Detecting GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory using the single particle technique

Allard, Denis

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2006.11.017

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“…We have corrected an error in the normalization of the limits shown at the symposium: the limits are now higher by a factor of 1.6. The limits are generally comparable to or better than those obtained by this method for other bursts by the ARGO-YBJ [5] group and to the sensitivity expected using this method at Auger [6].…”

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Search for GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro Scaler Data

Williams¹

2007

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Milagro is a wide field (2 sr) high duty cycle (>90%) ground-based water Cherenkov detector built to observe extensive air showers produced by high energy particles interacting in the Earth's atmosphere. Milagro records extensive air showers in the energy range 100 GeV to 100 TeV, as well as the counting rates of the individual photomultiplier tubes in the detector. The individual tube counting rates can be used to detect transient emission above ∼1 GeV. We have used the counting rate (scaler) data to search for high energy emission from a sample of 98 gamma-ray bursts (GRB) detected from January 2000 through June 2006 by BATSE, BeppoSax, HETE-2, INTEGRAL, Swift or the IPN. No evidence for emission from any of the bursts has been found, and we present fluence upper limits from these bursts.

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Search for GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro Scaler Data

Williams¹

2007

AIP Conference Proceedings

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“…These devices, implemented with few cubic meters of water and with one or more photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), record the Cherenkov radiation produced by charged crossing particles moving with a velocity greater than the speed of light in water. They are sensitive to the muonic and electromagnetic component of air showers [42], and also detectindirectly -high energy photons by pair production (γ → e ± ) [43][44][45]. The MuTe's WCD is a 3.2 mm thick stainless steel cube of 1.2 m sides, coated inside with Tyvek diffuser sheets, which enhance the reflectivity for the Cherenkov photons.…”

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Design and construction of MuTe: a hybrid Muon Telescope to study Colombian volcanoes

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We present a hybrid Muon Telescope, MuTe, designed and built for imaging active Colombian volcanoes. The MuTe has a resolution of tens of meters, low power consumption, robustness and transportability making it suitable for using in difficult access zones where active volcanoes usually are. The main feature of MuTe is the implementation of a hybrid detection technique combining two scintillation panels for particle tracking and a Water Cherenkov Detector for filtering background signals due to the electromagnetic component of extended air showers and multiple particle events. MuTe incorporates particle-identification techniques for reducing the background noise sources and a discrimination of fake events by a picosecond Time-of-Flight system. We also describe the mechanical behavior of the MuTe during typical tremors and wind conditions at the observation place, as well as the frontend electronics design and power consumption.

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“…Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) composed of up to several 100 m 2 large optical mirrors and photo-multiplier tube based cameras with hundreds to thousands of pixels have been proven most efficient to study gamma-ray induced atmospheric Cherenkov light, as they provide excellent angular resolution (< 0. WCDs are also operated using the "single particle technique" [81] which searches for a coincident increase of the detector rate in several detectors due to a transient phenomena, such as a gamma-ray bursts (e.g., LAGO [82], Auger [83]), yet so far without any success.…”

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“…Those include wavefront sampling of the atmospheric Cherenkov light employed by CELESTE, HiSCORE (see section 4.4) and HAGAR (see section 4.6), usage of scintillator detectors employed by Tibet ASγ and LHAASO (see section 4.5) or resistive plate chambers used by ARGO-YBL for EAS detection on ground. WCDs are also operated using the "single particle technique" [81] which searches for a coincident increase of the detector rate in several detectors due to a transient phenomena, such as a gamma-ray bursts (e.g., LAGO [82], Auger [83]), yet so far without any success.…”

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The future of gamma-ray astronomy

Knödlseder

2016

Comptes Rendus. Physique

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The field of gamma-ray astronomy has experienced impressive progress over the last decade. Thanks to the advent of a new generation of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS) and thanks to the launch of the Fermi-LAT satellite, several thousand gamma-ray sources are known today, revealing an unexpected ubiquity of particle acceleration processes in the Universe. Major scientific challenges are still ahead, such as the identification of the nature of Dark Matter, the discovery and understanding of the sources of cosmic rays, or the comprehension of the particle acceleration processes that are at work in the various objects. This paper presents some of the instruments and mission concepts that will address these challenges over the next decades.To cite this article: J. Knödlseder, C. R. Physique TBD (2015). RésuméLe domaine de l'astronomie gamma a connu des progrès impressionnants au cours de la dernière décennie. Grâceà l'avènement d'une nouvelle génération de télescopes Tcherenkov (H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS) et grâce au lancement du satellite Fermi-LAT, plusieurs milliers de sources de rayons gamma sont connus aujourd'hui, révélant une ubiquité inattendue des processus d'accélération de particules dans l'Univers. Toutefois, des questions scientifiques majeures restent en suspens, telles que l'identification de la nature de la matière sombre, la découverte et la compréhension des sources de rayons cosmiques, ou la compréhension des processus d'accélération de particules qui sontà l'oeuvre dans les différents astres. Cet article présente quelques-uns des instruments et des concepts de mission qui vont relever ces défis au cours des prochaines décennies.Pour citer cet article : J. Knödlseder, C. R. Physique TBD (2015).this horizon is of the size of our Galaxy [1]. Gamma rays interact with the Earth's atmosphere, hence their direct detection from the terrestrial surface is not possible. Gamma rays are thus either observed directly from space using detectors aboard satellites or stratospheric balloons, or indirectly from ground by detecting the electromagnetic cascades that are generated by gamma-ray induced pair production in the Earth atmosphere. Gamma-ray instruments comprise coded-mask telescopes for the low-energy range (e.g. INTEGRAL [2]), Compton telescopes for the medium-energy range (e.g. COMPTEL [3]), pair creation telescopes for the high-energy range (e.g. Fermi [4], AGILE [5]), Cherenkov telescopes for the very-high-energy range (e.g. H.E.S.S. [6], MAGIC [7], VERITAS [8], MILAGRO [9]), and charged particle detectors or integrating non-imaging Cherenkov detectors for the ultrahigh-energy range (e.g. AIROBICC [10]). For a review of these detection techniques, see [11,12] and references therein.Detection of the first celestial gamma-ray sources has been achieved in the late 1950ies in the low-energy domain [13], in the early 1960ies in the medium-energy [14] and high-energy domains [15], and in the late 1980ies in the very-high-energy domain [16]. Since then, improvements in instrumental pe...

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Detecting GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory using the single particle technique

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References 11 publications

Search for GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro Scaler Data

Search for GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro Scaler Data

Design and construction of MuTe: a hybrid Muon Telescope to study Colombian volcanoes

The future of gamma-ray astronomy

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