scholarly journals Development of large-area drift chambers for high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reshmi Mukherjee ◽  
D. L. Bertsch ◽  
Rajani Cuddapah ◽  
Brenda L. Dingus ◽  
Joseph A. Esposito ◽  
...  
1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Mukherjee ◽  
B.L. Dingus ◽  
J.A. Esposito ◽  
D.L. Bertsch ◽  
R. Cuddapah ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
pp. 309-314
Author(s):  
F. LONGO ◽  
P. AZZI ◽  
D. BASTIERI ◽  
P. BUSETTO ◽  
Y. LEI ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1460174
Author(s):  
PAK-HIN THOMAS TAM

The extended high-energy gamma-ray (>100 MeV) emission occurring after the prompt gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is usually characterized by a single power-law spectrum, which has been explained as the afterglow synchrotron radiation. We report on the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observations of the >100 MeV emission from the very bright and nearby GRB 130427A, up to ~100 GeV. By performing time-resolved spectral fits of GRB 130427A, we found a strong evidence of an extra hard spectral component above a few GeV that exists in the extended high-energy emission of this GRB. This extra spectral component may represent the first clear evidence of the long sought-after afterglow inverse Compton emission. Prospects for observations at the very high-energy gamma-rays, i.e., above 100 GeV, are described.


1971 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 75-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Delvaille ◽  
K. Greisen ◽  
D. Koch ◽  
B. McBreen ◽  
G. Fazio ◽  
...  

Experimental upper limits of the high-energy gamma-ray flux (above 100 MeV) from point sources are about 10−5 cm−2 s−1, and realistic theoretical predictions for the strongest sources are an order of magnitude lower than this, while the diffuse background flux is about 4 × 10−5 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 in space, and 100 times higher at balloon altitudes. To meet the need for instrumental sensitivity and angular resolution adequate to measure the small but important gamma-ray source strengths, a telescope of large area (5 m2) and fine angular discrimination (0.5 deg at 300 MeV, 0.3 deg at energies above 1 GeV) has been developed.


1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Preece ◽  
M. S. Briggs ◽  
W. S. Paciesas ◽  
G. N. Pendleton ◽  
C. Kouveliotou ◽  
...  

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