Carpet results on astrophysical gamma rays above 100 TeV

2019/07/25 by D. D. Dzhappuev, I. M. Dzaparova, Dzhappuev, D. D. +31
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1907.10893

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Abstract

Carpet is an air-shower array at Baksan, Russia, equipped with a large-area muon detector, which makes it possible to separate primary photons from hadrons. We report first results of the search for primary photons with energies E>100 TeV. The experiment's ongoing upgrade and future sensitivity are also discussed.

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