Performance studies of the ALPACA experiment

ALPACA Collaboration

doi:10.22323/1.444.0766

Performance studies of the ALPACA experiment

ALPACA Collaboration

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Abstract

In the southern sky, there are many very high energy Galactic gamma-ray sources which have the possibility of cosmic-ray acceleration up to the PeV energy region (PeVatrons). Sub-PeV gamma rays are produced by interactions between PeV cosmic rays accelerated by PeVatrons and interstellar matter. Andes Large-area PArticle detector for Cosmic-ray physics and Astronomy (ALPACA), consisting of an air shower array(83,000 m²) and underground muon detectors(3,600 m²) located at the Mt. Chacaltaya plateau(4,740 m), near La Paz, Bolivia, observes high energy cosmic rays and gamma rays with a wide field of view in the southern sky. The performances of ALPACA for gamma-ray source are estimated with a Monte Carlo simulation in this work. As a result, we expect to significantly detect the most promising PeVatron candidate, the Galactic Center.

Original language	English
Article number	766
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	444
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.0766
State	Published - 27 Sep 2024
Event	38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: 26 Jul 2023 → 3 Aug 2023

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