Gamma ray astronomy with Antares
Goulven Guillard (for the ANTARES collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper evaluates Antares' potential to detect high-energy muons from gamma ray showers using Monte Carlo simulations, concluding that current sources are difficult to observe.
Contribution
It provides a detailed Monte Carlo analysis of Antares' capability to detect gamma ray-induced muons, highlighting current limitations.
Findings
Antares can detect muons from gamma ray showers but with limited sensitivity.
Current known gamma ray sources are barely detectable with Antares.
Monte Carlo simulations show the challenges in gamma ray detection with underwater neutrino telescopes.
Abstract
It has been suggested that underwater neutrino telescopes could detect muons from gamma ray showers. Antares' ability to detect high energy muons produced by TeV photons is discussed in the light of a full Monte Carlo study. It is shown that currently known sources would be hardly detectable
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena · Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena · Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae