Highlights from the ARGO-YBJ experiment
- Autori: Aielli, G; Bacci, C; Bartoli, B; Bernardini, P; Bi, XJ; Bleve, C; Branchini, P; Budano, A; Bussino, S; Calabrese Melcarne, AK; Camarri, P; Cao, Z; Cappa, A; Cardarelli, R; Catalanotti, S; Cattaneo, C; Celio, P; Chen, SZ; Chen, TL; Chen, Y; Cheng, N; Creti, P; Cui, SW; Dai, BZ; D’AlìStaiti, G; Danzengluobu; Dattoli, M; De Mitri, I; D’Ettorre Piazzoli, B; De Vincenzi, M; Di Girolamo, T; Ding, XH; Di Sciascio, G; Feng, CF; Feng, ZYa; Feng, ZYo; Galeazzi, F; Galeotti, P; Gargana, R; Gou, QB; Guo, YQ; He, HH; Hu, HBi; Hu, HBo; Huang, Q; Iacovacci, M; Iuppa, R; James, J; Jia, HY; Labaciren; Li, HJ; Li, JY; Li, XX; Liberti, B; Liguori, G; Liu, C; Liu, CQ; Liu, MY; Liu, J; Lu, H; Ma, XH; Mancarella, G; Mari, SM; Marsella, G; Martello, D; Mastroianni, S; Meng, XR; Montini, P; Ning, CC; Pagliaro, A; Panareo, M; Perrone, L; Pistilli, P; Qu, XB; Rossi, E; Ruggieri, F; Saggese, L; Salvini, P; Santonico, R; Shen PR; Sheng, XD; Shi, F; Stanescu, C; Surdo, A; Tan, YH; Vallania, P; Vernetto, S; Vigorito, C; Wang, B; Wang, H; Wu, CY; Wu, HR; Xu, B; Xue, L; Yan, YX; Yang, QY; Yang, XC; Yuan, AF; Zha, M; Zhang, HM; Zhang, JLi; Zhang, JLo; Zhang, L; Zhang, P; Zhang, XY; Zhang, Y; Zhaxisangzhu; Zhou, XX; Zhu, FR; Zhu, QQ; Zizzi, G
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2012
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Resistive Plate Chambers, Extensive air showers, Ground-based g ray astronomy, Cosmic-ray physics
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/63684
Abstract
The ARGO-YBJ experiment at YangBaJing in Tibet (4300 m a.s.l.) has been taking data with its full layout since October 2007. Here we present a few significant results obtained in gamma-ray astronomy and cosmic-ray physics. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of gamma-ray emission from point-like sources (Crab Nebula, MRK 421), on the preliminary limit on the antiproton/proton flux ratio, on the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropy and on the proton–air cross-section. The performance of the detector is also discussed, and the perspectives of the experiment are outlined.