The International Workshop on
Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy:
Neutrino Signals, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts

7-14 October 2015

Search for cosmic gamma rays with the Carpet-2 extensive air shower array D. D. Dzhappuev, V. B. Petkov, A. U. Kudzhaev, N. F. Klimenko, A. S. Lidvansky, S. V. Troitsky

Abstract

      The present-day status of the problem of searching for primary cosmic gamma rays at energies above 100 TeV is discussed, as well as a proposal for a new experiment in this field. It is shown that an increase of the area of the muon detector of the Carpet-2 air shower array up to 410 square meters, to be realized in 2016, will make this array quite competitive with past and existing experiments, especially at modest energies. Some preliminary results of measurements made with smaller area of the muon detector are presented together with estimates of expected results to be obtained with a coming large-area muon detector.

Reference:
D. D. Dzhappuev, V. B. Petkov, A. U. Kudzhaev, N. F. Klimenko, A. S. Lidvansky, S. V. Troitsky, "Search for cosmic gamma rays with the Carpet-2 extensive air shower array", in "Proceedings of the International Workshop on Quark Phase Transition in Compact Objects and Multimessenger Astronomy: Neutrino Signals, Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts", Russia, Nizhnij Arkhyz (SAO RAS), Terskol (BNO INR RAS), October, 7 - 14, 2015, Publishing house "Sneg", Pyatigorsk, 2016, ISBN 978-5-903129-85-0, pp. 30-36.
DOI: 10.26119/SAO.2020.1.51242
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