Simulation of possibility of detecting gamma rays emitted from crab by Alborz-I array
Crab Nebula, as an active source of high energy gamma-rays, is a common standard source used for calibrating different gamma-ray telescopes and observatories. Since gamma rays with energies above 100 TeV from crab is reported, it is possible to detect gamma rays emitted from this nebula by a suitabl...
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doaj-8c152e15aaff44898c55a86dea6b36ed2021-04-21T05:12:59ZengIsfahan University of TechnologyIranian Journal of Physics Research1682-69572345-36642021-02-0120471171610.47176/ijpr.20.4.710991662Simulation of possibility of detecting gamma rays emitted from crab by Alborz-I arrayY Pezeshkian0A Laletaheri11. Department of Physics, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran 2. Alborz Observatory, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Department of Physics, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran Crab Nebula, as an active source of high energy gamma-rays, is a common standard source used for calibrating different gamma-ray telescopes and observatories. Since gamma rays with energies above 100 TeV from crab is reported, it is possible to detect gamma rays emitted from this nebula by a suitable ground based detector array. Alborz-I array is designed to study cosmic rays with energies around the knee of cosmic ray spectrum. In this paper, it is shown that the current location and configuration of Alborz-I, makes it impossible to detect Crab gamma rays. Our simulation shows that the average rate of gamma particle detection reaches to something above 1 gamma particle in 2 years, which is very difficult to distinguish from cosmic ray background. Finally some proposals to constructing an array with capability of detecting Crab gamma rays are presented.http://ijpr.iut.ac.ir/article_1662_a2b6caa70b1591231db91c9af999a0df.pdfcosmic rayscrab nebulaalborz observatorygamma ray astronomy |
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Simulation of possibility of detecting gamma rays emitted from
crab by Alborz-I array |
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Simulation of possibility of detecting gamma rays emitted from
crab by Alborz-I array |
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Simulation of possibility of detecting gamma rays emitted from
crab by Alborz-I array |
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crab by Alborz-I array |
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crab by Alborz-I array |
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crab by alborz-i array |
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Isfahan University of Technology |
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Iranian Journal of Physics Research |
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1682-6957 2345-3664 |
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Crab Nebula, as an active source of high energy gamma-rays, is a common standard source used for calibrating different gamma-ray telescopes and observatories. Since gamma rays with energies above 100 TeV from crab is reported, it is possible to detect gamma rays emitted from this nebula by a suitable ground based detector array. Alborz-I array is designed to study cosmic rays with energies around the knee of cosmic ray spectrum. In this paper, it is shown that the current location and configuration of Alborz-I, makes it impossible to detect Crab gamma rays. Our simulation shows that the average rate of gamma particle detection reaches to something above 1 gamma particle in 2 years, which is very difficult to distinguish from cosmic ray background. Finally some proposals to constructing an array with capability of detecting Crab gamma rays are presented. |
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cosmic rays crab nebula alborz observatory gamma ray astronomy |
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