Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 136, 2017
RICAP16, 6th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics
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Article Number | 01003 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Particle and Astroparticle | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713601003 | |
Published online | 23 March 2017 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713601003
Rare Events searches with Cherenkov Telescopes
University and INFN Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, ( Italy )
a e-mail: michele.doro@pd.infn.it
Published online: 23 March 2017
Ground-based Imaging Cherenkov Telescope Arrays observe the Cherenkov radiation emitted in extended atmospheric showers generated by cosmic gamma rays in the TeV regime. The rate of these events is normally overwhelmed by 2–3 orders of magnitude more abundant cosmic rays induced showers. A large fraction of these “back-ground” events is vetoed at the on-line trigger level, but a substantial fraction still goes through data acquisition system and is saved for the off-line reconstruction. What kind of information those events carry, normally rejected in the analysis? Is there the possibility that an exotic signature is hidden in those data? In the contribution, some science cases, and the problems related to the event reconstruction for the current and future generation of these telescopes will be discussed.
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