The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope for precision gamma-ray emission investigations

Topchiev N. P.; Galper A. M.; Bonvicini V.; Adriani O.; Aptekar R. L.; Arkhangelskaja I. V.; Arkhangelskiy A. I.; Bakaldin A. V.; Bergstrom L.; Berti E.; Bigongiari G.; Bobkov S. G.; Boezio M.; Bogomolov E. A.; Bonechi L.; Bongi M.; Bottai S.; Castellini G.; Cattaneo P. W.; Cumani P.; Dalkarov O. D.; Dedenko G. L.; De Donato C.; Dogiel V. A.; Finetti N.; Gascon D.; Gorbunov M. S.; Gusakov Y. V.; Hnatyk B. I.; Kadilin V. V.; Kaplin V. A.; Kaplun A. A.; Kheymits M. D.; Korepanov V. E.; Larsson J.; Leonov A. A.; Loginov V. A.; Longo F.; Maestro P.; Marrocchesi P. S.; Martinez M.; Men'Shenin A. L.; Mikhailov V. V.; Mocchiutti E.; Moiseev A. A.; Mori N.; Moskalenko I. V.; Naumov P. Y.; Papini P.; Paredes J. M.; Pearce M.; Picozza P.; Rappoldi A.; Ricciarini S.; Runtso M. F.; Ryde F.; Serdin O. V.; Sparvoli R.; Spillantini P.; Stozhkov Y. I.; Suchkov S. I.; Taraskin A. A.; Tavani M.; Tiberio A.; Tyurin E. M.; Ulanov M. V.; Vacchi A.; Vannuccini E.; Vasilyev G. I.; Ward J. E.; Yurkin Y. T.; Zampa N.; Zirakashvili V. N.; Zverev V. G.

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope for precision gamma-ray emission investigations

Topchiev N. P.

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Galper A. M.

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Bonvicini V.

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Zverev V. G.

2016

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Abstract

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope with excellent angular and energy resolutions is designed to search for signatures of dark matter in the fluxes of gamma-ray emission and electrons + positrons. Precision investigations of gamma-ray emission from Galactic Center, Crab, Vela, Cygnus, Geminga, and other regions will be performed, as well as diffuse gamma-ray emission, along with measurements of high-energy electron + positron and nuclei fluxes. Furthermore, it will study gamma-ray bursts and gamma-ray emission from the Sun during periods of solar activity. The GAMMA-400 energy range is expected to be from ∼20 MeV up to TeV energies for gamma rays, up to 10 TeV for electrons + positrons, and up to 1015 eV for cosmic-ray nuclei. For 100-GeV gamma rays, the GAMMA-400 angular resolution is ∼0.01° and energy resolution is ∼1%; the proton rejection factor is ∼5x105. GAMMA-400 will be installed onboard the Russian space observatory.