Airborne detector for astrophysical gamma-ray measurements

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Oct 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nimpa.295..261e&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 295, Issue 1-2, p. 261-267.

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A new method to measure high-energy gamma-rays from astronomical objects is presented. In this method we use commercial cargo airplanes to obtain an altitude near the shower maximum, i.e., ~10 km above sea level. Gamma-rays with energies greater than 40 GeV can be detected by a lead-glass-based detector which has a surface area of 1.41 m2. The directions of the gamma-rays are determined by using the directions of the secondary electrons (and positrons) in the showers. The angular resolution obtained by this method is considered to be approximately 1°. The detector is sensitive to the gamma-ray point sources.

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