Background modelling in very-high-energy γ-ray astronomy

2006/10/31 by D. Berge, S. Funk, J. A. Hinton +1 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Background subtraction #Cherenkov Telescope Array #Cherenkov radiation #Context (archaeology) #Cosmic ray #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Detector #Gamma ray #Gamma-ray astronomy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geography #Optics #Physics #Telescope #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066674

published as Astron.Astrophys.466:1219-1229,2007 · 13 pages, 10 figures, submitted to A&A

arxiv created 2006/10/31 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.Ground based Cherenkov telescope systems measure astrophysical γ-ray emission against a background of cosmic-ray induced air showers. The subtraction of this background is a major challenge for the extraction of spectra and morphology of γ-ray sources.

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