2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Upgrade of cosmic gamma-ray telescope MAGIC and search for the dark matter
| Project/Area Number |
22840030
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
ORITO Reiko 徳島大学, 大学院・ソシオ・アーツ・アンド・サイエンス研究部, 助教 (80579417)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 宇宙線 / 高エネルギーガンマ線 / 大気チェレンコフ望遠鏡 / 暗黒物質 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research aims the upgrade of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope MAGIC and the search for the dark matter. The focal plane module using Hybrid Photon Detector(HPD) with high quantum efficiency photocathode has been developed, and the gamma-ray signal from the dark matter annihilation has been researched.
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