Abstract

CHAMANI, Wara  and  VELARDE, Alfonso. SEARCH OF THE HIGH ENERGY COMPONENT OF GAMMA RAY BURSTS (GRB) WITH THE INCA II EXPERIMENT. Revista Boliviana de Física [online]. 2011, vol.19, n.19, pp.11-18. ISSN 1562-3823.

INCA II is an experiment that uses the detectors of the BASJE project (Bolivian Air Shower Joint Experiment) located at Mount Chacaltaya, Bolivia. INCA II has been running since September 2009 and employs the single-particle technique for the search and study of gamma ray bursts (GRB) in the energy interval 1GeV−1TeV. In this work we show the results of the simulations for determining the sensitivity of this experiment to detect GRB, as well as the data analysis of the detectors stability. We also look for some statistical significance of data registered by the satellites due to some event or other activity. Finally, we calculate the energy fluence upper limit of GRB so that they can be detected.

Keywords : gamma ray bursts; cosmic rays; observatories and site testing.

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