Simulation based evaluation of the designs of the Advanced Gamma-ray Imageing System (AGIS)

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Abstract

The AGIS project under design study, is a large array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes for gamma-rays astronomy between 40GeV and 100 TeV. In this paper we present the ongoing simulation effort to model the considered design approaches as a function of the main parameters such as array geometry, telescope optics and camera design in such a way the gamma ray observation capabilities can be optimized against the overall project cost.

Authors

  • Slava Bugaev

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • James Buckley

    • Washington University
    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Seth Digel

    • SLAC
    • Stanford/SLAC Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics

  • Stephen Funk

    • Stanford/SLAC Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics

  • Alex Konopelko

    • Pittsburg State University

  • Henric Krawczynski

    • Washington University

  • Stephan Le Bohec

    • University of Utah

  • Gernot Maier

    • McGill University

  • Vladimir Vassiliev

    • UCLA