1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Observation of gamma-rays in 10GeV region with SUBARU telescope
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09640374
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
素粒子・核・宇宙線
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| Research Institution | Kanagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAMURA Tadahisa Kanagawa university, Engineering, Research associate, 工学部, 助手 (90271361)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANIMORI Toru Tokyo Institute of Technology, Physics, Assistant professor, 大学院・理工学研究料, 助教授 (10179856)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Keywords | high energy gamma-ray / pulsar / SUBARU telescope / cerenkov telescope |
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| Research Abstract |
We are now constructing a new camera to look for gamma-rays emitted by high energy astrophysical objects such as pulsars and active galactic nuclei, using atmospheric Cherenkov technique. It is to be mounted on the prime focus of the Subaru telescope which has just been built by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan on Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Its high altitude (4000m a.s.l.) and large-diameter light collector enbale us to observe gamma-rays in the 10 GeV region which has been out of reach by the ground-based observatories. The new camera will be installed somtime during the exploratory phase of the Subaru telescope beforre nomal scientific observation, since Cherenkov observation does not require fine image quality.
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