TeV gamma-ray survey of the Northern sky using the ARGO-YBJ detector

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TeV gamma-ray survey of the Northern sky using the ARGO-YBJ detector

The Collaboration Argo-ybj B. Bartoli P. Bernardini X. J. Bi I. Bolognino P. Branchini A. Budano A. K. Calabrese Melcarne P. Camarri Z. Cao R. Cardarelli S. Catalanotti S. Z. Chen T. L. Chen Y. Chen P. Creti S. W. Cui B. Z. Dai A. Damone Danzengluobu I. Mitri B. Dettorre Piazzoli T. Di Girolamo X. H. Ding G. Di Sciascio C. F. Feng Zhaoyang Feng Zhenyong Feng Q. B. Gou Y. Q. Guo H. H. He Haibing Hu Hongbo Hu Q. Huang M. Iacovacci R. Iuppa H. Y. Jia Labaciren H. J. Li J. Y. Li X. X. Li G. Liguori C. Liu C. Q. Liu J. Liu M. Y. Liu H. Lu L. L. Ma X. H. Ma G. Mancarella S. M. Mari G. Marsella D. Martello S. Mastroianni P. Montini C. C. Ning M. Panareo B. Panico L. Perrone P. Pistilli F. Ruggieri P. Salvini R. Santonico S. N. Sbano P. R. Shen X. D. Sheng F. Shi A. Surdo Y. H. Tan Piero Vallania S. Vernetto C. Vigorito B. Wang H. Wang C. Y. Wu H. R. Wu B. Xu L. Xue Q. Y. Yang X. C. Yang Z. G. Yao A. F. Yuan M. Zha H. M. Zhang Jilong Zhang Jianli Zhang L. Zhang P. Zhang X. Y. Zhang Y. Zhang J. Zhao Zhaxiciren Zhaxisangzhu X. X. Zhou F. R. Zhu Q. Q. Zhu G. Zizzi

subject

Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena media_common.quotation_subject FOS: Physical sciences Flux Field of view Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Gamma rays: general – surveys 01 natural sciences Declination 0103 physical sciences Absorption (logic)010303 astronomy & astrophysics media_common High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Gamma ray Astronomy and Astrophysics general – su [gamma rays]Air shower Extragalactic background light 13. Climate action Space and Planetary Science Sky general – surveys [Gamma rays]Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

description

The ARGO-YBJ detector is an extensive air shower array that has been used to monitor the northern $\gamma$-ray sky at energies above 0.3 TeV from 2007 November to 2013 January. In this paper, we present the results of a sky survey in the declination band from $-10^{\circ}$ to $70^{\circ}$, using data recorded over the past five years. With an integrated sensitivity ranging from 0.24 to $\sim$1 Crab units depending on the declination, six sources have been detected with a statistical significance greater than 5 standard deviations. Several excesses are also reported as potential $\gamma$-ray emitters. The features of each source are presented and discussed. Additionally, $95\%$ confidence level upper limits of the flux from the investigated sky region are shown. Specific upper limits for 663 GeV $\gamma$-ray AGNs inside the ARGO-YBJ field of view are reported. The effect of the absorption of $\gamma$-rays due to the interaction with extragalactic background light is estimated.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2013-11-13

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2013arXiv1311.3376T