Expected sensitivity of ARGO-YBJ to detect point gamma-ray sources

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dc.creatorVernetto, S.
dc.creatorBleve, C.
dc.creatorDi Girolamo, T.
dc.creatorDi Sciascio, G
dc.creatorMartello, D.
dc.date2003-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:08:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:08:43Z
dc.descriptionARGO-YBJ is a full coverage air shower detector currently under construction at the Yangbajing Laboratory (4300 m a.s.l., Tibet, China). First data obtained with a subset of the apparatus will be available in summer 2003 while the full detector operation is expected in 2005. One of the main aims of ARGO-YBJ is the observation of gamma-ray sources, at an energy threshold of a few hundreds GeV. In this paper we present the expected sensitivity to detect point gamma ray sources, with particular attention to the Crab Nebula. According to our simulations a Crab-like signal could be detected in one year of operation with a statistical significance of 10 standard deviations, without any gamma/hadron discrimination.
dc.description4 pages, 2 Postscript figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306136
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0306136
dc.identifierProceedings ICRC 2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/6166
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleExpected sensitivity of ARGO-YBJ to detect point gamma-ray sources
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