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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Early warning for VHE gamma-ray flares with the ARGO-YBJ detector

Y. Q. GuoB. D'ettorre PiazzoliHaibing HuH. J. LiH. R. WuC. BleveY. ZhangL. XueX. B. QuD. MartelloC. StanescuChang-chun NingB. BartoliR. SantonicoR. SantonicoZhaoyang FengX. H. DingHong-peng LuJilong ZhangF. GaleazziB. Z. DaiF. R. ZhuY. X. YanL. ZhangF. RuggieriPiero VallaniaB. PanicoB. PanicoF. ShiY. H. TanZhenyong FengC. LiuP. BranchiniDanzengluobuX. C. YangM. DattoliM. DattoliA. K. Calabrese MelcarneHongbo HuP. PistilliP. PistilliX. X. ZhouC. Y. WuM. IacovacciM. ZhaX. H. MaA. SurdoR. CardarelliC. F. FengM. PanareoJ. K. K. LiuA. CappaG. MarsellaBingwei XuE. GirolettiE. GirolettiX. Y. ZhangZhiguo YaoH. H. HeQ. Q. ZhuQ. B. GouA. F. YuanMinghui LiuP. CretiP. GaleottiP. GaleottiA. BudanoP. SalviniLabacirenJianli ZhangA. PagliaroI. De MitriX. D. ShengP. R. ShenPaolo BernardiniS. MastroianniT. Di GirolamoT. L. ChenH. M. ZhangP. CelioP. CelioQ. HuangQ. Y. YangI. BologninoI. BologninoG. LiguoriG. LiguoriZhaxicirenG. ZizziJ. Y. LiG. Di SciascioC. X. LiuH. W. WangG. D'alí StaitiG. D'alí StaitiY. B. ChenH. Y. JiaCarlo VigoritoCarlo VigoritoIrina JamesIrina JamesG. MancarellaPaolo CamarriPaolo CamarriL. PerroneZihuang CaoX. X. LiB. S. WangZhaxisangzhuS. M. MariS. M. MariP. F. ZhangX. J. BiS. Z. ChenC. CattaneoE. RossiPaolo MontiniPaolo MontiniR. IuppaR. IuppaS. VernettoS. CatalanottiS. W. Cui

subject

Wide field of viewNuclear and High Energy PhysicsMonitoringAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaARGO-YBJFlaring phenomenonVHE extragalactic sourceAstrophysicsSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaInstrumentationSorgenti VHE extragalatticheArgoCherenkov radiationPhysicsFenomeni transientiWarning systemDetectorSettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsGamma rayMonitoring Flaring PhenomenonAstronomyWide fieldDuty cycleAmpio campo di vistaFlaring phenomena VHE extragalactic sources Gamma Ray Bursts Large Field of view telescope ARGO-YBJGamma-ray burst

description

Detecting and monitoring emissions from flaring gamma-ray sources in the very-high-energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) band is a very important topic in gamma-ray astronomy. The ARGO-YBJ detector is characterized by a high duty cycle and a wide field of view. Therefore, it is particularly capable of detecting flares from extragalactic objects. Based on fast reconstruction and analysis, real-time monitoring of 33 selected VHE extragalactic sources is implemented. Flares exceeding a specific threshold are reported timely, hence enabling the follow-up observation of these objects using more sensitive detectors, such as Cherenkov telescopes. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-01-01
10.1016/j.nima.2011.09.013http://hdl.handle.net/2108/79813