Search for short bursts of gamma rays with SGARFACE

M. Schroedter, H. Manseri, S. Lebohec, F. Krennrich, C. Dowdall, A. Falcone, S. Fegan, D. Horan, A. Smith, J. Toner, T. Weekes

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Abstract

The Short GAmma Ray Front Air Cherenkov Experiment (SGARFACE) is designed to search for bursts of γ rays above 200 MeV lasting from 1 ns to 16 μs. The custom-designed trigger and dataacquisition system is coupled to the camera on the Whipple 10m telescope, an air-Cherenkov telescope in southern Arizona. The experiment has operated for more than 3 years during which time about 1 million events were recorded. Rejection of the cosmic-ray background and of atmospheric phenomena is accomplished through time-resolved imaging of the recorded Cherenkov light. Potential sources of bursts of γ rays are the final explosion of primordial black holes within about 200 pc and γ-ray emission accompanying giant radio pulses. Results of the search for explosions of primordial black holes will be given in a future publication.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages783-786
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2007
Event30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Duration: Jul 3 2007Jul 11 2007

Other

Other30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityMerida, Yucatan
Period7/3/077/11/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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