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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The ground-based large-area wide-angle γ-ray and cosmic-ray experiment HiSCORE |
Other Titles: | The ground-based large-area wide-angle gamma-ray and cosmic-ray experiment HiSCORE |
Author: | Tluczykont, M. Hampf, D. Horns, D. Kneiske, T. Eichler, R. Nachtigall, R. Rowell, G. |
Citation: | Advances in Space Research, 2011; 48(12):1935-1941 |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0273-1177 1879-1948 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin Tluczykont, Daniel Hampf, Dieter Horns, Tanja Kneiske, Robert Eichler, Rayk Nachtigall and Gavin Rowell |
Abstract: | The question of the origin of cosmic rays and other questions of astroparticle and particle physics can be addressed with indirect air-shower observations above 10 TeV primary energy. We propose to explore the cosmic ray and γ-ray sky (accelerator sky) in the energy range from 10 TeV to 1 EeV with the new ground-based large-area wide angle (ΔΩ ∼ 0.85 sterad) air-shower detector HiSCORE (Hundred i Square-km Cosmic ORigin Explorer). The HiSCORE detector is based on non-imaging air-shower Cherenkov light-front sampling using an array of light-collecting stations. A full detector simulation and basic reconstruction algorithms have been used to assess the performance of HiSCORE. First prototype studies for different hardware components of the detector array have been carried out. The resulting sensitivity of HiSCORE to γ-rays will be comparable to CTA at 50 TeV and will extend the sensitive energy range for γ-rays up to the PeV regime. HiSCORE will also be sensitive to charged cosmic rays between 100 TeV and 1 EeV. © 2011 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Cosmic rays Gamma-rays Gamma-rays: instrumentation Cosmic rays: instrumentation Extensive air showers |
Rights: | Copyright 2011 COSPAR |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.asr.2011.08.004 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2011.08.004 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 IPAS publications |
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