mirko Boezio, Per Carlson, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, N. De Simone, P. Picozza, V. Bonvicini, G. Zampa, Andrea Vacchi, G. I. Vasilyev, Piero Spillantini, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, O. Adriani, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, S. A. Voronov, M. Bongi, E. A. Bogomolov, G. Osteria, E. Mocchiutti, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, V. Di Felice, Y. I. Stozhkov, V. Malvezzi, L. A. Grishantseva, O., Adriani, Barbarino, Giancarlo, G., Bazilevskaya, and DE ROSA, Gianfranca

Subjects
Physics, Cosmic ray spallation, Antiparticle, Multidisciplinary, PAMELA detector, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, law.invention, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Interstellar medium, Galactic halo, Positron, Pulsar, law
Abstract

Antiparticles account for a small fraction of cosmic rays and are known to be produced in interactions between cosmic-ray nuclei and atoms in the interstellar medium1, which is referred to as a 'secondary source'. Positrons might also originate in objects such as pulsars2 and microquasars3 or through dark matter annihilation4, which would be 'primary sources'. Previous statistically limited measurements5, 6, 7 of the ratio of positron and electron fluxes have been interpreted as evidence for a primary source for the positrons, as has an increase in the total electron+positron flux at energies between 300 and 600 GeV (ref. 8). Here we report a measurement of the positron fraction in the energy range 1.5–100 GeV. We find that the positron fraction increases sharply over much of that range, in a way that appears to be completely inconsistent with secondary sources. We therefore conclude that a primary source, be it an astrophysical object or dark matter annihilation, is necessary.

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2009

35. Positrons and electrons in primary cosmic rays as measured in the PAMELA experiment

Author

M. Simon, Valeria Di Felice, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, D. Fedele, A. M. Galper, M. Bongi, Yu. I. Stozhkov, V. Malvezzi, A. Vacchi, S. A. Voronov, A. Bruno, Yu. T. Yurkin, Roberto Bellotti, P. Picozza, E. Taddei, G. V. Vasil’ev, Nicola de Simone, P. Spillantini, A. N. Kvashnin, G. Castellini, E. A. Bogomolov, F. Cafagna, S. Yu. Krutkov, D. Campana, V. Bonvicini, O. Adriani, S. Bottai, Silvio Orsi, Marco Casolino, W. Menn, L. Marcelli, G. A. Bazilevskaya, M. Minori, G. C. Barbarino, Mirko Boezio, Lorenzo Bonechi, N. Zampa, G. Zampa, Giuseppe Osteria, A. A. Leonov, Roberta Sparvoli, Gianfranca De Rosa, V. G. Zverev, Petter Hofverberg, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, E. Mocchiutti, L. A. Grishantseva, Maria Pia De Pascale, S. V. Borisov, Adriani, O, Bazilevskaya, G. A., Barbarino, Giancarlo, Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bonechi, L., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Borisov, S. V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., Pascale, M. P., DE ROSA, Gianfranca, Fedele, D., Felice, V., Galper, A. M., Grishantseva, L. A., Hofverberg, P., Leonov, A. A., Koldashov, S. V., Krutkov, S. Y. u., Kvashnin, A. N., Malvezzi, V., Marcelli, L., Menn, W., Mikhailov, V. V., Minori, M., Mocchiutti, E., Orsi, S., Osteria, G., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Simon, M., Simone, N., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. u. I., Taddei, E., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasil'Ev, G. V., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. u. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.

Subjects
Primary cosmic rays, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Particle detectors, Electrons, Electron, law.invention, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Positron, Positrons, Electromagnetic calorimeter, Primary (astronomy), law, Near-Earth, Cosmic rays, Energy interval, High-energy electron, Magnetic spectrometers, Polar orbit, Separation techniques, Cosmology, Physics, PAMELA detector, Astronomy, On board, Satellite
Abstract

The PAMELA experiment is being carried out on board the Russian satellite Resurs DK1 placed in the near-earth near-polar orbit on June 15, 2006. The apparatus comprising a silicon-strip magnetic sp ...

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2009

36. HESS upper limits on very high energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar GRS 1915+105

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O. C. de Jager, S. Vorobiov, M. Vivier, Jim Hinton, G. Fontaine, Michael Punch, Joachim Ripken, Dmitry Khangulyan, M. Kerschhaggl, V. Sahakian, D. Keogh, Michał Ostrowski, Werner Hofmann, Stefan Wagner, Gisela Anton, M. Hauser, G. Pedaletti, J.-P. Lenain, M. K. Daniel, K. J. Orford, Francesca Volpe, A. Hoffmann, B. Nicholas, C. van Eldik, R. C. G. Chaves, Pierre Brun, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, A. Shalchi, J. F. Glicenstein, A. C. Clapson, Guillaume Dubus, S. J. Nolan, Christian Farnier, D. Göring, Dieter Horns, P. M. Chadwick, Andreas Quirrenbach, S. Schwemmer, Gilles Henri, Frank M. Rieger, I. Büsching, S. Pita, S. Schwarzburg, Andrea Santangelo, A. A. Zdziarski, A. Djannati-Ataï, M. Tluczykont, L.-M. Chounet, M. Panter, D. Klochkov, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Rafal Moderski, Christoph Deil, Y. A. Gallant, T. Kneiske, Nu. Komin, B. Giebels, J. Dyks, A. Cheesebrough, Hugh Dickinson, W. Kluźniak, B. Behera, P. Goret, Jan Conrad, V. Marandon, L. Rob, P.-O. Petrucci, I. D. Davids, B. Khélifi, D. Nekrassov, Yvonne Becherini, G. Hermann, J. L. Skilton, Regis Terrier, W. Domainko, P. H. Tam, L. Fallon, A. Jacholkowska, Anna Szostek, F. Dubois, Christo Venter, D. Nedbal, Marek Sikora, M. Füßling, Petter Hofverberg, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, F. M. Schöck, G. Lamanna, C. Jahn, M. Paz Arribas, Sarah Kaufmann, U. F. Katz, G. Vasileiadis, V. Borrel, A. Zech, Ullrich Schwanke, S. M. Rayner, M. Dalton, L. Gérard, A. Charbonnier, Michal Dyrda, B. Glück, J. P. Vialle, Łukasz Stawarz, H. Sol, Cameron B Rulten, S. Heinz, P. Espigat, Tomasz Bulik, A. G. Akhperjanian, B. C. Raubenheimer, Guy Pelletier, R. Steenkamp, A. Förster, Martin Raue, O. Tibolla, M. Renaud, A. Fiasson, Thomas Lohse, Timothé Boutelier, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Jacek Niemiec, Heinrich J. Völk, L. O'c. Drury, Olaf Reimer, G. Heinzelmann, Gavin Rowell, J. Bolmont, D. Gerbig, Felix Aharonian, J. Ruppel, Catherine Boisson, Peter Eger, Stephen Fegan, R. de los Reyes, J. Brucker, Emmanuel Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, F. Stinzing, P. Vincent, C. Stegmann, Martin Ward, Felix Ryde, Iurii Sushch, R. Kossakowski, I. Jung, B. Rudak, Kathrin Egberts, B. Degrange, A. Bochow, S. Rosier-Lees, K. Kosack, Konrad Bernlöhr, G. Superina, G. Pühlhofer, Fabio Acero, Stefan Ohm, J-F. Olive, G. Coignet, K. Katarzyński, M. de Naurois, Alexandre Marcowith, J. Mehault, David Maurin, L. Venter, J.-P. Tavernet, T. J. L. McComb, F. Feinstein, F. Brun, Julien Masbou, Stefano Gabici, U. Barres de Almeida, A. Schönwald, M. C. Medina, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules (LPTA), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies (APC - AHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), HESS, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO)

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Luminosity, law.invention, Telescope, X-rays: binaries, Astrophysical jet, law, individuals: GRS 1915+105 [X-rays], 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, X-rays: individuals: GRS 1915+105, Astroparticle physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, Astronomy, observations [gamma rays], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Particle acceleration, Space and Planetary Science, binaries [X-rays], gamma rays: observations
Abstract

Context. High energy particles reside in the relativistic jets of microquasars, making them possible sources of very high energy radiation (VHE, >100 GeV). Detecting this emission would provide a new handle on jet physics. Aims. Observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 with the HESS telescope array were undertaken in 2004-2008 to search for VHE emission. Methods. Stereoscopic imaging of Cherenkov radiation from extensive air showers is used to reconstruct the energy and direction of the incident gamma rays. Results. There is no evidence for a VHE gamma-ray signal either from the direction of the microquasar or its vicinity. An upper limit of $6.1\times 10^$ ph cm-2 s-1 (99.9% confidence level) is set on the photon flux above 410 GeV, equivalent to a VHE luminosity of ${\sim} 10^$ erg s-1 at 11 kpc. Conclusions. The VHE to X-ray luminosity ratio in GRS 1915+105 is at least four orders of magnitude lower than the ratio observed in gamma-ray binaries. The VHE radiative efficiency of the compact jet is less than 0.01% based on its estimated total power of 1038 erg s-1. Particle acceleration in GRS 1915+105 is not efficient at high energies and/or the magnetic field is too strong. It is also possible that VHE gamma-rays are produced by GRS 1915+105, but the emission is highly time-dependent.

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2009
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37. Performance of the PAMELA Si-W imaging calorimeter in space

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P. Spillantini, L. Marcelli, Roberta Sparvoli, Giuseppe Osteria, A. Vacchi, S. Bottai, S. Y. Krutkov, O. Adriani, Mirko Boezio, A. Bruno, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, Petter Hofverberg, W. Menn, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, S. Orsi, Y. T. Yurkin, G. Castellini, Roberto Bellotti, G A Basilevskaja, E. Taddei, A. M. Galper, N. Zampa, P. Picozza, A. N. Kvashnin, G. De Rosa, V. G. Zverev, D. Fedele, M. Bongi, S. A. Voronov, G. Zampa, G. C. Barbarino, E. A. Bogomolov, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, L. A. Grishantseva, G. I. Vasilyev, M. Minori, Lorenzo Bonechi, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, F. Cafagna, Maria Teresa Ricci, M. Simon, A. A. Leonov, M. P. De Pascale, V. Malvezzi, V. Bonvicini, Y. I. Stozhkov, S. V. Koldashov, E. Mocchiutti, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Campana, and G., Osteria

Subjects
Physics, Physics::General Physics, History, Light nucleus, Antiparticle, Calorimeter (particle physics), Payload, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Space (mathematics), Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Computer Science Applications, Education, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), Positron, Antiproton, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The Payload for Antimatter-Matter Exploration and Light Nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA), primarily designed to directly measure antiparticles (antiprotons and positrons) in the cosmic radiation, was l ...

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2009

38. The PAMELA space mission

Author

Roberta Sparvoli, Maria Teresa Ricci, G. Zampa, V. Malvezzi, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Mirko Boezio, M. Simon, N. De Simone, Y. T. Yurkin, A. A. Leonov, P. Spillantini, O. Adriani, V. G. Zverev, Roberto Bellotti, V. Di Felice, V. V. Mikhailov, V. Bonvicini, P. Carlson, D. Campana, S. A. Voronov, E. Mocchiutti, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, A. N. Kvashnin, G. C. Barbarino, A. M. Galper, S. Orsi, W. Menn, S. Y. Krutkov, G. De Rosa, E. A. Bogomolov, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Casolino, Petter Hofverberg, P. Picozza, F. Cafagna, N. Zampa, Lorenzo Bonechi, M. Bongi, G. A. Bazilevskaja, G. I. Vasilyev, Giuseppe Osteria, M. P. De Pascale, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, G. Castellini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Campana, and G., Osteria

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, PAMELA detector, Payload, Astronomy, Space (mathematics), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, law.invention, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Satellite, and Optics
Abstract

The PAMELA (a Payload for Antimatter-Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) space mission has been launched on-board the Resurs-DK1 satellite on June 15(th) 2006 from the Baikonur cosmod ...

Published
2009

39. Launch of the space experiment PAMELA

Author

A. Basili, Gianluigi Zampa, M. Simon, N. Zampa, D. Campana, Marco Casolino, G. A. Bazilevskaja, Petter Hofverberg, M. P. De Pascale, Y. T. Yurkin, S. Yu. Krutkov, V. G. Zverev, E. Taddei, O. Adriani, O. Maksumov, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, Giuseppe Osteria, L. Marcelli, M. F. Runtso, S. A. Voronov, G. Castellini, A. M. Galper, J. Lundquist, M. Nagni, D. Fedele, S. Russo, F. Altamura, E. A. Bogomolov, M. Bongi, G. De Rosa, M. Ambriola, P. Picozza, N. N. Nikonov, Roberta Sparvoli, J. Lund, M. Minori, Per Carlson, E. Mocchiutti, N. De Simone, S. Misin, V. Di Felice, Andrea Vacchi, Marco Ricci, V. Bonvicini, Lorenzo Bonechi, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, Mirko Boezio, L. Bongiorno, F. Cafagna, C. De Marzo, G. C. Barbarino, Piero Spillantini, V. V. Mikhailov, Yu. I. Stozhkov, A. N. Kvashnin, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Russo, Stefano, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, D., Campana, and G., Osteria

Subjects
Ionizing radiation, Space experiments, Antimatter, Atoms, Energy ranges, Atmospheric Science, Satellite-borne experiment, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Electrons, Cosmic ray, Scintillator, Astrophysics, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Solar energy, law, Neutron detection, Nuclear Experiment, Cosmic rays, Physics, Charged particles, Cosmology, Experiments, Protons, Spectrometer, PAMELA detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Detector, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Satellite borne experiment, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Antiproton, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the antimatter component: antiprotons (80 MeV-190 GeV), positrons (50 MeV-270 GeV) and search for antimatter with a precision of the order of 10^-8). The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June, 15, 2006 in a 350*600 km orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. The detector is composed of a series of scintillator counters arranged at the extremities of a permanent magnet spectrometer to provide charge, Time-of-Flight and rigidity information. Lepton/hadron identification is performed by a Silicon-Tungsten calorimeter and a Neutron detector placed at the bottom of the device. An Anticounter system is used offline to reject false triggers coming from the satellite. In self-trigger mode the Calorimeter, the neutron detector and a shower tail catcher are capable of an independent measure of the lepton component up to 2 TeV. In this work we describe the experiment, its scientific objectives and the performance in the first months after launch., Accepted for publication on Advances in Space Research

Published
2008

40. PAMELA: A payload for antimatter matter exploration and light-nuclei astrophysics - Status and first results

Author

Mirko Boezio, P. Spillantini, O. Maksumov, V. Bonvicini, L. Bongiorno, E. Mocchiutti, S. Misin, A. Vacchi, A. Morselli, M. Minori, Petter Hofverberg, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, S. V. Koldashov, M. P. De Pascale, G. Zampa, Marco Ricci, V. G. Zverev, S. Y. Krutkov, O. Adriani, W. Menn, G. Castellini, M. Ambriola, Giuseppe Osteria, Roberta Sparvoli, G. A. Bazilevskaja, M. F. Runtso, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. A. Voronov, F. Cafagna, P. Picozza, Lorenzo Bonechi, D. Fedele, P. Papini, Y. T. Yurkin, V. Malvezzi, E. Vannuccini, N. Zampa, D. Campana, Roberto Bellotti, E. A. Bogomolov, Marco Casolino, S. Russo, G. C. Barbarino, A. N. Kvashnin, G. I. Vasilyev, L. Marcelli, Massimo Bongi, A. Basili, V. Di Felice, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, A. M. Galper, G. De Rosa, N. N. Nikonov, J. Lundquist, E. Taddei, M. Simon, S. Orsi, M., Pearce, O., Adriani, M., Ambriola, Barbarino, Giancarlo, A., Basili, G. A., Bazilevskaja, R., Bellotti, M., Boezio, E. A., Bogornolov, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, L., Bongiorno, V., Bonvicini, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, D., Campana, P., Carlson, M., Casolino, G., Castellini, M. P., De, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, V. D., Felice, D., Fedele, A. M., Galper, P., Hofverberg, S. V., Koldashov, S. Y., Krutkov, A. N., Kvashnin, J., Lundquist, O., Maksumov, V., Malvezzi, L., Marcelli, W., Menn, V. V., Mikhailov, M., Minori, S., Misin, E., Mocchiutti, A., Morselli, N. N., Nikonov, S., Orsi, G., Osteria, P., Papini, P., Picozza, M., Ricci, S. B., Ricciarini, M. F., Runtso, S., Russo, M., Simon, R., Sparvoli, P., Spillantini, Y. I., Stozhkov, E., Taddei, A., Vacchi, E., Vannuccini, G., Vasilyev, S. A., Voronov, Y. T., Yurkin, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, and V. G., Zverev

Subjects
Antiparticle, Satellite-borne experiment, Solar minimum, Inert gases, Orbits, Nuclear sciences, Astrophysics, Imaging techniques, Local sources, Helium, law.invention, Turbulent flow, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, Time -of-flight, Positron, Isotopes, Solar energy, law, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Light nuclei, Charge determinations, Physics, Modulation, Solar physics, Radiation, PAMELA detector, Cosmology, Charge sign, ANTIPROTONS, Antimatter, Magnets, Precision studies, Precise measurements, Medical imaging, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiology, Ionizing radiation, Silicon, Solar modulation, Satellites, Low-energy particles, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, En ergy spectrum, Dark matter, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Trigger systems, Cosmic rays, Experiments, Nonmetals, Spectrum analysis, Tellurium compounds, Tungsten, Electron energy spectrum, Ray propagation, Nuclear physics, Antiproton
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite-borne experiment designed for precision studies of the charged cosmic radiation. The primary scientific goal is the study of the antimatter component of the cosmic radiation (antiprotons, 80 MeV - 190 GeV; and positrons, 50 MeV - 270 GeV) in order to search for evidence of dark matter particle annihilations. PAMELA will also search for primordial antinuclei (in particular, anti-helium), and test cosmic-ray propagation models through precise measurements of the antiparticle energy spectrum and studies of light nuclei and their isotopes. Concomitant goals include a study of solar physics and solar modulation during the 24th solar minimum by investigating low energy particles in the cosmic radiation; and a reconstruction of the cosmic ray electron energy spectrum up to several TeV thereby allowing a possible contribution from local sources to be studied. PAMELA is housed on-board the Russian Resurs-DKl satellite, which was launched on June 15th 2006 in an elliptical (350-600 km altitude) orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. PAMELA consists of a permanent magnet spectrometer, to provide rigidity and charge sign information; a Time-of-Flight and trigger system, for velocity and charge determination; a silicon-tungsten calorimeter, for lepton/hadron discrimination; and a neutron detector. An anticoincidence system is used offline to reject false triggers. In this article the PAMELA experiment and its status are reviewed. A preliminary discussion of data recorded in-orbit is also presented.

Published
2007

41. PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics

Author

Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, A. Morselli, D. Campana, S. V. Koldashov, Marco Ricci, M. F. Runtso, G. C. Barbarino, D. Fedele, S. A. Voronov, Marco Casolino, M. Bongi, A. M. Galper, R. Bencardino, J. Lund, E. A. Bogomolov, G. De Rosa, E. Mocchiutti, S. Misin, V. G. Zverev, L. Bongiorno, Petter Hofverberg, O. Maksumov, M. Ambriola, Y. T. Yurkin, M. Minori, S. Orsi, G. Castellini, Mirko Boezio, Yu. I. Stozhkov, C. De Marzo, P. Picozza, Roberta Sparvoli, J. Lundquist, O. Adriani, E. Taddei, Piero Spillantini, F. Altamura, L. Marcelli, A. N. Kvashnin, V. Bonvicini, N. N. Nikonov, M. P. De Pascale, S. Yu. Krutkov, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. A. Bazilevskaja, Andrea Vacchi, F. Cafagna, A. Basili, V. V. Mikhailov, P. Carlson, Gianluigi Zampa, V. Malvezzi, S. Russo, W. Menn, M. Simon, N. Zampa, Giuseppe Osteria, Barbarino, Giancarlo, S., Russo, and DE ROSA, Gianfranca

Subjects
Neutron detectors, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Electromagnetic calorimeters, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Calorimeters, Charged particles, Electromagnetic fields, Magnetic resonance spectrometers, Nanoparticles, Anticoincidence system, Magnetic spectrometers, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Scintillator, Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare, law.invention, Nuclear physics, law, Neutron detection, Physics, Spectrometer, PAMELA detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Charged particle, Antimatter, Scintillation counter, Physics::Space Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The PAMELA experiment is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. PAMELA is mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on June 15th 2006. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows antiparticles to be reliably identified from a large background of other charged particles. This paper reviews the design, space qualification and on-ground performance of PAMELA. The in-orbit performance will be discussed in future publications., Replaced some paragraphs in text and some pictures

Published
2006

42. Study of the responses and calibration procedures of neutron and gamma area and environmental detectors for use in proton therapy.

Author

Adela Carnicer, Gaëlle Angellier, Petter Hofverberg, Jean-Marc Bergerot, Anaïs Gerard, Cécile Peucelle, Marie Vidal, and Joël Hérault

Subjects
PROTON therapy, DOSIMETERS, RADIATION dosimetry, DETECTORS, PHOTON detectors, NEUTRONS
Abstract

Ambient dose equivalent measurements with radiation protection instruments are associated to large uncertainties, mostly due to the energy dependence of the instrument response and to the dissimilarity between the spectra of the standard calibration source and the workplace field. The purpose of this work is to evaluate its impact on the performance of area and environmental detectors in the proton therapy environment, and to provide practical solutions whenever needed and possible. The study was carried out at the Centre Antoine Lacassagne (CAL) proton therapy site, and included a number of commercially available area detectors and a home-made environmental thermoluminescent dosimeter based on a polyethylene moderator loaded with TLD600H/TLD700H pairs. Monte Carlo simulations were performed with MCNP to calculate, first, missing or partially lacking instrument responses, covering the range of energies involved in proton therapy. Second, neutron and gamma spectra were computed at selected positions in and outside the CAL proton therapy bunkers. Appropriate correction factors were then derived for each detector, workplace location and calibration radionuclide source, which amounts to up to 1.9 and 1.5 for neutron and photon area detectors, respectively, and suggest that common ambient dose equivalent instruments might not meet IEC requirements. The TLD environmental system was calibrated in situ and appropriate correction factors were applied to account for the cosmic spectra. Measurements performed with this system from 2014 to 2017 around the installation were consistent with reference natural background dose data and with pre-operational levels registered at the site before the construction of the building in 1988, showing thus no contribution from the site clinical activities. An in situ verification procedure for the radiation protection instruments was also implemented in 2016 at the low energy treatment room using the QA beam reference conditions. The method presents main methodological, practical and economic advantages over external verifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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43. Two years of flight of the Pamela experiment: Results and perspectives

Author

Petter Hofverberg, L. A. Grishantseva, V. V. Mikhailov, Y. T. Yurkin, Andrea Vacchi, Gianfranca De Rosa, V. Bonvicini, Valeria Di Felice, Piero Spillantini, Nicola de Simone, A. N. Kvashnin, S. A. Voronov, Elena Taddei, V. G. Zverev, E. A. Bogomolov, D. Campana, S. Bottai, M. Ricci, Marco Casolino, R. Carbone, Maria Pia De Pascale, Roberta Sparvoli, L. Marcelli, N. N. Nikonov, Paolo Papini, Massimo Bongi, O. Adriani, M. Minori, N. Zampa, G. A. Bazilevskaya, O. Maksumov, Per Carlson, W. Menn, Daniel Bongue, F. Cafagna, Sergey Koldashov, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, E. Mocchiutti, S. Yu. Krutkov, E. Vannuccini, M. Simon, Yuri Stozhkov, Lorenzo Bonechi, G. Castellini, Giancarlo Barbarino, Alexey Leonov, Giuseppe Osteria, A. M. Galper, Gianluigi Zampa, G. I. Vasilyev, Piergiorgio Picozza, A. Bruno, Mirko Boezio, M., Casolino, N. D., Simone, D., Bongue, M. D., Pascale, V., Felice, L., Marcelli, M., Minori, P., Picozza, R., Sparvoli, G., Castellini, O., Adriani, L., Bonechi, M., Bongi, S., Bottai, P., Papini, S., Ricciarini, P., Spillantini, E., Taddei, E., Vannuccini, Barbarino, Giancarlo, D., Campana, R., Carbone, DE ROSA, Gianfranca, G., Osteria, M., Boezio, V., Bonvicini, E., Mocchiutti, A., Vacchi, G., Zampa, N., Zampa, A., Bruno, F., Cafagna, M., Ricci, P., Hofverberg, M., Pearce, P., Carlson, E., Bogomolov, S., Krutkov, N., Nikonov, Givasilyev, W., Menn, M., Simon, A., Galper, L., Grishantseva, S., Koldashov, A., Leonov, V., Mikhailov, S., Voronov, Y., Yurkin, V., Zverev, G., Bazilevskaya, A., Kvashnin, O., Maksumov, and Y., Stozhkov

Subjects
Antimatter, Solar particle events, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, law.invention, Physics and Astronomy (all), Positron, law, Nuclear Experiment, Cosmic rays, Physics, PAMELA detector, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Trapped cosmic rays, Antiproton, Solar particle event, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Satellite
Abstract

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range (protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the antimatter component: antiprotons (80 MeV-190 GeV), positrons (50 MeV-270 GeV) and search for antinuclei with a precision of the order of $10^{-8}$). The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June, $15^{th}$ 2006 in a $350\times 600 km$ orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. In this work we describe the scientific objectives and the performance of PAMELA in its first two years of operation. Data on protons of trapped, secondary and galactic nature - as well as measurements of the December $13^{th}$ 2006 Solar Particle Event - are also provided., Comment: To appear on J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. as part of the proceedings of the International Workshop on Advances in Cosmic Ray Science March, 17-19, 2008 Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

44. Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Author

K. Ziȩtara, A. Konopelko, J. Rico, Philippe Laporte, Tatsuo Yoshida, A. Etchegoyen, Dennis Haefner, C. Morello, L. Garrido, Philip Kaaret, T. Yamamoto, F. Di Pierro, Wystan Benbow, B. Sacco, T. O. B. Schmidt, T. Krähenbühl, N. Geffroy, I. M. McHardy, Toru Tanimori, A. Salini, F. Grañena, A. Liolios, A. C. Rovero, A. Mendes, Etienne Lyard, Juan Abel Barrio, Jürgen Schmoll, R. Dubois, A. N. Otte, J. Bolmont, S. Rivoire, K. Berger, A. Nikolaidis, J.-P. Ernenwein, A. Bobkov, D. Allan, C. Schultz, Masayuki Tanaka, G. Deleglise, Oliver Grimm, Ł. Płatos, O. Tibolla, M. Gochna, S. Schwarzburg, H. Arnaldi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Valerie Connaughton, Adriano Fontana, D. Nedbal, P. Jean, Alejandro Ibarra, S. Spyrou, Gustavo E. Romero, Judith H. Croston, F. Feinstein, L. Tibaldo, M. Benallou, Shinji Hara, D. Florin, A. E. Szymkowiak, J.L. Van der Walt, Stefano Covino, Shigehiro Nagataki, G. Busetto, P. Nayman, G. Lamanna, William J. Potter, Tadashi Kifune, O. Corpace, M. Bourgeat, N. Webb, J. K. Becker, K. Hultquist, P. Majumdar, Anna Szostek, M. Compin, Petter Hofverberg, Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos, J. Ingjald, R. Kossakowski, A. Mangano, Kunihito Ioka, Jonathan Granot, S. Buson, P. Manigot, J. M. Paredes, M. Gómez Berisso, Massimiliano Belluso, A. Kretzschmann, M. Stodulski, L. Venter, Artemio Herrero, Nu. Komin, German Hermann, Dorota Sobczyńska, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Akira Okumura, Felix Spanier, Gareth Hughes, J. Carr, Antonio Stamerra, Norita Kawanaka, T. Shibata, R. C. Shellard, Dieter H. H. Hoffmann, B. Yoffo, T. Dettlaff, R. G. Talbot, L. Fresnillo, A. Manalaysay, I. Jung, Kohta Murase, Geza Gyuk, C. Farnier, J. C. Marin, Julian Sitarek, Francesco Dazzi, H. Ohka, C. Skole, C. Ghag, Patrick Vogler, M. Hauser, M. Cailles, K. Nishijima, Yutaka Fujita, J. Berdugo, Luke O'c. Drury, Naoto Sakaki, F. Köck, P. Sutcliffe, Luis Ángel Tejedor, Hugh Dickinson, Denis Bastieri, Q. Weitzel, Ryoji Enomoto, Josep Colomé, Luigi Lessio, B. Peyaud, C. L. Naumann, Michael Punch, S. Rodriguez, Lucy Fortson, J. P. Osborne, J. Kotula, Piero Giubilato, J. Dyks, W. Kluźniak, T. Schweizer, M. Rataj, Allan Hallgren, Matthew Wood, David Gascon, M. Doert, R. Wawrzaszek, Daniela Hadasch, H. Castarede, P. Wawer, M. Kapala, J.-M. Reymond, A.A. Zdziarski, E. De Cea del Pozo, K. Farakos, D. Corti, A. St. J. Murphy, Mosè Mariotti, Kazutaka Yamaoka, T. C. Arlen, Christian Fruck, Francesco Russo, Stefano Gabici, T. Bernardino, B. Khélifi, B. Huber, T. Glanzman, J. Michałowski, Mark I. Wilkinson, M. Suchenek, Massimo Persic, I. Monteiro, M. I. Martínez, V. Sahakian, R. Firpo, Seth Digel, V. La Parola, F. Roy, Regis Terrier, E. Fokitis, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, D. Melkumyan, E. Edy, Stefano Basso, J. Knapp, Cameron B Rulten, A. Niedźwiecki, Karol Seweryn, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, B. Rudak, V. Scapin, R. Wischnewski, Ricardo Graciani, Gianluca Giavitto, Matthias Beilicke, K. Nakayama, Thomas Schanz, A. Sillanpää, G. Motta, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Elina Lindfors, Hannes Jensen, Henric Krawczynski, Catherine Boisson, C. Medina, Dinko Dimitrov, Karen Byrum, M. Shayduk, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Richard White, Kazunori Kohri, I. Oya, T. Greenshaw, C. Olivetto, Tomasz Szepieniec, R. D. Parsons, Fuyuki Tokanai, Jerzy Grygorczuk, V. Scalzotto, S. Rosier-Lees, Dainis Dravins, Jacco Vink, Włodzimierz Piechocki, F. Stinzing, Felix Ryde, P. Ristori, N. A. McCubbin, M. Hayashida, Martin J. Hardcastle, G.W. Fraser, S. Paiano, S. Blake, U. Barres de Almeida, S. Federici, M. Corlier, C. J. Todero Peixoto, Łukasz Stawarz, Michael S. Briggs, Yvonne Becherini, Martin Pohl, Daniel Mazin, B. Decerprit, Yukikatsu Terada, J. F. Huppert, P. J. Rajda, Justin Vandenbroucke, S. Schlenstedt, S. Renner, Ł. Wiśniewski, Dieter Horns, T. B. Humensky, Takeshi Nakamori, Andreas Quirrenbach, Asdrúbal Enrique Bottani, P. Vallania, B. García, H. von Gunten, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Takashi Saito, Marcos Daniel Actis, Jacek Niemiec, W. Gäbele, C. van Eldik, Olaf Reimer, P. Corona, Robert D. Preece, C. Reimann, Pierre Brun, Thomas Bretz, R. Moderski, Eric Delagnes, Gilles Henri, W. Domainko, P. H. Tam, J. Schultze, A. Weinstein, M. Schroedter, A. Vollhardt, Stavros Maltezos, A. Wierzcholska, P. M. Chadwick, Fabrice Mottez, S. Steiner, M. Dyrda, S. Sun, Victor Stamatescu, M. Bogdan, Felix Aharonian, Hajime Takami, M. Winde, Evgeni Ovcharov, M. Panter, Shohei Yanagita, T. Jogler, Thomas Kihm, P. Micolon, S. J. Nolan, David A. Williams, Joachim Hahn, Q. Xiong, Nikolaos Stergioulas, J. Gaweda, R. Mirzoyan, Nektarios Vlahakis, J. Becerra, N. Fouque, M. Ribordy, V. Vassiliev, Claes Fransson, R. L. C. Starling, J. M. Huet, J. Ruppel, J.-P. Lenain, Enrico Giro, J. Ripken, T. Haubold, A. Lopatin, Joseph Silk, J. Borkowski, P. Lubinski, T. Le Flour, R. Platzer, A. Di Paolo, Reiko Orito, O. C. de Jager, C. Eleftheriadis, A. Gonzalez, T. J. L. McComb, U. Schwanke, S. Brau-Nogue, Yutaka Ohira, Philipp Mertsch, Daniel Ferenc, Maria Concetta Maccarone, F. Gonzalez, V. Golev, Osvaldo Catalano, V. Bugaev, C. Clerc, Michał Szanecki, C. Delgado, L. Pogosyan, M. Renaud, G. Pivato, Sabine Elles, E. J. Quel, R. J. García López, M. Videla, Stefan Funk, H. Vankov, A. Le Padellec, Michele Doro, Saverio Lombardi, S. Pita, A. Wolczko, G. Disset, U. Roeser, Abraham D. Falcone, I. Telezhinsky, S. Artmann, Pierre Colin, M. Chikawa, Daniela Dorner, G. Fontaine, Wolfgang Rhode, C. Baixeras, K. Mori, H. Prokoph, Giancarlo Cusumano, J. L. Dournaux, F. Toussenel, C. Dufour, Ilana M. Braun, Riccardo Paoletti, A. R. Knappy, Sergio Billotta, F. Krennrich, S. Karkar, Anne M. Green, Takanori Yoshikoshi, I. de la Calle Perez, Masahiro Teshima, M. Janiak, C. Stegmann, H. Wetteskind, Marco Tavani, Kostas D. Kokkotas, C. Föhr, J. L. Panazol, S. Cantu, C. Tenzer, I. Vegas, M. Grudzińska, Elisabetta Bissaldi, S. Bajtlik, A. Jacholkowska, P. Małkiewicz, M. Ostrowski, Reshmi Mukherjee, Mario Meucci, Tarek M. Hassan, W. Bednarek, Rodolfo Canestrari, Stefan Wagner, Teresa Mineo, N. Karlsson, M. Tluczykont, A. E. Suárez, David Kieda, R. Steenkamp, Grzegorz Kowal, C. Gasq, Loukas Vlahos, Kathrin Egberts, K. Kosack, A. D. Supanitsky, Hernán Asorey, Adriano Ghedina, Frank M. Rieger, P. Zychowski, J. Bähr, P. Wegner, P. Ziółkowski, Shigeto Kabuki, G. Papyan, Dario Hrupec, P. T. O'Brien, Oscar Blanch, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Robert Wagner, Thomas Lohse, Susumu Inoue, U. Straumann, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, C. Maña, Matteo Cerruti, P. Antoranz, Ll. Font, R. Sugawara, M. Casiraghi, C. Kalkuhl, Subir Sarkar, Jelena Aleksić, Juan Cortina, J. Pallota, L. Brunetti, Petar Temnikov, Tomasz Bulik, L. O. Takalo, G. Vasileiadis, Riccardo Rando, J. H. Buckley, V. de Souza, Sera Markoff, G. Pareschi, P. Kostka, J. Grube, M. Tokarz, Manel Errando, David Fink, C. Barbier, Marek Sikora, J. P. Tavernet, Yasushi Fukazawa, Werner Hofmann, K. Takahashi, B. 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P., Wakely, P., Walter, R., Walter, R., Warwick, P., Wawer, R., Wawrzaszek, N., Webb, P., Wegner, A., Weinstein, Q., Weitzel, R., Welsing, H., Wetteskind, R., White, A., Wierzcholska, M. I., Wilkinson, D. A., William, M., Winde, R., Wischnewski, L., Wisniewski, A., Wolczko, M., Wood, Q., Xiong, T., Yamamoto, K., Yamaoka, R., Yamazaki, S., Yanagita, B., Yoffo, M., Yonetani, A., Yoshida, T., Yoshida, T., Yoshikoshi, V., Zabalza, A., Zagdanski, A., Zajczyk, A., Zdziarski, A., Zech, K., Zietara, P., Ziolkowski, V., Zitelli, and P., Zychowski

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Next generation Cherenkov telescopes, Ciencias Astronómicas, IACT, next generation Cherenkov telescopes, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Design concepts, Ground based gamma ray astronomy, Observatory, Gamma ray astronomy, Instruments astronòmics, Ingeniería Aeronáutica, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, Bursts, Radiation, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma-ray astronomy, Particles, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Magic Telescope, design concepts, Electricidad, Simulation, GAMMA-RAY PULSARS, Optical-System, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPE, VHE Gamma ray, QUASAR, cosmic rays, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic ray, Partícules (Física nuclear), 0103 physical sciences, Astronomia de raigs gamma, 14. Life underwater, 1St Detection, Cherenkov radiation, Particles (Nuclear physics), Astroparticle physics, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, Astronomical instruments, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASTROFÍSICA, Cosmic-Rays, Cherenkov Telescope Array, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Induced Air-Showers, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Next generation Cherenkov telescope, Tev, ground based gamma ray astronomy, Telescopes
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Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the north, one in the south) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. The design of CTA is based on currently available technology. This document reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo., Departamento de Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas

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45. International Russian-Italian mission 'Rim-Pamela

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P. Spillantini, S. Russo, S. Y. Krutkov, A. Basili, F. Cafagna, M. Simon, Mirko Boezio, M. Ambriola, V. Di Felice, O. Maksumov, P. Picozza, Roberta Sparvoli, V. Malvezzi, E. Taddei, O. Adriani, Silvio Orsi, W. Menn, J. Lundquist, R. Beliotti, G. C. Barbarino, V. V. Mikhailov, M. P. De Pascale, G. De Rosa, A. N. Kvashnin, N. Zampa, D. Fedele, M. Minori, V. Bonvicini, M. Bongi, E. Mocchiutti, Maria Teresa Ricci, V. G. Zverev, L. A. Grishantseva, A. Bruno, Y. I. Stozhkov, Y. T. Yurkin, A. Morselli, Mark Pearce, S. B. Ricciarini, S. V. Koldashov, G. Castellini, Lorenzo Bonechi, P. Papini, E. Vannuccini, D. Campana, L. Bongiorno, Marco Casolino, G. Osteria, G. A. Bazilevskaja, Per Carlson, Petter Hofverberg, M. F. Runtso, S. A. Voronov, E. A. Bogomolov, L. Marcelli, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, A. M. Galper, and G. I. Vasilyev

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, Spacecraft, Primary (astronomy), business.industry, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, business, Realization (systems), Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Abstract

The successful launch of spacecraft "RESURS DK" 1 with precision magnetic spectrometer "PAMELA" onboard was executed at Baikonur cosmodrome 15 June 2006. The primary phase of realization of Interna ...

46. A high sensitivity Cherenkov detector for prompt gamma timing and time imaging

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Maxime Jacquet, Saba Ansari, Marie-Laure Gallin-Martel, Adélie André, Yannick Boursier, Mathieu Dupont, Jilali Es-smimih, Laurent Gallin-Martel, Joël Hérault, Christophe Hoarau, Johan-Petter Hofverberg, Daniel Maneval, Christian Morel, Jean-François Muraz, Fabrice Salicis, and Sara Marcatili

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Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract We recently proposed a new approach for the real-time monitoring of particle therapy treatments with the goal of achieving high sensitivities on the particle range measurement already at limited counting statistics. This method extends the Prompt Gamma (PG) timing technique to obtain the PG vertex distribution from the exclusive measurement of particle Time-Of-Flight (TOF). It was previously shown, through Monte Carlo simulation, that an original data reconstruction algorithm (Prompt Gamma Time Imaging) allows to combine the response of multiple detectors placed around the target. The sensitivity of this technique depends on both the system time resolution and the beam intensity. At reduced intensities (Single Proton Regime—SPR), a millimetric proton range sensitivity can be achieved, provided the overall PG plus proton TOF can be measured with a 235 ps (FWHM) time resolution. At nominal beam intensities, a sensitivity of a few mm can still be obtained by increasing the number of incident protons included in the monitoring procedure. In this work we focus on the experimental feasibility of PGTI in SPR through the development of a multi-channel, Cherenkov-based PG detector with a targeted time resolution of 235 ps (FWHM): the TOF Imaging ARrAy (TIARA). Since PG emission is a rare phenomenon, TIARA design is led by the concomitant optimisation of its detection efficiency and Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR). The PG module that we developed is composed of a small PbF $$_{2}$$ 2 crystal coupled to a silicon photoMultiplier to provide the time stamp of the PG. This module is currently read in time coincidence with a diamond-based beam monitor placed upstream the target/patient to measure the proton time of arrival. TIARA will be eventually composed of 30 identical modules uniformly arranged around the target. The absence of a collimation system and the use of Cherenkov radiators are both crucial to increase the detection efficiency and the SNR, respectively. A first prototype of the TIARA block detector was tested with 63 MeV protons delivered from a cyclotron: a time resolution of 276 ps (FWHM) was obtained, resulting in a proton range sensitivity of 4 mm at 2 $$\sigma$$ σ with the acquisition of only 600 PGs. A second prototype was also evaluated with 148 MeV protons delivered from a synchro-cyclotron obtaining a time resolution below 167 ps (FWHM) for the gamma detector. Moreover, using two identical PG modules, it was shown that a uniform sensitivity on the PG profiles would be achievable by combining the response of gamma detectors uniformly distributed around the target. This work provides the experimental proof-of-concept for the development of a high sensitivity detector that can be used to monitor particle therapy treatments and potentially act in real-time if the irradiation does not comply to treatment plan.

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2023
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