The ARGO-YBJ experiment is in stable data taking since November 2007 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (Tibet, P.R.China, 4300 m a.s.l.). It exploits a full coverage and high altitude approach to the small air showers detection. The detector is made of a single layer of RPCs operated in streamer mode, fully instrumenting a central carpet of about 5700 m2, then a guard ring extends the partially instrumented area to about 11,000 m2. The large field of view (∼ 2 sr) and the high duty cycle (⩾ 85%) allow a continuous monitoring of the sky in the declination band from -10°to 70°; the detector operates with an energy threshold of a few hundred GeV. Recent achieved results will be reported.
The ARGO-YBJ contribution to the cosmic ray physics / Iacovacci, M.; Bartoli, B.; Catalanotti, S.; Di Girolamo, T.; D'Ettorre Piazzoli, B.; Mastroianni, S.. - In: NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS. - ISSN 0920-5632. - 212-213:(2011), pp. 59-67. (Intervento presentato al convegno SciNeGHE 2012 9th Workshop on Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-ray Experiments From high energy gamma sources to cosmic rays, one century after their discovery 20-22 June 2012 , Lecce (Italy) tenutosi a Lecce (It)) [10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2011.03.008].
The ARGO-YBJ contribution to the cosmic ray physics
M. Iacovacci;B. Bartoli;S. Catalanotti;T. Di Girolamo;B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli;S. Mastroianni
2011
Abstract
The ARGO-YBJ experiment is in stable data taking since November 2007 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (Tibet, P.R.China, 4300 m a.s.l.). It exploits a full coverage and high altitude approach to the small air showers detection. The detector is made of a single layer of RPCs operated in streamer mode, fully instrumenting a central carpet of about 5700 m2, then a guard ring extends the partially instrumented area to about 11,000 m2. The large field of view (∼ 2 sr) and the high duty cycle (⩾ 85%) allow a continuous monitoring of the sky in the declination band from -10°to 70°; the detector operates with an energy threshold of a few hundred GeV. Recent achieved results will be reported.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
