Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica

K. Yoshida; H. Kitamura; S. Torii; T. Tamura; K. Kasahara; J. Chang; I. Iijima; A. Kadokura; Y. Katayose; T. Kobayashi; Y. Komori; Y. Matsuzaka; K. Mizutani; H. Murakami; M. Namiki; J. Nishimura; S. Ohta; Y. Saito; M. Shibata; N. Tateyama; T. Yamagami; H. Yamagishi; T. Yuda

Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica

K. Yoshida, H. Kitamura, S. Torii, T. Tamura, K. Kasahara, J. Chang, I. Iijima, A. Kadokura, Y. Katayose, T. Kobayashi, Y. Komori, Y. Matsuzaka, K. Mizutani, H. Murakami, M. Namiki, J. Nishimura, S. Ohta, Y. Saito, M. Shibata, N. TateyamaT. Yamagami, H. Yamagishi, T. Yuda

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Since atmospheric gamma rays at high altitude are mainly produced by a single interaction of primary cosmic rays with atmospheric nuclei, they are very useful to study nuclear interaction models and atmospheric neutrinos. We have observed atmospheric gamma rays from 100 GeV to 1 TeV with PPB-BETS by a long duration balloon flight of Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) in Antarctica. The observation was carried out for 13 days at an altitudeof ∼35 km in January 2004. The detector of PPB-BETS is an imaging calorimeter composed of scintillating-fiber belts and plastic scintillators inserted between lead plates. We have collected 5.7×10³ events over 100 GeV. The number of observed atmospheric gamma rays is 1.0×10² events in the energy range of 100 GeV to 1 TeV.

Original language	English
Pages	53-56
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005 - Pune, India Duration: 2005 Aug 3 → 2005 Aug 10

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Conference	29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005
Country/Territory	India
City	Pune
Period	05/8/3 → 05/8/10

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Yoshida, K., Kitamura, H., Torii, S., Tamura, T., Kasahara, K., Chang, J., Iijima, I., Kadokura, A., Katayose, Y., Kobayashi, T., Komori, Y., Matsuzaka, Y., Mizutani, K., Murakami, H., Namiki, M., Nishimura, J., Ohta, S., Saito, Y., Shibata, M., ... Yuda, T. (2005). Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica. 53-56. Paper presented at 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, Pune, India.

Yoshida, K, Kitamura, H, Torii, S, Tamura, T, Kasahara, K, Chang, J, Iijima, I, Kadokura, A, Katayose, Y, Kobayashi, T, Komori, Y, Matsuzaka, Y, Mizutani, K, Murakami, H, Namiki, M, Nishimura, J, Ohta, S, Saito, Y, Shibata, M, Tateyama, N, Yamagami, T, Yamagishi, H & Yuda, T 2005, 'Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica', Paper presented at 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2005, Pune, India, 05/8/3 - 05/8/10 pp. 53-56.

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Atmospheric gamma-ray observation over 100GeV with PPB-BETS by long duration balloon flight in Antarctica

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