The GAMMA-400 experiment: Status and prospects

Topchiev N. P.; Galper A. M.; Bonvicini V.; Adriani O.; Aptekar R. L.; Arkhangelskaja I. V.; Arkhangelskiy A. I.; Bergstrom L.; Berti E.; Bigongiari G.; Bobkov S. G.; Bogomolov E. A.; Boezio M.; Bongi M.; Bonechi S.; Bottai S.; Boyarchuk K. A.; Vacchi A.; Vannuccini E.; Vasilyev G. I.; Castellini G.; Cattaneo P. W.; Cumani P.; Dedenko G. L.; Dogiel V. A.; De Donato C.; Hnatyk B. I.; Gorbunov M. S.; Gusakov Y. V.; Zampa N.; Zverev V. G.; Zirakashvili V. N.; Kadilin V. V.; Kaplin V. A.; Kaplun A. A.; Korepanov V. E.; Larsson J.; Leonov A. A.; Loginov V. A.; Longo F.; Maestro P.; Marrocchesi P. S.; Mikhailov V. V.; Mocchiutti E.; Moiseev A. A.; Mori N.; Moskalenko I. V.; Naumov P. Y.; Papini P.; Picozza P.; Pearce M.; Popov A. V.; Ryde F.; Rappoldi A.; Ricciarini S.; Runtso M. F.; Serdin O. V.; Sparvoli R.; Spillantini P.; Suchkov S. I.; Tavani M.; Taraskin A. A.; Tiberio A.; Tyurin E. M.; Ulanov M. V.; Fuglesang C.; Kheymits M. D.; Yurkin Y. T.

The GAMMA-400 experiment: Status and prospects

Topchiev N. P.

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Galper A. M.

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Bonvicini V.

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Yurkin Y. T.

2015

journal article

Periodico

BULLETIN OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. PHYSICS

Abstract

The development of the GAMMA-400 γ-ray telescope continues. The GAMMA-400 is designed to measure fluxes of γ-rays and the electron-positron cosmic-ray component possibly associated with annihilation or decay of dark matter particles; and to search for and study in detail discrete γ-ray sources, to measure the energy spectra of Galactic and extragalactic diffuse γ-rays, and to study γ-ray bursts and γ-rays from the active Sun. The energy range for measuring γ-rays and electrons (positrons) is from 100 MeV to 3000 GeV. For 100-GeV γ-rays, the γ-ray telescope has an angular resolution of ∼0.01°, an energy resolution of ∼1%, and a proton rejection factor of ∼5 × 105. The GAMMA-400 will be installed onboard the Russian Space Observatory.