Title
Development of a high altitude LAGO site in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Proceedings of Science (PoS)
Abstract
The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) Project is an extended Cosmic Ray Observatory mainly oriented to perform basic research in three branches: high energy phenomena, space weather and atmospheric radiation at ground level. To observe the high energy component (over 10 GeV) of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs), the LAGO Collaboration is installing Water Cherenkov Detectors ) in high altitude sites. Extensive Air Showers produced in the atmosphere by Gamma Ray Bursts high energy photons could be detected by WCD arrays given their good sensitivity to secondary photons and other particles in the cascades, by looking for excesses over the secondary particle flux. In this work the current developments to build and characterize a high altitude (>4600 m a.s.l.) LAGO site at the central highlands of Peru are described.
Volume
30-July-2015
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Meteorología y ciencias atmosféricas
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Geografía física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84988734906
Source
Proceedings of Science
ISSN of the container
18248039
Conference
34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2015 The Hague 30 July 2015 through 6 August 2015
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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