Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica

K. Yoshida, H. Kitamura, S. Torii, T. Tamura, K. Kasahara, J. Chang, I. Iijima, A. Kadokura, Y. Katayose, T. Kobayashi, Y. Komori, Y. Matsuzaka, K. Mizutani, H. Murakami, M. Namiki, J. Nishimura, S. Ohta, Y. Saito, M. Shibata, N. TateyamaT. Yamagami, H. Yamagishi, T. Yuda

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Since atmospheric gamma rays at high altitude are mainly produced by a single interaction of primary cosmic rays with atmospheric nuclei, they are very useful to study nuclear interaction models and atmospheric neutrinos. We have observed atmospheric gamma rays from 100 GeV to 1 TeV with PPB-BETS by a long duration balloon flight of Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) in Antarctica. The observation was carried out for 13 days at an altitudeof ∼35 km in January 2004. The detector of PPB-BETS is an imaging calorimeter composed of scintillating-fiber belts and plastic scintillators inserted between lead plates. We have collected 5.7×103 events over 100 GeV. The number of observed atmospheric gamma rays is 1.0×102 events in the energy range of 100 GeV to 1 TeV.

本文言語English
ページ53-56
ページ数4
出版ステータスPublished - 2005
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イベント29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005 - Pune, India
継続期間: 2005 8月 32005 8月 10

Conference

Conference29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005
国/地域India
CityPune
Period05/8/305/8/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 核物理学および高エネルギー物理学

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