Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-06-09
Astropart.Phys.15:29-47,2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
30 pages, 5 postscript figures, uses elsart.sty; To appear in Astroparticle Physics
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0927-6505(00)00137-7
Atmospheric \v{C}erenkov Technique is an established methodology to study $TeV$ energy gamma rays. However the challenging problem has always been the poor signal to noise ratio due to the presence of abundant cosmic rays. Several ingenious techniques have been employed to alleviate this problem, most of which are centred around the \v{C}erenkov image characteristics. However there are not many techniques available for improving the signal to noise ratio of the data from wavefront sampling observations. One such possible technique is to use the \v{C}erenkov photon arrival times and identify the species dependent characteristics in them. Here we carry out systematic monte carlo simulation studies of the timing information of \v{C}erenkov photons at the observation level. We have parameterized the shape of the \v{C}erenkov shower front as well as the pulse shapes in terms of experimentally measurable quantities. We demonstrate the sensitivity of the curvature of the shower front, pulse shape parameters as well as the photon arrival time jitter to primary species and show their efficiency in improving the signal to noise ratio. The effect of limiting the \v{C}erenkov telescope opening angle by using a circular focal point mask, onthe efficacy of the parameters has also been studied for each of the parameters. Radius of the shower front, pulse decay time and photon arrival time jitter have been found to be the most promising parameters which could be used to discriminate $\gamma -$ray events from the background. We also find that the efficiency of the first two parameters increases with zenith angle and efficiency of pulse decay time decreases with increasing altitude of observation.
Bhat Narayan P.
Chitnis Varsha R.
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