The TIBET AS+MD Project; progress report 2013

THE TIBET ASγ COLLABORATION

The TIBET AS+MD Project; progress report 2013

THE TIBET ASγ COLLABORATION

Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering

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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
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
Country	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

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AU - Chen, T. L.

AU - Chen, W. Y.

AU - Cui, S. W.

AU - Danzengluobu,

AU - Ding, L. K.

AU - Feng, C. F.

AU - Feng, Zhaoyang

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AU - Gou, Q. B.

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AU - He, H. H.

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AU - Huang, J.

AU - Jia, H. Y.

AU - Jiang, L.

AU - Kajino, F.

AU - Kasahara, K.

AU - Katayose, Y.

AU - Kato, C.

AU - Kawata, K.

AU - Kozai, M.

AU - Labaciren,

AU - Le, G. M.

AU - Li, A. F.

AU - Li, H. J.

AU - Li, W. J.

AU - Liu, C.

AU - Liu, J. S.

AU - Liu, M. Y.

AU - Lu, H.

AU - Meng, X. R.

AU - Mizutani, K.

AU - Munakata, K.

AU - Nanjo, H.

AU - Nishizawa, M.

AU - Ohnishi, M.

AU - Ohta, I.

AU - Ozawa, Shunsuke

AU - Qian, X. L.

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AU - Torii, Shoji

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KW - Cosmic rays

KW - Gamma rays

KW - Muon

KW - Tibet

KW - Water Cherenkov

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