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A new project to search for high energy gamma ray point souces in Tibet
- Source :
- Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 10:219-227
- Publication Year :
- 1989
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1989.
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Abstract
- A new experiment to observe gamma rays around 100 TeV at Yanbajing (4300 m) in Tibet, China is planned by a collaboration between China and Japan. To study the feasibility of this experiment a test array was built at Mt. Norikura in Japan. Preliminary results from a search for gamma rays from Cyg X-3 and Her X-1 observed by this air shower array showed the upper limit fluxes of 5.6 × 10 −13 cm −2 s −1 and 3.0 × 10 −13 cm −2 s −1 with a 95% confidence level above TeV, respectively. At the first step experiment we will set up 65 scintillation counters in Tibet. An angular resolution of the apparatus will be better than 1° at an energy of 100 TeV. The detectors are monitored by a nitrogen laser system automatically which guarantees a long term quality of the data.
Details
- ISSN :
- 09205632
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c8a8dce27db8a8a0498c44081cf94d32