Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 75-78, 2011
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21 Feb 2011
The possibilities of simultaneous detection of gamma rays, cosmic-ray electrons and positrons on the GAMMA-400 space observatory
A. M. Galper1,2, R. L. Aptekar3, I. V. Arkhangelskaya2, M. Boezio4, V. Bonvicini4, B. A. Dolgoshein2, M. O. Farber2, M. I. Fradkin1, V. Ya. Gecha5, V. A. Kachanov6, V. A. Kaplin2, E. P. Mazets3, A. L. Menshenin5, P. Picozza7, O. F. Prilutskii8, V. G. Rodin8, M. F. Runtso2, P. Spillantini9, S. I. Suchkov1, N. P. Topchiev1, A. Vacchi4, Yu. T. Yurkin2, N. Zampa4, and V. G. Zverev2
1Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Moscow, Russia
3Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
4Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy
5All-Russia Research Institute of Electromechanics and Iosifyan Plant, Moscow, Russia
6Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia
7Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2 and Physics Dep. of University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
8Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
9Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Abstract. The GAMMA-400 space observatory will provide precise measurements of gamma rays, electrons, and positrons in the energy range 0.1–3000 GeV. The good angular and energy resolutions, as well as identification capabilities (angular resolution ~0.01°, energy resolution ~1%, and proton rejection factor ~106) will allow us to study the main galactic and extragalactic sources, diffuse gamma-ray background, gamma-ray bursts, and to measure electron and positron fluxes. The peculiar characteristics of the experiment is simultaneous detection of gamma rays and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons, which can be connected with annihilation or decay of dark matter particles.

Citation: Galper, A. M., Aptekar, R. L., Arkhangelskaya, I. V., Boezio, M., Bonvicini, V., Dolgoshein, B. A., Farber, M. O., Fradkin, M. I., Gecha, V. Ya., Kachanov, V. A., Kaplin, V. A., Mazets, E. P., Menshenin, A. L., Picozza, P., Prilutskii, O. F., Rodin, V. G., Runtso, M. F., Spillantini, P., Suchkov, S. I., Topchiev, N. P., Vacchi, A., Yurkin, Yu. T., Zampa, N., and Zverev, V. G.: The possibilities of simultaneous detection of gamma rays, cosmic-ray electrons and positrons on the GAMMA-400 space observatory, Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 75-78, doi:10.5194/astra-7-75-2011, 2011.
 
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