Abstract
We plan to build a large (approximately 10,000 m2) water-Cherenkov-type muon detector array under the existing Tibet air shower array at 4,300 m above sea level, to observe 10-1000 TeV gamma rays from cosmic-ray accelerators in our Galaxy with wide field of view at very low background level. The gamma-ray induced air shower has significantly less muons compared with a cosmic-ray induced one. Therefore, we can effectively discriminate between primary gamma rays and cosmic-ray background events by means of counting the number of muons in an air shower by the muon detector array. We will make a progress report on the project, as 5/12 of it is under construction now.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica |
Volume | 2013-October |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9788589064293 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Jan 1 |
Event | 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 2013 Jul 2 → 2013 Jul 9 |
Other
Other | 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, ICRC 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Brazil |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Period | 13/7/2 → 13/7/9 |
Keywords
- Cosmic rays
- Gamma rays
- Muon
- Tibet
- Water Cherenkov
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics