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Study on the separation of 100 TeVγ-rays from cosmic rays for the Tibet ASγexperiment

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A γ/hadron separation analysis is described for the observed air shower events with primary energy above 100 TeV based on the Tibet AS γdetector configuration. The shower age and size parameters are fitted from the measured lateral density distribution and used as discrimination variables. According to the MC simulation while taking into account the systematic uncertainty estimated from data and MC comparison, it is found that 70% of the cosmic ray (CR) background can be rejected while more than 78% of the γ-rays can be retained. Sensitivity for 100 TeV γ-rays observation can thus be improved by at least 40%.
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FENG Zhao-Yang, ZHANG Yi, LIU Cheng, FAN Chao, LI Hong-Chao, WANG Bo, WU Han-Rong, HU Hong-Bo, LU Hong and TAN You-Heng. Study on the separation of 100 TeV γ-rays from cosmic rays for the Tibet AS γexperiment[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2011, 35(2): 153-157. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/35/2/009

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Received: 2010-03-01
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Study on the separation of 100 TeVγ-rays from cosmic rays for the Tibet ASγexperiment

Received Date:2010-03-01
Accepted Date:2010-07-13
Available Online:2011-02-05

Abstract:Aγ/hadron separation analysis is described for the observed air shower events with primary energy above 100 TeV based on the Tibet ASγdetector configuration. The shower age and size parameters are fitted from the measured lateral density distribution and used as discrimination variables. According to the MC simulation while taking into account the systematic uncertainty estimated from data and MC comparison, it is found that 70% of the cosmic ray (CR) background can be rejected while more than 78% of theγ-rays can be retained. Sensitivity for 100 TeVγ-rays observation can thus be improved by at least 40%.