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Cosmic Ray Tracking — A New Approach To High Energy γ — Astronomy

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Cosmic Gamma Rays, Neutrinos, and Related Astrophysics

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A new type of Extensive Air Shower (EAS) array is proposed which is based on the measurement of individual cosmic ray tracks and muon identification. Air showers can be detected in the range from 1012 eV up to the highest energies. The direction of the primary γ-ray will be reconstructed with accuracies typically in the range of 0.1° to 0.3°. The sensitivity for the detection of point sources will be improved by about a factor of 100 in comparison to existing conventional EAS arrays or Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescopes.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut der, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 12, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    J. Heintze, P. Lennert, S. Polenz & B. Schmidt

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    W. Brückner, B. Povh & J. Spitzer

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Maurice M. Shapiro

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    John P. Wefel

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Heintze, J. et al. (1989). Cosmic Ray Tracking — A New Approach To High Energy γ — Astronomy. In: Shapiro, M.M., Wefel, J.P. (eds) Cosmic Gamma Rays, Neutrinos, and Related Astrophysics. NATO ASI Series, vol 270. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0921-2_28

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