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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Search for gamma ray bursts with the ARGO-YBJ detector in scaler mode
The Argo Ybj C.o.l.l.a.b.o.r.a.t.i.o.n.g. Aielli ABC. Bacci CDB. Bartoli EFP. Bernardini GHX. J. Bi IC. Bleve GHP. Branchini DA. Budano DS. Bussino CDA. K. Calabrese Melcarne XP. Camarri ABZ. Cao IA. Cappa JKR. Cardarelli BS. Catalanotti FEC. Cattaneo LP. Celio CDS. Z. Chen IY. Chen IN. Cheng IP. Creti HS. W. CuimB. Z. Dai OG. D’alí Staiti NPDanzengluobu QM. Dattoli JR KI. De Mitri GHB. D’ettorre Piazzoli FEM. Devincenzi CDT. Di Girolamo FEX. H. Ding QG. Di Sciascio BC. F. Feng SZhaoyangfeng IZhenyong Feng TF. Galeazzi DP. Galeotti JRR. Gargana DQ. B. Gou IY. Q. Guo IH. H. He IHaibing HuqHongbo HuiQ. Huang TM. Iacovacci FER. Iuppa ABI. James CDH. Y. Jia TLabaciren QH. J. Li QJ. Y. Li SX. X. Li IB. Liberti BG. Liguori LUC. Liu IC. Q. Liu OM. Y. LiumJ. Liu OH. LuiX. H. MaiG. MancarellagHD CG. Marsella HVD. Martello GHS. Mastroianni EX. R. Meng QP. Montini CDC. C. Ning QA. Pagliaro NWM. Panareo HVL. Perrone HVP. Pistilli CDX. B. Qu SE. Rossi EF. Ruggieri DL. Saggese FEP. Salvini LR. Santonico ABP. R. Shen IX. D. Sheng IF. Shi IC. Stanescu DA. Surdo HY. H. Tan IP. Vallania JKS. Vernetto JKC. Vigorito JRB. WangiH. Wang IC. Y. WuiH. R. WuiB. XutL. XuesY. X. YanmQ. Y. Yang OX. C. Yang OA. F. Yuan QM. Zha IH. M. Zhang IJilong Zhang IJianli Zhang IL. Zhang OP. Zhang OX. Y. Zhang SY. Zhang IZhaxisangzhu QX. X. Zhou TF. R. Zhu IQ. Q. Zhu IG. Zizzi GH.Stefano Maria Marisubject
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsGamma ray burstAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAir shower arrayAstrophysicsArgo-YbjSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaObservatoryGamma Rays ObservationsInstrumentationZenithArgoPhysicsRange (particle radiation)Apparati di sciameDetectorSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleGamma rayGamma ray bursts Air shower arraysMode (statistics)Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsRedshiftAir showerSpace and Planetary ScienceGamma Ray Bursts Gamma Ray EmissionAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGamma-ray burstdescription
We report on the search for Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the prompt emission detected by satellites using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) air shower detector. Thanks to its mountain location (Yangbajing, Tibet, P.R. China, 4300 m a.s.l.), active surface (about 6700 m**2 of Resistive Plate Chambers), and large field of view (about 2 sr, limited only by the atmospheric absorption), the ARGO-YBJ air shower detector is particularly suitable for the detection of unpredictable and short duration events such as GRBs. The search is carried out using the "single particle technique", i.e. counting all the particles hitting the detector without measurement of the energy and arrival direction of the primary gamma rays. Between 2004 December 17 and 2009 April 7, 81 GRBs detected by satellites occurred within the field of view of ARGO-YBJ (zenith angle 1 GeV counterpart in the ARGO-YBJ data finding no statistically significant emission. With a lack of detected spectra in this energy range fluence upper limits are profitable, especially when the redshift is known and the correction for the extragalactic absorption can be considered. The obtained fluence upper limits reach values as low as 10**{-5} erg cm**{-2} in the 1-100 GeV energy region. Besides this individual search for a higher energy counterpart, a statistical study of the stack of all the GRBs both in time and in phase was made, looking for a common feature in the GRB high energy emission. No significant signal has been detected.
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| 2009-05-08 |