Water Cherenkov Detectors response to a Gamma Ray Burst in the Large Aperture GRB Observatory

Autor:	Allard, D., Alvarez, C., Asorey, H., Barros, H., Bertou, X., Castillo, M., Chirinos, J. M., De Castro, A., Flores, S., Gonzalez, J., Berisso, M. Gomez, Grajales, J., Guada, C., Day, W. R. Guevara, Ishitsuka, J., Lopez, J. A., Martinez, O., Melfo, A., Meza, E., Loza, P. Miranda, Barbosa, E. Moreno, Murrugarra, C., Nunez, L. A., Ormachea, L. J. Otiniano, Perez, G., Perez, Y., Ponce, E., Quispe, J., Quintero, C., Rivera, H., Rosales, M., Rovero, A. C., Saavedra, O., Salazar, H., Tello, J. C., Peralda, R. Ticona, Varela, E., Velarde, A., Villasenor, L., Wahl, D., Zamalloa, M. A.
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	In order to characterise the behaviour of Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) under a sudden increase of 1 GeV - 1 TeV background photons from a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB), simulations were conducted and compared to data acquired by the WCD of the Large Aperture GRB Observatory (LAGO). The LAGO operates arrays of WCD at high altitude to detect GRBs using the single particle technique. The LAGO sensitivity to GRBs is derived from the reported simulations of the gamma initiated particle showers in the atmosphere and the WCD response to secondaries. Comment: 5 pages, proceeding of the 31st ICRC 2009
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0820 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv